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Hello friends!

Just checking in with you all to let you know that we are experiencing a few hiccups with our Etsy shop. You can find our current work for sale over on our facebook page here. So where are these new beads of which you speak? Well I have been on a Weeny Ding kick so you can find several amazing sets on my page ;)

So your next question might be "How do I get my hands on these beads?" Well all you have to do is hop on over to my facebook page and send me a message or comment on the photo of the beads on which you would like. I will send over a paypal invoice to your e-mail addy. Easy peasy and almost the same as ordering from the way you used to ;) 

I hope to get this issue remedied soon, but for now you can find us there and we will update you here with things change;)

I have been enjoying a wonderful summer with friends exploring beautiful places in Kansas City like this work house castle downtown. 

Here is one shot of the building outside. You can see Sean hooping off to the right. 

Here is another part with it's graffitied walls. 

Here is my friend, Megan by this pretty bird :)

She clicked this one of me hooping and doing a chest roll. I love it! 

Thanks so much for checking in! 

See you soon!

xo Genea

NEWS and a SALE!

Hello friends!

Well I finally have some news for you. I've been lying low for awhile so you haven't read all of the things going on in my life at the moment. Who wants to read about all of that crap all the time anyways? :( So first off I will tell the news as I have just posted about it on Facebook.

I will be going back home to Kansas City for a few months due to some family things. I just need to be home with my mom.  I know that's pretty vague, but the full details aren't mine to share so that will have to suffice.  I will be staying with mom for a little while while Ricky stays in Portland. So I guess that is about as much as I can tell for now. 

 

Ok so we aren't really going by wagon, but I couldn't help but add a pic of Oregon Trail into my blog for some comic relief.  We will actually be traveling by car. 

I will be taking myself and the dogs to KC so I need to drive back since it's too cold to fly all of us and probably just about as expensive. We are leaving on the 28th of this month! I am thankfully traveling with my friend, Holly from Kansas City! I am looking forward to our girl cross country road trip. I'm hoping not to hit some bad weather as we pass over the mountains. KC really hasn't gotten hammered with crazy wintery weather yet much this year so I am hoping it will hold off until I make it home safely.

THE SALE...

So where is the sale info on this thing?! Ok well here we go. Traveling costs have SKY ROCKETED so to help with traveling costs I am having a sale! Who doesn't love a sale?! So from now through Tuesday at midnight I am offering 30% OFF STORE WIDE with the coupon code "TRAVELKC". Enter this code at check out for the discount to be applied!

Thanks for checking up on me! See you soon!

xo Genea

 

CYBER MONDAY SALE- 40% OFF- code "cybermonday"

Hello friends!

Today is  our Cyber Monday sale in the shop! For all of you that didn't make it on Black Friday we also decided to give the same amazing discount on Cyber Monday for all of the online folks since this is the biggest internet shopping day! 

Use the code "cybermonday" at check out to receive your discount of 40% OFF! Each item you buy will also put your name in the hat to with this focal bead ($65 value) so that's an extra bonus!

 

Happy Shopping!

xo Genea

BLACK FRIDAY DISCOUNT CODE "blackfriday" 40% OFF!

Hello friends!

We decided to post the discount code on our way home since it was already midnight for our East Coast friends!

Use the code "blackfriday" at check out to receive 40% off your purchase in our shop Genea Beads!  

This discount is ONLY good through MIDNIGHT! Then our other sale promos start!

Happy Shopping!

xo Genea

BLACK FRIDAY/ CYBER MONDAY SALE! 25-40% OFF! Plus a GIVE-AWAY!

Hello friends!

It's that time of year again, can you believe it?!  I can't hardly believe it myself! Infact, we just figured out what our sales would be the other day! I guess working at home and mostly making trips to the grocery store or gym you get caught up in what's going on in the studio more than the outside world.

So if you want to avoid the chaos outside the safety of your home and want to shop in your pajamas you can shop with us right here! 

We have decided with the busy season we are going to keep the shop "together" until after cyber Monday for easier shopping for our customers!

 

We are offering 40% OFF on BLACK FRIDAY(Nov 25th)/ CYBER MONDAY( Nov. 28th)and 25% OFF on Saturday and Sunday( Nov.  26-27). How do you receive this discount? We will be posting COUPON CODES HERE the days of the sales! There will be DIFFERENT CODES for Friday, Monday and the weekend! These codes will expire at the sale days end. YOU MUST ENTER THE COUPON CODE AT CHECK OUT TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT. We will be checking EVERY transaction to make sure that you receive your discount, but making sure to enter the code will keep things simple ;)

BUT THERE'S MORE.... Every person that makes a purchase this FRIDAY-MONDAY will be put in for a drawing to WIN this AMAZING FOCAL BEAD!

Each item you purchase will put your name in the "hat". So if you buy 5 items, that's 5 chances to win! So what happens if you don't make jewelry and you win this bead? We will make it into a pendant for you and send you an adjustable black 18-20" cord!

Happy Holidays from Genea Beads!

xoxo

NEW earrings and Wing Dings flying into the shop along with some NEW recycled designs!

Hello friends!

I have some new shop goodies for you today! Some new Wing Ding sets and some funky new earrings!

 

"Flying Raindrops"- WOW, so much fun huh?! I just love this design! I bet you can see why! They are full of wonderful negative space for interest and they are so light weight!

 

"Rainbow Falls"- SUPER spirally fun and rainbows, of course! I love these swirly spacers. The rainbow colors make it great for matching to every outfit ;)

 

Wing Dings "Crantangerine"- Yummy pink, orange and coral! I picked my favorites for this set including some sparkly tangerine :D

  

Wing Dings "Cream and Sugar"- super neutral in wonderful warm ivory tones with a bit of blush.

 

Wing Dings "Juicy Melon"- Lime and PINK?! What? I know, not my normal mix(it's usually aqua ;), but super BRIGHT and delicious!

 

Wing Dings"Lime and Apricots"- Remember that earthy brownish, orangish, and limeish set I listed a few weeks ago? Well this baby is it's bright evil twin ;)

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?...

Well I am SUPER EXCITED to tell you that Gail's first soup ARRIVED! It turns out that when we shipped from the postal machine the package was never scanned in. This means our package was a phantom sneaking by under the wire.  It showed up in Kearny, NJ for a bit before finally making it "home" to Gail. We are both SO relieved!

 

 

WOW! Now look at all of the fun things Gail will have to work with for her soup! I can't wait to see what she creates!!

A NEW RECYCLED DESIGN....

So my roommate, Jodi's birthday is this Saturday. I was trying to think of what to make her for her special day. While creating my pieces with my bead soup, I used one of the elements in her design!

 

Here were my materials. I took one of her old wine bottles that she had her special wine in(one she created and bottled at a local winery), some of her saved wine bottle corks and some scrabble tiles I had in my stash.

 

I made THESE along with some wine charms like the cork earrings you see on the left. So from left to right: Wine cork earrings the cool wine stained side of the cork(I used the clean sides for the wine charms), glass droplet headpins made from her melted down wine bottle, a mixed-media pendant with a spiral stamped lentil and glass headpin made from her melted down wine bottle, and a tortured scrabble tile with a decopaged wine bottles image on one side, and a set of spiral stamped lentil glass beads from her melted down bottle with recycled jewelry brass chain :D

OMG, aren't they SOOO cool?! I think I might need to make some of this stuff for my shop!

 

Here is a close-up of her pendant. I chose a "w" scrabble tile for "wine" and "White"(Jodi's last name). I was really excited to create this new tortured scrabble tile charm! I took the idea from the "U" I made in this sweet "Eye Love You" art frame and took it a step further by adding an image on one side!

 

Pretty sweet eh?!

Well thank so much for stopping by! I would love to hear what you think about the new shop additions and Jodi's presents!

Well I should be hopping in the shower! We are SUPER excited to be picking up our best friend, Lucas from the airport and going to the Mord Fustang party later! I am totally IN LOVE with his music! Have a listen!

Have an incredible weekend!

Talk with you soon.

xo Genea

WING DINGS are back from their travels!

Hello friends!

Well I hadn't really expected to stock the shop today. Infact I really had planned on playing with my new glass from Bullseye(stay turned for that post and more on color)! BUT... then I got the mail and the Wing Dings have returned home after their show tour with my dear friend, Yvonne.

So what do I have in store for you today? How about a little bit for everyone? You like bright colors? I've got your order. You like classic black and white? Got that too. You like earthy? Yep, got your colors covered!

 

"Clearly Black & White"- Yep that about sums it up! You know what would go great with these? Yep, these!

 

"Desaturate"- Ok so these aren't new this week, but they would be perfect together!

 

"Moss & Sand"- Yep, earthy people, these are yours. Sandy brown, rusty red, avocado green.

 

"Pool Side"- Don't they look refreshing just like a pool with the sun gleaming off the surface of the water? This is for the rest of you dying of HEAT this summer. You will probably hit me, but it's sunny 73 and breezy here! So at least if you can't cool off outside you can feel like you can with these colors ;)

 

"Rainbow Party"- fitting huh? There are those BRIGHTS!

 

"The Other Berry"- You know all of those funky fake berry colors they give us like "blue raspberry". Yeah, I guess this is kinda like those ;) At least they don't turn your tongue blue! :P

SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW?...

Well if you missed it above. I visited Bullseye Glass Co finally! I can't believe it took me over a month to finally get there. It may have been the empty pocket book for glass supplies ;) Thanks so mom and dad's birthday gift I stocked up on a few colors I will be sharing with you all later!

SHOW AND TELL....

 

Not sure what to do with your Wing Dings or glass headpins? Check out these babies I put together for a friends gift. Oh, yeah those SWEET rubber o's. You can find them in My ELEMENTS shop ;)

 

Here's another one. No, I didn't make the bead. It was created by Sue Stewart. I was asked to assemble it into a pendant for a friend. That SWEET chain, yep, from My ELEMENTS too ;)

 

Oh I have been meaning to show you my outside studio. Here is what it looks like.

 

Here's the view behind me. So why aren't I facing that way? Well I need the wall to protect me from gusts of wind. It has a way of blowing your flame all over the place yanno ;)

Well I hope you are staying cool where you are this weekend. It certainly is awesome weather here!

See you soon!

xo Genea