For the last few months, I’ve been working on a top secret project, or at least, something that wasn’t ready for the world to see yet. WELL, now it has launched and it is HIP-BONZ! Let me tell you a story about how it all started:
My husband, Chris, works in the movie business as a grip. He was hired on as key grip for the new Halloween movie that is coming out August 28th. (Go see it!) So Chris, being the head of his department, wanted to decorate the equipment truck to make work a little fun for him and his crew. He bought some twinkle lights to hang and even a “Live Nudes” neon sign.
He asked me if I would make him a poster for the truck that was Halloween related…we brain stormed on it for a few minutes and came up with this:

Design by: Jennifer Birdsong © 2009 Hip-Bonz, Inc. Halloween © 2009 Compass International Pictures | © 1978 Falcon International Productions
This is the digital version. The original was done in watercolor. So anywho, I made it for him and he took it to work and put it in his truck. Then people started to see it, and started telling others about it, and soon the executive producer of the movie, Malek Akkad, caught wind of it and had to see what all the fuss was about.
Meanwhile, across town… I get a phone call from Chris. “How much do you want to sell the poster for?” Whaaa??
Turns out that Malek wants to buy the piece! He LOVES it! And to make things even more amazing, Malek is not only the exective producer, but OWNS the Halloween franchise and wants to make t-shirts and posters of the piece, and hang the original in the Halloween Museum where all the other fun props and artifacts are from all the movies.
So I sold the piece to Malek. I find out soon after that Malek and his company are going to start their own apparel and merchandise company and that the Michael Myers “FEAR” piece is the flagship artwork. The piece is the reason they are starting this new company!
The more that he and I talked, Malek let me know that he wants to do a girl’s line of apparel in the company as well, and wanted to know what else I could do. I sent him to my website, and he loved what he saw there as well. So he set me up with Brian, who works with Malek, to hash out the details. Brian has been a huge help and has been great in answering my questions. I’m still pretty new to all this business side of art, so Brian has been patient with me.
I sent him a few more designs for the girlie line, and thus the “Vixens” were born!

Design by: Jennifer Birdsong © 2009 Hip-Bonz, Inc.
On July 28th, Hip-Bonz launched and is now here for the world to see! They are taking pre-orders now and they will have so much more in the future available for you to purchase! So please, go check it out and see what Hip-Bonz has! There will also be more Vixens to enjoy!

“Hip-Bonz Inc. is proud to announce the “Coolest”, “Sickest”, and “Hippest” line of Apparel and Merchandise this side of the internet!
“Our goal is to provide our consumer with the highest quality merchandise we can while at the same time keeping it affordable for everyone to own. We want a brand that you can wear to the club or an event as well as in the comfort of your own home. Something everyone will like.”
We are not trying to re-invent the wheel…
…we’re just trying to make it look hotter!”