Jewelry & Beading

61 opinions for Book Review: Crazy About Jewelry

• Robin Christensen
  Jan 9, 2008 at 10:44 am

  I need the Crazy About Jewelry book because I just do!

  Thanks for giving us an opportunity to win it!

• L. Smith
  Jan 9, 2008 at 12:46 pm

  Oh please pick me! I have 3 jewelry boxes, and jewelry hanging on a wall. Some of my jewelry was bought, made by me or was my great-grandmother’s. I would love to see some tips on organizing and taking care of it all!!

• Cyndi
  Jan 9, 2008 at 12:55 pm

  Sounds like good reasons to me!!

• Susan (aka Capitola Girl)
  Jan 9, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  I’ll give this a shot…In addition to being crazy about jewelry, I’m crazy about my walls. I am currently hanging all of my necklaces on curtain rods, which instead of being installed over my windows are drilled directly into the side walls. I can’t keep putting holes in my walls like this, my landlord doesn’t like it and they might fall in!

  Thanks!

• Sheridan
  Jan 9, 2008 at 2:05 pm

  It’s worth a shot for me too! I have been hanging my jewelry on a window screen by litttle hooks. I also have lots of scrap gold and silver jewerly and loose gemstones and have no idea where to begin. Thank for the opportunity.

• brandi hathcock
  Jan 9, 2008 at 3:45 pm

  Hope I get picked I have jewelry coming out of everywhere along with over 2,000 gemstones in my collection. I have over 10 jewelry boxes full including a free-standing jewelry armoire. I really need some help, plus I really love to read! Thank you, Brandi

• jiang
  Jan 9, 2008 at 4:27 pm

  My wife is crazy about jewelry. We came from China several months ago, and now live in miami. She brought some of her jewelry from hometown. We are not good at English. So many jewelries, she don’t know the English name. She has F2 visa, it’s not allowed to work. So my wife stay at home everyday. I know she is very loney. I want to get this book for my wife as a present. If she got this book, she will learn some tips on taking care of her jewelries, and enjoy her time.

• Mel K
  Jan 9, 2008 at 5:10 pm

  The book sounds fabulous I love reading about jewellery generally & I enjoy making my own kooky designs! It would be useful to read about how to care for my collection better, and tips for Grandma’s wedding ring! Peace, Love & Cupcakes,
  Mel K.

• Carla
  Jan 9, 2008 at 5:31 pm

  Oh My!! That book sounds great!! I have always loved jewelry and just received a good amount of jewelry from an old friends mother and need ideas of what to do with the jewelry, some of it is not really what I like so I thought I could do something with it but not sure what, so this book would really help me!! Thanks for the opportunity to receive it. Good Luck to all!!

• Nancy Gomes
  Jan 9, 2008 at 6:34 pm

  Wow, Sounds like a great book.
  I love getting info on jewelry.
  Nancy G

• Judi Wolinsky
  Jan 9, 2008 at 8:00 pm

  I love jewelry, collecting it, making it and wearing it. This book sounds like it is chock full of advice I could put to good use, especially tips for organizing and wearing jewelry and caring for it, not to mention tips for “Getting your significant other to get you a gift that you love.”
  Thanks for the opportunity to win this book!

• Dori Benner
  Jan 10, 2008 at 12:30 am

  I don’t have the personal jewelry collections the others have but i do make jewelry and would be interested in how to know what kinds of things compliment different types of people and any tips I could share with my customers, including care and stoage. Making jewelry does not stop with putting it together if you have a good relationship with your customers. thanks, dori

• Rita Reedy
  Jan 10, 2008 at 3:02 am

  I have loved jewelry since I got my first adjustable ring at about age 4. It pinched me and made a blood blister and I loved it anyway. I have tons of jewelry, beads, broken bits and odments I would love to know how to better care for. I have vintage jewelry and my own abstract wacky designs. Please choose me. I would love to be able to take better care of my jewelry and love to have more ways to wear it. Thanks for the chance!!

• Billie
  Jan 10, 2008 at 10:17 am

  I think this would be a great book for me as it would help me better understand how to deal with customme who abuse their pieces, help me explain to them how to care for their pieces and help them shop better for what they want. I also think it would help give me a better understanding of how to offer my pieces to the public.

• Jenny
  Jan 10, 2008 at 12:57 pm

  Glad to see everyone so excited about this book! Susan Eisen is a gemologist, jewelry designer and store owner with 27 years of industry experience. Visit her website at http://www.crazyaboutjewelry.net to learn more about jewelry, purchase the book, or e-mail your comments and questions to the author. Happy Reading!

• Heather
  Jan 10, 2008 at 1:39 pm

  Tips on cleaning, storing, and taking care of your collection
  How to make your jewelry more comfortable
  Tips for mixing and matching jewelry styles

  I need this book for the above reasons! I need the help :)

• Bead & jewelry blogging round-up
  Jan 11, 2008 at 9:02 am

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• Renee
  Jan 11, 2008 at 3:02 pm

  This sounds like a “Must Have” book for all of us jewelry-making addicts. Thanks for spreading the word about this giveaway.

• Mathi
  Jan 11, 2008 at 3:46 pm

  What, throwing it all in my jewelry drawer to become part of the Big-Tangled-Mess is not the right way?

  Oh dear.

• Cairenn
  Jan 11, 2008 at 4:31 pm

  I make jewelry because I love jewelry. I started making my own, when I was in grade school. Kiddie jewelry looked tacky to me. Since I now make and sell jewelry, I’d love to have more information that would help me guide my customers on how to choose that perfect piece.

• Roberta
  Jan 11, 2008 at 6:26 pm

  I need it!!! I have boxes and boxes of jewelry that I have collected to take apart (when I can find them), I have over 150 necklaces that didn’t sell this season. I probably have most beat because I am 70 years old and I think I still have some jewelry from the 60’s. I am a total beadaholic! Filled (trashed out) my beadroom, took over 1/2 of the familyroom and have started in on the Floridaroom. I would never use the gr**n word to you and I don’t mind bugs! If you live in Florida, you get used to them.

• Penny Illemszky
  Jan 12, 2008 at 11:20 am

  I need to learn more about jewelry all of it from the making to the preserving. I have things that I have made but need to remake and not sure how. I want to learn other beading techniques as well. Someday I even want to learn how to make my own lampwork beads. Someday when I have the money. Until then I am just a avid bead stringer that wants to learn more.

• David
  Jan 12, 2008 at 1:11 pm

  This sounds like a good book.

  I need it because I have no style at all–maybe I can learn from this book.

  Thanks for the opportunity.

• Leanne
  Jan 13, 2008 at 2:33 am

  Hi , this books sounds great, I would love this book for my collection as i have so many beads & unsure what to do with them. I believe
  this book can help. Thankyou.

• Emma
  Jan 13, 2008 at 2:41 am

  I need it cause i absolutely love jewelry and i wear it all the time, i have 3 sibilings that they love to borrow jewelry and they loose it and i try to organize it by not having tangles and knots without ruin them but i put them in jewelry boxes and plastic container and individual Ziploc bag(s) and some jewelry are hard to wear by season too but sometimes i try to keep wearing them but anywho i love jewerly and i make a few but unless if you have the time to make into a jewelry so I heart Jewerly A lot

• Reeva
  Jan 13, 2008 at 1:50 pm

  i want to learn how to make this stuff! cant be too hard right? maybe i’ll save some money along the way :)

• kris
  Jan 13, 2008 at 2:16 pm

  Recreating my jewelry - that’s the update I need. Thanks for the giveaway.

• Cindi Hoppes
  Jan 13, 2008 at 5:47 pm

  Hi, What a fun, useful sounding book! I really need to know how to organize my jewelry, and unusual ways to wear my jewelry! Thanks very much, Cindi

• Elaine Ray
  Jan 13, 2008 at 6:10 pm

  “How to make your jewelry more comfortable”

  Sounds interesting… I am “built for comfort, not for speed” so that information may be just what I need!

• Phyllis Noble
  Jan 13, 2008 at 9:21 pm

  Well this sounds like a very useful book. I sure can use it. I always enjoy wearing different kinds of jewelry, and buy it often from thrift stores and online auctions. I have also had fun reading some of the creative methods the readers use to store jewelry, they have given me some ideas!

• Marlene
  Jan 13, 2008 at 10:40 pm

  I need this book to help me become a better jewerlyer. The more I know the more I know and practice. Thanks for giving me a chance to win.

• Naufela
  Jan 14, 2008 at 9:14 am

  PICK ME plzz!!…I am really interested in jewelery making

• Debbie Jennings
  Jan 14, 2008 at 10:19 am

  I spend a lotta money every year supporting my jewelry habit. Have my own business and I teach others about the addiction too. I tell them in classes I am not responsible for their beading addiction, but I highly encourage it! Jewelry is literally my life and I love it. The book sounds fun and fabulous, I would love to own my own copy. I would like to learn these tips & tricks to help my customers better choose items and take care of them. Thanks!

• Patty
  Jan 14, 2008 at 1:49 pm

  uh, who DOESN’T need this book? :)

• danandmarsh
  Jan 14, 2008 at 1:55 pm

  I would like to see what I can learn from this book, you never know!

• Dodo O
  Jan 14, 2008 at 2:53 pm

  I need this book to get my jewelry collection in order! And, because diamonds are a girl’s best friend :)

• Cheryl Esterline
  Jan 14, 2008 at 3:01 pm

  Your book looks fantastic…I love & live jewelry..and would love to read your book, find out all the neat things you have put in there about the care, storage and any other tip I can find to use in my daily life….I make my own jewelry, and would love to incorporate your book into my designs….thanks for the consideration….Cheryl

• nancy rogers
  Jan 14, 2008 at 4:11 pm

  I have a 3 year old granddaughter Jenna who loves to wear and organize my jewelry. and i have lots of it. this book would greatly help me with my organizating my jewelry and so would Jenna!

• thebluestbutterfly
  Jan 14, 2008 at 5:16 pm

  I would enjoy very much learning the proper way to take care of things. I have a tendency to wear old costume jewelry when I shouldn’t and then I regret the damage later. I think that I wouldn’t damage the jewelry as much if it was in the best condition possible before I wear it. I particularly have a tendency to ruin old “pearls” and pins with glass “jewels.”

• judy barr
  Jan 14, 2008 at 5:43 pm

  i would love to win this book
  thanks judy

• Jdyoung
  Jan 14, 2008 at 7:18 pm

  I’m really interested in starting to make beaded bracelets and it brought me to this website. So I’m excited about an opportunity in winning this book!!!!!!!!!!

• Rebecca Russo
  Jan 14, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  Pick Me! Pick Me! :)
  I’m kkrraazzee about jewelry! If I win this book, I can finally figure out what to do about my silver necklace that turned black! :(

• Crystal Goddess
  Jan 14, 2008 at 11:50 pm

  Judy,
  Thank you for writing this book for all of us jewelry and beadaholics! I love to take abandoned or inherited ‘junk’ jewelry and create new and fun pieces. Sounds like you have some great and inspirational ideas. Would love to be picked!

• Jodi Mayo
  Jan 15, 2008 at 11:28 am

  I have just started receiving email from jewerly and beading, I find this very interesting! I’m new at this and always dreamed of having my own jewerly business. Maybe this can help me get some ideas.

• Randi Deckard
  Jan 15, 2008 at 12:10 pm

  I would love some inspiration on creating designs from “recycled jewelry”…this sounds like the ticket! and of course, I would give the book and you credits for my inspiration! ;)

• Nancy
  Jan 15, 2008 at 12:16 pm

  I really need this book. I have a bunch of jewelry that was my mother’s and I don’t know what to do with most of it. I don’t even know the best way to clean it.

  Thanks for the giveaway.

• Anh
  Jan 15, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  I would love to win the book, because there is still so much I need to learn to improve my Etsy shop. I hope one day to be able to make a decent living off of what I love to do and that’s crafting!

• Denise
  Jan 15, 2008 at 11:50 pm

  OHHHHH!!! I so need to figure out what to do with my jewellery! I want to be able to figure out how to organize, detangle, clean and find my earrings, rings, bracelets and bangles. I want to thank you for a great draw!
  Cheers, Denise

• Julie Ann
  Jan 16, 2008 at 2:57 am

  Hi Cyndi,

  I would love this book! I am a bibliophile, I just can’t get enough! I am very interested in what to do with grandma’s diamond, and the 10 comom jewelry mistakes I could probably use.
  Thanks!

• Last chance to enter drawing for free jewelry book!
  Jan 16, 2008 at 9:34 am

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• Melanie Hafdelin
  Jan 16, 2008 at 10:34 am

  I there..I just found your site. The book looks great! I only need to find the time to read it, - because of my lack of organization and large volume of beads and findings….it takes me so long to get through everything. The shot of the work table on your site seems quite organized compared to mine, which is slowly turning to clutter around the entire house! Help! Can’t seem to get a handle on the organization part of this. Thanks. Melanie

• Kelly
  Jan 16, 2008 at 10:46 am

  Oh I would certainly be able to use this book! I have a mass quantity of jewelry I need to organize and clean and this book would be able to tell me how. And then I would be able to wear it all again…If I won this I would be the happiest person alive….:)

• Lorraine Placey
  Jan 16, 2008 at 10:56 am

  I have lots of gemstones and loose jewelry. I would love to learn more on making and taking care of gold and silver jewelry. Your book sounds like a wealth of information. Thank you.

• Melissa
  Jan 16, 2008 at 11:31 am

  My husband, who in all other ways is a wonderful person, gave me space bags for Christmas a couple years ago (you know those bags that let you compress stuff down to make more space in your closet). I need this book, if only for the “Getting your significant other to get you a gift that you love” section. Seriously, it looks like an interesting, unusual read. Thanks!

• Brenda
  Jan 16, 2008 at 11:34 am

  I appreciate the reminder to enter for the book drawing this afternoon! I would love to own this book because I am darn curious about the specific catagory of “Getting your significant other to get you a gift that you love”! Woohoo! Thanks! Brenda

• Sandy
  Jan 16, 2008 at 12:51 pm

  I am just starting out in making jewellery. I find it very rewarding adn it gives me stress relief, when I make different pieces. I always have had a love in different jewellery, especially costume jewellery. I would love to win a copy of this book as it would help me tremendously on different aspects of collecting, owning and making of jewellery.

• Toby
  Jan 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm

  After a dozen years as a practicing psychiatrist I want to branch out and find my “inner artist.” I play with clay (polymer) and would love to begin a jewelry business… “DrMom’s Clay Therapy.” Don’t you want to be a part of that???

• Susan Eisen
  Jan 16, 2008 at 4:23 pm

  Wow! It is great to hear how crazy you are about jewelry! I am Susan Eisen the author of the book and I want you to know that I am as wild about jewelry as you are. There is so much to know and it is a labor of love everyday in my store getting to know the people who’s jewelry we are redesigning and sprucing up. Don’t forget about joined the CRAZYABOUTJEWELRY CLUB located on my website crazyaboutjewelry.net. If you have any special questions, send them over! Look forward to more of your comments. SE

• Cyndi
  Jan 16, 2008 at 4:38 pm

  Thank you thank you thank you for all the entries! We’ve got a winner:
  http://www.jewelryandbeading.com/2008/01/16/weve-got-a-winner/

• Vijaya
  Jan 17, 2008 at 5:48 am

  i am from Mauritius and so could not anyway enter the draw. But I find the idea fantastic

• Clivia Horton
  May 28, 2008 at 3:37 pm

  I need/want to learn more…
  The shine on the pieces make me smile :)

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