KITS AND INSTRUCTIONS
Our Land of Odds...LEARN TO BEAD program
is based on
The Design Approach:
- Focused on teaching how to make smart choices
- Developmentally-based, where you learn skills in an orderly way,
and understand how skills build upon each other
- Easy to follow
I develop kits and write instructions with Design in mind. That means that the first part of the instructions for any project , what I call a Project Guide, go into great detail about the choices I made, as if I were Thinking Aloud for you. Choices include materials, clasps, colors, techniques, construction strategies, architectural basics, and sizing. I discuss the reasons I made each type of choice, and identify any compromises I may have made and why. I detail what you should do when certain contingencies arise, such as running out of thread and having to add more, needing to shorten or lengthen a piece, or fixing a mistake where you glossed over a step.
The second half of the instructions go step-by-step, with many images and diagrams to supplement the written instructions. Where I have made key design choices with any one step, I reiterate these from what I wrote in the first half of the Project Guide.
All the kits are characterized by:
- Type of Project (such as bracelet, necklace)
- Skill Level (such as beginner, advanced beginner, intermediate, advanced)
- Type of Technique (such as bead weaving, bead stringing, wire work, and the like)
The instructions come as a .pdf file on a CD.
On the Land of Odds website, you may purchase either (a) a kit with instructions (.pdf file on a CD), (b) the instructions alone (.pdf file on a CD), or you may download the instructions (.pdf file) onto your computer.
Click on kit name to find descriptions and ordering information. This will take you to the Land of Odds website. Kits available for purchase through Land of Odds.
By completing a purchase of any of my kits and/or instructions, you agree to the terms and conditions:
1. Customers are allowed to make 3 copies of instructions for personal use
2. Permission is required from Warren Feld, LandOfOdds.com, Be Dazzled Beads, or LearnToBead.net, when teaching for fees, with any of my projects
