Sweet Dreams Project

As i got dropped off this afternoon at 12:30, i sat and waited for Jane to appear around 1:30. it was a tedious wait but none the less i was here at the studio. upon walking in i  grabbed myself  a bagel out of the freezer and defrosted it in our newly mini oven! P.S it was very delightful!

In recent up and coming t news, 12 girls from a non-profit organization called Oasis for girls is coming today at 5 o’clock  sharp. This lovely program empowers young women with their everyday lives and creates leaders their communities.

Hopefully some of these girls will be so enthralled by our sewing  program, they will join our Sweet Dreams co-operative upon completing the necessary training and replace those of us  (such as myself and others) heading off to college who can no longer attend the program.=(

We are so eager about these girls arriving, Jane and i replaced the old paper underneath  the mega mat (we all use to cut fabric on) and put clean white paper and taped it all down neatly. We even swept the floor to a notable sparkle!

Just in! Carnival is coming up soon in late May and costumes for a dance teacher at the marsh theater are needed and guess what, there is a possibility of that project falling into our hands, isn’t that exciting?Any-who that’s all the news i got so far, until next time my friends… ciao!

I reunite with my fellow mate, the blogging machine!

hello friends, comrades and cherished customers. i am back from the  busy real world with a tangerine in hand ready to spill out the ever so intriguing events that happen in our studio.  Along with all the random opera/Madonna/Lady GaGa singing happening in one corner of our room due to our lovely Nadia Johnson, we are making neck pillows of our own to distribute to whom ever we see fit to give to.

We are also planning to see the extraordinary fashion couturier  Balenciaga exhibit at the De Young by the ever so famous Hamish Bowles. For those who don’t know who he is, he  created Jakie Kennedy’s style. Oh what a joy!

Furthermore we are finishing our ever so extraneous lavender harvesting. finally after many many months of harvesting we have 6 more bags left to get crack-en down on and we will be free of the harvesting. Don’t get us wrong it was pleasant while it lasted especially the smell but let’s say we’re happy to get away from the taunting lavender ingrained in our brains.  we’re ecstatic we are almost DONE! YIPPY!!!

It has been a while since we’ve blogged and so to clue you in what i’ve done today i have included a fairly short yet large summary! Enjoy!

Today i had a really really good day. it all started when my teacher Mr. Archer asked me why i came to school so early ( it was late start today) and i said ” my mom drops me off fairly early in the morning!” He said “Oh” uncaringly and opened to door to his classroom. Then out of nowhere people started pouring in the class and yelling out “I GOT MY PERMISSION  SLIP MR. ARCHER” i was like “WHAT? … there’s a field trip and i didn’t know about it? oh no i got to go with you guys!”. So in a matter of minutes i got my permission slip signed and met up with Melissa at forest hill station. i got to Fort Miley  with my peers and Zip lined/ rope climbed everywhere including to the co-op, lol. Because i didn’t eat all day i ended up scarfing down a chicken, rice, and cheese taco with hot coffee, ( not the best idea but it quenched my hunger) all in under 15 minutes. Today at the co-op we are supposed to make zipper case demos and in addition we are going to have a special deal for valentine’s day!

WAHOO ready to work work and work! xoxo Orisa=>

Today is a on and off rainy day, resulting in a semi rainy day. Walking in the studio and getting settled to start work,  our mentors stopped us in our tracks and we had a group meeting. We talked about how now we were going to start having group meeting at the beginning of work  to discuss our agenda for the day such as: checking in with every one’s day so far, our production schedule, reports- (sales, special events, online work) and lastly discussing field trips to stores that sell our products.  Leaving us on that note, our director of sweet dreams needed to take a group picture of the hard working females that make the successful production possible.  It was actually really funny because personally i had some bad hat hair (it does that on days like these) and one of the members gave me a hair makeover which looked exactly like hers and everyone (including myself started) laughing. I decided to wear my cashmere scarf as a turban so i ended up looking like a Russian  biejita.- We had lots of fun! Our orders are shorter than usual so, today we will finish early.

Today as my peers and I walked into the studio, we went straight to work on the computer. Blogging  just about anything we could think of including  the new products we have just launched online a.k.a the special products that are limited edition. We posted them on our Etsy page for sale.  Now, if a loved one wants a dream pillow or yoga mat bag for their birthday you’d better not wait because they are selling out extremely fast. If you want one, the early bird catches the worm so order, order, order!!!! Thank you.

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