What else can we put our logo on?

I've been thinking and looking at websites this past week of things we can put our logo on and sell. I've found some decently priced things at this website and will list what I think are plausible/ worthy of looking further into.

WARNING: this blog is filled with tons and tons of links!

• We could get stickers and either sell them for a nickel a piece or just give them away as reminders, I'm not sure if we'd want to ask the logo designer to make another logo that has the address & date along the bottom/around it so that people who get stickers can understand the entire deal, or have a link to a facebook page (by the way, we should make a facebook event page for this!) (we can have different size stickers also example)
• We could print some kind of business cards with all the information to hand out to people whenever we go on walks around the neighborhood, or when we sell stuff on campus. (This might be a cheaper way to get business cards, everyone can order 250cards for $10 if we want a ton of them) (Also, this website has not only business cards but brochures too, and flyers and postcards! Postcards would be great to send to the local businesses as well as houses in the community)
• Magnets! Everybody loves magnets! This one can be put on a car, on your fridge, etc. And will have our awesome logo to remind the community folk of such a great event. We could sell this for a dollar or more!
• Buttons! Because, buttons are cool. (If you can't tell it is getting later in the night, my bedtime is between 9:30 and 10pm but I want to finish this before I go to bed/do work for other classes) (Larger buttons)
• Keychain things, a form of memorabilia? However 300 is the minimum you can get, which seems a bit high if we plan to try to sell them all!
• CUPS! I remember that a previous class had cups made, I don't think it went well, but that's a decision we'll have to make. It is possible that the cups would come with each ticket bought, so people would have cups to put their drinks in if they wanted to. All people who get food get a "free" cup, and we just increase the cost of tickets. (This cup is larger for the same price, and this one is even larger!) (This last cup selection has the largest size, is slightly more expensive BUT has a lower minimum purchased)
• Obviously the idea of buying pens or pencils with the logo on it are ideas too, but there were so many different pens and pencils on this website that I figured you could check them out yourself if you wanted to bad enough. 

I don't know if this has anything to do with the event planning committee but I was thinking about it and thought I would get my thoughts onto somewhere. These are just some of the awesome things we can put our logo on but I thought they would be most productive/ easily sell-able!

As usual, I've procrastinated my life and all the research I should have been doing. I'm going to set up a corner in the library and call it Rachel's Corner and do work for the next week so I feel accomplished and actually get something done. 

I have been trying to figure out what to do with the kids at the event also. I want there to be something for them to do that will be left in the community for years to come. Someone gave me the idea of painting bird houses that will be put into the community garden. I have to email Jason as to the plausibility of this idea but I think it could work. 

I just found two birdhouse styles that when bought in bulk are pretty cheap. The first one costs $3.49/ea when you buy ten or more, we could either say it costs $4-6 to paint one, or have them for free (with donations accepted) so kids could do something. The second costs $3.29/ea when you buy ten or more, so the same idea for cost would be applicable. I haven't been to the garden but I remember someone saying something about a chainlink fence and we could have these birdhouses attached to the fence (I would be willing to help in the application of the birdhouses to the fence at a later date). I will look into birdhouses at stores like Michael's and JoAnn's to see if there are any other good prices. If this seems like a plausible project for the kids to do at the event. 

Another idea that was thrown around for what to do with the kids was to make sand art for them to take home with them, but I am not sure how I feel about it at this time, I would want to look into it more.

Pratt Library Pastimes.

Tom, Elaine and I went to the Pratt Library on Monday and were to be working with the phonebooks from 1965 forward. Instead, we found reverse phone searches, of which I cannot remember the name of the actual books.
We decided to copy the pages for Pennington Ave, Patapsco Ave, and Curtis Ave, for every five years or so. 1966, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2006 and 2010 since we vaguely remembered that Alex and Hayley were going to look into businesses that were there today.
We divided the copies we made and took them home to highlight all the businesses. I am in the process of typing up all the businesses on each of the streets to send to Katie for her excel spreadsheet. I've found a few businesses that were there throughout the years that I've highlighted (1995-2010).

I have also been trying to think up good things for the children to do during the event to keep them busy while their parents take a look around at all the businesses we have booths for. I was thinking coloring of some sort, but I want to make it more community related so I might try to talk to Jason about what he thinks could be done art-wise and added to the community garden.

Pratt Library -- Brooklyn Branch

So I missed last class because I was called into work and all I wanted to do was be in class instead of work. I feel like I'm not doing enough for this class and am about to step up my game.

My paper on the Brooklyn Branch of the Enoch Pratt Library is two parts, the first part is the history research that I was able to accumulate, of which I would like to do more, and the second part is my own personal thoughts on the accessibility of the library website, as I was unable to get to the library in person so make my own judgments on the practical values of different aspects I look for when I look at libraries.




Also, I found this article on an incinerator they were going to put in in the 1960's, but I don't remember who was writing about the incinerator, or if anyone was actually writing about it. Premature fears. (1965, Nov 04). The Sun (1837-1986). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/537273416?accountid=10750

Late! As usual.

I should start doing my blogs earlier...

The Main Street idea because our project, and as you all know we are still hammering out all the details and trying to figure out how we can make this event friendly to all ages. I still strongly think there should be some kind of area for children so that parents can enjoy the event without having to look over their shoulders ever five seconds to make sure their child isn't getting into trouble.

The class seems to have split into two groups, those who don't want to work with kids at all and those who think kids should be involved in one way or another. I think it is up to those of us who think the children should be involved to make sure that it happens, even if we have to create our own "kid" committee and work a little harder outside of the other committees. That way those of us who don't want anything to do with kids wont feel like we are taking the easy way out by choosing to be in the "kid" committee and no other committees.

Taking advantage of the anniversary of the Chesapeake Center for Youth (I forget the full name) thing would benefit us in both involving kids AND bringing more people to the event. Along with the preschool and elementary school being on what is considered "main street".

After hearing the past students remember arguments I am very worried about when we make certain decisions about the event because I am terrible with confrontation, so much so that I'm actually feeling anxiety now. But, I feel like the biggest decision has already been made about whose idea we were going to take and run with.

I really want to go to the Pratt this weekend, so I hope we go this weekend. I am obsessed with libraries, every city I go to, I make it almost mandatory to go a public library and just look at the way the building is set up. I have a checklist in my mind of what makes a good library... From the types of shelving they use (some shelving units hold the books at an angle on the shelve) to the carts that they put books on to be re-shelved after they are returned to the library and the seating arrangements throughout the library. I once worked in a library and little things like that really make all the difference to me. I don't really know where to start on my research though because I've never really thought about looking into the history of libraries.

This weekend after we go to the main Pratt library I might try to make my way over to the library in Baybrook to start scouting out the area with my checklist in mind.