Small Beads, Big Jewelry is almost done- just one final proof and it heads off to the printers.

This has been a really fun book to work on as it's stretched me to think of new and exciting projects and also enabled me to work with 10 other great designers.

Excitingly I can now reveal one of the designers is the amazing Shelley Nybakke!

I have long been a fan of Shelley's work and was pleased to see some in person when I was in Canada earlier this year so I was delighted she could work with us on the book. I am especially delighted now as I have her actual Bow Me Over bracelet in my hands and am trying not to drool all over it.

The bracelet itself is not just gorgeous to look up but has such a great weight and pleasurable tactility that I keep picking it up and wishing it were about 1/2 an inch bigger... I guess I'll just have to bead my own...