Blog Post 5

 

In the second week, I worked on a few projects. I helped to make gifts for Literary Cleveland, an event/organization that Loganberry is a part of that supports local authors. I spent a surprisingly long amount of time assembling small, pink, floral gift boxes. Insides was a Loganberry pen, a Loganberry pencil, and a tiny Loganberry business card with a picture of Otis on the front. Otis is Harriet Logan’s, the founder and owner of the store, cat, who just turned thirteen years old. His face is on a substantial amount of the Loganberry marketing materials because pre-covid, and when he was a bit younger, Harriet would bring him into the store. I tied a tiny pink bow around the boxes out of ribbon so that they stayed together. Though there were only 100 boxes, it took me a very long time to tie them all! I also assembled a similar gift of a pen and a pencil in a purple Loganberry bag, with the Otis business card tied on with curled ribbon. I made 37 of this version of the gift, and it also took a very long time. This week I also packed up and moved many boxes of books for Loganberry’s sidewalk sale. On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, the businesses on Larchmere have a sidewalk sale where many sell products at discounted prices. Another project I worked on this week was preparing coupons. There is a new apartment building that is nearly finished and is opening up on Larchmere. I made ten percent off coupons to hand out and deliver to the new residents when they move in as a welcome to the neighborhood offers. This week I also started to get a better sense of the layout of the store. There are so many sections, so I still have much farther to go, but I am not nearly as disoriented as I was in week one. Overall, I was kept very busy, but I enjoyed my time!




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