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Projects I’ve been working on

October 19, 2008 at 8:11 pm | In Art | Leave a Comment
Tags: anthropologie, Art, artist, birge, circles, clay, create, funky, gray, jennifer, make, messy, ocean, polymer, project, sew, shirt

So I’ve been crazy busy lately with so many ideas in my head. I have actually made some of them. This is it thus far:

Polymer clay pendants, not baked or painted yet…I was going for an urchine/ocean theme, and then the lil owl of course because I don’t have anything owl to wear and I love them!

My very first shirt ever!!!! And I didn’t even have a pattern to go by. I’m so proud.

I love the messiness of the circles. I was going for an anthropologie look.

It took me forever to get the bottom even. I think it turned out great for my very first one.

Painting in Progress

September 18, 2008 at 8:35 pm | In Paintings, Works in Progress | 1 Comment
Tags: Art, artist, birge, blue, create, designs, jennfunique, jennifer, paint, painting, progress, room, squares

So this is the painting I am working on, obviously not even close to being done. I had to start off with something simple to get back in the groove. I haven’t painted alot in a while and I have to paint 4 paintings by Thursday to take out of town with me..eek! I’m going to Fairhope/Gulf Shores for a family wedding. I’m so excited because I haven’t been to the beach in 9 months and I miss it terribly. Since moving to Huntsville I realized that the beach is my home. I will never be happy anywhere but there.

Mixed Media Weekend

August 30, 2008 at 9:12 pm | In Art, Creative Ideas, Sketches, etsy, etsy sellers, etsy sellers who blog, jennifer birge | 1 Comment
Tags: abstract, acrylic, Art, bird, birge, block, colored pencil, colorful, create, designs, drawing, etsy, for sale, fun, funky, gold, imagine, jennfunique, jennifer, media, mixed, off, painting, pink, play, red, shop, tissue paper, turquiose, watercolor, watercolor pencil, weekend, whimsical, yellow

So..it’s football season. I hate football. So I’ve decided to make use of my 3 days off. I’m going to make mixed media and watercolor masterpieces!! I already made one, making another now, and much more to come. Heres the first that I’ve listed on my Etsy shop:

Dream Bird Mixed Media $35
Jennfunique Designs

I made the cut!

July 21, 2008 at 4:11 am | In Random, etsy | Leave a Comment
Tags: 24 years old, alabama, artist, birge, blonde, buy, collaboration, create, creative, creator, designs, etsy, Fairhope, fun, girl, good news, handmade, Huntsville, jennfunique, jennifer, jewelry, paint, Paintings, pretty, project, sell, shop, video, yay

yay I made it on the Etsy video collaboration project!!!! Awesome.

Etsy video on YouTube

July 3, 2008 at 2:53 am | In Art, Inspirations, Sites I sell on, Sites I'm on, Videos, etsy, jennifer birge | Leave a Comment
Tags: alabama, Art, arts and crafts, birge, clip, crafts, create, designs, draw, dream, etsy, etsy sellers, etsy sellers who blog, etsy shop, fun, funky, images, inspire, jennfunique, jennifer, jewelry, make, paint, painting, pictures, shop, think, unique, video, whimsical, youtube

New Art/Computer Room!

June 30, 2008 at 1:50 am | In Art, Creative Ideas, Random, studio | Leave a Comment
Tags: apartment therapy, Art, beads, birge, black, books, clean, computer, create, decor, designs, desk, draw, dream, easel, green, home, house, ikea, imagine, jennfunique, jennifer, jewelry making, living, make, move, multi, office, organize, paint, rearrange, redesign, room, sew, shelf, small, space, spare, table, task

I finally got everything organized and cleaned up in my computer room and decided to rearrange while I was at it! Check it out:

This is where all the magic happens. lol. ;D

Royal Hills painting

June 18, 2008 at 4:13 am | In Art, Paintings, etsy | 1 Comment
Tags: acrylic, create, cute, etsy, etsy shop, fun, inspiration, jennifer birge, paint, painting, purple, royal hills, whimscial

My newest painting called Royal Hills…

Just finished it today. I like it..not in love though.

Royal Hills $50

www.jenniferbirge.etsy.com

Need Suggestions on How-To Videos

June 16, 2008 at 3:56 am | In Creative Ideas, How-To Videos, Inspirations, Tutorials, arts and crafts | 2 Comments
Tags: arts and crafts, beaded jewelry, beads, collage, crafts, create, frosted glass, furniture refabricing, hemp jewelry, how to, How-To Videos, jennifer birge, jewelry, learn, make, mosaic, painted furniture, painting, polymer clay, record, suggestions, teach, Videos, wire wrapping

I am going to start making how-to videos for jewelry making and possibly painting.

I need some suggestions of what I should start with. If anyone wants to learn something particular please comment and let me know.

These are the things I can teach:

beaded jewelry making

wire wrapping with jewelry

collage

acrylic painting

polymer clay jewelry

polymer clay figurines

mosaic pieces

frosted glass

painted furniture

furniture refabricing

hemp jewelry (any kind of knot)

There are some more things but I don’t have the resources right now to make videos about them.

If anyone has any suggestions at all please comment.

Does anyone even read my blog? lol

Sandollar Silver Earrings

June 12, 2008 at 7:01 am | In Earrings, etsy, jewelry | Leave a Comment
Tags: create, earrings, etsy, etsy shop, free people, handmade, hippie, jennifer birge, jewelry, large, oval, sandollar, shop, silver, simple, sterling silver, unique, wire, wire wrap

My newest addition to my Etsy Shop…

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Sandollar Silver Earrings $22

www.jenniferbirge.etsy.com

Old Paintings

June 10, 2008 at 12:41 am | In Art, Paintings | 1 Comment
Tags: alabama, Art, artist, barn, bird, boat, bum, butt, canvas, color, colorful, colorful diet, confessions of an artist, create, dream, Fairhope, flowers, gas, Huntsville, ideas, imagine, jennifer birge, money, musical, nude, paint, painter, Paintings, palm tree, purple, rain, red, relax, retro, root beer, sail away, sew, sewing machine, travel, vase, vodka

I have some old paintings that I’m suppose to go get from my parents house so I can put them on my Etsy shop but they are 6 hours away. :/ Was going to go this weekend but then my SUV started acting up, so of course I have to pay out the ass to get that fixed before I can go..and then there’s the dreaded gas prices. UUUGGHHH! I was starting to think that they weren’t even worth it..but then..I remembered I need my sewing machine because I want to start making my own clothes, aprons, hairbands, bags, etc etc. I have so many ideas!! I’m really excited about that part! So I have to go get them. I wish my parents would just mail the damn thing to me. It probably would cost less in postage than it would for the gas. But I have fabric I need to…I have too much stuff, I swear. These are the paintings I have go get:

Retro

Retro Diptic

3 Palms

Dreary Day

Root Beer?

Geo

Voileta

Vodka Vacation

Crazy Bird

Musical

xoxo

Sail Away

Asian Vase

Red Barn

Colorful Diet 2

I think there are some more but I can’t remember all of them. Too many…

Oh and all of these are for sale. I will be putting them on my Etsy shop as soon as I get them. If you are interested in purchasing contact me. I’ll probably cut you a deal cus I’m just that sweet.