75% OFF WING DINGS- LARGE LOTS-ALL SIZES/FINISHES- FIRST RUN! TODAY!

Hello friends!

Upon going through my beads I have noticed that I have a lot of AMAZING first quality wing dings that fall out of what I call my "standard sizes" so I thought I would have a sale! 

75% OFF OF WING DINGS! LARGE LOTS, ALL SIZES AND FINISHES. FIRST RUN BEADS! FIRST COME FIRST SERVE! BE THE FIRST TO POST TO GET THESE LIMITED SETS! Standard shipping rates apply. POSTS MUST BE MADE HERE ON MY FB FAN PAGE on my post at 2:30pm TODAY central time. I will be posting photos of each lot. The first person/people to post will get to purchase the beads. So depending on how many lots I have the first time stamped post will get the first choice out of the sets I have available. 

So what will be in these lots?? What I would call "micro dings" smaller sizes than "Weeny Dings", and some larger sized wing dings larger than the standard size. All different finishes:opaque, transparent and some even etched! 

See you there!!

xo Genea

NEWS on the Limited Edition Collaboration sets and a GIVEAWAY!

Hello friends!

The time is finally HERE! Can you believe it?! It has literally been MONTHS in the making! 

Staci has lovingly created a brand NEW blog for us all! Here is the link to our new home away from home(this will not replace our personal blogs ;) Inspiration & Collaboration; The Social Artist.

Staci asked me to "open" up our blog with the first post talking about collaboration. You can jump to that post here.

Looking at Staci's post today I had forgotten about the entire process of making matches to Staci's beads, which was how this collaboration started in the first place! Thanks so Staci that kick starts me to rewind and add some more story goodness! 

Here are the beads that started the collaboration process! I was so enamored with Staci's work. I just LOVE the little "piercings" she adds to her pieces. There were SOOOOO many colors in Staci's work I sat down and just started color matching. You know how much I love color!

Excuse the very dark cell phone photos. This is where the color matching started. You can see all of the mandrels FULL of different possible matches.

Here you can see the color profile I started for this heart. I have such a refined sense of color I can really do some amazing matching. So I picked out each and every color I could see in Staci's work that matched to the glass colors available.

Here you can see some colors I picked out of her heart!

SO ABOUT THE GIVEAWAY...

So how do you win ONE of our limited edition collaboration sets BEFORE they are available for purchase???

Well on Monday 9-10-12 we will be telling you all about the details on our NEW blog! So be sure to check back with us at our Inspiration & Collaboration blog! 

See you soon!

xo Genea

Up and running- Re-stocked in the shop.

Hello friends!

Wow, 2 weeks seems like an eternity to not be making lampwork beads. It turns out that my element took awhile to get to the glass hive before getting shipped to me. I am so grateful to have my kiln fixed and up and running again.

I re-stocked  few things in the shop to tide you over until I can get to stocking and making some more new things this coming week.

Here is what is back in stock...

Spiral Earth Stones "Frosted Fiber".  I just love these! There is something about the texture and look to them. They would be gorgeous with some semi-precious stones,  beach glass, or something tribal. 

The SUPER popular "Bright Earth" Wing Dings. I can hardly keep these in stock. It seems like every time i stock them they sell out quickly. I just fell in LOVE with this palette and seems like you all did too. Especially wonderful for this time from summer into fall.  I got a really gorgeous batch of the terra cotta this time around too ;)

What else has been going on....

Here is a shot of my most recent glass order. Ahhhhh it feels so good to re-stock some glass colors! 

New glass, new kiln fiber blanket, new bead release, new kiln element! 

I have been doing some designing too. Some stuff is still waiting to be assembled, but this one worked up pretty quickly. A simple design from me! Crazy, right? I always get so complex. These beads just jumped together. The bicone is from MAKU Studio and the faces from from Wonderous Strange. 

Pretty sure I am OBSESSED with Staci's Loopty-Loops and swirl s clasps too. This time I had to make my own clasp since I ran out of hers ;)

I always love seeing jewelry worn. It just gives it such life. That is what I love about Staci's photos. She is always showing her jewelry on. Makes such a difference huh?

What you can look forward to. This is what I was working on before my kiln crapped out. Um.... yeah, pretty f*ing amazing if you ask me! >:D

Well I must be off, but have a happy Labor Day! 

See you soon!

xo Genea

Ombre- variegated color hair

Hello friends!

I am super stoked about my new hair! Back when I was in high school I always wanted purple hair. My mom always told me how pretty my red hair was and that I shouldn't dye it. Well I guess it must have stuck because I have only dyed my hair 3 times in my life(hard to believe huh?). The first time was blondish highlights(wish I could find a pic). The second time  I had high lights  and  low lights put in my hair with 2 shades darker underneath. I really loved it!

1 shade lighter, one shade darker, and natural hair color.

2 shades darker underneath.

Over the years I have just cut my hair. The first daring one was really short. I had always loved the look of the reverse bob hair cuts, but never thought I could pull one off.

Front.

Side. I love the look, but short hair is pretty high maintenance. I am not really a high maintenance girl. As I have aged I get bored with spending hours in the bathroom getting ready ;p

So I let my hair grow out.

... get really LONG. 

Then this year I decided to just do whatever I wanted with my hair. Just be myself. It' is *just* hair and it will grow back.  I now know that I can rock my hair short, so if I get bored, off it goes! 

I blame, well not really blame, but I guess thank, Lemonade Mantras for letting me get in tune with my greatest self. In part of the process you need to do some meditating and visualizing. This is really hard for me cause I can barely sit still and just relax. So to help myself I made a Pinterest board to help with my visualization. Here is my board My Style.

So I really contemplated this hair thing. At first I thought well I could just dye the tips right? I could always cut them off when I get bored and won't have to wait forever to grow them out. I talked with my friend Virgil that works at Blo salon in downtown KC.  He suggested I get an "Ombre". It is color variegated hair that fades from your natural color to other natural hair colors or wild ones. Well you know how much I love color, so this was my chance for that funky hair I had always wanted. 

At first I wanted "my colors," but lime green and aqua wouldn't fade quite right with my red.

So Virgil suggested: red, purple, or pink for a better fade.

So I chose pink and purple. So I guess for these to do a nice fade you start with the first color and then progressively fade into the next ones. So on with the PURPLE!

So before you can apply the color you need to STRIP off the natural stuff. Onto the bleach. Is it bleach? Well whatever it's called that they use to strip off your color to blonde.

WOW! Look at how VIVID that color is! :D The dark in the bottom of the bowl is the dye and you can see the color from the swipes of the brush against the bowl.

This is how it looked in my hair! I LOVE it! 

Glad I got brave and just jumped in! Here you can see me wearing my LOVELY Maku heart :D

I hope that maybe this post will encourage you to just be yourself and do those things maybe you were too afraid to do in the past. Its such a wonderful feeling to start becoming your best self!

xo Genea

The Magic of MAKU- Beads arrived from Maku Studio!

Hello friends!

Wow, I have just been SHOWERED in beads this week! I was so excited to receive my beads from Marianne Kasparian of MAKU Stuido! I have been lusting after Marianne's hearts for awhile now! You may remember that I had sent her some of my lampwork head pins that I made especially to match her work. Now I get to see just how well those matches are since I have some of my very own MAKU beads on my bead mat! :D 

Here is what was inside of the envelope :D

WOW! Aren't these incredible?! Just look at all of that color and texture on the barrel bead! Isn't my little birdie sweet too? :) 

WOW! Check out the color on these "Galaxy" beads! Aren't they just amazing! They are definitely cosmic! 

Look at this button! I just love these wonderful quenched earth looking crackles with the rainbows on top! 

... and THESE.... I am speechless! They are even more beautiful in person if that is even possible! Marianne is just so incredibly talented! She just makes that raku SING! I am so excited to get this on my neck and in my ears I can hardly stand it! They are just so beautiful!! Looks like I am going to need some of those matching headpins from my shop to add to my earrings ;) 

Marianne, thank you so very much for your generosity and sharing your wonderful art with me! I am so grateful to own (and soon wear) this amazing little works of art! You are truly gifted! 

Thanks for stopping by to oogle my beadies with me! 

So what are you waiting for? Go run to her shop and get one for yourself! 

See you soon!

xo Genea

Marsha Neal Studio- Bead Box Arrived!

Hello friends!

YAY!! My box from Marsha arrived today! :D:D:D I always love receiving bead boxes from my artsy friends!

I was really excited to get a box today with some bad news I got when I sat down to work on some color testing today.

So yeah that little curly q wire back there. Um... it's pretty important. It's the heating element and it crapped out today! Luckily all of your wonderful ladies that are participating in my sale helped me pay for the new $70 part! *whew* So yay for sales and getting my new element ordered. If you are EVER in the market for a glass kiln, I would highly recommend The Glass Hive! They are amazing! I have had my kiln for over 4 years with NO problems until today, and the elements only have a 4 year life anyways, so I would say that's a HIGH QUALITY kiln. Did I mention that they are super nice and helpful as well? So awesome all around!

Ok, now back to the BEADS!

Yay! Here is my box! No peeking! 

Here is what the inside looked like. Don't you just love the pretty tape and tissue?

If I had to guess, I would say Marsha likes purple and pink ;) Isn't this wonderful? I just LOVE opening up packages and having things in pretty boxed with pretty tape and tissue! It's such a gift to open up beads when they are wrapped up like this!

Yes, this is *just* a box, but look at it! Deep down I *am* a girl and I like little and cute things(shhhh don't tell anyone! I have a reputation to uphold!) I am just in love with these little boxes! I need to find out where Marsha got them ;) Moving on...

Oooooohhhhh! Look what was in the purple tissue! Some of Marsha's new disc beads! On the left are the "Garden Succulents" and on the right are the "Rustic Patina's. I just LOVE the rainbowyness and really digging on this rustic stone/matte thing! These are REALLY amazing!

Here is a size photo. Look how BIG these are! Aren't they wonderful! As you may know when buying beads photos don't totally show you just how big or small things are. I mean it's in the descriptions, of course, but it's always exciting to see just how big or small they are in your hands :D

Mmmmm look at the glaze on this one! Isn't it beautiful?! It's SO me!

Mmmmm look at these discs! AWESOME! Just my colors! I LOVE this tanzanite purple too! So pretty!

Look how teeny the "shards" are :D They are so gorgeous too! I love this half dipped look to them. The dark matte clay with the matte glaze! So dreamy! These are the Choclate somethin' somethin' ones, I forget the exact name.

YUM! Limey, greeny, aquay goodness! I just love this 2 tone glaze and these wonderful twist beads in "Bright Green Blue".

OMG it has just been so wonderful to do so many trades with so many talented artists! I am so excited about these beads I want to sit down and start designing something(just as soon as I am done posting my blog ;)

Marsha, thank you so very much for all of these wonderful beads! You just spoiled me with so many beautiful pieces! I just love your wonderful beads and mad glazing skills! 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my loot! 

I hope those of you that are at Bead Fest are having a wonderful time! 

I hope those of you(like me) that aren't are having a good time checking out our other beady friends sales online!

Have a fantastic weekend!

xoxo Genea

"Bead Fest Pity Party" SALE- 20% OFF- Use code "bfetsy" at check out!

Hello friends!

Well sadly we will not be joining our other beady friends at Bead Fest Philly this weekend, so Heather Powers of Humble Beads decided to get some wonderful artist together for a "Bead Fest Pity Party" Sale!: http://humblebeads.blogspot.com/2012/08/pity-party-bead-sale.html

We will be offering 20% OFF all weekend long(until 5pm Sunday the 19th) by using the code "bfetsy" at check out ! Just check out our shop!

Please do stop by Heather's blog(link above) to check out all of the other wonderful artists that will be participating in this sale!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Shopping!

xo Genea