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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.

September 16, 2008 at 4:31 am | In Random | 1 Comment
Tags: alter, birge, change, computer, cs3, digital, edit, girl, jennifer, make, manipulation, people, photo, photoshop, pic, professional, retouch, touch, up

I did these in photoshop cs3. I learned most of it at my new job because I have to photoshop the big prints, it’s so fun I love it. Anywho, this is my friend Jordan and her daughter Jayda and then 2 stock photos at the bottom. They are such cute little models.

my favorite ^

Fused Plastic Bags for Travel Companions

July 17, 2008 at 5:46 am | In Creative Ideas, How-To Videos, Random, Tutorials, Videos | 1 Comment
Tags: a, bag, bags, birge, bottles, companion, conditioner, earth, friendly, fuse, fused, hair products, heat, jennifer, liquid, make, make up, mess, messy, paint, paper, plastic, recycle, resourceful, reuse, shampoo, throw away, travel, walmart

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

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

Spider Season…Yuck!

June 8, 2008 at 6:51 am | In Works in Progress, etsy | Leave a Comment
Tags: bags, beading, beads, charms, create, etsy, etsy shop, gift wrap, gift wrapped, glass, glue, ideas, inspiration, jennifer birge, jewelry, make, messy, organize, package, packaging, relaxing, sell, spiders, string, studio, temporary studio, therapy, unorganized

Apparently it’s spider season. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! I hate hate hate spiders more than probably anything. They have taken over my art studio because it is on the bottom level of our house and has big cracks around the back door. So unfortunately for my boyfriend, I have moved my Etsy shop supplies into the living room so I can work without getting crawled on! Ewwww! Gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. Plus I get to watch the big screen hehe.

Sometimes I think I have too many beads..but then…I am always finding myself wanting more or “needing” something new and different lol.