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Beads bring happiness to my life…and open the door to joy and laughter. What better window to look through and smile at life, right? They feel good to touch, they make my eyes happy when I see them, and when incorporated into a piece of jewelry that I can actually wear, well, what could be better?
This issue is chock-full of fun and exciting projects and ideas. Whether your favorite pieces are made only of beads, or you prefer a little felting with bead embellishment, you will have a blast playing in this issue! The projects go from trendy pieces that show off new vintage-style brass, like our Amber Dragonfly Necklace, to playful pieces like the Confetti Flower Stretch Bracelets that help us share beads with our children. Satisfy your need for wire jewelry with the Sweet Romance Bracelet by Kim Fandry and the Metal Fling Bracelet (made from scratch) by Susan Barnes. We have also brought you some felting fun with Gail Crossman Moore and her way cool Acorn Earrings.
Satisfy the chocoholic in you! Christi Friesen gives you permission to buy chocolates to use as reference materials as you make her Good Enough to Eat chocolate look-alike beads. Check out our other chocolate-themed projects throughout this issue.
We honor our nation's great loss in the Beads in the World article, which details the emotions and love of hundreds of people devoting their creativity to the 9/11 Bead Quilt project.
We've added a new column to Bead Unique Magazine this issue. Imaginina's Bead and Fashion Trends will show you new trends and will help you get yourself up-to-date with the fashions
and hot bead stuff out there.
Bead on and have a scrumptious, bead-filled fall!
Pamela Hawkins
Editor - Bead Unique
Amber Dragonfly Necklace 
Sophisticated Braid Necklace
Autumn Gemstone Splendor
Dual Delights Reversible
Bracelet
Flower Melodies Choker
Sweet Romance
Confetti Flower Stretch
Bracelets
All Linked Up!
PMC and Polymer Clay Pendant
1-2-3 Wood and Gemstone Beaded Earrings
Metal Fling Bracelet
Acorn Earrings
Chocolate Waterfall Necklace
Charming Chain Belt
Under a Turquoise Moon
Beaded Bead Necklace
Bead Bonus Bracelet
Make Mine "Beads" Please
Imaginina's Bead and Fashion Trends
Simple Elegance
Falling Leaves Necklace and Earrings
Artist Spotlight
Robert Dancik
Bead Synergy
Next Generation
Crystal Cluster Stretch Bracelet
I Could Just Live Here!
Perlz Beads and Yarns:
A Labor of Love
Beads in the World
The 9/11 Bead Quilt
Inspiration & Design
First Glass
Second Glass
ClayTime with CF
The Art of Embellishment
The Beaded Home
Pet Panache