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Friday, January 8, 2010

Sellers Assisting Seller's Blog

Hello friends!

I just had to share this link to the above blog. This is all about Custom Orders. This can be a very interesting topic and I think the information in their post is amazing. Have a look Sellers Assisting Sellers: How to: Custom Orders.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Ringing in 2010

Hello friends!

How are you? Did you have a good holiday? Mine was pretty spiffy! It was nice to finally meet most of the Knable family :) New year's was pretty uneventful too, so maybe next year I will party it down.

So the new year is time for resolutions and here is one of mine. I will be updating on Etsy and on here only once a week instead of 5 times. Why? Well I would like to spend time doing what I love most, MAKING BEADS! So instead of spending X amount of hours on the computer posting, listing, editing, and writing descriptions, I will make BEADS! How is this a good thing? Well more new beads of course! I will still do updates with pictures and things, but this works out so you have a bunch to read and look at especially when I don't have anything monumentous to chat about some days of the week.

This week I have updated the shop with lots of Valentine's Day items! I will leave the descriptions brief as the Etsy descriptions say it all. I have more valentine's ideas in my head and I am just bursting with design ideas.

I got all of those new beads from artbeads.com and need to do my blog as well. I wanted to make some designs to show off their beads instead of just blogging about the beads themselves. Stay tuned for that update. You WON'T want to miss the new designs!!

I will also be updating the blog with my vacation pictures when I get around to it. I have 103 pictures to edit! UGH! lol

NEW IN THE SHOP...

Valentine's Day is in full force in the shop!

You know Valentine's Day can't be complete without some teddy bears!
I just love the details I used like hearts for the nose and paw pads! :)

Isn't she cute? This is Opal Yellow's cousin, Stone Ground by CiM. It is a fantastic base color for SO many things!

What would Valentine's Day be without a few Emo skull items?!
Here is a matching button that would go fab with the above bead. If you are interested in both, just ask and I can etch the heart to match ;)

When talking about Valentine's Day you also can't forget the infatuation and passion!
Just a few drops and you love interest will fall MADLY in love with you!

The original passion heart before I did the series. Celebrating the love and passion for fire and glass, and just passion for anything. The flames are perfect! A bright mix of eye scorching orange and glittery yellow!

Who could forget CHOCOLATES for Valentine's day?!
Here was a special request for Melissa. It isn't for sale, but it fit the theme so I thought I would post it here. This heart was doused in cold water after being made and then re-heated to keep the bead together. This is a shattered heart. I don't think I will be making more since I am not sure how well they stay together being shocked by cold water and all, but Melissa's bead seems to be fine and in one piece!

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

Well since we are on the theme I will share a sneak peek of one of my NEW holiday beads. You all know that I have been loving yarn, especially wool. Well you know things of one creative area seem to leak to other creative areas. After making a sheep for Holly's Christmas present I had the idea to make one for Valentine's Day. It even has a super cute name! Introducing the "Love Ewe" bead! I used one of CiM's amazing pink heart cored canes for the heart on the sheep!
I even used CiM Ginger for the face. It really is a fantastic Caucasian flesh tone and it works perfectly as a sheepie face!

Here is that scarf I was working on for myself! Ashley bought me the yarn as a Christmas gift :) This is ribbing. It's knit one row purl 2 rows. Pretty slick huh?!
Remember when I wanted to show you what I made for gifts for Christmas? Well I finally can! Here are some Eco bags I made out of old pillow cases! I got this fantastic pattern from Body + Soul magazine! Aren't they awesome?! They were pretty simple too so I had a blast making them for gifts!
I also made a ton of soldered charms for gifts as well!
Here are the front sides. You might recognize the bottom row far left and center. The far left is the picture from Gazebo coffee at Starbucks and the Lotus flower is from the inside of the Yogi tea boxes.
Here are the back sides.

Here is the finished pendant I made for Kathy. She has a daughter named Zoe and a new baby boy named Zachary. The pendant fades from pink to blue to represent both boy and girl children. The pink and blue eggs also represent both children. Their names are on the back of the pendant. :) I love the way this pendant turned out!


Well this concludes my update for this week(until get the other blogs and pictures done for artbeads and my trip).

I hope you are having a fantastic New Year filled with wonder and joy!

Much love,

Genea


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Happy Holidays and signing off

Hello friends!

Well I am officially POOPED! I spent the morning making BEADS! Super FUN NEW things! I can't wait to share them! I JUST got done stocking up my Etsy shop with more goodies for your shopping pleasure! Since I am all worded out you will just get the cliff notes versions of the listings. You will have to go to the actual listings to read the more eloquent versions! ;)

NEW IN THE SHOP....
First I just HAVE to list my florbital earrings! These are seriously the MOST AWESOME earrings I have EVER made! They are also the ONLY ones I will ever be making! It is pretty freaking hard to get the sizing just perfect to call a pair earrings!Next is one of my rainbow ruffle ribbon hearts! I just LOVE these! They are so shiny, pretty and reflective! The mix of opaques and transparents is just fantastic! I also just LOVE filligranas! They make such sweet ass designs!Here is a set with one of my favorite flowers as the design. Little white daisies on a base of black with yellow freckles!Here is a bright lentil pair and spacer set inspired by this peter max painting(which is actually a puzzle in this picture). The lentils were inspired by the little planets you see. I just reversed some of the colors fun funzies :DLast is a pair of violet wing dings with icey silver white spots. I love using this shape for funky earrings!


WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
I don't remember if I ever showed you my final design on sheep? I don't think I did... Anyways, here it is!OMG isn't it SOOOO cute? Lol! I just love it! It looks all puffily and soft :D As you may know wool or sheep aren't by any means soft, but just play along :D This little guy is a gift for one of my friends, but he did inspire some more designs that I will be revealing at a later time >:D

So I never did try for leopard print before this, but I am pretty sure I nailed it! This was a gift for my chiropractor's wife. I attached it to one of my cards with some black fairy silk so it could be worn as a tied choker or long necklace. Pretty sweet eh? It is kind large too. I didn't intend for it to necessarily be that large, but it turned out sweet!

Well I am seriously all worded out. No, I mean it this time! So this is where we will part ways until I return back from my family vacation to Ohio on December 29th. Don't forget- I will be leaving my Etsy shop open for shopping while I am away. My beads will get to go on vacation with me as I get together and celebrate the real reason for the season with my hubby's family and extended family. I can't wait! I have not gotten to do a huge Christmas like this one since I was a child and my family's extended family used to come to our home to celebrate. I have a feeling my heart will be full to the brim with love this holiday season and I am looking forward to every minute of it!

A most happiest holidays to you and yours. May the joy and love of the season warm your hearts!

Much love,

Genea

Monday, December 14, 2009

The first of many

Hello friends!

Well I did it! I got 4 new wintry items listed for your purchasing pleasure! I also went to Bead Boutique to visit Melissa and Andrea, went to my Alignment is Life to get adjusted, went out for sushi with my brother and worked on my new scarf! What a complete and wonderful day! So without further delay....

NEW IN THE SHOP....
The first item I have for your is a super cute little polar bear with a red rose on her head.
Next I have a snow girl named "Elena" with an icy aqua blue rose in on her head. Elena has He has rosy pink cheeks, charcoal eyes and an orange carrot nose.
Here is Harold with his emerald green, red and white striped scarf. He has rosy pink cheeks, charcoal eyes and an orange carrot nose.
Here is Lucas with his emerald green, red and white striped scarf. He has rosy pink cheeks, charcoal eyes and an orange carrot nose.

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
Well I have a ton of ideas in my head and I just can't wait to get a chance to make them all. I hope to get down to the studio tomorrow afternoon while it's warmer. It's sad to say that 22 is the high for tomorrow and it gets much colder at night! Brrrrr. You know I have my space heater cranking to stay warm!

I will also be editing and hopefully adding the rest of the beads I photographed to my shop tomorrow. Once all of them are uploaded that will be my last shop listings until I return from our family vacation on December 29th. I will still be around making beads and doing other holiday stuff until the 18th.

I have 2 more things I need to finish for a friends gifts along with any other things I need to make before the end of the week.

Well Ricky just got home a little bit ago so I am going to go see how his day was. I want to go snuggle up and get warm and cozy!

See you soon!

Much love,

Genea

Sunday, December 13, 2009

A quick update

Hello friends!

I just wanted to touch base with you about this coming week. I will be stocking up my Etsy shop for your Christmas or just fun shopping! I will be busting my ass getting stuff done this upcoming week before I leave on our family vacation December 19th.

My Etsy shop will actually be traveling with me to Ohio so you will be able to keep shopping even while I am on vacation!

I have some great new bead and Valentine's day beads bouncing around in my head. I can't wait to get back to my torch and start creating! I have a few more gifts to make for friends and then I will move on to new work!

Talk with you all soon.

Much love,

Genea

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Week in review

Hello friends!

First off I would like to announce the Genea Beads give away on the Dandy Giveaway blog! Check out the link for more information on the giveaway. Here is the item up for grabs.The Bokamo Home show was a huge success! We had such a wonderful time hanging out with Terry and Steve! It was great to see everyone! Thanks to Steve, Terry and everyone for their overwhelming support! <3

NEW IN THE SHOP...

How about a jump start on Valentine's Day? This is for all of you emo kids, or skully peeps out there. First is a set of lentil beads with 2 freckly pink and black lentils, a skull boy, skull girl, and pink broken heart bead. For the second item I have listed a button that would just match perfectly! Now wouldn't both of these make a KILLER bracelet and clasp? Yeah, I thought so too! ;)Button shank is black with pink freckles. Flower face is pastel pink with an ivory skull on top.

SALE! Since we are on a Valentine's day theme I put this awesome lime and aqua gilttery passion heart on sale! This little beauty was made with incredible Bullseye odd lot and regular stock glass. WOW!

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?..

OMG! Guess what I got in the mail?! YEP, SARAH MORAN BEADS!!!! What a fantastic early Christmas present huh?! Aren't they amazing? Sarah was kind enough to send me a fantastical sampling of her beadies for my designing pleasure. Oh what to make! I must say pictures don't even do them justice. There really is NOTHING like holding them in your hands!So when I was at the show a customer asked if I had a pendant to match these fab earrings. Luckily I had this bead and made an AWESOME pendant to match! Pretty sweet huh?!I just love the way this turned out. I guess I need to make some more of these style earrings and a matching pendant too huh?

So as you know this is the time of the year for baking! Holly and I decided to prep our dough for cut out sugar cookies. We decided that in the mean time it would be smart to make some chocolate chip cookies while we were waiting for the cookie dough to chill. OK so I never said I was an awesome baker! It was Holly's idea to take the cookies off the pan while they were still hot so they didn't continue to cook and get burnt. So some of the cookies were kind smooshy and the other pan of cookies kinda stuck together so we had to cut them out all square like. They may not be super pretty, but they were DAMN DELICIOUS! :P

So I thought you all might like to see the process of our sugar cookie making! Ok so you know me and bright colors right? Yeah, we kinda get along :D Did you know that they make NEON food coloring?! Look at our decorating pretties!Ever wonder what Holly looks like? Well here she is! She even made the silly face and posed with the flower sprinkles!
Here you can see just how BRIGHT the frosting turned out!Pretty sweet eh? We made butter cream frosting for the tops of the cookies. Little did we know that we could have used some meringue powder to keep our frosting from separating. Again, better bead maker than baker! lol
I was sneaky enough to have gotten a picture of Brandon. He he he.
Here you can see Brandon and Ricky decorating cookies. Awww!
Here is one of the pans of cookies. I made Patrick from Sponge bob. You can see him in the bottom left corner :D
On the bottom left you can see Ricky's zombie cookie that is headless. Well what else are you supposed to do with the cookie that loses it's head?! On the bottom right you may also notice Brandon's gay pride Christmas tree! Pretty snazzy huh?! They were a bit tasty too!

Well I didn't quite get to bead making today! It is BALLS cold outside! 10 degrees is WAY too cold to make beads if you ask me!

Well I hope you all had a wonderful weekend/ beginning of the week.

See you soon!

Much love,

Genea



Thursday, December 3, 2009


Hello friends!

Just a quick blip! I am getting everything together for the show! My car decided to crap out with it's battery! Ugh.. I am hoping it just needs a new one. I am off to the Target parking lot by the house to hopefully just replace the battery on the car with Brandon.

SHOW THIS WEEKEND!
Don't forget! The Bokamo Home show is THIS WEEKEND! DECEMBER 4-6TH. FRIDAY 12-7, SATURDAY 10-6, SUNDAY 10-5. ALMOST EVERYTHING IS 50% OFF INCLUDING GENEA BEADS!

Open House
Bokamo Designs
5609 W. 99th Street
Overland Park, KS
www.bokamodesigns.com


NEW IN THE SHOP...

Yummy cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies! One of the best times of the year to BAKE!
The shop will close later this evening before I go to sleep. It will re-open on Monday if we havn't SOLD OUT!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Much love,

Genea