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New Arrivals — JUNE 2013

Books

  • Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: Volume 1 2011-2012 – Kate McKinnon
  • Metallic Seed Bead Splendor – Nancy Zellers

Newsletters (reference copy only)

  • Austin Bead Society – January; February 2013; March 2013; April 2013; May 2013
  • The Bead Forum – Newsletter of the Society of Bead Researchers – Spring 2013
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – July-August 2012; March-April 2013; May-June 2013
  • Northwest Bead Society – March 2013
  • Portland Bead Society – April 2013
  • Upper Midwest Bead Society – February-March 2013

Magazines

  • Beadwork – April/May 2013; June/July 2013

New Arrivals — MARCH 2013

Books

  • Bead Soup – Lori Anderson

Newsletters (reference copy only)

  • Austin Bead Society – October 2012
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – Jan/Feb 2013
  • Portland Bead Society – February 2013
  • Upper Midwest Bead Society – October/November 2012

Magazines

  • Bead & Button* – (vintage issues) Number 1-4, 9, 21, 22, 23-25, 28-31; Cumulative 
  • Index for Issue 1-22; 101 Tips&Techniques supplement; Where Can I Find?; May 2004 Class Schedule
  • Beads – Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers – 2012; Volume 24
  • Beadwork – February/March 2013
  • Fire Mountain Gems and Beads – Jewelry Maker’s Catalog of Best Sellers 2012-2013

DVDs

  • Weaving Wire Jewelry with Mary Hettmansperger – Mary Hettmansperger for Interweave Press

New Arrivals — JANUARY 2013

Books

  • Bead Embroidery Stitch Samples – Yasuko Endo
  •  
  • Easy Crystal Stitching Sophisticated Jewelry – Nikia Angel
  • Mastering Peyote Stitch: 15 inspiring projects – Melinda Barta
  • Project Earrings - 44 designs using beads, wire, chain, and more – from the publisher of Bead & Button, Bead Style, and Art Jewelry magazine

Newsletters (reference copy only)

  • Portland Bead Society – January 2013

Magazines

  • The Glass Bead – Fall 2012, Volume XIX Issue 4

New Arrivals — NOVEMBER 2012

Books

  • Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry – Roy Hemachandra; (features our very own PBS member’s beadwork!)

Newsletters (reference copy only)

  • Austin Bead Society –November/December 2012
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – November-December 2012
  • Northwest Bead Society – September 2012
  • Portland Bead Society – October 2012
  • Society of Bead Researchers - The Bead Forum; Autumn 2012

Magazines

  • Beadwork – December 2012/January 2013
  • Ornament – 2012 Volume 36 No. 1

New Arrivals — SEPTEMBER 2012

Books

  • The Beaded Edge 2 – Midori Nishida
  • Great Designs for Shaped Beads: Tilas, Peanuts, Daggers – Anna Elizabeth Draeger
  • The Spirit of Bead Embroidery – Heidi Kummli
  •  

DVDs

  • Bead Stitching Pentagons with Jean Power – Beadwork Designer of the Year Series
  • Bead Stitching Triangles with Jean Power – Beadwork Designer of the Year Series

Newsletters (reference copy only)

  • Austin Bead Society – September, August, and July 2012
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – September-October 2012
  • Northwest Bead Society – September 2012
  • Portland Bead Society – September 2012

Magazines

  • Beadwork – October/November and August/September 2012
  • Ornament – 2012 Volume 35 No. 4 and Volume 35 No. 5

New Arrivals — June 2012

Books

  • A Study of Stone Bead in Ancient India - Niharika
  • Contemporary Cube Bead Designs – Virginia Jensen
  • Stitch Workshop Herringbone Stitch – from the publisher of Bead & Button magazine

Magazines

  • Beadwork – February/March 2012
  • Beadwork – April/May 2012
  • Beadwork – October 1994*
  • Ornament – Volume 35 No. 2; 2011: Volume 35 No. 3, 2012

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Austin Bead Society – February 2012; March 2012; April 2012
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild: The Beader Reader – January-February 2012; March-April 2012
  • Northwest Bead Society – January 2012; March 2012
  • Good River Gallery – Hannah Rosner – class offerings 2012

 * Generously donated by Karie Hieb
** Generously donated by Pat Jordan

New Arrivals — February 2012

Books

  • *All Wired Up: Wire Techniques for the beadworker and jewelry maker – Mark Lareau
  • Artistic Seed Bead Jewelry: Ideas and techniques for original designs – Maggie Roschyk
  • *Beader’s Companion – Beadwork Magazine
  • *Exquisite Beaded Jewelry: Use Basic Techniques to Create Distinctive Designs – Lynda S. Musante
  • *Findings & Finishings – Sharon Bateman
  • Stitch Workshop Right-Angle Weave: Basic techniques, advanced results – Bead & Button
  • *The Basics of Bead Stringing – Debbie Kanan
  • *The Beader's Palette: Rings, Necklaces, Bracelets, Ensembles, Earrings, and Straps – Ondori Publisher

Magazines

  • Beads - Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers, 2011
  • Beadwork - October/November 2011
  • *Jewelry Craft – Holiday 2005

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Alaska Bead Society – July 2011
  • Austin Bead Society – November/December; October; September; July 2011
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild: The Beader Reader – November/December;  March/April 2011
  • Northwest Bead Society – December; September 2011

Videos/DVDs

  • *Comprehensive Bead Stringing – Rio Grande
  • How to Stitch Beaded Bezels with Peyote, Herringbone, and More – Melinda Barta with Beadwork Magazine

*Our grateful thanks to Lois Wiley for her generous donations.

New Arrivals — August 2011

Books

  • Handcrafted Wire Findings - Techniques and Designs for Custom Jewelry 
  • Components – Denise Peck and Jane Dickerson
  • Wire Art Jewelry Workshop - Step by Step Techniques and Projects (includes DVD) - Sharilyn Miller

Magazines

  • Beadwork – August/September 2011

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Austin Bead Society – July 2011
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – July/August 2011
  • Portland Bead Society – June 2011

New Arrivals — March 2011

Books

  • Beading Across America - Jewelry Inspirations from Coast to Coast by Paulette Baron, Amy Katz, & Sherry Serafini
  • Beadwork Creates Beaded Bags*: 30 Designs – Jean Campbell, editor
  • Beadwork Creates Beaded Beads*: 30 Designs – Jean Campbell, editor
  • Endless Sparkle - 12 Crystal Components Unlimited Jewelry Designs by Aimee Carpenter
  • Hot and Wired* by John R. Smith, Linda Abbott
  • Stitch Workshop Peyote Stitch - Basic techniques, advanced results by Bead & Button
  • The Bead Business*: Updated & Expanded Bibliography by Penelope Diamanti de Widt
  • The Beaded Edge - Inspired designs for crocheted edgings and trims by Midori Nishida and CRK Design

Magazines

  • Beadwork – April/May 2011
  • Jeweler's Connoisseur* – Summer 2002
  • Newsletters and Catalogs (Reference copy only)
  • Alaska Bead Society – March 2011
  • New England Bead Society/Beadesigner's International – March 2011
  • Northwest Bead Society – March 2011
  • The Beadworker's Guild* – June 1999, September 1999, March 2000
  • Polyinformer – Jan/Feb, April/May, Summer 1996; Summer 1998 by the National Polymer Clay Guild
  • Portland Bead Society – February 2011

*Generously donated by Kathleen Smail

New Arrivals — November 2010

Books

  • Beading - Basics and Beyond with Charlottes and 3-Cut Beads – Alice Korach and Toshi Miyoda
  • Crochet with Beads – Basic Steps and Innovative Techniques- Beads, Bracelets,
  • Necklaces, Knots and More –Hazle Shake
  • North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment - From
  • Prehistory to the Present - Concise Edition Lois Sherr Dubin
  • Stitching Beaded Jewelry - The Absolute Beginners Guide – Lesley Weiss
  • Book of Inspirations – Tatiana Van Iten
  • 3 Russian text books –
  • Creating Glamorouis Jewelry with Swarovski Elements - Classic Hollywood 
  • Designs with Crystal Beads and Stones – From the publishers of Bead & Button 
  • magazine
  • The Big Book of Beading Patterns - For peyote stitch, right angle weave, square 
  • stitch, brick stitch, herringbone and loomwork designs – Jean Campbell 
  • The Jewelry Architect - techniques & projects for mixed-media jewelry – Kate McKinnon

Magazines

  • Beadwork – Feb/March 2010
  • Newsletters and Catalogs (Reference copy only)
  • Austin Bead Society – August 2010, August 2009
  • Bead Society of San Diego County– July 2009
  • Portland Bead Society – September 2010
  • Portland Bead Society – October 2010

DVDS

  • Beadweaving Herringbone Stitch – Carol Perrenoud

New Arrivals — May 2010

Books

  • African Elegance* – Ettagale Blauer
  • Fetishes and Carvings of the Southwest* – Oscar T. Branson
  • Folk Jewelry of World* – Ger Daniels
  • Ndebele: the Art of an African Tribe* – Margaret Courtney-Clarke
  • Steampunk Style Jewelry: Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, 
  • Bracelets and Earrings - Jean Campbell

Magazines

  • Beadwork – Feb/March 2010

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Alaska Bead Society – April 2010
  • Austin Bead Society – March 2010
  • Beadesigner International - The New England Bead Society – March 2010
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – March/April 2010
  • Portland Bead Society – April 2010

*Books generously donated by the family of Suzanne Schumann

New Arrivals — March 2010

Books

  • Bead Quilled Jewelry: New Beadwork Designs with Square Stitch - Kathy King
  • Beading the Creative Spirit: Finding Your Sacred Center through the Art of 
  • Beadwork – Rev. Wendy Ellsworth
  • Beading with World Beads: Beautiful Jewelry, Simple Techniques – Ray Hemachandra
  • Bugle Bead Bonanza - A Sparkling Collection of Jewelry Projects – Jamie Cloud 
  • EakinSteampunk Style Jewelry: Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, Bracelets and Earrings – Jean Campbell
  • Your Seed Bead Style: Accents Embellishments Adornments – Bead & Button

Magazines

  • Beadwork – February/March 2010
  • Newsletters and Catalogs (Reference copy only)
  • Alaska Bead Society – Dec 2009, January and February 2010
  • Austin Bead Society – January, February, and March 2010
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – September/October 2009, January/February 
  • 2010, March/April 2010
  • New England Bead Society – February 2010, March 2010
  • Northwest Bead Society – March 2010
  • Portland Bead Society – January and February 2010

DVDs

  • Beads, Baubles and Jewels - Series 1100 - Episodes 1-13

New Arrivals — November 2009

Books

  • Art Bead Jewelry: Seasons in Glass – Karen Leonardo
  • Beaded Opulence: Elegant Jewelry Projects with Right Angle Weave – Marcia DeCoster
  • Enchanted Adornments: Creating Mixed-Media Jewelry with Metal Clay, Wire, Resin & More – Cynthia Thornton
  • More Seed Bead Stitching: Creative Variations on Traditional Techniques – Beth Stone
  • The History of Beads: From 100,000 BC to the Present (Revised and Expanded Edition) – Lois Sherr Dubin

Magazines

  • Beadwork - December2009/January 2010
  • Newsletters and Catalogs (Reference copy only)
  • Alaska Bead Society - September, November 2009
  • Austin Bead Society - October, November/December 2009
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – November/December 2009
  • New England Bead Society Beadesigner International – October, Novermber 2009
  • Northwest Bead Society –December 2009

DVDS

  • Beads, Baubles and Jewels - Series 1000 - Episodes 1-13 – Interweave
  • Topiary Ball plus Crystal Sphere, Bubble Orb and Margarita Ball – Diane Fitzgerald
  • Beads, Baubles and Jewels - Series 1000 - Episodes 1-13 – Interweave
  • Topiary Ball plus Crystal Sphere, Bubble Orb and Margarita Ball – Diane Fitzgerald

New Arrivals — October 2009

Books

  • Ancient Modern: Polymer clay and wire jewelry – Ronna Sarvas WeltmanArt Clay 
  • Silver Basic Book: Making pure silver accessories - translation by Seigo Mukoyama & Jackie Truty
  • Chainstyle: 50 contemporary jewelry designs – Jane Dickerson
  • Create Jewelry Glass: Brilliant designs to make and wear – Marlene Blessing and Jamie Hogsett
  • Cube Bead Stitching: Contemporary jewelry designs you can make – Virginia Jensen
  • Micro-Macrame: 30 Beaded Designs for Jewelry Using Crystals and Cords – Annika deGroot
  • The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Jewelry Making Techniques – Vannetta Seecharran

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Portland Bead Society – October 2009

DVDS

  • Beads, Baubles, and Jewels - Series 800 Episodes 1-13
  • Beads, Baubles, and Jewels - Series 900 Shows 1-13
  • Metalwork - Making Cold Connections with Rivets - with Susan Lenart Kazmer

New Arrivals — September 2009

Books

  • 101 Wire Earrings - Step by Step Projects & Techniques - Peck, Denise
  • Contemporary Copper jewelry - Step by Step Techniques and Projects - Miller, Sharilyn
  • Fringe Beading Seed & Bugle Beads - Ribble, Karen & Vegas, Irene
  • How to Do Bead Work with 106 illustrations - White, Mary
  • Jewelry Making and Design with over 325 illustrations - Rose, Augustus F. and Cirino, Antonio
  • Peyote Design Techniques -Grainger, Barbara L.
  • Seed Bead Fusion - 18 Projects to Stitch, Wire & String - Nelson-Smith, Rachel
  • Elegance Made Easy Exotic Beads African Designs - Withers, Sara

Magazines

  • Art Jewelry - July, March 2008
  • Beads 2006 - The Ultimate Annual Beader's Resource
  • Beadwork - August/September, June/July 2009
  • Belle Armoire - June/July , April/May 2008
  • Crafts Report - April , March 2006
  • Jewelry Crafts - January/February 1999
  • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist - June, May 2009
  • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist - October 2008
  • Lapidary Journal - April, March, January 2005
  • Lapidary Journal - October, September, August, July, June 2004
  • Profitable Glass Quarterly - Spring 2009
  • Newsletters and Catalogs (Reference copy only)
  • Alaska Bead Society May, April 2009
  • Austin Bead Society - September, July, June, May 2009
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild – July/August, May/June 2009
  • New England Bead Society Beadesigner International – September, June, May 2009
  • Northwest Bead Society – September, June 2009
  • Portland Bead Society - September, June 2009

New Arrivals — July 2009

Books

  • Elegance Made Easy Exotic Beads African Designs – Sara Withers
  • Fringe Beading Seed & Bugle Beads – Karen Ribble and Irene Vegas
  • How to Do Bead Work with 106 illustrations – Mary White
  • Jewelry Making and Design: with over 325 illustrations - Augustus F. Rose,. and 
  • Antonio Cirino
  • Peyote Design Techniques – Barbara L. Grainger

Magazines

  • Art Jewelry – March, July 2008
  • Beads 2006 - The UltimateAnnual Beader's Resource - Beadwork
  • Belle Armoire – April/May, June/July 2008
  • Crafts Report, The – March, April 2006
  • Jewelry Crafts – January/February 1999
  • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist – May, June 2009; January, March, April 2005; 
  • June, July, August, Septermber, October 2004
  • Newsletters and Catalogs (Reference copy only)
  • Alaska Bead Society – April, May 2009
  • Austin Bead Society – May 2009
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild The Beadedr Reader – May/June 2009
  • New England Bead Society - Beadesigner International – May 2009
  • Portland Bead Society – June 2009

DVDs

  • Beads, Baubles, and Jewels - Series 800 Episodes 1-13
  • Beads, Baubles, and Jewels - Series 900 Shows 1-13
  • Metalwork - Making Cold Connections with Rivets - with Susan Lenart Kazmer

New Arrivals — June 2009

Books

  • Contemporary Loom Beading - A New Look at a Traditional Stitch – by Sharon Bateman

Magazines

  • Beadwork – April/May 2009
  • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist – April 2009
  • Ornament – Spring 2009
  • Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)
  • Alaska Bead Society March 2009, February 2009
  • Austin Bead SocietyMarch 2009
  • Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild March/April 2009
  • New England Bead Society - Beadesigner InternationalApril 2009, February 2009
  • Northwest Bead Society March 2009
  • Portland Bead Society April 2009

New Arrivals — January 2009

Books

  • Bead International 2008 & Beyond Basketry - The Dairy Barn Arts Center - Lewis, Andrea R., editor
  • Create Jewelry Stones - Stunning Designs to Make and Wear - Blessing, Marlene and Hogsett, Jamie
  • Creative Beading Volume 3 - The best projects from a year of Bead & Button magazine - Allen, Ann Dee, editor
  • Family Style Beadwork - Beading projects featuring treasure beads, triangles and cubes - Harrison, Mary
  • Geckos and Other Bead Animals - Wilkens, Drew (donation by author)
  • Geckos Book 2 - More Bead Animals - Wilkens, Drew (donation by author)
  • Heart to Hands Bead Embroidery - Fresh ideas and Techniques for Creating Art with Beads - Atkins, Robin

Magazines

  • Bead & Button – February 2009; December 2008; October 2008; August 2008
  • Bead & Button Right-Angle Weave - 2008
  • Beads 2007 - The Ultimate Beaders Resource
  • Beadwork – February/March 2009; December 2008/January 2009; October/November; August/September; June/July 2008
  • Colored Stone - March/April 2008
  • Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Catalog – 2008/2009
  • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist– January 2009; December; November; July; June 2008
  • Ornament - Autumn 2008
  • Step by Step Beads – Jan/Feb 2008; Nov/Dec 2007
  • Step by Step Jewelry - Gifts for the Holidays – Winter 2007
  • Step by Step Wire – Fall 2008
  • Stringing - 100+ New Jewelry Designs; Making Jewelry, bead by bead – Spring 2008; Winter 2007; Fall 2007
  • Studios - A Spa for the Creative Soul Special Edition 2008

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Alaska Bead Society News – December; October; September; May 2008; Member directory 2008-2009
  • Austin Bead Society – October; September; July 2008
  • Bead Museum Review, The: Connections – Fall 2008
  • Eugene Glass School Course Catalog – July-December 2008
  • New England Bead Society - Beadesigner International – October; May 2008
  • New Mexico Bead Society – May/June 2008
  • Northwest Bead Society – September; June 2008
  • Portland Bead Society – January 2009; October; September 2008
  • Upper Midwest Bead Society – December 2008/January 2009; 
  • October/November; June/July 2008

New Arrivals — August 2008

Books

  • A Touch of Glass - Designs for Creating Glass Bead Jewelry (Uncorrected proof) – Nancy Alden
  • Bead International 2008 & Beyond Basketry - The Dairy Barn Arts Center – Andrea R. Lewis, editor
  • Create Jewelry Stones - Stunning Designs to Make and Wear – Marlene Blessing and Jamie Hogsett
  • Creative Beading Volume 3 - The best projects from a year of Bead & Button 
  • magazine – Ann Dee Allen, editor
  • Family Style Beadwork - Beading projects featuring treasure beads, triangles and cubes – Mary Harrison
  • Geckos and Other Bead Animals – Drew Wilkins (donated by Drew Wilkins of Urban Bead)
  • Geckos Book 2 - More Bead Animals - Drew Wilkins (donated by Drew Wilkins of Urban 
  • Bead)
  • Heart to Hands Bead Embroidery - Fresh ideas and Techniques for Creating Art with Beads – Robin Atkins
  • Junk Jewelry - 25 extraordinary designs to create from ordinary objects (Uncorrected 
  • proof) – Jane Eldershaw

Magazines

  • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist – June, August, and September 2008 
  • Step by Step Wire Jewelry – Summer 2008

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Alaska Bead Society News – May 2008
  • New England Bead Society - Beadesigner International – May 2008
  • Upper Midwest Bead Society – June/July 2008

New Arrivals — June 2008

Books

  • Advanced Beadwork – Ruth F. Poris
  • Adventures in Creating Earrings – Laura Reid
  • Bead Romantique - Lisa Kan
  • Bead Trends: The Hottest Trends in Beads & Hand-Crafted
  • Jewelry - Volume 2, Issue 2
  • Create Jewelry - Dazzling Designs to Make and Wear – by Marlene Blessing, and 
  • Jamie Hogsett
  • Creative Beading - Vol. 2 – Ann Dee Allen, editor
  • Crochet Jewelry: 40 beautiful and unique designs – Waejong Kim and Anna 
  • Pulvervmakher
  • Jewelry Studio - Wire Wrapping – Linda Chandler and Christine Ritchey
  • Making Connections: Handbook of Cold Joins for Jewelers and Mixed-Media 
  • Artists – Susan Lenart Kazmer
  • New Adventures in Beading Earrings – Laura Reid
  • Simply Modern Jewelry – Danielle Fox
  • The New Clay - Techniques and
  • Approaches to Jewelry Making – Nan Roche

Magazines

  • Beadwork – Dec 2007/Jan 2008; April/May 2008; June/July 2008
  • Bead & Button – December 2007; February 2008; April 2008; June 2008
  • Crafts Report – February 2003; August 2007
  • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist – January 2008; April 2008; May 2008
  • Ornament – Volume 31, Number 3
  • Step by Step Wire Jewelry – Spring 2008; Summer Preview 2008

Newsletters and Catalogs (reference copy only)

  • Alaska Bead Society – October 2007; November 2007; December 2007
  • Austin Bead Society – November 2007; December 2007; April 2008; May 2008
  • Great Lakes Beadworker Guild – The Beader Reader – May/June 2008
  • New England Bead Society – April 2008
  • Bead Society of New Jersey – January 2008; May 2008
  • Northwest Bead Society – December 2007
  • Bead Society of Greater Washington – Bead Museum Washington DC – AprilJune 2008