Digital Beading Magazine Issue 5 August 2013 | Page 2

From the Editor...
HI EVERYONE! Welcome to Issue 5 of Digital Beading Magazine... Australia’s only dedicated-digital jewellery-making magazine and MAKE MY we’re now officially Australia’s BIGGEST beading magazine... EARRINGS thanks to each and every one of you for making DBM a success! Kelly Nealon, Editor Page 166 IF you’re a first-time reader of Digital Beading Magazine, then you’re in for a treat - this is our biggest issue yet - 190 pages of beaded goodness! Our “cover girl” this issue is by the wonderfully talented Alla Maslennikova - her incredible Battle of the Beadsmith creation won her last year’s contest and we are just so honoured to have her create a project for us in this issue. You’ll find her “Northern Spring” pendant project on Page 26. Australian bead loom artist Caron Reid has made another gorgeous project for DBM readers - this time around she’s channeled her inner vintage bride with an absolutely gorgeous loomed cuff and headband - check it out on Page 46. And while we’re on the topic of looms - the lucky winner of our Mirrix Loom beginner kit in Issue 4 was Sharon Gedris - congrats Sharon, hope you fall in love with bead looming like we have!

WORK THAT PEYOTE - Aztec Style Page 37

With Spring approaching, we’ve injected some fab seasonal colours into this issue - one of my fav projects is Lynn Davy’s “Morocco Collar” on Page 66 worked in an array of hues.

Let the beading begin!