Back to Work

Its another Monday and the week begins all over again. I came in today ready to work. I thought about my wedding plans quite a bit over the weekend, so I was anxious to come in and get started. All day I worked on my mock wedding. I began working on my table design for the wedding. I researched different wedding table layouts to try and find a design that I thought would work best for my wedding.
Besides drawing up the design I found a game to play for my FISH Philosophy presentation. The FISH Philosophy game has to deal with ways of improving a workplace through playing, making each other's day, choosing your attitude, and being here now. All these ideas go into making the workplace enjoyable and productive. I had to come up with a game to help demonstrate a way for us all in the office to improve team work. It has to do with M&Ms but that's all I'm saying for today. You'll have to find out more when the game is finally played!
To wrap up the day I worked on my Intern Evaluation Sheet. It is a really good way for me to reflect on how I think I am doing here at Perfect Productions. I tell about the tasks I completeled in the past week and how I managed to do that. Doing this allows me to see how much I really am doing over the week. I can see if I am meeting my weekly goals and if not how I can improve so that I can do better the next week. The evaluation also gives me the chance to ask my supervisor any questions I may have. Even though I do ask questions when ever I am confused its a nice chance for me to write down questions might have for the future or are not needed to be answer at that exact moment.
Tomorrow I continue to work on my wedding plans. I hope to have a meeting with Elissa and James (my mock bride and groom) to get some of my questions answered in order to continue on with my projects. I also have to work on a center piece design for the tables as well. Looks like its going to be another busy day!

Wrapping Up the Week

Today I had a whole checklist of things I needed to have done before the end of the day. Even though we were supposed to have a snowy weather the lack of snowflakes outside all afternoon made it so we could stay at the office all day to get work done. I finished my inspiration board first thing this morning so I could get that project completed. After that I prepared myself for my meeting with Elissa to go over some questions I had about the wedding venues I looked at. I never was able to get to my meeting because Elissa left for the early for the weekend. So, I spent the rest of my day alone in the office with Amanda. I worked on goals for next week; which really are just to keep up with the timeline of work due. I have more projects due for next week so I planned out everything I have to do for each day so I can stay on task. Come Monday morning I will start off with my meeting with Elissa and then get straight to work on my project due for that day.
My first week of interning comes to an end and I honestly do not know where the time went. Everyday I was full of stuff to do in the handbook, for my supervisors, and the mock wedding assignment. The days have flown by and I can not believe the one week is done. I hope to finish my wedding on time along with my other tasks. Everyone here has just been so welcoming that I know if i have any problems they have no problem with lending a hand or words of advice. As the week comes to a close its time to relax and enjoy the snowy weather before its time to start over again on Monday.

Busy, Busy

Well today was one busy day! I came into the office ready to work all day on my introduction board. All morning I spent my cutting out the perfect pictures, matching colors, and trying to make sure all of the ideas blended well together. I hope that Elissa likes it. Trying to put it all together is a lot harder than I thought it would be. It seems like every two minutes I come up with new ideas for the board but I have to just pick one layout and glue it down. I was unable to actually finish the board because we all left the office early today to meet with a bride, her family, and the caterer. Before we went to see the caterer though I experienced my first cake tasting with Elissa, James, and Amanda. All I could say about that is, YUM, YUM, YUM! All the cakes were delicious and unique in their own special ways. I never tasted wedding cake before and its defiantly beats any box cake.

After testing the cake we all packed up and headed to the reception hall for the client's wedding. Sitting in on the meeting gave me the chance to see, hear, and learn about planning the food aspects of the reception. There are so many different things to go over. Questions about the size of the chairs, numbers of waitstaff, menu options, and reception times were asked in the meeting. My head was spinning with all the information coming in all at once, but at the end of the meeting I was able to understand more of the wedding and grasp how the planning process of it works. It was a long busy day and tomorrow I have so much to do before the weekend begins!!

Piecing Together the Right Look

So today I just sat at my desk letting my imagination run wild about the mock wedding. I looked through bridal magazines on ideas for a venue, dresses, cakes, and flower arraignments. I browsed the Internet all day trying to find flowers that would match perfect for my inspiration board due tomorrow. I looked at what seemed like millions of wedding cakes trying to decide which one would give off the look I am trying to create for the wedding. Tomorrow I plan on just working on my inspiration board to be presented. I think I have the right feel on what the bride wants for here big day I just hope all the ideas I have in my head I can have put down on paper. So the wedding planning took up all of my day but I still feel like I need more time to work. The thing I have learned the most out of my first three days is that not only weddings but any event has so many details beyond what meets the eye. There are so many steps that have to happen in order for everything to work out just right. Also, if one step or aspect of an event were to be over looked a domino effect of things being forgotten can occur. The planning process can not continue if step one is not completed in order to move onto step too. In planning you have to make sure you cover all of your bases. When you are planning a memory for someone else you have to ensure that it will nothing short of a great one.

Let the Wedding Planning Begin!!

Day two of my internship and I am already realizing the amount of work and effort it takes to plan an event. I am officially starting off with planning my mock wedding. I met with Elissa today who is my mock "bride-to-be" on what her thoughts are about her wedding. Even though I felt as though I asked a bunch of questions there was still things that I completely looked over. I started looking in some of the many wedding books and magazines in the office right after the meeting to start my planning process. After reading some articles and looking at the checklist of things that need to be done I quickly came to terms with the fact that there is more to a wedding then just a venue, guests, floors, dresses, cake, and food. Even though it is a big task to do in such a short amount of time I am super excited to learn all the details that go into planning a wedding. Ever since my meeting ended with my mock bride, Elissa, ideas and thoughts just keep popping into my head.
In the beginning of the day I completed my tool box assignment. I had to imagine if I was on a deserted island and had only a toolbox to fill of things I would need for events that would take place on the island. I filled it will emergency use items like first aid kit, flashlight, medicine, and an inhaler. I also included a walkie talkie and cell phone to insure ways of communication. Some of the most important items were a planner and a watch. A party planner has to be organized, on time, and prepared for whatever comes her way. Having a planner and watch can help with making sure that things are not only organized but are running on time and according to schedule. Some of the last things I picked were makeup, bobby pins, a comb, safety pins, and a sewing kit because you never know what might go wrong or has to be fixed last minute in an outfit. The activity was fun and creative. It really had me think about what things that might not big so big in a production but can come in handy.
One of the last things I had to do today was to stuff envelopes with "Save the Date" cards for an upcoming wedding. I also finished the case study for the week so I can really focus on my mock wedding plans for the rest of the week. As I close with my second day my mind is going crazy with thoughts on my project and I cannot wait to start working on my inspiration board tomorrow. So let the wedding planning begin!

Day One of Interning

Hello, I am Paige Borda and I am a freshman at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. Today was my first day of interning here at Perfect Productions. I have been anticipating this day for quite some time now. Especially only being three days into the new year I really cannot think of any better way to begin then to start off with an exciting new learning opportunity. Walking into the building today I did not know what to really expect but the warm welcoming from Amanda quickly put my nerves at ease. She presented me with my internship binder. The internship binder may look like it is a lot of reading but the information inside is nothing short of being useful and interesting.
Since everyone was coming back from the holiday there was a lot of catching up going on between Amanda, Elissa, and James. Just hearing them share their stories showed me that they are more than just co-workers but friends.
After our short little meeting on introducing me to Perfect Productions and what I can expect over the next few weeks, I got straight to work. I am only here for three weeks so I have little time to cram in A LOT of information. I am super excited though because I will be planning my own mock wedding! One of the first steps for me to do is to interview Elissa as a soon-to-be bride and ask here all different questions about her wedding. So, today I have came up with what I think are some pretty important topics to touch upon and first thing tomorrow will be the mock interview. After I completed my questions I filled out my weekly goal sheet and glanced through the internship binder. To end my first day I stapled on postcards to the Southern New England Wedding magazine. Perfect Production has 2 full pages in the magazine!! The spread looks amazing so as to help with promotion I stapled on the cards pointing out the article and details about what Perfect Productions has to offer clients.
So, all in all my day went by quite fast. Tomorrow is a new day and I cannot wait to see what is next for me to do in the process of planning my mock wedding. My next assignments look to be the toolbox training and an inspiration board. I cannot wait to see what I have in store for me!

One Week Left :(

Today I realized I only have one week left- 2 days- and I can't believe it! Time flew by and I feel like I have learned so much, but still have so much more to learn. I can't thank Elissa and Amanda enough for all they have done for me... I don't want to leave! :(

While in the office today I went through all of my assignments to make sure that next week when I am done, I have completed everything I needed to. Pretty much everything is done so I was all set!

Everyone is focused on the JDRF event today that is this weekend. When I came in Elissa asked me to measure the posters that they ordered for the event. They are all different sized french themed posters that are going to be at the event this weekend. After I measured them all I had to go and get foam core from Blick to mount them all on. They look so nice!

After that I spent some time creating a certificate of appreciation to send out to everyone who was involved and helped at the auction last week. I sent it to Elissa and am just waiting for her approval. I want to get them all done and sent out on Tuesday so that I don't leave any loose ends on the auction before I leave. I also wrote a thank you letter to all of the participants to be sent out with them.