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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

Dings and Things

Hello friends!

Are you frantically scrambling to finish up all of your holiday loose ends? I am happy to say I am just about done with mine ;) I loaded the last of my new beads and jewelry designs into the shops today. Wanna see??

Here are the NEW pretties I added to the shop! The top two pairs of earrings I made for gifts, but the others  on the bottom are in the shop. Do you ever look at your beads and immediately think of people? Well that's how it was when I made my new Dings and created the earrings :) I love it when that happens.

The bottom two designs just kind of came together ;) I used my new "silver snowfall" glass headpins for the "Silver Snowfall Spiral" earrings on the left because I received some GORGEOUS wooly wire that matched them perfectly! The other earrings I created I called "Circus Carousel". The gorgeous verdegris patinated hoops are from Starry Road Studio and the super amazing batiked spikes are from S L Artisan Accents. I had some of this design in my mind for a long while, but mostly the spikes and the hoops together. When I pulled out my beads I found some awesome matching Wing Dings from my "Bright Earth" set! Magic is all I can say!

More dings! Do you remember "Lagoon"? It's been FOREVER since I had that set in my shop! I was really happy to get some more made. I even did some new stone neutrals in the weeny ding size. They are super tiny and super sweet! I just love their small size and texture :D

Here we are again back at square one with my dreads. My last set were coming loose and they were so full of wax they weren't dreading. I was sad to have to brush them all out and wash with dawn soap. It was a nightmare to say the least! Luckily my friend Joey that just finished up beauty school was kind enough to section all of my hair for us. It took him 2 HOURS to get all of my hair sectioned into nice even pieces for Ricky to dread. 

Here are the new dreads so far. Wow, they look like a HOT MESS, but they will tame down in a few days. We tried the twist and rip method and the back combing method. NO WAX this time so they will be a fuzzy mess for a bit. It's ok though cause I don't give up easily. All things worth having are worth fighting for. That's my little quote to myself. It's always true ;) 

Well on that note I should go grab some late lunch/early dinner and get to creating some more Christmas gifts!

Wishing you and yours a most magical Holiday Season!

xoxo Genea

WING DINGS & CRAZY DAISIES BEAD PREVIEW GOING ON NOW!

Hello friends!

Just wanted to tell you about the Facebook Bead Preview going on now! It was WING DING MANIA this past studio session with LIMITED EDITION WING DING SETS! Here are the details...

"CALL" your set by posting on THIS LINK ! Wing Ding sets are $38 for a set of 5, and Crazy Daisies are $22 for a set of 3! Don't miss out!!

Crazy Daisies!

Wing Dings!

Even more Wing Dings!

Stop on by and grab your sets before they all fly away to a new home!

See you soon!

xo Genea

Bag up the Beads "Left Over's"- Wing Ding and Weeny Ding mixed sets

Hello friends!

Here are some "Left Over's" you won't mind! The sale went AWESOME! Thank you to everyone that came out and participated! Luckily they saved you some! So let's see what went up for sale over lunch hour today...

Here were the tasty smackrel's I served up for lunch! Mmmm tasty!

Here are the amazing "Left Over's" that are still available to you!

Number 6- A woodsy earthy sampling of greens and browns in opaque, transparent, and etched glass. 

Number 7- Some romantic soft pastel pinks and purples in opaque, transparent, and opal glass.

Number 11- A sweet sampling of fall! Rusted violet, peach, sepia, topaz, coral, squash, and mulberry in transparent and opaque! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I have so many more stories to tell you! See you soon!

xo Genea

"BAG UP THE BEADS" WING DING SALE! 10-10-13- 12-2pm CST

Hello friends!

Are you missing seeing wing dings in my shop? Well now is your chance to get some and get some with a 10% discount! Here are the sets that will be on sale TOMORROW! 

So here is how to participate! YOU MUST POST ON BELOW THE PHOTO ON MY GENEA BEADS FANPAGE FOR YOUR POST TO COUNT! This is VERY important so that participants can receive the beads they call and for me to let people know which ones are still available.

Here are the rules-

How to play- Beads are first come first serve. At noon CST the beads will be offered up for sale at a 10% discount on all sets($25.20)! To "call" your beads make a post HERE with the number of the set/sets  you want. First one to post gets them! I will be on posting which beads are left in the thread as the beads sell. If *any* are left(which  I doubt will happen) the remaining sets will go up for sale in my etsy shop at full price($28). SALE BEGINS 10-10-13 12-2PM CTS. SEE YOU THERE! 

xo Genea

LIVE in the shop- Mini Mixed Sets!

Hello friends!

Just got done listing all of those wonderful Mini Mixed Sets! I will try to be quick with this post in case this is the first time you are hearing about them. They are already flying out of the shop!

Here is the entire collection.

"Carnival" SOLD OUT!

"Ancient Sands"

"Cosmic Plum"

"Jubilee"- SOLD OUT!

"Kaleidoscope"

"Peach Tea Rose"

"Tidal"

"Tuxedo"

"Late Frost"

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you find something you love!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

xo Genea

SNEAK PEEK- Mini Mixed sets $23-$28!

Hello friends!

It always seems to take me more days to get there than I planned, but I am still early! In case you didn't see the sneak peek on Monday on my facebook page you get to see it here and now. So really what I am saying is that by seeing it here first you only have to wait one day instead of 4 like everyone else ;) You're welcome :D

Here is what I have in store for you in the shop for tomorrow! A sweet little sampling of "little bits". The awesome thing about these mini sets is that you get a fun little mix and they are easy on the budget too! Sets range from $23-$28! Yay! I thought it might be fun to give these mini sets a try since spring is right around the corner. 

New ideas for a new time of year. The snow is melting and we are supposed to hit 62 by the weekend. Is spring really coming? No one really knows, but we will take it ;) I have been busily working on some "busy" projects in the studio over the last 2 days. I am even contemplating doing a tutorial on them. It felt really good to just make stuff. They were quick, beautiful, practical, and fun to make. You can't beat that when making new things! Well that is all of the hint I will give you for now. 

See you tomorrow!

xo Genea

Wooly Wire & Recycled Wine Bottle Jewelry in the shop!

Hello friends!

Wow, guess who is OBSESSED with "Wooly Wire"?! 

I finally got my hands on some and I am HOOKED! I got a chance to sit down and design(finally) and I was just on a ROLL! You can check out the Pinterest board for Wooly Wire for some great design ideas.

I plan to do a review on Wooly Wire here coming up. I just seem to be working backwards lately. 

Totally unintentional, but you can see that a lot of my stuff matches ;) 

 I also thought it would be a good idea to add some process photo collages to the listings to help people better understand the process. I feel this helps put value on our work and I also feel that the general public is not educated in our art processes. I feel that this is a wonderful way to tell a story to our customers about how their  art pieces are created :D

Flying Ladder "Bright Earth"

Corkscrew Pod Sparklers "Electric Lime"

"Empress of the Thicket" necklace.

"Empress of the Thicket" earrings

"Flying Ladder Garden"

"Serenhippity Hoops"

"Serenhippity" necklace

Wine Droplets "Olive" 

"W" is for "Wine" necklace

Back side.

I hope you enjoyed checking out my new jewelry.

Now off to my own gift making for the season.

Enjoy!

xo Genea

New in the shop- "Bright Earth" Weeny Dings and "Rainbow Spiral" S-Clasps!

Hello friends!

I was really excited to update the shop today! I cranked out some more wonderful weeny dings in your favorite color palette, "Bright Earth" and got a wonderful selection of S-LG "Rainbow Spiral" s-clasps in the shop!

Since it's been awhile, here is a refresher of the size of "Weeny Dings". 

"Bright Earth" Weeny Dings. I just LOVE this tiny size in my(and your) favorite color palette! Perfect for so many things like earrings, dangles or whatever design tickles your fancy!

Check out this GORGEOUS design by Lorelei! I just love her tin focal with the weeny dings! Here is a link to the bracelet.

Here are the "Rainbow Spiral" S-Clasps. Sizes are from left to right: Small, Schmedium(what else do you call an inbetween size?!), Medium, and Large.

Here is a look at the sizes in my hand .

"Rainbow Spiral" S-Clasp Large.

"Rainbow Spiral" S-Clasp  Medium

"Rainbow Spiral" S-Clasp Schmedium.

"Rainbow Spiral" S-Clasp Small.

So you know the whole reason I had an idea to create this clasp was for a new design, right?! Here you can see the clasp in action! Patinated chain is by Karen Totten.

Here is my new design that will be going in my jewelry shop soon(www.geneack.etsy.com). You can also look forward to seeing my NEW "Ocean Serpent Egg" focals in the shop coming soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fantastic remainder of the week!

xo Genea