New work auction style right here, right now for the next 36 hours!

**AUCTION HAS ENDED**
You can now find this work in my Etsy shop. 
Thanks for stopping by :)

Hello beautiful souls,

Are you ready for something a little different? I am going to list my beads RIGHT HERE auction style! Yep, let's try something new and see how it goes. Sound good? I feel like you all see my work more if I post it here than any of my other outlets. The goal here is to get my work out to your beady little eyes. What is art if it can't be admired?

So here's how this is going to work.... 

Auction Rules

Auctions will be up for 36 hours  and are in CST(Central Standard Time in the United States).

1. Comments on an item for sale is a binding contract so please don't post unless you intend to go through with your purchase. You can place a bid by commenting the item for which you would like to bid, the price you are bidding or BIN(Buy it now), and your email address so that I am able to contact you and send over an invoice once the auction has ended. . Don't worry about your information being public. All comments go to me for moderation before being published so I will be the only one to see them. I will post your comments with your bid and remove your email address for the public posting. This way people can see your bids and your contact info is private. 

2. The actual time stamps on an auction or BIN items is what will determine the winner. If you feel there has been an error, please contact me so that I may look into the issue.

3. Payment will be done by Paypal invoicing and payment must be made within 24 hours of purchase.

2. Shipping is done by USPS first class mail and USPS international mail. Shipping is $5 for US and $10 for International orders. Some locations may cost more, so if you are unsure of the cost, please message me to get more details. Shipping may be combined for multiple items. If your package is heavier and will cost more for shipping, you will be notified of the upcharge.

3. Items will be shipped within 3 business days of purchase.

4. International Shipping may take as little as a week or as long as 6-8 weeks to arrive due to delays in customs.  If you do not receive your order at that time we will get your issue resolved. For extra peace of mind we would suggest purchasing insurance for trackability and peace of mind. Purchaser is responsible for the payment of any customs fees charged by their country.

All items are carefully inspected and wrapped accordingly to avoid any damage during shipping.

Let the bidding begin!!

"Chakras"

BIN $18 each(ONE of each is available)

Auction ends 9-29-17 9pm CST

Select: Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Third Eye, Throat, and Crown. *Photo below shows each pendant labeled.

Shipping $5 US and $10 international depending on country. Shipping may be combined Payment must be made by paypal invoice and paid within 24 hours of invoice being sent.

Necklace is 18" long with a brass base metal clasp on black waxed cotton cording. Pendant is 23mm and was made on shrink plastic with mixed-media materials. Pendant has been sprayed 2 layers of fixative to protect the paint mediums. Necklace should be worn painted side up(shiny side against your skin).

Chakra pendants have been created with mixed-media materials on shrink plastic. Pendants feature the chakra symbol, sanskrit character, and color of each chakra. 

**CARE INSTRUCTIONS**

*Wear your necklace painted side facing up (shiny against skin). Design has been treated with a sealer to protect it.

*Do not: get your pendant wet, wear in the shower, while swimming, or while sweating profusely. 

*Do not: wear perfumes, lotions, or oils on your skin around your 

necklace. 

*Do not: leave your necklace in the hot sun, in a car, or place with

excessive heat.

"Seed of the 3rd Eye"

Starting Bid- $22 BIN $30 

Bid increments $2

Auction ends 9-29-17 9pm CST

Shipping $5 US and $10 international depending on country. Shipping may be combined Payment must be made by paypal invoice and paid within 24 hours of invoice being sent.

Pendant is 28mm and was made on shrink plastic with mixed-media materials. Necklace is approx. 18 -20"(45.72-50.8cm) adjustable on recycled sari silk with antique copper lobster claw and chain clasp with swarovski crystal dangle.Pendant has been sprayed 2 layers of fixative to protect the paint mediums. 

Sacred geometry seed of life, and third eye chakra in: indigo, lavender, blue violet, and amethyst purple with white and black outlines and metallic gold sides.

**CARE INSTRUCTIONS**

*Wear your necklace painted side facing up (shiny against skin). Design has been treated with a sealer to protect it.

*Do not: get your pendant wet, wear in the shower, while swimming, or while sweating profusely. 

*Do not: wear perfumes, lotions, or oils on your skin around your 

necklace. 

*Do not: leave your necklace in the hot sun, in a car, or place with

excessive heat.

"Metatron's Crescent Moon Galaxy"

Starting Bid- $22 BIN $30 

Bid increments $2

Auction ends 9-29-17 9pm CST

Shipping $5 US and $10 international depending on country. Shipping may be combined Payment must be made by paypal invoice and paid within 24 hours of invoice being sent.

Pendant is 28mm and was made on shrink plastic with mixed-media materials. Necklace is approx. 18 -20"(45.72-50.8cm) adjustable on recycled sari silk with antique copper lobster claw and chain clasp with swarovski crystal dangle.Pendant has been sprayed 2 layers of fixative to protect the paint mediums. 

Metatron's Cube and a star spattered galaxy create the back drop while a shimmery white pearlescent moon accents the top  in:hot pink, cornflower blue, blue violet, and amethyst purple with white  flecked stars and  metallic silver outlines and sides.

**CARE INSTRUCTIONS**

*Wear your necklace painted side facing up (shiny against skin). Design has been treated with a sealer to protect it.

*Do not: get your pendant wet, wear in the shower, while swimming, or while sweating profusely. 

*Do not: wear perfumes, lotions, or oils on your skin around your 

necklace. 

*Do not: leave your necklace in the hot sun, in a car, or place with

excessive heat.

"Kraken's Revenge"

 BIN $150

Auction ends 9-29-17 9pm CST

Shipping $5 US and $10 international depending on country. Shipping may be combined Payment must be made by paypal invoice and paid within 24 hours of invoice being sent.

*SPECIAL OOAK COLLABORATION between myself and Michael J. Marx of Unsane art. Pendant is 27mm and was made with  sterling silver pmc flex and my handmade lampwork glass bead.  Necklace is 18 "(45.72cm) sterling silver snake chain with lobster claw and ring clasp.  

A textured tentacle arm is wrapped around a bubble scaled center.  Inside glass is swampy blues and greens with deep brown accents.

Spiral Beach Stones "Silver Soot"(one pair)

Starting Bid- $18 BIN $24

Bid increments $2

Auction ends 9-29-17 9pm CST

Shipping $5 US and $10 international depending on country. Shipping may be combined Payment must be made by paypal invoice and paid within 24 hours of invoice being sent.

Beads are approx. 16mm and were made on a 1/16th mandrel(bead hole fits a 2mm round bead). Spiral stamp is on both sides of the bead. Bead is shiny with metallic speckles in some spots and  has matte pitted textures in other spots. Pitted texture has the feeling of pumice stone. I just LOVE the look of the shiny black and metallic silver speckles contrasting with the matte black textured pits! 

 "Silver Soot" droplets (one pair)

Starting Bid- $14 BIN $20

Bid increments $2

Auction ends 9-29-17 9pm CST

Shipping $5 US and $10 international depending on country. Shipping may be combined Payment must be made by paypal invoice and paid within 24 hours of invoice being sent.

Headpin drops are approx. 10mm long by 15mm tall  and were made on 4 1/2" 22 ga dark annealed steel wire. Spiral stamp is on the front side of the droplet. Droplet is shiny with metallic speckles in some spots and  has matte pitted textures in other spots. Pitted texture has the feeling of pumice stone. I just LOVE the look of the shiny black and metallic silver speckles contrasting with the matte black textured pits! 

Spiral Beach Stones "White Sands"(one pair)

Starting Bid- $18 BIN $24

Bid increments $2

Auction ends 9-29-17 9pm CST

Shipping $5 US and $10 international depending on country. Shipping may be combined Payment must be made by paypal invoice and paid within 24 hours of invoice being sent.

Beads are approx. 16mm and were made on a 1/16th mandrel(bead hole fits a 2mm round bead). Spiral stamp is on both sides of the bead made with ivory glass. Bead has a pitted textures and feels like pumice stone. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can't wait to see what you all think of this style blog/offering of my work. I would love to hear your thoughts below.

Love, light, and creativity,

xoxo Genea

Treasures beyond compare- New Beads!

Hello beautiful souls,

They're here! Are you ready for some new beads?! I am offering these babies up for sale in my Facebook group here. I've got some gorgeous work for your every desire. Hop on over and add some to your collection!

What designs are you dreaming up?

Love, light, and creativity,

xoxo Genea

You're late, you're late for a very important date!

Hello beautiful souls,

I just wanted to drop you a quick line and let you know about the LBA Galleria show we have going on from now to 6pm CST today only! All of our newest work that was in our special Facebook group and in our Etsy shop is now all in one place just for today. This is an auction style show so you can snag some of your favorites for a lower price during the show! Hooray! So stop on over on this lazy Sunday and get inspired!

Love, light, and creativity,

xoxo Genea

Rising Lotus, from mud to magnificence.

Hello beautiful souls,

I am excited to share what I've been up to. Hooray for Cancer season(the star sign that is). I have been celebrating birthday's with friends and making gifts is always the perfect time for new ideas. I actually took an older jewelry design concept of mine and evolved it. Remember my "Sunshine Lotus Ray's" earring design tutorial I had published back in 2014 in Wirework Magazine.

These are still as awesome as ever. Do you ever take a design and push it further to create a new one? I am always looking to improve things a step further in my life and my art. I guess this keeps me evolving to be the most incredible, high vibrational being of light I can be :)

This design actually came about because I was designing some special earrings for my healer and shaman friend, Stephanie Red Feather.

I created 2 different style earrings for her to choose. Here is the smaller size, which she didn't end up going with. They are available for purchase in my special Third Eye Gypsy Facebook Group(where I am selling and releasing all of my new work).

It's hard to fully comprehend an incredible design unless you can see it in action ;)

 Here is the BIG MAMMA JAMMA design she decided on instead. Um holy wow, right?! These are totally awesome Gypsy statement earrings.

Wow, so BIG, BOLD, and surprisingly light weight. Oh yeah!!

I had to create some special beads for the gifts I wanted to create so I made this super BA run of beads to work my magic ;) 

Next I created this sweet little everyday necklace design for my sweet cancer friend, Madison. Shhh she hasn't see this yet, but lucky for me she probably doesn't even know about my blog lol ;) Isn't she lovely? 

I took her favorite colors and created this super awesome necklace that you can wear a few different ways! 

How cool is this?!

My new friend, Daniella had her birthday next. Here is a photo of her wearing her gifts. Another fellow cancerian. Isn't she gorgeous? 

I created these large style "Rising Lotus" earrings for her in her favorite color, purple.

I also tweaked this necklace design which I called "Crown Chakra Prayer Flags" which reminded me of peaceful prayer flags blowing their good intentions in the wind :)

But wait, Genea we saw extra beads in that pile of beads! You sure did!! But where are they, Genea?! Well they are conveniently for sale in my Third Eye Gypsy Facebook Group. 

I also got on a roll making jewelry with my new beads so all of this lovely new jewelry is also available for sale in my group. Yippie!!

*Patinated hoops, clay dings, and ceramic beads by Starry Road Studio, Wooly Wire by Wooly Wire Etc., Lampwork beads and jewelry designs by Third Eye Gypsy(formerly Genea Beads).

Thanks for stopping by!

Love, light, and creativity, 

Genea, the third eye gypsy

20% Off Moving sale! The next chapter....

Come help us pack up our beads and jewelry! I'm moving to the heart of Kansas City, Missouri in "Midtown" to write the newest chapter of my story. Check out our 20% Off Moving Sale February 19-21. Use coupon code "FLY FREE" at checkout to receive your 20% off discount. The sale will begin at Midnight CST Thursday night/Friday morning and run until midnight Sunday CST. www.genea.etsy.com and www.geneack.etsy.com

Coming up for air- creating and outsiding.

Hello friends!

I've decided to come up from some air. I have been busy making and "outsiding". I have really been enjoying lots of time being outside in the beautiful spring sunshine. Here are a few pictures from our Kansas City Drum Tribe. 

Hula hoops!

A little Acro yoga. Ricky and our friend Kristen are doing a position called the "box". 

 I have been been making beads and jewelry and going from pile to pile sorting out the mess as I go. So let's take a look at what I've been making :D

It sure does take FOREVER to list jewelry, but I got a few new pieces in the shop. I still have LOTS more to photograph and add, but I am trying to balance out my "work" and "play". A few work things for a few play things :D 

Last weeks shop update with more rustic lime green, aqua, and teal beads. Yum! Did you see I even made Vortex Flower HEADPINS! Yep, sure did! 

Lots of other "little bits" in the shop as well. Some Vortex Flower bead focals, glass headpins, and little sets.

Here is what we made for mom for Mother's Day. Hooray for Pinterest!

We found a really great and easy tutorial for transferring an image to a wax candle. My idea for the candle holder botched. I sure did hand cut out text on some contact paper and etch "family" on the vase. I only had my bead etching liquid which does NOT work, so don't bother ;P I searched around and saw this idea using scrap book paper, so we did that instead. It turned out super cute :D There weren't any instructions, but I figure you guys are pretty clever and can figure it out. We used a little bit of sand paper to sand the glass where the paper went and applied the paper with mod podge. We hot glued the ribbon and bow separately :)

What's a pretty gift without a pretty package. I made this bag for mom with a stencil, some scrap book paper, and little vellum banner. 

I got this amazing air vase from the lovely, Marsha Neal Studios! My mom kills plants so I decided to save her the trouble and I just gave her dead flowers :D

Mom's birthday just passed as well. Mother's day and her b-day are always a week apart. Boy lots of creating to do that week! Here is the necklace I created for her with the carved focal by S L Artisan Accents, and sea urchin bead by Blue Berri Beads.

Did you know I do all kinds of art? Not just a pretty face ;P I created this fanciful Harry Potter wall art for a swap partner I had. I made a cosmic nebula with Harry Potter's outline. It's layered over a page of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with the quote"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live". I was  a little proud of my new "baby". I took LOTS of photos of the process of this piece. You can see them here.

My friend Jamie moved out of state and I had wanted to make him a bead for forever. He never did tell me his favorite colors. He wanted me to be inspired to make him whatever called to me.... You can see why he didn't get a bead for awhile. Lol. I couldn't really think of anything until right before he left. I decided to do moon phases and the "Mother, Maiden, Crone" for him since he is Pagan. I made LOTS of these seemingly simple style beads before I was happy with them. These were the best ones I made ;) 

My sister's b-day was in April and I was inspired to create these earrings for her. I really LOVE the black and pale aqua together. I had some GORGEOUS watermelon tourmaline faceted teeny beads. I had to dig through HALF the bag just to find a few that were drilled big enough to fit over 28 gauge wire. I am going to find the person that drilled these beads and punch them in the face >:D

I have contemplated making more of these, but I need to dig through those damn beads and see if I can find just enough to make another pair for my shop. Awesome "clay dings" are by my friend, Karen Totten :D

My sister has always loved rainbows together so I made her a pair of these for her birthday too. I made super teeny beads for my collaboration with Zenned Out so I used some of the extras in her earrings ;)

*Whew* see why I've been "absent" lately. Lots of stuff to make and do and not nearly enough time for ALL of it. Good thing I plan to live for a VERY long time so I can get most of my life's ambitions completes before joining "the man in the sky" ;P

Thanks for checkin' in! See you soon!

xoxo Genea

NEW Series, "Sugar Beach Rainbows", "Naked Sugar Beach Rainbows" and the process of creating a new series.

Hello friends!

Have you seen them?? They have been BLOWING up all over Facebook! 

Check out this screen shot from my Facebook page! Wow, exciting huh?!

I would love to introduce my NEW series of beads "Sugar Beach Rainbows" and "Naked Sugar Beach Rainbows". It all started out with a single bead and turned into an entire series of new work! Below is the bead that started it all :)

 I don't know if I am completely done with the series just yet as I have NOT made any glass headpins or spacers ;) The chilly temperatures of what's left of this half ass winter are keeping me from CRANKIN'  out beads in my studio. Looks like we will get some more snow over the next couple of days our "big" 1-5 inches of snowfall. *cough cough* Then temps will climb back into the 30's and even up to 55.

A new series really starts out with laying out all of the colors you want to use and getting out your scientist hat. This is the development phase. Not all colors will work out the way you planned so it's a good idea to test things out before doing an entire run of beads. You could think something will work out perfectly only to find out you made an entire run of beads that could use a few more tweaks in the design. 

So step 1. color choices, step 2. color tests. This is more important for stone texturing. Not all glasses like to make that pretty texture. So this is really important to figure out before moving on. After all of those steps are done, next comes color layering. I wanted the look of the colors gently fading one into the next. This works really great if we have a TON of colors in that specific hue, but is harder when we have all of like 3 hues for our pinks. We have super pale, one slightly lighter and then hot pink. This doesn't really make for easy color transitions. Luckily our friends over at Creation is Messy are kind enough to try out new colors and adding some fantastic new additions to our existing palette. Finally someone that will listen to our color requests :) 

So lets take a look at one of Messy's wonderful new pink additions to our palette, Blush. On the left you can see the original batch. Hubba hubba, huh?! Is that a SEXY pink, or what? That is the OLD batch of Blush from when the first color came out. On the right is the newer batch that came out kinda recentlyish. So you can probably expect to see more of that hue. It never does hurt to ASK when you order your glass though. The color does shift all the way across the entire lot of glass they receive ;) This is where I will 1. Tell you to be sure to ask when you order, and 2. One of the MOST important gems of advice I can give you... If you find a color batch you like ORDER A LOT. Glass changes ALL the time. So if you find that one batch you like STOCK UP the next batch could be totally different. Reactions and colors.

Anywho... so as you can see the older batch is darker and the newer batch is lighter. The newer batch fades more gently in color so that is the one I decided to use.

Oh and you're welcome for me telling you one of the colors I used :P As a lampworker one thing aside from skill is knowing your color palette. This is one of your BEST weapons from setting yourself apart from everyone else out there. You may be able to do the same techniques as everyone else out there, but color layering and being able to pick out colors that  look beautiful together is actually a skill. One I didn't realize I had until I met some people that didn't have it. I have to thank my mom for that one. She too has the gift of pairing up colors. 

Now let's take a look below. Before moving on for the headpin designs I tried out a few different things to see which I liked best. On the left you can see this is the "naked" style with no color core underneath. You can see the colors fade more gently, but it's hard to see that there are actually 3 colors on there. The next 2 are different layers with cores. No, I can't tell you EVERYTHING. Some things you need to go sit down in your studio and to yourself. This is what makes you a good artist. Go do your homework :P

So lets back track a little bit and start back with the first bead I made for the series. Of course you knew I would start with green and blue, right?! ;) So the bead on the top right you can see kind of fades from yellowy green to a more minty green and the bead on the bottom fades from green to more aqua blue. The bead on the top right is the original bead and the bottom right is the bead that is featured in the "Sugar Beach Rainbows" set. After creating the different beads I got curious. As you can see with the white cores you can see the stripes of each color. You can still see them with the "naked" style bead, but they fade more gently on the bottom left. On the top left you can see that the colors fade almost invisibly. How does that work? Well remember when I told you that the more colors you have in that hue the easier it is to color transition? Case in point....

Now it's time to make some beads! So grab that glass and let's get to work on a run of beads! Here you can see the original set of "Sugar Beach Rainbows".

What is a collection of work if you don't make some focals?

Sugar Beach Rainbow "Warm Rainbow". SOLD.

"Naked Sugar Beach Rainbows"

Naked Sugar Beach Rainbows "Warm Rainbow"

Naked Sugar Beach Rainbow "Cool Rainbow".

So hopefully with this post this gives you a little bit more of a look into the process and why I charge what I do for my work. It's easier to put value on something if you understand all of the work involved in the final product. So let's recap... 1. Color choice. 2. Color development. 3. Surface texture. 4. Test run of beads. 5. Series run of beads. 6. Cleaning beads. Did you know there is actually a science for this? My stone textured beads go through a rigorous cleaning before they look like the finished bead. They sure don't come out of the kiln looking so pretty. To paint a move vivid picture. Imagine excavating dinosaur bones. 7. New design development. Trying out more styles of beads to fit in the series. 8. Photographing, editing, listing. 9. Promotion and introduction of new work. 10. Tying, pricing beads. 11. Packaging, and shipping new beads.  Wow, that's a lot of work, huh? One of the many amazing services I offer you, my lovely treasured customers. XOXO.

Thanks for stopping by to read about our new series. I hope you find something you can't live without!

xo Genea