Mix it up with your jewelry making. These books will help you think outside of the box.
Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry
Cico Books
Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry: 35 Beautiful Projects Using New and Old Materials by Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell provides design ideas and instructions for creating vintage-style jewelry using new materials mixed with antique, vintage, and retro components.
Amulets and Talismans
North Light Books
Though his jewelry looks like most of it belongs in a museum or fine art gallery, the author creates them using a surprisingly small number of tools and simple techniques that he shares in this book.
Beyond the Bead: Making Jewelry with Unexpected Finds
North Light Books
Beyond the Bead: Making Jewelry with Unexpected Finds by Margot Potter is a mixed-media feast for jewelry makers who are ready to move their skills beyond bead stringing.
Enchanted Andornments
Interweave
Cynthia Thornton combines story telling, her original artwork, and step-by-step how-to information to inspire and teach.
Mixed Metal Jewelry Workshop Book Review
Lark Books
Mixed Metal Jewelry Workshop by Mary Hettmansperger shows how to not only mix different types of metal (silver, copper, and bronze) but also different metal media (clay, sheet, wire, and mesh).
Fabulous Fabric Beads
Interweave Press
Fabulous Fabric Beads: Create Custom Beads and Art Jewelry by Kristal Wick focuses on using fibers to form beads, thus possibly appealing to fiber lovers, beaders, and mixed media jewelry makers.
A Charming Exchange
North Light Books
A Charming Exchange: 25 Jewelry Projects to Create and Share by Kelly Snelling and Ruth Rae is full of wonderful jewelry designs for the mixed-media artist.
Custom Cool Jewelry
Interweave Press
Custom Cool Jewelry: Create 200+ Personalized Pendants, Charms, and Clasps by Melinda Barta takes a crafting approach to make parts and pieces for your jewelry making needs.
The Naughty Secretary Club
Jennifer Perkins
Jennifer Perkins has a fun-loving spirit when it comes to jewelry design and it shows in her book The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl's Guide to Handmade Jewelry.
The Impatient Beader Gets Inspired
Northern Light Books
In The Impatient Beader Gets Inspired by Margot Potter this crafty beader takes us on another trip through her jewelry making mind while she concentrates on inspiration.
