Rylie Riesberg 4/25/14

Today I worked on the presentation a little. I have been mostly contacting my partners for which part we are each doing and setting dates for getting stuff done. I have posted the flyer on Facebook and will also be setting my donation box out this weekend. I contacted the Carroll food pantry to see if they would like to partner with us in this project "Bowls for the Hungry" and maybe they will make a good donation to us also. Once we get that, we can finalize the posters and starting hanging them up. I have edited the poster a little also and have quite a few printed, but now edits have been made so I will have to reprint them. Mainly we just need to work on the presentation and get that done and hear back from the Carroll food pantry. I am excited to see where we are headed!

Rylie and I went and talked to Mr. Grundmeyer on Wednesday during homeroom regarding the fundraiser night. While we were talking to him, he gave Rylie and I some really good ideas. He thought we would raise more money if we just put an order form online. Due to this, we have decided not to have the fundraiser night as of right now. So, Rylie and I are working on that. I think we also decided to hold off on putting out our donation boxes. I have also sent out emails to the group to finalize our idea and get ready for the presentation. This past weekend, I made a sample of my product that I will be selling. It makes me a little nervous where we are at compared to the day we present. We just need to keep moving along and work hard to finish our project.

Rylie Riesberg 4/17/14

Today I made an online order form so people do not necessarily have to come talk to us to get an order form. I think this is increase our donations and money made. I also talked with Mr. Grundmeyer the other day with Sarah Roberts to get things finalized. We are somewhat changing our ideas. I hope soon we will get the flyers out and maybe donation boxes. I thought we were doing good on time, but now we need to hurry things up. For sure the flyers and the word needs to get out their so people are aware. I plan on updating our Facebook status to the online order form as soon as the online form is done, which I hope to get done over break. I will also be working on the presentation a little more. We have a gmail for this, so I will be putting that on the Facebook page soon too!

On Friday, I tried to work on some finalized ideas. I am trying to get things finalized because we present very soon! The goals for this week are to get our flyers up and around town. Also get donation boxes and order forms set out at different locations. I created my donation box, and it will be put out this week with a stack of order forms. I have also worked with Rylie by talking to Grundmeyer and Stribe to get the fundraiser night finalized. I purchased my supplies to start working on examples of my product that I will be selling. I am excited to get everything in place and get moving on the project! Below are pictures of my supplies and the front of my donation box: 

Rylie Riesberg 4/44/14

Today I have added some questions and answered some questions our question page. I voted for the flyer I like better, but I think both are great! I worked a little on the Facebook page by mostly just inviting people to like it. Once we get the fundraiser date, I think it will be easier to promote because that's a key part! I also made a document about emails for Stribe and Gundmeir. I wrote half of them with just some ideas, but anyone can change it.

Today we have discovered that we are almost done with our project. We just need to complete a few things and find out when we can hold a fundraiser. Today, I answered a few questions on our questions document, and I asked a few, such as when we wanted our donation boxes done and set up. I have also added a picture on to our samples slide of our presentation to show what I can draw. I proposed that we meet Monday during homeroom just to double check we have a lot done.

April, 11 2014

Today I answered questions on our questions page and figured out what all needs to be done to finish. Mrs. McKenzie responded to my e-mail telling us to get in contact with Mr. Stribe and Mr. Grundmeir. We will contact them this week to talk about renting the facility and our fundraising policy here a the school. While we are doing that, we will finish up our sample products and donation boxes. We will post pictures of our artwork onto our Instagram, @imaginationtoreality, and to our Facebook page, CHS Art Department. After this we will have our plan finalized and be ready to present. I am really confident in my group and believe that we are making great time in finishing and finalizing our presentation and ideas.

On Friday, I answered emails that were sent to me regarding meeting times. I also answered any questions that were added to the ideas page of our project. I talked to a member of the field trip group to get more details on how we can collaborate on our projects. I also sent out an email to everyone that we could actually start doing our project anytime, so I want to maybe get things started in the next couple of weeks. I started designing my donation box and looked more into ideas for scrap booking pages I could create. I really hope we can get more information on our fundraiser night, and get that moving forward. This project is very neat, and I am excited to get everything moving along and see how things go!

Friday we talked with one person who was also in the field trip group that we were planning on teaming up with. We created a flyer for the art department that we are going  to have throughout the school. I also talked with a member of my group that I am partnering up with to created photographs that we will be selling in order to raise money for the art department. We are planing on taking the out door pictures when it gets nice outside,and the other pictures sometime in the near future.

Rylie Riesberg 3/4/14

Today I answered and added some questions to our questions page. I also emailed everyone asking about possibly meeting once or two a week during homeroom just to get everything done and so we can be together. I also worked a little on the Facebook page from my phone. I emailed O'Leary just making sure that she's okay with her being our mentor. I added some to the presentation about the Facebook page name also. I am mostly waiting on responses from people and then to hopefully get started on my photography part soon with Sierra! The only huge part that we still need is to know when our fundraiser night will be held. Once we have that, I feel like we can for sure get the flyers and donation boxes done because we will have a date set to let the people know. Overall, I think we are doing great!

April 4, 2014

Today, I composed and sent out the e-mails to Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. O'Leary. Mrs. O'Leary responded with the specific things she would like to use the money for, one being the conference art show that we are hosting this year. She also set a goal of $100 for us. She say's every bit will help. Another thing that I did was work on our presentation. I finished the slide for where the money will be going, and I also made a table for our products, selling prices, and productions costs. Once, McKenzie responds, we will hopefully know a general week when we can host our event. This will then help us plan our event even further. I am really excited for our event, and I think that it is going well.

April 4, 2014

Today we sent out emails to both Mrs. O'Leary and Mrs. Mckenzie. I have asked a few questions and answered a couple on our discussion page. We have added onto our presentation. One slide was how much our products are going to cost in order to sell them. I have also been thinking about what other things I could draw to sell. I used to draw cartoons so I figured I could turn people into cartoons. As a demonstration, I could draw Carly as a cartoon and show others. I also figured I can make clay pots and vases and maybe some display boxes, which I will also show as an example product. I feel like we have a general idea of what we want to do but we still have details to work out, like when we want everything to be done and how we are going to host the fundraiser night.

 Today I collaborated with my group about a few questions I had over the project,we are planing to have a fundraiser night,but we are setting that date after we give our presentation. I also found out that another group wants to combine their project with ours,I think that they want to have a penny war which is a good idea.I found a really cool website that we could make our flyers for and I started messing around with that to see how cool we could make our flyers. I am currently working on my donation box at home. The project is going very good so far and I can't wait to continue to work on it.

Today, I sent more emails out to keep the communication going in our group. I also looked over any questions that were left, and I answered  them as well as I could. We are starting to figure out exactly what products we are making. We also made deadline dates, and are hoping to figure out when we can really get everything finalized and ready for our presentation. I believe we are making great project, we just need to stick with it. We also had another group that wanted to collaborate with us which would be great if we can get it to all work out! I started looking at project ideas for the products I would be making which are collages and scrap booking pages. I am super excited! Here are a couple of pictures for layout ideas I can use:

Rylie Riesberg March 28, 2014

Today I answered some question on the documents and emailed some group members about information. I added comments to our presentation also. Right now I am doing some research on the average cost of clay and some art supplies maybe to use those as facts during our presentation so people can see how much stuff really costs. I will be working on the Facebook page this weekend because I can't work on it at school. I hope we can get everyone's questions answered and everything finalized soon! I am really glad with the way our group has worked together so far. Sierra and I will be making plans soon to start some of our photography!
Here is one link I was looking at for the average cost of clay.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Today, I worked on the presentation a little bit. Not a whole lot, I just added a few little things. I took snapshots of the order forms, and put the order forms on the presentation. Which one we are using, I'm not sure, so I just put both on there. I also put on, what I think is a fair price, for my item. I think we should all do that. I'm not sure how many I'll make yet, it just depends. I'll probably be making the tie dye shirts at home. Or in the art room.  --To be honest, I'm not really sure what to be doing anymore. Our group really lost communication. Either way, I think all we have yet to do is each of us make our artwork, and then take pictures, and put on the presentation. And then our presentation should be done.

March 28, 2014

Today I worked with Casey to finalize one of the options for our order forms so we can get to voting and figure out which one we will be using. We also edited our presentation and fixed some errors. I then answered some questions on our questions sheet to clear up some confusion that people had. Casey and I decided on a way to present our products. We will put picture of our products on the slideshow and also bring them to the presentation. We were then coming up with ideas for our artwork that we will be making and where we will be putting our donation boxes. One of the places we came up with was our dads store, Stone Printing. We have a very good general idea on how everything is going to go.

Today, Carly and I worked on finalizing our order form. We have also fixed some errors in our presentation and have worked out some of the details. We are also working on what products we would like to make and how we would like to present them. I have narrowed it down to two options: posting pictures on our slideshow or making the product and passing it around for others to view. I think this project is coming together well, aside from a few creative differences on what we would like the order form and the presentation to look like. Other than that, we have a basic idea of what we would like to do.

Today, I worked on another idea for an order form. https://docs.google.com/a/carrolltigers.org/document/d/1qH_LTP9tcPJGxDYzeRsT2ol7GfPnWXI-8aERImqprr8/edit Order forms will be filled out so we know all the information on  what a person wants from us. I have also been sending emails out this week to my group members so we can all be on the same page for this project. Communication is a big key to this project, so I set up a meeting time for our group to get together because I think it is important that we all get together in person to clarify anything that is needed and get on the same page. This document shows what we are going to go over at our meeting. https://docs.google.com/a/carrolltigers.org/document/d/1IIYvJU4C0gu_ZZQX6ExL-cfYfJdzoz4imkNHgIwy8eM/edit I think we are making good progress on our project. We are starting to get things finalized and figured out which is great! Everyone is doing a great job cooperating and doing their part.

Rylie Riesberg: March 21, 2014

Today I have added more possibilities in advertising, like Facebook or Twitter. I am still currently waiting on a response from Mrs. O'Leary. Once I hear from her, we can set a goal on how much we want to raise and also know what supplies the money would be put towards. My project is going to be photography. I am open to pictures of just people, pets, just an outdoor picture, or really anything that people request. I am open to try all things! I do believe our group is very ahead of schedule because we have most of ours ideas set and ready to be carried on. I am really glad with the pace my group is working at! I do believe we will be able to achieve any goal we are given.

Today I have created an order form for our fundraiser. When people see something they like, or have an idea of what they would like us to make, they will leave their name, contact information, and their product they want. This will be a neat and organized way to keep track of what everyone wants. When we are finished with the product, we will be able to contact them and give them their product. I have also decided on a few ideas of products I can make, such as drawing caricatures for people. All I will need is a photograph of the person and a day to create the caricature.

March 21, 2013

Today I found the site where it completely describes how to make T-Shirts to sell. (http://artsitenet.com/blog/?p=708) and then later found a site where we can buy the T-Shirts in bulk (http://www.theadairgroup.com/adult-shirt-white-p-181.html). I have also figured a way to sell these without running across the problem of running out of sizes or not having a design that a person likes. I have decided to create T-Shirts for us who are working it and have a sign advertising the shirts. This way if somebody wants one they can leave their name, number, T-Shirt Size, and then we can also work with them to come up with a design unless they don't care. This way, we can figure out at the end of the night how many of each size we need and order them. We will call the person once it is done so they can pick it up. Also to help with designs, we can have some sample designs already made on paper and they can possibly pick from those designs to have put on their shirt, but I think we should try making them all unique.
I also set up a document to write down any questions that we have for Mrs. O'Leary or Mrs. McKenzie so that we can later create one email for each of them with all the questions to send to them. This way we can avoid sending them multiple emails. We plan to get all our questions written down and the emails compiled and sent out by school Monday or Tuesday.
We also started an order form that we will use when people want to make a request for artwork. It will include things like: name, phone number, type of media, special requests, estimated price, and a special day they would like it done if there is one (like birthday).

March 19, 2014

Today Casey and I kind of finalized our plan of what we are doing to prepare for our presentation. We started the slideshow we will be using to to present our plan, and we created a list of steps we need to complete before we start putting together our presentation. We are going to create and Instagram and maybe a Twitter account to post pictures of our products, create flyers to advertise, make donation boxes to help raise even more money,  and ask the school how they would feel about holding a fundraiser where we sold our products here at the school. We have decided to ask Mrs. O'Leary to be our mentor for this project and ask if it would be okay to use supplies from the art room here to create our products. Otherwise, we will use the money from donation boxes to buy the supplies. Each of us will make a sample artwork to show at the presentation. We have decided that at our fundraiser, we will have pre-made art that people can buy, but people can also make a request and leave their name and number with us so we can make what they would like us to and contact them when it is ready for them to pick up. (we are thinking they could pick it up at the school). I feel like we have a more solid plan now instead of just throwing out ideas and not knowing exactly what path we are going down. I feel more confident in our plan and our ability to prepare for it now.

Today, we have come up with the idea of having a fundraiser for the art department at our school. We have decided to create products and sell them to people, along with creating donation boxes and setting up flyers to advertise around town. We will also advertise our products over Instagram. We will also ask the school about holding the fundraiser in the school. Carly and I have created a presentation to explain what the fundraiser is for, along with including sample products. Carly and I have finalized a general plan on what we are going to do and how we are planning to present. We have decided that each person in our group will be in charge of creating a certain art product, like clay items, drawings, paintings, scrapbooks, and other things. We have decided to ask Mrs. O'Leary if she would mentor us and allow us to use some of the school supplies to make our products. At our fundraiser, we will have certain products out for people to buy. People can also make requests for a certain product and will leave their name and phone number. When the product is finalized, we will call them and let them know they can pick up and pay for their product.

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