FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 BESS PRESS PUBLISHES SECOND IN A SERIES OF HOW-TO BOOKS FOR MAKING EYELASH CROCHET LEIS

Responding to the demand created by the best-selling Making Eyelash Crochet Leis, Bess Press has published Making Eyelash Crochet Leis 2 by local lei designers Coryn Tanaka and May Masaki. Written for both beginning and experienced crochet lei makers, the book includes thirty-four new designs with photographs and diagrams, arranged by style for easy selection. Brand new designs and techniques for fancy headbands, hatbands, hair clips, and hair combs are among the step-by-step instructions included in the forty-four page spiral-bound paperback. Supply lists, helpful tips on using materials, and care instructions are also included making this an easy reference for anyone interested in creating lifelike, permanent, multitextured and multicolored leis .

Masaki and Tanaka, a mother-and-daughter team, are the authors of Making Ribbon Leis and Other Gifts of Aloha ( Bess Press, 2002), Making Ribbon Leis 2 ( Bess Press, 2003), and Making Eyelash Crochet Leis ( Bess Press, 2004). They own and operate U & Me Crafts, Inc. and offer classes at community centers and at Flora-Dec Sales, Inc.

Bess Press, celebrating 25 years of independent publishing is located in Honolulu , Hawai'i and publishes trade titles about Pacific-related topics in the following categories: children's literature, cookbooks, humor, travel, sports, languages, reference books, and guidebooks.

Review copies and digital images are available from Bess Press: info@besspress.com , (808) 734-7159, ext. 21.

ISBN 1-57306-231-6, 48 pages, $9.95