Progress

Well whilst I'm sat in my empty house waiting for my cheese stuffed crust pizza to arrive and sipping a glass of rose wine, I thought I may as well unload the gossip of the last few days.

I have my first intern!! A delightful young woman, who I could talk to for hours- which probably is not the best thing when trying to do work, but she is just what I was looking for! Her name is Katie, she has no fashion experience but for me, that works in my favour. It means I can teach her and show her easier ways of doing things, rather then getting some girl fresh out of college who is moulded and sticks strictly to how they were taught. I am very excited to say the least, though it has been weird. I haven't worked with anyone in my shop before, apart from when been helped by my good friend Mima. So what I'm trying to say is that I've developed a few habbits. I have been used to doing what I want and not worrying about anyone been around me- except for when customers are in obviously! And yes I am the boss, but so far in the shop I actually haven't had to act 'boss like', sure I own a business and I'm fine with that responsibilty, as well as making over half of the stock in the shop too. It's just I have a relaxed routine during the day, so although I'm so happy I've got an intern, it means there's going to be a few changes. Which I am looking forward to in a way, it will just be weird having to tell someone what to do and what not.

Katie will be my assistant whilst on the internship, I don't need someone to just sew for me, or pattern cut, it's things like helping to organise events BellaFlo is involved in, having a creative input on the presentation of the shop and in the clothing lines. I want to get Katie as involved in the shop as I can, it's about giving valuable experience to someone, making it worth while. Instead of doing an internship looking good on a C.V, which could be spent making cups of tea and doing the lunch run, no I want to give someone proper experience. So Katie will meet most the people I meet and attend the events I attend.

Speaking of events, we are at a launch party for DaintyDamsel jewellery on 28th June. They are a small business which stocks to a good few boutiques in Hull and the surrounding area. Their pieces are amazing, which are designed by themselves and other pieces are hand picked.I was making a mental note about most of the pieces, you know, the one you say in your head whilst giving out chocoltaes; one for you and two for me! As we are buying their jewellery, they have invited BellaFlo to have a stall at the launch party, as well as having two models of mine meeting and greeting guests at the door, and then do a raffle. This is all good news, but I thought it would be easy to pick 2 models, considering there are atleast 10 models who would model for me and all of which I would use. But this isn't just modelling, this is meeting and greeting, it's all about personality, but more than that, they have to be passionate about BellaFlo. It's no good to me having two models wearing BellaFlo couture dresses if they do nothing but talk about themselves, but which two would fit this, which models would compliment each other? After much deliberation, I had made my choices, but as it turns out the chosen models are unavailable. So now I have models to finalise, as well as their outfits and styling, also the hair and make up needs sorting. But I have a friend who coincidently a make up artist, who I have used previously, and is an amazing woman.

There is a lot to be done!