Monkey Baby Shower Invite

I started this one a while ago, but just never had the motivation to finish it. With some down time, I forced myself to focus and get down to business lol. After finishing the girly version, I did up not only a boy version, but also a gender neutral version as well :) Seems like lots of people like to do gender reveal at baby showers now, so I wanted to make sure they could use my invite for that! :)

Monkey Baby Shower Invitation

Working next on a sleepoever invite! I'm excited to start it, so I'll be back with that one soon enough!

~ Jeni M.

Bouncy Fun

I've been to more than one party with those inflatable bouncy house things. I swear that's all you could do for parties in the small town I lived in a few months ago, lol. SO! I thought - what better invite to do next then one with those castle things!

Bouncy House Castle Invitation

It was a lot of fun to make up the house/castle thing. I have to say -- there are so many different versions out there. And colors. Who knew!? The hardest part was narrowing the colors & design down to what you see above. But once it all came together, it just fit, you know :)

That's all for today. Onto my next project (not sure what that will be yet, but I'll figure it out soon, I'm sure)!

~ Jeni M.

Bunny Cuteness

So Walmart is telling me Easter is coming up. Now, knowing Walmart like I do -- I figure Easter will be within the next 6mo or so, since we all now how much Walmart likes to rush holidays lol.

That said, I thought it would be fun to do up a Easter invite. Easter party, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter something -- both as a card, and if need be, as a larger flier. I think it turned out pretty cute & fun!

Easter Egg Hunt Invitation

So yes, if you're doing something for the upcoming holiday (which is on April 20th by the way -- I googled) then check out the perfect invite for your celebration!

Until Next Time!
~ Jeni M.

Where are you from??

So I browsing the nifty apps associated with Etsy. From promotions to tax help - there are pages and pages. I found one that took all my sales and put them onto a map so I could see where I've made sales at.

I'm hoping this works, cuz it's kinda neat to see where I've sold to! It tells me I've hit 3 countries, and 21 states (in the US). Not too bad for a newbie; at least I don't think so lol. 

K - That's it for now. I'll be back later to show off the Easter party invite I'm working on!

Sesame Street Fun!

I was cruising Etsy trying to figure out what I should make next -- what was popular right now. I saw that Sesame Street seemed to be really big, so I thought that would be fun to do! I can't get enough of rainbows, so why not!

I made the lamp and then the famous street sign. Followed with a rainbow paper (I almost added purple & pink to it, but I really wanted it to feel for girls AND boys, so I kept those two out).

Find the perfect fonts and wa-la!

Sesame Street Birthday Invitation

I originally started with a card that had a photo and then went to the one you see. SO, after I finished that one, I made the photo version using the design I came up with up there.

Sesame Street Birthday Invitation

So far, it's been very popular (and it's only been up for like a day). A lot of views and a lot of favorites -- gotta love that!

Until Next Time!
~ Jeni M.

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.