Cupcakes were a success!!

Well well well...

Today was the big cupcake sale day and boy it went well. Probably had something to do with Con putting a message up on our intranet. We had people come from all over the campus to buy cupcakes. Some even wanted boxes full of them (probably to hand to other staff members).

We started our day at around 11am. Daniel, Flick and I met in the canteen and gathered our resources. Moved a few tables and set up. Amy, Leigh and a few other classmates showed up to give us their batch of cupcakes and help write signs and label what flavoured cupcakes we had. Before we had finished setting up we had sold 3 cupcakes. I guess they were just that good!

As lunch went on we got pretty busy and sold over half of our 4 tables worth full of cupcakes. By the end of lunch though things had calmed down quite a bit. It was at that stage Leigh and Amy started walking to and around all the buildings on campus selling the rest of the cupcakes. They sold out at least 3 times before we were left with ten. After that we pretty much gave the rest away. None of us wanted to take them back home.

The day was a complete success though having raised $475.20. A job well done I'd say.

I will be back shortly to post some photos from our busy busy day!
If I think of anything else to add I'll add that too.
Hope you're all doing well and are having a great day off!

-Lauren.

Update no.1

Hey guys, me again!

So last week in class we discussed where everybody was up to in regards to their groups and the tasks they're involved with in the lead up to our exhibition in November. Gosh, November. Seems like ages away. Never the less I'm sure the time will fly.

Anyway so we have our first fundraising event coming up in a few weeks. We're holding a cupcake sale on the 13th of April which should be interesting. We'll be getting as many people as possible involved. We've made posters, we've filled out the paperwork and we've priced ingredients etc. We'll probably just end up making the premixed cupcakes you get at Coles. Let's hope we sell heaps!

I'll post again in a couple of days after our next meeting because I cannot remember what else we discussed last week. That and my mind is like an out of order filing cabinet right now. Some of my illustration buddies are getting ready for Supernova as well as trying not to fall behind with everything else we have going on... Speaking of Supernova... (This is relevant I swear) We're hoping to get some business cards organised and printed this week to take and hand out at Supernova. Who knows, we may get a few extra people coming to see our amazing work! Here's hoping anyway.

Until we meet again, I bid you farewell. Hope you all enjoy the rest of your day/ night/ week etc.
 Cya!

-Lauren.

Welcome

Hey readers! Lauren here.

Welcome to the NMIT Illustre 2011 blog.

It is with great pleasure that I get to keep you all updated on the progress and development of our upcoming exhibition in November. I know it's ages away still but there's lots of behind the scenes stuff to get through as we all know... (and I'll gradually get this thing looking good) but for now I thought I'd just set this blog up and that way not only does it look like I'm doing something productive, it means I can also let the people know what we're up to.

Between the start of term and now, our soon to be graduating class (all talented and worthy students and illustrators I might add... Sound like I'm sucking up? Sorry!) have split into groups and are working hard coming up with ideas and plans of actions according to each of their roles and responsibilities etc. I for example am in the fundraising and screen design groups.

In fundraising, my groupees (different from groupies) have come up with a list of events and money making strategies to raise funds the group would need for making signs, getting prints, paying off the gallery fees etc. Our first event will be a cupcake stall in a few weeks.

Working on some poster illustrations for our Illustre 2011 Cupcake Stall

In screen design we'll be tackling the website, Facebook fan page and the blog. These will represent our group and our exhibition, as well serve as some form of publicity and platform for which the public can get involved or help us spread the word. Hopefully that will in the end increase the number of visitors our exhibition gets. 

Wow! I didn't really think I would write so much. Hope you weren't bored. Feel free to comment, ask questions and tell people about us and/ or  about our exhibition. Hopefully I’ll see you all this time next week.

Catch ya later!