Creative Beading

japanese anyone?

i recently bought a bead fantasy book from japan it is not sold in the US but unfortunately it did not come with a translation booklet (which i was hoping for). and now i’m stuck with this book i totally understand how it works, i would just like to know what the words mean to make sure im doing it correctly. and i haven’t been able to find any kind of translations for this book, and i was wondering if anyone else has this problem or if they can redirect me to a site that can help me, or if anyone knows the book and can email me a complete translation, if possible. i would really like to get started on this and all help would be appreciated. thank you.
the title of the book is BEAD FANTASY by Kimiko Sasaki and i think its written in (Reiki?)

Hi cutie pie,

You are right the book just came out 5 months ago [1]; thus, it will be a while before there is an English version.

If I were you, I would contact voiceofangel, an ebay seller that specializes in Japanese products. That seller is selling the book you have and might be able to give you some good suggestions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Bead-Craft-Pattern-Book-3D-Animal-Fantasy_W0QQitemZ290146041612QQcmdZViewItem

Another thing I would do is go to a Japanese forum and ask for help there:

http://www.jref.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-13761.html

[1]http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-books/pid-1004691641/

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