A Couple of Reviews

For my birthday last month, I received two beady things:

Beading Bead-a-Day Calendar and
Bead Crochet Snakes by Adele Rogers Recklies

I've never tried Bead Crochet, but I was really interested in this book and
the history of the beaded snakes. I'd tried to find some information about
beaded snakes, and could find very little on the internet, so I was really
excited to get this book and learn more about them. Also, the photos are
great! I can't comment on the instructions, as they are over my head, but I
hope to learn bead crochet one day and give one of these a try. Even if I
never get around to learning how to bead crochet, I'm really glad to have
this book in my bead library.

The Bead-a-Day calendar was a big disappointment. I got one of these last
year and really enjoyed it all year. I didn't think this (2008) calendar
was near as good. A lot of projects just aren't very appealing, and some of
the ones that I might be interested have terrible pictures of the finished
pieces, although the close-up photos of the step-by-step instructions look
better. Me personally, seeing a crummy photo of a finished piece just
doesn't get me excited about trying it. I feel like the photo of the
finished piece should make me say, "Wow, I want to try that!" and not, "Gee,
I might like that if I could see it better."

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Jerri
www.beadbimbo.com