Bead Unique Magazine Issue 18

Make Mine
"Beads" Please

What are you passionate about?

Clad in turtleneck sweaters and lap blankets, we trek to the park and build bonfires to warm ourselves, roast marshmallows, and sip hot chocolate. Trees are becoming leafless and thin as the deer nibble on the last bits of green stuff before it is all dead and gone. It's pumpkin- hunting, cider-drinking, seedpod-gathering time!

These are my memories of the fall as a child. I miss them. They are familiar and cozy to me. As I think of those days, I often wonder how I would have evolved as a creative person had I been exposed to certain creative mediums earlier in life (like BEADING, for instance!). Would I be so mesmerized by lampwork? Would seed beads freak me out with the millions of them? Would beading projects in Girl Scouts become my forte? Who knows? It is well noted that I have followed my mother through her life with a paintbrush or scissors or a hammer on most occasions, only to learn that you can do anything if you're passionate about it. So take a look here in the pages of Bead Unique and see if there is something that YOU'RE passionate about!

Pamela Hawkins
Editor

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Issue 18 – Fall 2008

Like fireflies on a summer night, there are a few themes in this issue that just seemed to emerge in multiples as we put it all together:
BRACELETS! Keri Osczepinski shows us how to combine crystal and lampwork for a dramatic flair in three stunning bracelets, and the three Bead Unique Girls (BUG) show off their beading fun with dangly cha-cha-style.

BELTS! From Felt to Lucite to Faceted Glass, we have it all! The folks at The Hole Bead Shoppe have provided us with a multi-strand fall-colored belt adorned with Lucite leaves on p. 86, as well as an elegant black and silver version to accessorize a little black dress. Madeline Arendt has fashioned a felted belt to soothe the "earth woman" in you. Practice metal embossing skills with Carole Metz's belt.
LAMPWORK! As usual, we have a Beginning and Intermediate lampworking project, but for this issue, we have added a third! Pet Panache has a new twist: a lampwork project for your pet! (No, it isn’t a teeny torch for them to work on.) See how to make a lampwork glass slider to adorn a doggie collar!
FROGS! Yes, I said Frogs! For some reason, there just happens to be quite a few frogs
who wanted to come and play on the pages of Bead Unique (especially in the gallery).

Check out our new column! Technically Speaking is a new column designed to walk you through beading techniques that you might want to see a precise, in-depth view of. This issue, we start with Double-Wrapped Loops. Look for this regular feature by Tamara Honaman on the last page of the Technique Guide in each issue of Bead Unique.

Projects

anklet Crystal Elegance
By Tamara Honaman

Très Sophistiqué
By Marlynn McNutt

Danglelicious
By Keri Osczepinski, Joanna Feller, Kelly Beach, and Pamela Hawkins

Galactic Necklace
By Linda Hartung

Autumnal Celebration
By Peg Gyldenege

Wavy Washers
By Kathryn Bowman

cuff Sultry Satin
By Lisa Bluhm

Lacy Leather Cuffs
By Wendy Mullane

Don’t Shake It!
By Carole Metz

Embellished Lighting
By Beverly and Joe Bahnken

Felted Belt
By Madeline Arendt

Ode to Autumn
By the Design Staff at The Hole Bead Shoppe purse

Embossed Metal Belt
By Carole Metz

Knitted Treasure Bag
By Bunny Crosson

Regular Features

Make Mine "Beads" Please

Imaginina's Bead and Fashion Trends
necklace Circles, Dots, and Rings
By Imaginina

Bead Synergy
Hinged Bails
By Bead Unique

Next Generation
Smiling Sun Necklace
By Amy Miller

Effortless Accessories
By Bead Unique and Lori Pate-Greene

I Need More Earrings!
Inspiration: Our Favorite Fall Photographs
By the "BU" Girls

Artist Spotlight
Mimi Huszer-Fagnant
By Jennifer Keil

I Could Just Live Here!
The Beaded Frog
By Jennifer Keil

lampwork leaf Beads in the World
Beads of Remembrance
By Teresa Meister

Departments

Inspiration & Design by Lynda Musante

First Glass by Kim Ballor

Second Glass
By Jennifer Ringer

Made for Him
By Debbie McDermott

Pet Panache
By Tom Hemsher

ClayTime with CF
By Christi Friesen

The Art of Embellishment
By Linda Wyszynski