Digital Beading Magazine Issue 7 - December 2013 | Page 2

From the
Editor...
WELCOME to our special Holiday Issue of Digital Beading
Magazine... we hope you enjoy our 30-pages of festive-themed
projects PLUS more than 100 pages of beautiful step-by-step
jewellery projects to make, including clay, chainmaille, Kumihimo,
Shibori and seed-beaded designs!

Kelly Nealon, Editor

IF YOU’RE anything like us, then you fell
instantly in love with our cover Santa!
Caron Reid’s “Sweetest Santa” cuff is the
perfect Christmas accessory - make it for
yourself or a loved one (Page 29).
Also in our festival project special, you’ll find
Kerrie Slade’s adorable Christmas tree decorations - stitched in red and white striped
seed beads (Page 35), Rocky Antonio’s
lovely Santa face clay earrings (Page 40), a
chic and colourful bauble necklace by
Karolina Emingrova (Page 45) and much
more! Turn to Page 28 to start your
Christmas project viewing!
And while you’re in holiday mode, enjoy the
rest of the magazine’s beautiful projects
- one of the standouts in this issue is
award-winning beaded jewellery
artist Regina Krawets’ leopard
BETTER WATCH OUT
and lace embroidered cuff design
(Page 82), that Regina designed
Santa Earrings
exclusively for Digital Beading
Page 40
Magazine readers!
Another special project in this issue
was created by one of our favourite UK
designers - Kerrie Slade - who worked with
Preciosa’s new Thorn beads to create a contemporary bracelet and ring set (Page 66).

Let the beading begin!