Christmas Time at Oxfam

New Job!

We have been very busy recently with the Shop! We have had some furnature dilivered and we have done a bit of DIY on it!

Also half shop related, I have recently been asked to join Oxfam's New Product Visual Merchandising Task Force

This is very exciting and Means I can use my Passion and Degree together for a really good cause! I start my time with this project in the New year!

Nails

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012

Baroque & Roll

Keep Calm...

Some first Year work

 Been organising my laptop and found some of my work from my first year, im quite proud!

Great Books, Great Presents

I got both these books one year for christmas, great for just having a read of them, sitting in the garden (not this time of year) and great for if you are really interestind in Fashion or are studying it!

I found the illustration one is great for ideas and refrences and the Fashion Design one is great for an overall basic guide, literally covers everyhitng! No cheap books but you definatley get what you pay for as in cntents wise!

I have read parts of the Fashion design book over and over again but while I am on my placement year my aim is to read up on all my course books I have collected over the 2 years, so am reading it back to front at the moment, so will see how that goes!

Thank you all!

Newly Decorated Oxfam shop (Done Today)!!

Shop Inspiration

 Some inspiration for the re-decoration of the shop this weekend!

More Small Ideas

More ideas for the shop re-decoration!

Death by Books

These last two days at work are goint to be the death of me, I mean its a Wednesday night at what, half 9, and I am in bed! Working, it's a killer! 

And the more i work at Oxfam the more, 1, I seem to be getting stronger, 2, I really like doing the job and 3, I am getting very managerial this week, even impressing myself!

The manager is not in at all this week so seeing as I am the deputy and I have been in nearly every day, have taken it upon myslef to organise people.

So the death by books, I have been sorting books, and probably over 100 of them, well well over 100!

Hence the muscles forming! But it has made me realise that no one at Oxfam can do everything, I have spent 2 days sorting books into an acceptable state, organsing the ones to sell and ones to recycle. So maybe my next task will be to get every volunteer to have their own responsibility, and then they focus on that when they come in.

Other than bossing people around and building up my massive muscles, this week has been normal.

Very Short Week

Due to my poorly Car I have had a very short week at work! So not much campaigning yet, but alot of shop work in those 3 days I did go in! I cleared out the office, whic I know sounds like not much to do with my Fashion Degree, But my management skills are coming along nicely!

I learnt how to do the weekly accounts, makes me feel very clever indeed!

Also getting much better at my role as Deputy manager, getting better at telling people what to do I guess, deliating jobs to people!

Also

 It is a week today when we are going to have a little do up of our shop! I am incredibly looking forward to this and have lots of ideas! This was my original Idea...

This week my aim is to practice painting some records. These might be used for an art display and decorationg the walls!

Am going to rope in some volunteers...Any one willing? Sunday 11th if you are free for a painting and re shuffling session!
(Will bring in homemade cake)

If anyone has any ideas, we would love to hear them! I will do some more visulisations and post them up on Blogger!

We do have an incredibly small budget, so if anyone has any donations; we are in need of any furnature (we can collect), Furnature for displaing our products or garments on, also house plants, plant pots and as always clothing, shoes and accesories!

Pictures From Work

Quickie post beofre bed!

I have had an incredibly short week at Oxfam, Only worked 3 days! Could get used to that!

However, it has been busy, and in me being an old lady, pulled a muscle in my back after today, lugging boxed around!

I was a mad woman on a mission moving boxes and donations, and filled many bin bags of rubbish, essentially blitz the shop, now looks nice and tidy!

Somehow this does not relate to my degree in Fashion, although I have been organising the accounts for the week, which is quite new for me, never done it before.

I feel this week insted of doing creative things, I have been focusing on managerial duties and learning how to run the shop while the manager is away!

So summary of my really short week, I learnt how to do the weekly accounts, Got myself (and the shop) organised and Strated my own campaign group in Suffolk! Pretty good for a 3 day week!

New Campaign Group

Here as Oxfam Stowmarket, We have created a new campaign group and the first thing before any meetings, we have a new blog, So if you are interested in Oxfam as a charity rather than us as a shop this might tickle your fancy!

As the Deputy manager, I have taken a real interest in oxfam's work and in knowing that not many people know exactly what they do, want to spread the word and work of Oxfam into my community here in Suffolk.

Anyone can join the group, We will have a monthly newsletter going around, as well as this blog.

If you are interested e-mail Stephanie on reeds310@gmail.com for more information!

As we have never done anything remotely like this before, this might be a slow process. However I feel that my links with Oxfam and knowlege combine with a team of enthusiastic people will be enough.

I am hoping to have meetings, monthy or two monthly, to arrange fund raisers and events, as well as taking Oxfam's message into the streets, not asking for money, but to tell people of our work and why we are so passionate!

Look forward to this incredibly, and I hope you do too!