A little bit of catching up to do since I was in Ireland this past weekend! It was SO beautiful...especially the first day! We went to a town called Howth which is about 30 minutes out of Dublin by train. We arrived there and immediately saw the sea as our train pulled up. It was really beautiful and then we walked up the street to the harbour and pier. The view was amazing with the green rolling hills in the background. We got lots of great pictures. Next, we made a 2 hour hike up the "mountain" to a cliff side where the views were even more breathtaking. I literally could have stayed up there the whole trip. The cliffs looked out onto a peninsula with a lighthouse and endless views of the sea. It was gorgeous. The next day, Saturday, we spent the day sightseeing in Dublin. Dublin isn't a huge city, so there wasn't much to do, but we found a lot of fun places to go. We purchased a Dublin Sightseeing ticket for the bus, so it took us to all of the main tourist stops. We saw the Dublin Castle, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and made a stop at the Jameson Whiskey Distillery. We had a lot of fun, but then it started pouring and we were all exhausted, so we decided to call it a day and headed back to the airport. It still amazes me that the three of us were able to plan a whole trip and navigate around a foreign country, completely by ourselves! I feel so grown up. :)
Anyway, on Wednesday, for my internship, it was just Lyndsey and I in the office because Amanda had gone to Bath with Sandra to install a window display. There wasn't much for us to do. We worked on organizing our office, which was definitely needed and put each window concept into a separate folder with photos, fabric swatches, etc. Next, Rachael wanted us to go grab some supplies to work on the ballons once again. I asked if she wanted us to try anything different since they hadn't turned out last time, but she said to just make a couple more anyway. We then made our way to the Marylebone High Street store to get to work. I had to leave early that day to give a 10 minute presentation for my internship class, so I only finished one balloon before I had to leave. I felt a little bad that I had to leave Lyndsey there to finish the balloons, but she didn't seem to mind.
On Thursday, it was the three of us in the office. Rachael put us right to work on more mood boards. We had 4 concepts: lace balloons, brightly colored spools of cotton, fringe, and birds. We did some research and printed out images for each board. It always takes a while to find the right images, print them, and cut them out. We finally finished all of the boards and then Rachael critiqued them. She removed a couple of images, but it was a lot less than last time, so we were all happy about that. Next, we had to run to Soho to grab some spray paint for another project. From a previous window, Rachael had some leftover cut-out birds that were plain white. They were really cute and there were a ton of them left, so we decided to reuse them, but spray paint them in teal, fuschia, red, yellow, and deep purple. We picked up all the spray paint and then went out to the balcony at the office to begin spray painting. The wind was blowing really hard, so spray painting was interesting. We ended up losing a couple of birds by the wind and got the spray paint all over us. They turned out pretty cute once we hung them all up together. We eliminated the yellow and red because the teal, fuschia, and deep purple looked best together.
Today, it was the three of us once again. We got there at 9:30 and I printed off my evaluation from Missouri State for Rachael to fill out. I was a little nervous because she can be a little harsh, but she gave me an A-, which I was happy about. She said I needed to have more confidence in my abilities, which I agree with, so I was pretty content with her comments and marks. Next, she went with us to get crepe paper and florist wire for our next project. She had seen the "craft of the day" from Martha Stewart that were crepe paper roses that looked adorable in a recent Mulberry window display. We went to several different stores, gathering different colors. We stopped by Liberty, a famous department store in London by the florist shop. After we got the wire, Rachael wanted us to explore the department store just for fun, so Amanda and I got to wander around Liberty for about 45 minutes. After, we were starving, we decided to get sushi at a cheap sushi place on Marylebone High Street. I had heard a lot of good things about it, so I was really excited, but it really wasn't that amazing. I'm glad we tried it though. After lunch, we went back to the store to the basement(which we nicknamed "the dungeon" because there are now windows) to work on the roses and butterflies. We started with painting butterflies for an upcoming window. Then we attempted the roses...Martha made them look so easy, but of course, they weren't. The crepe paper was so floppy, that the roses looked terrible. We didn't know how to fix them, so we kept trying to make more, trying different techniques. Then I took a break and started taping butterflies on our gold mirror panels. Those actually turned out really cute! Rachael then came to the store to check on us. She loved the mirror panels, but we had to stay an extra half hour to work on the roses. She finally decided that it was the way we cut the crepe paper and that we needed to cut it against the grain instead of on it. Here are some photos from today's work!
The lace when the balloons were popped.
The finished mirror panels that will be installed in a window display on Wednesday.
Well, that's all for now...until next time!
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