Day 6: Etsy Treasury....

(12 p.m. - 5 p.m.)

Today at PLA I finished working on the two boards I made yesterday on Pinterest. It really didn't take me long, all I had to do was delete some pins and activate them. After that Shannon wanted me to work on some treasures for her Etsy shop. I didn't know how to make a treasury so she showed me. I didn't think it would take me long to get them finished but It did. First off you only get sixteen spots to fill, you can't choose anything from your own shop and you can only have on item per artist. Although thats would seem to be a good thing, it makes it harder to find different items. At the end of the day I ended up almost getting done with the two treasures, hopefully it wont take me long to finish it next week. We are going to start making the prints, Im super excited.

Britney C.

Day 5: Pinning!!!

(12 p.m. - 5 p.m.)

Today was all about getting PLA's Pinterest set up, that was the first thing Shannon wanted me to do. I told her I was a pina-holic and that I pin all the time, if you look at my Pinterest page you will understand. I first explained how you set up your boards and the whole pinning process. Once you get started it is really no problem, the hardest part is getting your first board started. Then the rest is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

The first board she wanted me to do was called Arthouse, it is simply a board with paintings from abstract expressionist, modernist and Pop Art. I think I had the most fun with this board just because I paint myself. It didn't take me long to emerge myself into finding all the paintings I could, I just had to remember that I wasn't picking all the paintings that I liked. That I was picking paintings that inspired Shannon and that looked nice together on the page. I can tell you I learned a lot in that two hours of looking, and it Shannon loved the board.

The next board I did for Shannon was called Grunge Deco, this board took me a little longer to figure out. At first I didn't know what Shannon wanted in this board but after asking I got a lot good information. So the pinning started and I was on my way to pinning over one hundred pins. I also learned a lot about Art Deco after looking at all the pins, come to find out that the movie Metropolis. Which is a movie I saw in high school was during that period and you could tell by the shapes you saw decorating the set. Even in the recent released movie The Great Gatsby was inspired by Art Deco, how cool is that. The second part of the board was inspired by 90's Grunge fashion. The pins I found were full a girls wearing a lot of plaids shirt tied around their waist, jeans, crop tops Doc Martens and black sheer tights. The main color I saw in every pin was black and it reminded me of people who dressed gothic. 

Well, thats all I did for to day, tomorrow I will be working on finishing these boards and starting on some easy.com treasury. See you tomorrow!

xoxox

Brittney C.

Day 4: 90's Flashback.......

(12 p.m. - 5 p.m.)

Today was a light day, there wasn't much to do but finish up the work from the previous day. I started my day going through the rest of Shannon's old 90's magazines. It was funny going through them and seeing how all the people in the magazine dressed back in the 90's. Some of the things they were wearing, today I wouldn't step foot in. I also noticed that a lot of the garments they were wearing people are wearing them today. I saw that crop tops were a favorite in the 90's and skinny jeans. Just like they are today, I even saw a lot of the girls wearing cut off short like we do today. My oh my how things have a way of coming back.

The second thing that was on the list to finish up was coming up with some print ideas. That took me longer then expected. It's easier to come up with print ideas for your own collection but when it's for someone else its hard. I had to understand how she places the prints on the garment, I even studied her garments in the shop now. To get a feel for how she places the print, the shape of the print and the print its self. I honestly can't wait to learn how she makes her prints, she told me that next week will be print week. The last thing I did today was iron the rest of her pattern pieces and made sure that they are organized by size. 

Two weeks down already it seems like it will be over before you know it. 

See ya next week,

Brittney C.

Day 3: Tags, ironing and 90's magazines......

(12 p.m. - 5p.m.)

It's the start of my second week at People Like Art. Today was a quiet busy day, I didn't do too much but it seems to take up all the time. The first thing on my list of things to do is to cut out tags, one hundred and twenty to be exact. It took me two hours and ten minutes to cut them all out. Then after I finished, Shannon found out that one of her tops were on the home page of Etsy.com. That is super exciting! She also gave me an important fact when tracking sells in a business, that it's all in the views. Just watch the views because they will show you how many views you need to get a sell. The next thing I did was iron Shannon's patterns that she had just made. I ironed them then punched holes in them so I could tie them together with a fabric strip. The last thing I did today was go through some of her old 90's magazines like "Seventeen" and "Y&M" (Young and Modern) It was kind of funny going through those magazines. I was around four and five when those magazines were issued, I even remember seeing people dressed in the outfits some of the models were wearing in those magazine. 

 Then at the end of the day we swept, dusted, moped, then closed up shop.

Tomorrow will will be interesting, lets just say it will be a Pinterest filled day.

xoxo

Brittney C.

Day 2: Getting to know Art Deco

(12 pm- 5pm)

Day two of my internship with Shannon at People Like Art and she has everything planned out for me. The first thing on the list was for me to look through her design sketchbooks. There were four of them and she wanted me to look at them from the oldest to the newest. Her sketchbooks were amazing she had fabric swatches and little illustrations. She showed the different types of techniques she use and she used a lot of them, she even did burn test on fabrics. She used a lot of fabrics, I saw a lot of rayons, cottons and polyester. One thing I have learned from looking at her sketchbook, Is that if at first you don't succeed, try try again. If you could see how many test she did you would thing she was a pro. Something that I read in her sketch book was:

"Sticks and stones, Ropes and bones"

Thats just a little something that made me laugh when I looked through her sketchbook.

The next thing that was on the list was to draw flats of every type of garment on the sales floor. There were eight garments that she wanted me to draw flats of. It was funny because at first I thought I was going to draw them on the computer but to my surprise she wanted me to do them by hand. I wasn't that bad, seeing that it wasn't my first time drawing them by hand. 

The third and last thing I did today was look through a book called Art Deco Textiles by Charlotte Samuels. Shannon wanted me to get an understanding of what inspires her. The inspiration for her collections has been Art Deco and 90s Grunge. Looking through the book I saw a lot of prints and geometric shapes. Thats when I understood where she got all of the prints that I see on all of her garments she made.

She also wanted me to me to illustrate some patterns that we could possibly use in her spring collection. After looking through the book and taking notes, I started to get some ideas. Then before you know it it was five o'clock and it was time to go. I hadn't even finished my sketches but Shannon said I could finish next week. So until next time.

Brittney C.

First day of my internship!!!!!

(12 pm-5 p.m)

Today was the first day of my internship at People Like Art. I started my day there talking to Shannon and getting to know some of the business. We talked about her daily routine, her design process and some of the things I will be doing there. In the first few minutes of us talking, I found out who her target market was, which are working women in thier thirties. I actually found that very shocking because a lot of the garments she sells I can see people my age wearing them. Then she reminded me that people my age are in school  and can't afford to spend forty dollars on a top.

After we talked and she took me on a tour of her shop, we started the organization process. First by cleaning out four bins of scrap fabrics and getting them down to two bins. Then I learned how to clean an iron using some q-tips, a rag, soapy and water. That was the first time I had ever cleaned an iron. Then I helped her clean the snow decoration off the windows, then organize the threads and other sewing materials. While cleaning out some of her drawers she saw that she had a lot of swatches and she didn't want to throw them away. So the last thing I did today was make a fabric swatch book, full of all her swatches.

So today was a success! I really had fun today working with Shannon, which made the time go by extremely fast. I can't wait to see what tomorrow has to offer, she told me she will have more for me to do. I can't wait, see you tomorrow!

Brittney Council