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With the expert guidance of jewelry-making expert Tammy Powley in First Time Jewelry Making, your goal is within reach.The detailed descriptions of materials and easy step-by-step instructions for a variety of techniques will have you making earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and more in no time. The book guides you through the basics for a variety of jewelry mediums and methods, from bead stringing and wirework to chain making, metalwork, resin, and more. Simple projects like the Red Rhapsody Beaded Chain Bracelet, the Silver Metal Clay Link Earrings, and the Japanese Paper Ladybug Resin Pendant introduce you to skills you’ll use often as you continue to learn about and explore jewelry making.With First Time Jewelry Making, you’ll soon be creating your own amazing jewelry designs with confidence.

Get started making your own jewelry with this easy and fun guide, featuring techniques for beading, wirework, metalwork, enamel, and polymer clay.Jewelry Making for Beginners covers it all through accessible step-by-step instruction, with each step illustrated and a complete list of tools and materials. Build your skills starting with the easiest projects and then you take it from there. The book includes basics for making necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, as well as making your own beads, simple seed beading, easy wirework, and much more. This essential beginner’s guide includes:   A list of tools you need to set up your jewelry-making table as well as ideas for adding your own personal flair to your designs  Projects for bead making, bead stringing, closures and clasps, polymer clay shapes, dangles, chokers, strands, bangles, rings, earrings A list of dos and don’ts for avoiding costly mistakes, plus quick fixes Loads of inspiration to learn follow and learn from Make them for yourself, as a gift for a friend, or even to sell at your local craft fair or online. This book will launch your success as a jewelry maker, whether for profit or just for fun.

Florida as symbol and myth is the subject of this collection of new critical essays exploring fiction written by female Floridian authors. In the words of author Karen Russell, the Sunshine State is "virtually past-less, seasons are out of the question, and it's built on a primordial park full of monsters." Discussing the state as setting, the essayists--also Floridians--suggest that it is a creation of the stories told about it. Each of the book's 12 chapters covers one author, including a brief biography followed by one (and twice, two) essays on some of the author's works. The book's final section includes interviews with authors Lynne Barrett, Jeannine Capo Cruz, Vicki Hendricks and Angela Hunt.

Jane Austen originally wrote for a Regency period audience and would never have predicted the success of her original works. The slew of variations and adaptations of Austen's works in both film and contemporary novels has grown into an industry with a fan-base waiting for more. This collection fills the gap in Austen scholarship between 2000 to the current moment. The authors examine universal and contemporary themes in Austen's literature ranging from classic romance to apocalyptic fiction. Essays cover Austen retellings with a New York City setting, Jane Austen and Islamic culture, and even a plot with zombies. This anthology demonstrates Jane Austen's enduring talent and relevancy.