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Beading and Bead Related Magazines and Periodicals

List of beading and bead related magazines, journals, quarterly publications and periodicals.
Stampington & Company - Your One-Stop Shop for Creativity
Stampington & Company is the publisher of many high-quality arts and crafts publications, including a selection of regular publications and special editions. Stampington Company publications contain many beautiful projects and have a wide appeal, with many interesting projects for beaders.
Bead-Patterns The Magazine
With so many new beading magazines on the market, it's not easy to decide which to buy. If you buy them all, there goes a substantial chunk of your bead budget! One of my top picks now is the new magazine for the folks at Bead-Patterns.com called [i]Bead Patterns - The Magazinei/I].
American Style Magazine
I love the beadwork occasionally depicted on the cover of this magazine, such as the pair of beaded cowboy boots and the wonderful bead-encrusted rabbit sculpture. Lots of beautifully photographed images make this magazine particularly inspirational and the superb writing makes for a very enjoyable read.
Art Doll Quarterly
This is <i>the</I> magazine of you are interested in art dolls, beaded or in any other media. Only the finest dolls projects are here, and as with other Stampington and Company publications, the photography is superb. Great inspiration even if you do not plan to incorporate doll making into your beading projects!
Art Jewelry Magazine
Another magazine from the <I>Bead and Button</i> family, this one with a focus on jewelry making as an art form. Not a lot on beadwork, but great wirework projects and lots of lovely pictures of other art jewelry projects. Very inspirational.
Bead and Button Magazine
This beautiful magazine always has great projects, tips, inspiration and ideas. Check out the new sweepstakes, too!
Bead Style Magazine
A great magazine from the publishers of <I>Bead and Button</I> magazine. Lots of fun projects that are perfect for beginner beaders.
Bead Unique Magazine
Lot of great beading projects for beginner, intermediate and advanced beader in a wide assortment of beading projects. Basic stringing and fashion jewelry designs are alongside more advanced bead weaving techniques, which are followed by beads and paper crafts projects and beads with other textiles items. Nice layout and good photography.
Beadwork Magazine
Another fantastic magazine full of info and excellent photographs. Good basics information in the Stitches section, and bead info in the Special Beads section.
Belle Armoire Magazine
This absolutely divine magazine is published by Stampington & Company and contains pictures of beautiful beading in the monthly Reader's Gallery as well as fun projects for beaders of every skill level.
Expression Magazine
With an emphasis on rubber stamping and papers arts, there are still lots of articles devoted to beads and beading applications in rubber stamping projects and other paper crafts.
Glass Craftsman Magazine
Lots of glass applications are covered with a nice emphasis on glass bead making. Good tutorials with great pictures of glass beads.
Jewelry Crafts Magazine
This magazine has been around for a long time and is one of the best all-around jewelry design and crafting magazines available. Lots of fun new projects each month, using media including beads, polymer clay, metal clay, stringing and more.
Lapidary Journal
The first gem and jewelry magazine and still one of the best. A new stringing project each month, and don't miss the October Bead Special issue.
Ornament Magazine
<i>Ornament</I> Magazine, a wonderful quarterly magazine devoted to the art and craft of personal adornment, does not have its own Website, but you can subscribe to it using this link through Amazon.com.
Simply Beads Magazine
Published by <I>Annie's Attic</I> this is another magazine devoted to making easy and fashionable beaded jewelry. Lots of easy projects to help you make a whole jewelry wardrobe.
Step by Step Beads
<I>Step by Step Beads</I> is published by the same company that brings us <I>Lapidary Journal</I> and is filled with great beginner beader articles and projects. Includes information and projects on lampwork bead making, seed bead weaving, bead stringing and more.
Workbox Magazine
Subscriptin and back issues of this U.K.-based craft magazine, an excellent resource for unusual patterns and beadcrafts, many rare traditional designs.

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