1st Week of Interning!

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” 

Colin Powell

And that is just what I did this past week. I have worked my fingers to the bone. However, I have had so much fun at my internship! Having been an employee at Bless for the past 6 months, I come into my internship with an advantage; basic knowledge of the store & checking people out, merchandising, and knowing how the owner wants her merchandise displayed. This past week I have done so much I can’t even remember it all! The things I spent most of my time on were:

• Changing the window displays with a new theme. My theme was something easy to throw on for memorial day celebrations, or even clothes perfect for the beach! I used mostly pale blues and pinks with neutrals, and since we are having a 50% off sale on our Fyre leather bags, I wanted to display those, too!

(Sorry for the glare on the window!)

I actually had two (or three, I can’t remember) of these purses I displayed sell within 2 days! (I’m proud)

•  I did some usual store tasks like organizing racks by color, straightening up folded pieces, and maintaining overall cleanliness of the entire store.
• We got some new clothes in, so I had to print out the labels, tag the clothing, and fold & display them.
• We had a REALLY cute new jewelry line come in also, so I had to price and merchandise them, as well. They are all long necklaces, consisting of beads (so popular right now) and really neat pendants (some look like compasses)- so cute!

Here they are below. There was actually a third necklace on the caged riser, but a woman bought it not even an hour after I put them out!

• I had lots of fun doing this next part! I love art and drawing, and I got to do our chalkboard design for next week! Our city is hosting the annual “Hog Rally” (yes, it is as redneck as it sounds but they are such super nice people) where thousands of people ride their motorcycles and do all sorts of activities around the town. They are also lovers of nice and expensive things, so it gives us a chance to promote our store and products to them!

In addition to everything listed above, I went in on our off day and organized and cleaned everything up! Our store manager/owner is about to have a baby so it has been hectic around the Bless family, and the store was in need of some cleaning! Yesterday, I changed some furniture around to a more customer-friendly layout and organized our back stock room. Today, I merchandised some new Hobo bags we got in (super cute slings in bright colors), and I will post some pictures of those later- I forgot to get pictures today!

I hope you all have enjoyed reading about my internship adventures and hope it inspires you to do an internship! It is such a great experience, and I’m so looking forward to learning more about the behind-the-scenes in a boutique!

xo

Cat