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I’m beginning the new year by working on two follow-up titles to my book Teach Yourself Visually - Jewelry Making & Beading.

Scheduled for release in 2009, the new books will be part of the Visual Quick Tips series. Quick Tips are smaller, portable volumes that you can carry in your beading or jewelry making kit and use for quick reference anytime, anywhere.

Quick Tips Beading and Quick Tips Wire Jewelry Making will have tons of the same high-quality, close-up photos we used in the Teach Yourself Visually book, but with about 25% new material - so you’ll have access to more advanced beading techniques and stitches, and more elaborate wire working methods. And, I’m happy to report, each of these new books will be spiral bound, so you can easily lay them open while you work.

As we get things finalized, I’ll post again with a list of the techniques and reference charts included in each.

For an idea of what the books will be like, check out these recently-released Quick Tips titles:

Phew! My move is finally complete, and both office and studio are in basic operating order again.

During the move I got noticeably behind on my BellaOnline duties, but I’m getting back up to speed - beginning with my review of a great new book by Interweave Press called Crochet Jewelry - 40 Beautiful and Unique Designs.

It features colorful and imaginative projects by eight acclaimed designers:

• Jenny Dowde
• Jennifer Hansen
• Yoko Hatta
• Waejong Kim and Anna Pulvermakher
• Karen Klemp
• Carol Meldrum, and
• Luise Roberts

You can read my full review here on BellaOnline.com.