Meeting Minutes 4/26

Present:
Tina
Joan
Mary
Rose
Paulette
Georgiana

Meeting:
Joan - collected dues. Joan to post on blog our current balance and dues info.
Tina - June house show postponed

Art Created:
Tina - Day of the Dead Boxes
Georgiana - Glass Wire Box
Joan - Paper beads

Discussions:
Paper beads - beaded curtains, lanyards, etc
Joan taught the group how to make the beads and we all created! Fun and beeautiful! Thanks Joan!

Next Meeting: ????


'Get Stoned' party at Tina's on Sunday, May 24th - still on???
- create paving stones for Casa de Luna entrance
- bring a paver and let's get wild :-)


-georgiana

new item. i got a wire box from the thrift store, threaded wire with beads, and then soldered broken bottle glass to it.

-georgiana

hi all,

i took the shell we foiled together yesterday, foiled some glass nuggets, and soldered them together to create this piece. then i hung it in the middle of one of my planters. this is recycled and i love it!!!

thanks for the inspiration!

i also made a little video to explain how to get the foil to stick to the glass nuggets.
check it out on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGrS4sVR8EE


-georgiana

Meeting Notes April 5, 2009

Present:
Tina
Joan
Mary
Rose
Georgiana

Meeting:
Tina - reviewed last meeting minutes, collected dues. Joan to post on blog our current balance and dues info.
Tina - made business cards for beecause with her name. 500 for $7 from vista printing. others encouraged to make.
Tina - purses presented. continues to make with new design using washers, super cool!!!
Tina - letter for Betty Griffin House fundraiser - aiming for a fall event
Joan - presented her paper art pieces. Using newspaper color ads. Will have workshop next meeting to show us how to make. Request for cherry tomato containers. :-)
Georgiana - presented her portfolio of stained glass pieces. Presented idea to create a portolio of all of our art to have available, determine wants. Brought garden piece with recycled glass. Will have future workshop for glass/foiling.

discussed:
- having a trunkshow in June, with any available inventory. Use to find the kinks in our process and to begin preparing for larger events.
- creating an 'assembly' line to produce inventory together as a whole. i.e. Joan's paper art, foiling glass for garden pieces, etc etc. Would invite all to create and produce pieces to sell.

Next meeting: Sunday, April 26th at 11:00am
- bring colored newspaper for Joan to teach us her craft, rolling papers

April 16th - Jewelry 101 Workshop
- bring $5

'Get Stoned' party at Tina's on Sunday, May 24th
- create paving stones for Casa de Luna entrance
- bring a paver and let's get wild :-)

anything i missed, please post!!!

-georgiana

Meeting/Workshop

"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint…and that voice will be silenced." — Vincent Van Gogh

Ladies,
Jewelry 101 continues at 5:30 Thursday April 2nd. Bee-Cause regular meeting and potluck brunch Sunday April 5th 11:00 AM at the new Casa Del Luna Studios!!!
Looking forward to seeing all of you!
Tina

Meeting/Workshop/Potluck

Ladies,
Here are the minuets from our last meeting on Sunday March 1st:Present were:Joan
Paulette
Mary
Tina
The meeting its self was short. We discussed our finances and we had a total of $96.00
It breaks down to the following:
Dues:
Jan 18th
Mary-$5.00 Georgiana-$5.00Rose-$5.00Paulette-$5.00Joan-$5.00Tina-$5.00
Naorah-$5.00

Feb 22nd
Mary-$5.00 Georgiana-$5.00Rose-$5.00Paulette-$5.00Joan-$5.00Tina-$5.00
Naorah-$5.00

$26.00 Donation for a total of 96.00

March 1st
Mary-$5.00 Georgiana-$5.00 Rose-$5.00 Paulette-$5.00 Joan-$5.00Tina-$5.00
Naorah-$5.00
24.00 went to Tina for cost of domain name:because.org

We have set a goal to do a “Trunkshow” in June. This will give us time to create inventory and have a goal to work towards.

We ended the meeting and continued on with potluck and workshop on jewelry making.
Joan will post the recipe for the onion tart~
Everyone is a different level so we will have an optional “Beginners Jewelry 101 on Thursday Night March 12th. At 5:30 PM. I will have a specific project we will make. Covering the basics. A list of supplies will be provided next week.

As always call me with questions or concerns!
Tina

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

The Artist Way

I can get the book The Artist Way through my bookclub for 9.95 no shipping charges.
Please let me know who wants one and I will order them!
Tina

For the record

hi

there is a store in jacksonville that sells crafts made by local artists.

http://www.3eclecticchicks.com/

to keep in mind for the future when we expand. :-)

-georgiana

reminder

Hey Ladies!
Just a reminder that we have a bee-cause meeting at Casa de Tio Frijole on Sunday Feb 1st at 1:00 PM
I sold my first purse for $35.00 and I am going to give $5.oo to the cause!
We will need a treasure let me know if anyone is interested!
See you all on Sunday!
Tina

New Bags!

WOW! This is an addiction! Here are more bags Mom and I created today!

we now have a domain name

Hey Everyone!
Just to let you know we now have a domain name!!!
beecause.org!!!!
Its going to cost us $4.00 each. I had it registered as private.
Looking forward to making this an amazing project.
Why? BEECASUE WE CAN! :)