Bead Simple is the new book by Portland crafter and writer Susan Beal (also the wife of Andrew Dickson, incidentally), and to kick off its release, she is having a jewelry making event tonight at the downtown Powell’s at 7:30 pm. The book itself is a well wrought tome featuring 50 jewelry patterns that can be easily adapted to your own tastes, and include variations on each, so that in effect the book provides 150 patterns. Tonight Beal will do a reading and show samples of the book’s projects, and all who come will be invited to make a pair of simple earrings to take home.