No Hours with Susy today
Today was a very simple day. Susy and I have caught up on our hours and everything is set. So today I went to the New London Elementary school with Lindsay and Kelsey to watch the fourth grade play that they helped with. Plus Susy's son was in it and he's like a little brother to me. It was also cool cuz I was in the same play when I was in the fourth grade at NLES.
My ideas for the exhibit are great. However, I just need to make a decision on what I would actually like to do. Well, thats all for now. All is well with Nantucket Jewels
Friday, May 16, 2008
Oops
I accidently wrote that I worked from 11:00 - 2:00 yesterday. I actually worked till 1:30. 2:00 was when I was supposed to have my meeting with my mentor.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Very Simple
Hours Worked: 11:00 - 2:00
Today was a very simple day. Susy has been working none stop with me as well as managing a family of four with her husband. So today our quote was, "We're closed on Thursdays!" lol While I was at the house I begain working on an order sheet that Susy could send buyers before the website is established. As for that website....we're still having problems. Let's just say the company is absolutey useless and we're still trying to understand the whole purchasing. I also began playing with the photography of some of the products. Brenda was kind enough to let me use her camera so it has been of great assitance to get great quality photos of all belts and headbands.
Aslo, today I began to think about how my exibit will look for the Senior Project event. I'm still workin on how thats gonna work.
The focus group is going as planned. All the girls were wearing the accessories today and they looked great. Molly's belt is finished and she'll probably be wearing it soon. Tomorrow I will start working on the survey that they will fill out after the five days. My plan is to e-mail it and then have them honesty box it to my facebook so that it can be strictly confidential. Then I will take the answers and fill out hard copy surveys.
All is well with Nantucket Jewels!
Today was a very simple day. Susy has been working none stop with me as well as managing a family of four with her husband. So today our quote was, "We're closed on Thursdays!" lol While I was at the house I begain working on an order sheet that Susy could send buyers before the website is established. As for that website....we're still having problems. Let's just say the company is absolutey useless and we're still trying to understand the whole purchasing. I also began playing with the photography of some of the products. Brenda was kind enough to let me use her camera so it has been of great assitance to get great quality photos of all belts and headbands.
Aslo, today I began to think about how my exibit will look for the Senior Project event. I'm still workin on how thats gonna work.
The focus group is going as planned. All the girls were wearing the accessories today and they looked great. Molly's belt is finished and she'll probably be wearing it soon. Tomorrow I will start working on the survey that they will fill out after the five days. My plan is to e-mail it and then have them honesty box it to my facebook so that it can be strictly confidential. Then I will take the answers and fill out hard copy surveys.
All is well with Nantucket Jewels!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Focus Group...STARTED
Hours Worked: 8:00 - 12:00
Today I turned in the signed contracts to Susy for my focus group. Molly signed to get a belt and handband, lindsay a head band, hannah a head band and belt, and kelsey a head band and belt. I was really excited when I got to Susy's because I was able to chose things for my friends. I gave hannah a belt that was a blue and brown paisley on one side and the brown with big blue dots on the other. She also got a pockadotted headband. Kelsey got a reversable belt that had pink and green designs on either sides and a headband with navy and pink pockadots as well as a pink and navy paisley design on the other side. Lindsay got a head band with solid blue on one sid and the yellow and blue stripes on the other. Last but not least Molly got my favorite designs. She got a reversable head band with pink white and green argyle. It's really nice. Then I worked on designing a new belt for her that will be ready by tomorrow. One side has navy, white, green, and pink stripes and the other side is a navy backround with pink pockadots. On the striped side I embroidered a fancy MP for Molly Prudden. Then she's gonna get a big fancy pink buckle. Its really nice. Well thats all for now. All is Well with Nantucket Jewels!!
Today I turned in the signed contracts to Susy for my focus group. Molly signed to get a belt and handband, lindsay a head band, hannah a head band and belt, and kelsey a head band and belt. I was really excited when I got to Susy's because I was able to chose things for my friends. I gave hannah a belt that was a blue and brown paisley on one side and the brown with big blue dots on the other. She also got a pockadotted headband. Kelsey got a reversable belt that had pink and green designs on either sides and a headband with navy and pink pockadots as well as a pink and navy paisley design on the other side. Lindsay got a head band with solid blue on one sid and the yellow and blue stripes on the other. Last but not least Molly got my favorite designs. She got a reversable head band with pink white and green argyle. It's really nice. Then I worked on designing a new belt for her that will be ready by tomorrow. One side has navy, white, green, and pink stripes and the other side is a navy backround with pink pockadots. On the striped side I embroidered a fancy MP for Molly Prudden. Then she's gonna get a big fancy pink buckle. Its really nice. Well thats all for now. All is Well with Nantucket Jewels!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
While Working....
Work Day: I will be working from 10:00 - 3:00
Today I decided that I would write my blog while I am actually working. This way everything is still fresh in my mind. So basically this entire day has been filled with TECHNOLOGY!!! This morning I worked with Susy more on the domain registration. It seems like there has been some confusion with which package we should be purchasing. As I said yesterday we bought a package that would allow the website to be put into search engines and all that type of stuff. That package cost $39.99 a month. However, once we made the purchase we had no idea where to go to actually make the site. Then we found that there is an additional charge that we will have to pay in order to make the site. So, we called the company this morning (of course it was someone fromm a foreign country who could barely speak English) and they told us that we should also buy the extra ecommerce package in order to make the site. This would cost us about $19.99 a month. It was perfect. You would think that a website design website would be easy to navigate....on the contrary. It took us forever to find what we were looking for. Once we found it we tried adding it to our cart. However, it would not let as chose nantucketjewels.com to add the package too. This probably sounds really confusing because you weren't there to experiencee...but don't worry...it is even confusing for us. So as of now we have no website because we are having technological complications. Whateva! We'll try again tomorrow.
As another part of the website Susy is going to open up a checking account with Capitol One for the company. They will then give free equipment in order for us to use Credit Cards. This will save us money when the website comes along because then we don't have to pay register.com (website domain company) to run credit for us. YAY!
So, after that I moved onto sewing world so that I could finally finish programming that stinkin embroidering software. And guess what?!?!? IT WORKS NOW!!! At first it wasn't working because I wanted to see what it would be like if we just used normal thread, but that didn't work. It was fraying and looked really bad. But as soon as I used the embroidery thread it worked perfectly (duh). I did three different tests of what the belts would have embroidered on them. One was a fance N J (Nantucket Jewels), but then we realized that it looked like New Jersey. That could work though because Susy is originally from there. Then I tested an SSS (Susy Snow Sullivan) and that looked really nice. They kind of descend in a diagonal way. Then I actually embroidered Susy Snow Sullivan just to see what it looked like. It takes up to much space but it looks really really nice. We also decided that the machine could be of use to the company because we can then sell monogrammed items. We could put giant initials on the Key Fob or allow people to personalize their belts. All of this will be great when the website comes.
So that has basically been my day so far. Susy is off in the other room starting up her jewelry once again. All is well with Nantucket Jewels!
Today I decided that I would write my blog while I am actually working. This way everything is still fresh in my mind. So basically this entire day has been filled with TECHNOLOGY!!! This morning I worked with Susy more on the domain registration. It seems like there has been some confusion with which package we should be purchasing. As I said yesterday we bought a package that would allow the website to be put into search engines and all that type of stuff. That package cost $39.99 a month. However, once we made the purchase we had no idea where to go to actually make the site. Then we found that there is an additional charge that we will have to pay in order to make the site. So, we called the company this morning (of course it was someone fromm a foreign country who could barely speak English) and they told us that we should also buy the extra ecommerce package in order to make the site. This would cost us about $19.99 a month. It was perfect. You would think that a website design website would be easy to navigate....on the contrary. It took us forever to find what we were looking for. Once we found it we tried adding it to our cart. However, it would not let as chose nantucketjewels.com to add the package too. This probably sounds really confusing because you weren't there to experiencee...but don't worry...it is even confusing for us. So as of now we have no website because we are having technological complications. Whateva! We'll try again tomorrow.
As another part of the website Susy is going to open up a checking account with Capitol One for the company. They will then give free equipment in order for us to use Credit Cards. This will save us money when the website comes along because then we don't have to pay register.com (website domain company) to run credit for us. YAY!
So, after that I moved onto sewing world so that I could finally finish programming that stinkin embroidering software. And guess what?!?!? IT WORKS NOW!!! At first it wasn't working because I wanted to see what it would be like if we just used normal thread, but that didn't work. It was fraying and looked really bad. But as soon as I used the embroidery thread it worked perfectly (duh). I did three different tests of what the belts would have embroidered on them. One was a fance N J (Nantucket Jewels), but then we realized that it looked like New Jersey. That could work though because Susy is originally from there. Then I tested an SSS (Susy Snow Sullivan) and that looked really nice. They kind of descend in a diagonal way. Then I actually embroidered Susy Snow Sullivan just to see what it looked like. It takes up to much space but it looks really really nice. We also decided that the machine could be of use to the company because we can then sell monogrammed items. We could put giant initials on the Key Fob or allow people to personalize their belts. All of this will be great when the website comes.
So that has basically been my day so far. Susy is off in the other room starting up her jewelry once again. All is well with Nantucket Jewels!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Very Productive
So today I started with at Susy's from 11:00 - 11:35. Then I went to chorus, but as soon as it was over I got straight back to work. I then was able to work from 1:00 until 8:15. This allowed me to catch up on many of the hours that I missed last week. Today was extremely productive. I was able to create a contract to conduct a focus group of about 8 people. The contract asks whether or not the person would like a belt or head band. It also requires a signature in order for the individual to commit to wearing the product for 5 days straight. After these five days they will fill out a survey that will allow Susy and I to learn of any complications that need to be changed. It also gives us an idea of what products people would be more apt to buy. The plan is to have the contracts in by wednesday and the products to be ready by either Friday or Monday. As well as plan out the focus group I registered Nantucket Jewels for a domain (url/website). Some problems have arisen but we will fix those tomorrow morning. The website will allow ecommerce to occur and this will be of great advantage to the company. This way Susy can sell in bulk. We will start out with just a paypal account and then if things go well Susy will apply for a Visa account in the Fall. We also debated on how to use her current logo. However, we thought it would be best that I take photographs of the sandollars that I own and create a brand new logo. All is well with Nantucket Jewels and there will be much more to come tomorrow morning.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Weekly Reflection #1
As I’m starting the process of writing my weekly reflection I debate on what there is to truly reflect upon. Do I worry about whether or not I am keeping up with my goals? Do I plan on doing anything different than what I have already done? Or do I simply stick with the status quo and write exactly what I’ve been told to write without going above and beyond? And although these questions are present in my mind I can’t help buy deny what I am actually thinking. I think that I learned one of the most important lessons that I could possible learn about the work force during this past week. I learned what it’s like to balance your personal life and professional life. When this week began I was planning on diving right into senior project at full force. However, this goal fell short when my uncle was diagnosed with leukemia. I immediately dropped what I was doing to tend to the needs of my family. I knew that this was something I would never be able to do in the corporate world, but I could not resist the urge that I was feeling. Although I was given the opportunity to stay longer with my family I decided that I had a duty to my hours for senior project. I returned to New Hampshire promptly and got straight back to work. This was an experience of extreme importance because of the fact that I was able to maintain my loyalties on both ends of the spectrum. This is a skill that everyone must have before entering the work force so that the lines of different responsibilities are never blurred. This helps avoid much confusions and controversy.
As for my goals, everything is right on task. Website design will become more relevant in the following week. I plan on having blue prints for a web page to be finished by Thursday. I think that it will put Susy’s business in a supreme position to widen her range of buyers.
As for my goals, everything is right on task. Website design will become more relevant in the following week. I plan on having blue prints for a web page to be finished by Thursday. I think that it will put Susy’s business in a supreme position to widen her range of buyers.
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