Spoils from Staci

Hello friends!

I told you I was doing my posts in backwards order. I actually received Staci's box before Karen's, but didn't get them all edited in order. 

Soooooooooo here is my awesome box from Staci! 

Ok so again with the awesome packaging! This is SO important peeps! I am a firm believer in packaging everything you send out like a gift. It's so wonderful to open up packages that are beautifully wrapped. It's an extra treat, and TRUST ME your customers will love it!

What is every more awesome is that Staci actually MADE this bag. She sewed up this sweet little pouch and tied it with a piece of batik fabric. So pretty!

Isn't she so cute?! She even made me a pouch in turquoise and my wrapping tissue was lime green with GLITTER :D AND... it was tied with batik fabric(one of my fave fabrics!) :D

She sent me one of her AMAZING bird skull beads! I am still in shock and awe at how real these look! So cool! I even have this amazing idea in my head for it :D

I just LOVE this medium spiral(which is fairly large next to my smaller work, but I love it!) and my URCHIN pendant! OMG I LOOOOOOOOOVE it! I had my eye on it for awhile ;) 

Here is a better pic in my hand. Um did you see this charm! HOLY CRAP it's amazing!! I told her she needs to make more! Just look at all of that texture on the urchin! Pretty sweet eh?!

She sent me one of her awesome sugar skulls! I can't wait to make this into my "halloween time of year" piece. I was just thinking I needed some tasteful holiday jewelry without being cheese and this is perfect! I LOVE sugar skulls too! 

I also received one of her wonderful spider webs and this pretty big piece of drilled beach glass :D

Check out these fanciful bronze flower caps. They are nice and thick.

Here is how the other piece came packed. I LOVE that she used this beautiful scrap of fabric to wrap up the jewelry she sent. I think the fabric has such a nice touch to the packaging for sure! 

Staci went through some of her past jewelry and sent me one her beautiful older works! It's so pretty! Deep purples and blues. I Love this chunk of kyanite on the left! 

Thanks for checking in to see my goodies from Staci! 

See you soon!

xo Genea

Metamorphosis of Design "Tornado Candies" and Shop Update!

Hello friends!

Do you remember me talking about these beads? I kinda got off on a tangent after creating them and created my first FREE tutorials(on my left side blog bar) with one of the focal beads. I got all of these babies photographed inbetween passing clouds the other day. Just got them all edited and up in the shop today. 

So before moving along to the listings I want to talk with you about the designs. You know how I am about the process :D So I guess I just kinda kept going with the lime greens, teals and aquas. I did that run of Vortex Flowers and it was just easy to keep working in the same colors.

I decided to SUPER SIZE my "Tornado Candy" design. This came about when I did my trade with Staci Klinger Smith from Staci Louise Originals. When we did our trade she had asked if I did the "Desert Serpent" style beads in a focal size. Hmmm.. no I didn't, but sure could! I was really pleased with the results so I decided to do the same with the "Tornado Candy" style.

As I create I kinda get side tracked sometimes. I keep getting ideas like "Hey, what if I did that? or What if I add this"? So that is EXACTLY what I did!

 

Here are the focals. They are kind of in the order they were created except the transparent daisy topped one was the last one.  So the large Tornado Candy was first, then how about a ruffle? OOoo pretty! How about a ruffle and a bubble button? SWEET! How about a daisy?! Maybe opaque and transparent?  Hmmm... kinda cool, but the transparent rakes on top(which you cant see) didn't quite turn out right. Ummmmm FRIT, YES FRIT. Oooo schweet! It kinda looks like tye-dye! Oh, what if I did ALL transparent?? SUH-WHEET! It's so SHINY!

So there they were. I had them sitting on my bead table when I made that tutorial for Holly so I just scooped up one of them and made the finished piece.

So inbetween there, I just made a TON of these little "Dizzy Daisy Discs". They work up pretty fast and they are so pretty. Instead of creasing them all the way down to the bead hole, they are only creased through the outer transparent layer leaving a spiral disc in tact for the middle.

 

Well you know me, I just can't leave things simple, so I had to make some "Tornado Pods" too. Especially after making the swirl pods. I used transparents this time. They are really pretty except you can see the whole headpin wire through them. You can't really tell that I used the yellow green and pale aqua inside 2 of them since they are SO pale, but they are there!

 

Pretty sweet eh?! So I suppose you want some links huh? ;)

NEW IN THE SHOP....

 

"Dizzy Daisy Discs"

 

Tornado Candy Ruffle Button "Green Hairstreak"

 

Tornado Candy Ruffle Daisy "Liquid Daisy"

 

Tornado Candy Ruffle Daisy "Tye-Dye"

 

Tornado Candy "Aqua Whirl"

 

Tornado Pods "Patina" glass headpins

I hope you enjoyed reading about the story behind these beads.

Have a fantastic rest of the week!

xo Genea