﻿{"id":377,"date":"2011-09-26T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/?guid=31dd2d551d87c6f39684d79f00e6afc5"},"modified":"2011-10-04T06:56:51","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T06:56:51","slug":"new-simply-series-from-lark-crafts-and-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/2011\/09\/26\/new-simply-series-from-lark-crafts-and-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"New &quot;Simply&quot; Series from Lark Crafts!  &#8230;and Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I have to say I am &#8220;charmed&#8221; to review this fabulous group of fun, classy and economically priced books from Lark Crafts new &#8220;Simply&#8221; series&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Each book (or pamphlet as Lark describes them) holds 20 jewelry making projects and the really nce thing is they won&#8217;t break the bank!!!  at $9.95 each they are money well spent!<\/p>\n<p>Learn a new technique &#8211; these are geared to Beginning and Intermediate Beaders &#8211; but with the assistance of the &#8220;Basic Techniques&#8221; anyone will be able to use and enjoy these books!<\/p>\n<p>See the end of this post for a GIVEAWAY Announcement!!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--_YXNNg1cSU\/ToEE0Jh9t6I\/AAAAAAAAMDc\/ckYlOo9aY5M\/s1600\/51uLWJvDbBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--_YXNNg1cSU\/ToEE0Jh9t6I\/AAAAAAAAMDc\/ckYlOo9aY5M\/s1600\/51uLWJvDbBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Publisher&#8217;s Description:<\/b><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Charm jewelry is the hottest accessory! Whether your style is vintage or hip, you&#8217;ll find a lot&nbsp;to love in this great collection of 20 relatively easy projects selected from the popular book&nbsp;<i>Beading with Charms<\/i>&nbsp;for a&nbsp;fantastic price in this&nbsp;format. From small photos encased in glass to flashy trinkets with Swarovski crystals to playful dice, dominoes, or jacks, every project here is charmed (!), and the book includes instructions in basic bead and wire techniques and clear directions for beaders, crafters, and anyone looking to have a good time enhancing their jewelry collection!<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xb9R2Ua5T00\/ToEEz2TvICI\/AAAAAAAAMDY\/ZTYVN1fdcDs\/s1600\/51O8w-THx2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xb9R2Ua5T00\/ToEEz2TvICI\/AAAAAAAAMDY\/ZTYVN1fdcDs\/s1600\/51O8w-THx2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Publisher&#8217;s Description:<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">These 20&nbsp;attractive necklaces, selected from the popular book&nbsp;<i>Bead Love<\/i>&nbsp;for this pamphlet at a great price, are perfect for&nbsp;bead aficionados and general crafters! Easy to make and versatile, they showcase beads ranging from glistening cut gemstones to flameworked glass orbs. Create a&nbsp;beaded lariat, a wrapped loop with a bead suspended between lengths of chain, and more. Detailed instructions are, of course, included!<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pnMcxtjOVGY\/ToEFXyVa3gI\/AAAAAAAAMDg\/-Lr2Ua2hiEo\/s1600\/51YOlWa75OL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pnMcxtjOVGY\/ToEFXyVa3gI\/AAAAAAAAMDg\/-Lr2Ua2hiEo\/s1600\/51YOlWa75OL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Publisher&#8217;s Description:<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This pamphlet of 20 great beading projects selected from the popular books&nbsp;<i>Beading with Crystals<\/i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Beading with Gemstones<\/i>&nbsp;contains a&nbsp;fabulous collection of earrings adorned with crystal beads and beautiful gemstones, all glittering, precious, and colorful. It teaches basic techniques, including stringing and simple wirework, and contains a range of relatively simple projects, from elegant and feminine to playful and&nbsp;contemporary. All of these projects&nbsp;will provide&nbsp;great fun for beaders and general crafters.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Gd5AkG5sK1s\/ToEEyrseDCI\/AAAAAAAAMDU\/B430xxWNHRM\/s1600\/51jWdRSd5CL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Gd5AkG5sK1s\/ToEEyrseDCI\/AAAAAAAAMDU\/B430xxWNHRM\/s1600\/51jWdRSd5CL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Publisher&#8217;s Description:<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This pamphlet of 20 great projects selected from&nbsp;the popular book&nbsp;<i>Contemporary Bead &amp; Wire Jewelry<\/i>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;gem at a great price. Comprehensive and easy to follow, it teaches all the basic techniques and provides a rich collection of projects for aspiring bead-and-wire jewelers to dive into. From gold filigree earrings with carnelian beads to a pearl-accented pendant of gleaming amber, each piece of jewelry is both stunning and easy to make.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><i><b>Source Disclaimer:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color: white;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><i><b>Lark Craft supplied a set of these books for review purposes&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #cc0000; font-size: large;\"><b><i>Beading Book GIVEAWAY!!!<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/>I am giving away copies of the Charms, Necklaces and Bead &amp; Wire books&#8230;sorry the Earring Book is staying with me&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>How do you enter?<\/p>\n<p>One entry for your comment below<\/p>\n<p>One entry for Following my blog (either through Blogger or Google Follow)<\/p>\n<p>One entry for either adding me on<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/gemshows\"> Twitter <\/a>or Tweeting about the Giveaway on Twitter<\/p>\n<p>One entry for following my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aflyonthewallblogs\">Facebook page&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Get your entries in soon &#8211; Deadline: &nbsp;October 10th<\/b><br \/>Let me know in the comments what you do and the winner will be chosen using <a href=\"http:\/\/random.org\/\">Random.org<\/a> with the books going out to the first three names chosen.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/3379247251712500914-4880452801356905842?l=flyviewsandreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to say I am &#8220;charmed&#8221; to review this fabulous group of fun, classy and economically priced books from Lark Crafts new &#8220;Simply&#8221; series&#8230;Each book (or pamphlet as Lark describes them) holds 20 jewelry making projects and the really nce thing is t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,442,429,439,437,74,300,441,443,305,438,440],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}