Digital Beading Magazine Issue 4 June 2013 | Page 2

From the Editor ...

HI EVERYONE ! Welcome to Issue 4 of Digital Beading Magazine ... Australia ’ s only dedicated-digital jewellery-making magazine and we ’ re now officially Australia ’ s BIGGEST beading magazine ... thanks to each and every one of you for making DBM a success !
MAKE MY KITTY EARS ! See Page 51
Kelly Nealon , Editor
WOW , do we have a project line-up for you ! We are very excited - not to mention honoured ! - to exclusively feature Czech beader Lea Paličková ’ s award-winning “ Echinacea ” design in this issue of Digital Beading Magazine - these 3-dimensional beaded flowers won Lea first prize at this year ’ s international bead festival in Prague - and now the design is all yours ! Thank you for sharing your talents with us , Lea !
For those of you who love brass and turquoise tones , go straight to page 41 where you ’ ll find our Cowgirl Special - 7 fun western-inspired jewellery projects ( see cuff , right ) from Trinity Brass Co . head designer Lisa Jimenez .
Are you in the mood to WIN ? Good ! Mirrix Looms has generously offered a bead loom starter kit for one lucky reader in this issue of Digital Beading Magazine ! Check out the competition details on page 70 , and also the wonderfully talented Caron Reid ’ s gorgeous loom beaded “ Solace ” cuff project on page 62 - Caron has more projects on the drawing board for DBM readers - we can ’ t wait !

YEEHA ! 7-PROJECT Cowgirl Special - page 41

Let the beading begin !