Book review and giveaway: Classic Style - Fresh Look

Do you know Irina Miech's work from Bead&Button magazine?  If so, I know you'll be anxious to see her new book Classic Style - Fresh Look.  Using only simple stringing and basic wire work, Irina shows you 30 classically styled projects along with 30 more up-to-date variations...60 projects in all!  How fun!

This is a great book if you're feeling a bit stuck.  Irina keeps emphasizing adaptability...taking a traditional design and technique, and tweaking them in a way that will allow endless variations, modernizing the look.  Most of the the techniques are really so basic that you'll need no instructions.  But fear not if you're a beginner.  This is a Kalmbach book, so you can expect to see clearly rendered instructions for the few things you may not know.

My personal favorites are the updates that Irina does with multi-strand necklaces.  Very very cool.

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Would you like to win a copy of Classic Style - Fresh Look?  Just leave me a comment below and you'll automatically be entered to win.  If you tweet or post on Facebook or other social spots about the contest, you can leave a second comment and be entered twice!

Please make sure that your link will lead me to an email address, or else I won't be able to contact you.  No contact, no win, and I simply have to go on to the next person.  Deadline: December 4, 2012.




  






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