Ask the Experts Jewelry-Making Books for Beginners Q&A

Is there one book that would be the best primer for getting started jewelry making?

- Martha

There's a book on every facet of jewelry-making, and it all depends on where you want to focus. We've listed some of our customers' favorites below.

• Secrets to Beading Success
• A Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Publication with 14 step-by-step jewelry-making projects and 16 techniques

You don't have to limit yourself to books. There's plenty to learn from our Free Beading Instructions resource where you'll find over 400 step-by-step projects and over 80 step-by-step techniques. 

Be sure to check the Gallery of Designs for over 5,000 design inspirations and the EncycloBEADia™ Resource. This is a resource center chock-full of helpful hints, information charts, a beader's dictionary and more. Or you can turn to The Beadmaker's Handbook, Fire Mountain Gems and Beads' first publication--the basics of bead stringing and jewelry-making.