Week 4??

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for not blogging/posting last week...things have been a little busy around here, and I can't believe that it is already week 4! Crazy! Anyway, I have been packing boxes and boxes of shoes to be sent over to our new office, which the official move date is February 17th! I am super excited for parking, air condition, and no (or hopefully less) slips, trips, and falls (which was the name of a little seminar us interns went through during orientation). If you see the office, literally there is a slip, trip, and fall waiting at your every turn and move...but, hey! it keeps you on your toes and alert of your surroundings. And going off on a tangent, I had a meeting with a fabric vendor this week and on the way towards the conference room, he nearly ate it..which was interesting because at that moment we were talking about what his thoughts were on our building, and to be careful where you walk.

Okay, so back on track, besides packing up lots and lots of shoes, I have also been working with the designers and developers on the Toms+ line. For those who don't know what the Toms+ line is, it is the higher end line of Toms that is more fashion forward. It's exciting to be designing more adventurous constructions, and uppers. And on top of all that, I get to also make decisions on what goes on the shoes, such as the color of the outsole, whether to include eyelets, or what color should the stitching be.

Also, for those of you who follow Toms, you probably know about Jonathan, the guy with the mohawk, and Sean from the Toms documentary as the guy who cried, and I have the honor of working with both of them. Jonathan works in production and logistics, and we share the same workspace room, so we have been able to talk every now and then when he's not in a meeting. And then Sean overseas the footwear product development department, which is the department I am in. I know on a previous post, I posted pictures of my name tags and it says I am the production intern, but I am not a production intern, because I don't work with Jonathan's department. I am technically considered product development, design, and sourcing intern (and more specifically, sustainable materials sourcing). So, I will post a picture of my new name tag that hangs on the wall outside my office. :) Well, I guess this is my two weeks in a nut shell, or what I can remember doing...

Thanks for reading!