A Look Back

You know, I've showed you all my products, but I never showed you my first creation -- My logo & computer girl.

A few years ago, I thought I'd start designing digital scrapbooking kits. And to get my name out there, I started with template freebies. But  before all of that, I needed a design name. I threw around a bunch of ideas and eventually settled on Jeni.Em Designs. My name is actually Jeniece, but I didn't want to go with that. And I currently go by Jen. But there was something catchy about using my childhood name Jeni. And then, in stead of going with JeniM -- I spelled out the M so that people would know to say the letter and not end up combining it to be Jenim lol.

Well, when I discovered I had no love for designing kits, the freebies stopped and I left behind Jeni.Em Designs.

Fast forward to a few months ago -- a friend and I were chatting about Etsy. She convinced me I should open a shop and I didn't need much encouragement to do just that. I dusted off my designer name and opened up. BUT -- Everyone knows you need a logo. Out comes the doodling...

You know, I actually didn't doodle much before I settled on a design. The bottom graphic was scanned and made into this:

I thought about doing it up with a nice, strong font (ie: the top version) and ended up loving my hand drawn one (ie: the bottom version).

After that it was all about the computer girl. You can see above I did a simple girl. I knew I wasn't something cute, but I wasn't sure how detailed I wanted. Googling around, I saw these girls with computers - and I knew I needed to have my Mac with me lol.

It took a while to get her all done. I was still pretty new with everything it takes to make something like that. Not only that, but I still don't understand certain tools that I KNOW would make designing easier lol. Ah well - as long as I get 'er done, right? lol

Anyhoo - so yeah. Name done. Girl done. I dressed up my name - added some color and some scrappy elements and wa-la

Well I guess that's it. Just thought I'd show off my business graphics. ((Okay, mainly I was in the mood to be chatty, and since I have a blog - I'm allowed to do that lol)).

I'm in the process of getting up some custom options for my work -- one option to change stuff on a card (ie: colors, fonts, photos, etc) and another option to have something new made for you! Just need to get the listing done up and then you'll be able to get something special done up for you!

Until Next Time!
~ Jeni M.

Lego Revamped, again

With things not improving, I'm updating THIS previous post, as well as updating my card (again)

**Update**

Well, my Lego card hasn't sold since I changed it. I'm so incredibly bummed. Searching Etsy doesn't help because they seem immune to Lego's rules. I still can't figure out why Lego targeted me, but I won't let that get me down.

Instead, I'm updating the card again.  I went with kind of a mixture of my two previous versions. I'm really hoping people will be interested again, and at the same time Lego will leave me alone. Here's hoping right :)

So here's the current card, as it stands. ALL versions are available, of course. But for advertising purposes, I'll keep this preview up and see if people will like it again. 

Building Blocks (aka Lego lol) Birthday Invite

Until Next Time!
~ Jeni M.

Mario Banner

I was going to do a simple pennant banner like I've been doing, but I'll admit -- when researching graphics for the game and trying to decide what I wanted to make on the card (and how I wanted it to look - new version vs older versions) -- I came across a banner using the blocks you see in the games. 

I had already made these (the blocks) for my card and it was simple enough to remake them bigger for the banner. SO - I went with the square style banner this go round.

Mario Birthday Banner

This set is ONLY what you see above ("Happy Birthday!") because each print sheet has two blocks on it. Kind of a pain to print up letters you don't need. SO, eventually (I forgot to do it today) I will put up a listing to personalize it -- and I'll send people the extra letters they want. I will link it here when I get it up!

Super Mario Bros.

So I was completely unsure what to make next. I swear I get all these ideas - and then the moment I sit down ... it's blank. Completely blank!!

Well - I asked on my Facebook Page for an idea. Anything. My friend Kim came through again! She said Toad -- from Super Mario Bros. I didn't go with Toad specifically (I wanted to steer clear for copyright issues). Instead I went with a generic Mario theme (ie: the background).

Super Mario Birthday Invitation

I can't get enough of this invite!! It's rare that one just comes together so quickly and so easily. But this one did. I saw it in my mind and then bam - that card! I believe I will be doing up a banner to match in the next couple days, so be on the look out for that!

Until then! ~ Jeni M.

Bowling - Girly Style

Just popping in real quick to show you the girly version to my Bowling Invite I shared a bit ago.

Bowling Birthday Party Invitation

And with that, I'm done (see - told you it was gonna be quick!) Until Next Time!
~ Jeni M.

Star Wars Dudes!

I did it! I pushed through my creative block and finished up the Yoda I was working on. And from there, the rest just poured out of me.

I'd show you my crappy Yoda, but I didn't even save a version of him. Let's just say that Yoda MUST have large eyes, or he looks like a freaky alien. Which is fine if you're going for alien. But now when you're going for a pretty well-known character.

And without further ado - my Star Wars element pack, all done up and prettified for you!

 

Star Wars Clipart Element Pack

Total cuteness, right?! I can't get enough of that Yoda lol. I plan on using some (maybe all) of these guys and doing more invites. I just haven't done it yet. Soon (always soon lol) :D

That's all for now! Until next time!

~ Jeni M.

And Yet More Minecraft Goodies

With the success of my Minecraft Banner, I wanted to do more extras. So I did up some water labels. You would think this would be quick & easy, but this is me we're talking about here. In other words - I had to do up 4 different ones for some reason and they all had to be "perfect" lol.

Well, I don't know if they are perfect, but I happen to like them!

Next, I think I'm finally in the mood to finish my Star Wars characters. I got stuck on the Yoda I was making and I think I finally figured out what was wrong with him! Wish me luck!!

Until next time!
~ Jeni M.