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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