This is a lovely book full of gorgeous patterns. The directions are straightforward and easy for beginners to follow. For the more experienced beaders, there are suggestions on how to adapt the designs. 
Crystal Beaded Jewelry Designs
I have a passion for beaded jewelry designs - especially crystal! Fashion experts agree that this season’s important accessories sparkle and shine, highlighting my favorite category of gems. Whether your ears, necklines, or wrists glitter and gleam with that very special glimmer of beaded crystal designs, the impact will be made in your wardrobe. Add a necklace with sparkle to a classic neckline and your outfit purrs with approval. Try a sterling silver earring with a beaded crystal design for luminosity at your face, or for that finishing touch add a bracelet beaded with all the right components. Jewelry as an accessory has made an impact on fashion today, and it is here to stay.
Crystal beads come in varying shapes, along with innumerable choices of finishes and colors often mimicking the hues of precious gems. Austrian crystals, such as Swarovski, my own personal favorite, excel in their superb execution of the purity and quality of their beads. The precision cut of their crystals is a technique they have perfected since the end of the 19th Century. These exquisite crystal beads are very popular in beaded jewelry designs today, and offer a less expensive substitute than precious gemstones.
Beaded jewelry designs often transition easily from night to day. Whether your crystal treasures are designed with these translucent wonders exclusively or they are mixed with semi precious beads, pearls or other types of beads, you will find the allure difficult to dismiss. No matter what the season or trends indicate, a welcome flash of a crystal beaded design is welcome.
There are, of course, many other grades of “crystal like ” beads, my preferences aside, I find them all compelling. It’s the sparkle that grabs me each and every time. Whether the beads are Austrian, German or from Czechoslovakia, the facets, the colors, shapes and sparkle have an allure that is hard to resist. Crystal beaded jewelry designs are my number one choice – I hope it’s yours too.
