just finished a little angel to put on the rearview mirror of my car.



-georgiana

here is the garden piece. the wire and beads are not reused, but all the glass is from broken bottles.

i hung it from a shepard hook in the garden.

if you like and are interested this was not hard to do and didn't take that long.

-georgiana

hi

i'm asking for glass bottles please. breaking them is awesome! particularly colored glass bottles...i'm going to make a garden ornament as a test run.

also posting pics of the wrapped bottles. orange one is the champagne bottle, the blue one is a bath and body works plastic bottle! exciting to reuse that waste.
-georgiana

my artist date today was going to michaels....got more string for bottles.

stopped at flea market....looking for ties. found only one! had a gross stain, did not get.

breaking wine bottles today and seeing what i can do with the glass.

for more on an artist date:
http://paperartstudio.tripod.com/artistsway/id4.html

-georgiana

LOGO

LOVE THE LOGO!!!
Thanks for all your work!

Meeting Notes February 1, 2009

February 1, 2009

Beecause Meeting Notes

Attendees:

Tina

Rose

Paulette

Mary

Joan

Naorah

Georgiana

· (Joan) Artist’s Way discussion

o Tina buying 4 copies for members ($9.95/each)

· (Tina) Domain www.beecause.org purchased

· Treasurer – Joan

o Collection of monies for domain name, meeting dues ($5/meeting)

· (Naorah) – logo updated and approved

· (Naorah) – trademark of ‘beecause’ and logo $87.50 each

o Decision to trademark the name first, logo later

o Naorah to gather paperwork

§ Need: 3 examples of use, who we are, business address

§ Using Paulette’s PO Box

§ Naorah will notarize with another person’s signature

§ Once submitted, expect quick turnaround

· (Tina) Selling of goods

o Gallery/store

§ Negative – commission

o House Parties

§ With a group that wants to do a fundraiser, can specify type of art

§ Hostess/host of party invites guest, we present and sell art and give 20% back to specified cause

§ Steve (Simple Gestures) will donate a night

§ Eventually contact Folio, Skirt, etc….

§ Ponte Vedra group for abused women

· Contact made by Tina when selling purse, woo!!!

§ ‘Gift’ for hostess/host – eg. Pin, button

· Next meeting will be a jewelry/accessory making workshop

o Bring materials and designs (buttons, beads, thrift store jewelry to disassemble, etc)

· (Georgiana) Keep an eye our for ties please

· Showcase of Tina and Ethel’s purses – we love them!

· Collect beach glass - future foiling workshop with glass

· Tax ID – Naorah and Georgiana to discuss and present group with different business type options

· (Joan) Artist Date – went to Hobby Lobby

· Joan to bring camera next meeting to take pictures

· Blog – beecauseblog.blogspot.com

o to logon contact a member

o check blog for updates and ideas

o post Artist dates you have

· Next Meeting: February 22^nd at 11am. Meeting first, then accessory workshop after

THANKS

Ladies,
Just wanted to say THANKS for making concept a reality! I am sooooooo excited about this project!
PLEASE send me your phone numbers, emails address and birthday (oh just because) to my email address. I would like to make sure everyone has access to each other.
Thanks to Joan for becoming our new treasurer and Artist Way leader!
Here's to a creative and profitable year!
Tina

updated logo option

here's another version of the logo with some of the requested changes. sorry i haven't had more time over the past 2 weeks to make some more options. i'm also thinking about a beehive and a high heeled shoe. anyhow... let me know what you think. see you later today. -naorah

Trademark Registration

Hey ladies - here's the link to the document we need to fill out to register the trademark. I think we have to do 2 - one for beecause as the name of our company and another for the logo.

Trademark Registration Form