Photo Shoot & Venice Beach

 On Friday I went to a photo shoot in Long Beach.

This studio takes all of the shoe photos for Nike, Adidas, and of course TOMS.

They also take photos of the apparel that TOMS offers.

 This is the set-up for where they take the photos of the shoes.

I was in charge of steaming the shoes and apparel before the photos were taken.

(I think I did my job well.)

After work a bunch of interns headed to Venice Beach aka Little Mexico.

(Crazy people everywhere wanting you to buy marijuana and get tattoos. No joke.)

We peaced out of there before the sun went down.

 This was probably my favorite part of the trip to Venice Beach.

The artist gives you a pair of 3D glasses and you walk up and down the wall looking at his artwork.
Kinda neat.

After our trip to Little Mexico we all came back to our apartment to have pizza and celebrate Garrett's Birthday.

Garrett is from Green Bay, Wisconsin.

He is studying architecture at Cornell University in New York.

He is helping to design all of the window displays for Nordstroms and Neiman Marcus.

Garrett's last internship was in China where he worked for a huge architecture firm.

Pretty remarkable.

Getting my feet wet...

Today was my first full work day.

My internship consists mainly of online marketing.

i.e. looking at how people wear TOMS, how they find TOMS, what advertisements they respond to

...and much more.

Names are clicking and everything is starting to feel more like "home"

(Although I am seriously missing some people back in Missouri and Iowa)

Love to you all.

Style Your Sole

Summer Intern Class 2011

Today at work we had a "Style Your Sole" party.  We were handed a blank pair of TOMS and decorating materials.

We all went to town and ended up with some really neat designs.

The style your sole parties are usually hosted on campuses and in stores such as Neiman Marcus and Nordstroms.

"Style Your Sole" is way to express yourself through your shoes, and of course give a pair of shoes to a child in need.

During orientation today told we filled out HR forms, met with previous interns who are now on staff, and heard from different mangers in various departments.

For dinner we had a BBQ with people who work at headquarters.

Great food, great company, great time. 

After work, Liz, Blaire and myself headed home to chill for a bit.

Then we grabbed a bottle of wine, three plastic cups (classy, we know) and headed down to the beach to celebrate this next chapter in our lives.

(With our newly decorated shoes on of course)

 

I'm exhausted right now, but trying to stay up late so I can get off Missouri time.

I keep waking up at 5:00 a.m. ready to go...

Need to change that ASAP.

Happy Weekend!

Blessed.

I have some BIG news.

I am interning this summer in Santa Monica, California for TOMS Shoes!

Remember all of my posts about Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS Shoes coming to speak at my campus?

Well, after the lecture, we were talking and he sent my name to the head intern coordinator at his company.

I have been interviewing with them for the past month.

I got a call this afternoon offering me a position.

I am beyond excited and thankful for this opportunity!  The last month has been stressful because a lot of people have asked me what my summer plans include.  I didn't want to go into the lengthy story of my situation and quite frankly I wasn't sure if I would be able to attain an internship that so many people sought after.

However, God had a plan for me.  A plan that tested my patience. A plan that is an opportunity of a lifetime.

God keeps reminding me to say to myself - "Not my will, but Yours be done."

So anyways, I still have a lot of logistics to figure out, but I am so excited I can hardly function.  Please keep me in your prayers as I embark on this new chapter of my life.

P.S. I start on June 9th.