Day Two: Busier than a worker bee!

My second day at my internship has come to a close. I cannot believe all the things that were done today and yet still there was not a huge chunk crossed off the "to do" list. A lot of the things that we have been taught in school were certainly applied to the workplace. Today was a bit different than yesterday and I will explain it below :)

So when I arrived at the internship today, I was ready to get everything started. They decided that every other day I would either be working with the team leader Jody or team leader Renee. Yesterday was Jody so this morning I expected Renee. She wasn't there when I first arrived so I talked to Jody and of course her team had several things that they needed finished. I started with pricing again today and this time I was a bit more skilled than last time, so I finished that job quickly!

Then after pricing books i went back to Renee's team and they needed me to put away all the samples they already used back to the library. Now mind you I figured that shouldn't be to difficult of a task, just put away a few little samples here and once I figure out the organization it will be easy peasy lemon squeezy...boy WAS I WRONG..because once you encounter this...all the textiles suddenly look that much larger and you feel soo much smaller. I took a breath and after about 5 minutes of midless searching i went to see teh textile library manager. she looked at all the information I had in my box and shook her head. She organized everything into piles and gave me the 411 on the textiles. I slowly got the hang of it. So when I saw the textiles all labeled out, I was able to organize them back into smaller more managble piles. That entire task of putting and organizing things took me about oh an hour or so. It was coming up on lunch so I figured hey let me get as much done and completed before lunch so that I can figure out my next task. Joanna had ordered some textile samples and they were not in yet. In order to complete the project, the samples had to be ordered. So I took on the task of ordering samples. We had to find the color, number and exactly how big of a sample you wanted. Then you had to fax all of that information over to the company. Here is a photo of that ordering process. and then of course, the forms to order the samples in:


You basically find all the information on the in house sample and FYI all the stuff we learn in textiles, like the tests performed on the fabrics are all listed on the fabric samples. As well as other information related to the fabric such as the return and how many yards are used on each fabric. So that was pretty neat to learn.
Next, Jody had me do another project. One of her clients was reupholstering some sofas and chairs in her home. So in order to do a price point and let the customer know how much that project was going to cost, you fill out a form for reupholsteries and send them to to Fabric Manager. We had to know the material, how much was needed and the dimensions. There was also a photo of the old chair with dimensions and these chairs were put into the form so the fabric guy knew how to figure out the finalized prices.

After that was lunch and we get an hour off from work so me and one of the other interns Suzanne went to Panera. soo yummy! we reached back and got to work on some more projects which were catagorizing final selections for the clients into binders, and making sure that everything was organized.







The final project that we did today was with the same client making sure that all the information that she selected was correct and in order. we sat with a master list and cross referenced everything! that took forever but it was well worth it. I love working in that space and ill post the rest of those pictures so everyone can see some of the space I am working at!

Internship at Collins-DuPont Interior Design Day 1

Sorry for my being away for awhile...I had finals and a lot of other school related things to deal with while I waited for this moment to begin! I am starting my internship and today actually was my first day. I am still sitting here at work. have just about a little less than two hours left til I go home for the day but I thought I would stop by really quickly and let you in on my first day here...

DAY ONE:

I got here a little bit before 8:30 and they were here already welcoming me. I got a tour of the entire firm and met the other owner Sherri DuPont. I met the team leaders and the other team members. They put me to work right away and I started by getting pricing for furniture selections for one of the women on the team. That involved scanning and printing and stapling. Let me just say that was confusing in and of itself for the first few imputs. I was at a loss because I was unsure of the oganization, but a few minutes later I figured it out. That took about 2 hours to complete (mainly due to my lack of not knowing the way of the pricing books)
After that little task, I was able to start on the actual project. My leader Jody (who is pretty cool I might add!) gave me 10000000 things at once. My brain worked into super overtime trying to figure everything she just told me! I started with taking each textile and calling the manufacturer and asking for the price per yard and the amount of yardage they had in stock. Trust, I was nervous to call at first but the people on the other side of the phone knew exactly what I was looking for and in no time I was already completed.
My next task was to also get the images (thank you trusty Google Image Search) of all the furniture that I previously spec-ed out and copy them to folders. Finally, I got the paint wall selections and made sure that they all lined up according to the customers selections.

YEAHHHH! So far so good. I am just lounging now because my team is in a meeting. I have met soo many people, I don't quite remember names..but faces! Also I met another intern, Jennifer, from UF! (Hi Jenn) She is nice too. My favorite employee so far is Carol Garcia..she has this awesome laugh! And lots of candy to go around. She has random outbursts like we do in the ID lab so that is fun. Also, AVA if you read this, there is a girl here JUST LIKE YOU! Laughs the same, talks the same, its funny. So It's like I never left you guys. But I miss everyone!!!

Alright I am done with journal entry one for now. Because, there is nothing left to write. Except I went to Publix for lunch. Got some chicken (shout out to Panda) and sweet tea lol.
Later friends!
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