content: I am extremely disappointed by this book, especially after having read raving reviews about it. This is a book for children or for someone who never beaded before. The first nineteen pages are about the basics, which are included in every single bead book. Then the book presents projects that only children would wear because they look so amateurish, naive, and infantile. I did not find a single project I would want to make or wear. There is no research in the choice of colors and the materials are cheap, made of wood, glass, paper, decorated with paint and put together with glue. There is only one simple crocheted gemstone project, which is unappealing and looks cheap. The only advantage of this book is clear pictures and explanations for each project, which unfortunately you would not even consider making anyway...I advise purchasing Margie Deeb books or Nancy Alden.