Week 5

This week I cleaned all of the weekend candy dishes, and then put them away. Then on Monday I was asked to clean and reorganize the back floral design storage area. I spent 4 hours weeding through containers and giving everything a place and a home. I also went through our spray paints and everyone has been really impressed with the work on that area. I then spent the day wiring roses and putting away the rest of the weekend rentals. On Tuesday I helped process the flowers. Wednesday I helped process more flowers and then I started to pull containers and clean them because FOOTBALL is starting up next week and we have our first home game on Friday GO TEXAS!!! The more  I get done this week the less stressful next week will be. I am going on a wedding set up on Friday and I will update later.

Week 4

This week was a good week. I was so grateful that I was able to work everyday, we had a wedding from the weekend that had to be taken down and things that needed put away. I was able to go on a set-up actually went on two throughout the week, these next couple of weeks we are getting ready for the football season. We have lots of containers that needed to be pulled and we needed to clean about 50 candy containers for a carnival themed party on the Campus, we helped set up the party and that was a little intense because up until the last minute our client was changing some of the details which wasn't a big deal and we want to make the client happy. The candy bar that we set up was awesome and full of candy that included whirly pops, swedish fish, chocolate covered raisins and so much more. We had to work with the wind and we had to make adjustments as we were setting up and it was a good learning experience. I am getting more comfortable and I am slowly getting a routine and I am gaining more responsibility, I got to go on my 1st solo set up with another guy and unfortunately I made a mistake and we both forgot to pack something  and we had to go back to MA and the event an extra time. We are now going to be more prepared the next time we go out. I didn't work the weekend because I got the opportunity to attend the cultural celebration for the Indianapolis Temple. I was very helpful throughout the week and I helped make sure that everything was ready for the wedding and I cleaned many many glass cylinders and made sure things were packed well.

Week 3

This was the week was week 3 the 10th-15th we had to clean up from the weekend wedding. I was a little bummed out that I was unable to help on the saturday set up but I was able to set up a wonderful wedding at the South Bend dinning hall at Notre Dame. On Monday and Tuesday I spent the day pulling all the votives and vases for the wedding that I helped set up on Friday. I have become a professional glass cleaner and dish washer. I don't mind though we all start out at different places and we all have to work our way up. I did get to work with some floral and we set up and prepared the containers that were going to be  using for the weekend events. It was another slow week I had Wednesday and Thursday off. When I went in on Friday is when I got to go help set up, this wedding was being set up by a couple of companies we provided the linens and the decor, like the candles and the flowers and the drapes on the ceilings. We also went and placed 160 votives around the room along the perimeter and they looked great.

Week 2

This week was a slower week, we didn't have much for weddings so I unfortunately didn't get to work much. Monday I cleaned a lot of vases and containers that had been used throughout the past couple of weeks. I also spent the day driving around for 6 hours back and forth from the Bennington Boat show that we helped stage. Tuesday I took a day for myself and my family we went to Six Flags Great America; it is my candy land and I wish I could live there. Wednesday I went back to MA where I spent the day pulling things for the one event that we had that weekend. I am really loving this company I really like the atmosphere and the people I work with are all so nice. We have probably no more than 20 employees and we have contracted help for big events. Everyone is so eager to help one another and we all work as a team, we each have specific jobs but not one is any more or less important than the other. I was then off until Monday of week 3.

This week was the 3-8th

Week 1

This week was a hectic week- I started by pulling for a wedding, this means that I took product that had been rented out of our inventory so it can be used for the event. Once the items are collected into one central location, it is then cleaned and checked off of the list and label so it can get to the proper wedding or event. This first week we had 6 total weddings and 2 other events happening. I got to help process a good amount of flowers and I learned there methods and procedures for doing so. I have never seen or heard of dipping hyds. into water head first and also bells. Later in the week I also worked with Jelly balls and they are so cool, these clear beads make it look like petals or flowers are suspend/floating in water.

Tuesday I went to help set up at a boat show. We were providing anything from the show tent to the plants around the resort, we set up umbrellas and lots of furniture. This was all done for the Bennington company. Bennington got everything customized and we provided it all for them. I loved getting to be behind the scenes of such an event.

Wednesday and Thursday I continued to pull out and clean our inventory. I also got to process flowers that came in. I also got the rare opportunity to be able to pull and then complete the floral that went with what I had pulled, so I pulled out the vases for the wedding and then I put the floral in vase as well and it was one less thing that the floral girls had to deal with.

Friday is BRIDE day- I got to help do two different set ups the first one was just decorating the table tops and placing the floral at the church. The second wedding was a huge thing and we worked from 5 pm until 2:30 am it was great we set up 50 tables and placed 400+ chairs I then got to go around and tie the decorative ties on the chairs. We also placed chargers and napkins and the place cards. The men that were with us did the lighting and the draping of fabric over the dance floor. The tables all got 18 different kinds of halos and votive candles. The whole process was just that a process.