This special issue from the publishers of Beadwork and Stringing magazine features 45 spectacular prize-winning jewelry designs selected by readers worldwide. This issue has project instructions for the Bead Star 2010 winning necklaces, bracelets, and earrings using various materials. Techniques used are stringing, crimping, linking, wirework, chainmaille stitching, and knotting. This issue showcases the top-rated designs in nine categories: Crystals, Glass, Heart Designs, Metals, Pearls, Plastics, Seed Beads, Stones, and Under $25. This issue also has tips on becoming a Bead Star, an interview with the 2010 grand prize winner Erin Strother, and basic techniques. Winning projects in this issue are Chameleon in the Moonlight Necklace, Twilight Bracelet, Breaking Dawn Necklace, Ritzy Raindrops Earrings, The Grand Chenier Necklace, Hyperbola Necklace, Spring Roses Bracelet, Roman Holiday Necklace, Flower Garden Corsage Bracelet, The Black Sea Bracelet, Jack’s Magic Beans Bracelet, Get Enough of Her Love Necklace, Hopeless Romantic Necklace, Be Still Necklace, Colors of My Love Necklace, Athena Collar Necklace, Copper Flower Necklace, Passage of Time Bracelet, Brass Blossoms Necklace, Purple Scale Dangles Earrings, Rose Petal Necklace, Italia Regalia Necklace, Heard it Through the Grapevine Bracelet, Blueberry Delight Necklace, Pure Heart Necklace, Candy Showers Necklace, Hawaiian Vacation Bracelet, Feuille Necklace, Resin Round Necklace, Earthly Delights Necklace, Rainbow Wave Necklace, Copper Leaf Bracelet, Sword Hilt Necklace, Copper Sunrise Necklace, Golden Lariat Necklace, It’s a Wrap Bracelet, Caribbean Blues Necklace, Washed Ashore Necklace, River Song Necklace, Moon Dance Necklace, Icy Rings Necklace, Sonoma Summer Necklace, Sea Grass Necklace, Zen Journey Necklace and Cascading Shells Necklace. This magazine has 96 pages and was printed in the USA.