Ayla Hoffman's Senior Project

 As I wrapped up my final week of my senior project(s), I found myself looking forward to the end, but also wishing I had longer. These four week have passed me by so quickly! I enjoyed the busyness, even though it was stressful at times. I came into this project with the goal of walking everyday for a month, but ended up doing a little internship, working on a farm, and walking. Starting with Glimmer, I appreciated being thrown into this role of getting to design whatever I want for an organization and topic I am really interested in. It made me nervous having so much freedom, but in the end I think that creative liberty was really special. This internship helped me with my time management, working with new people, and taking more creative risks.  I feel so so thankful I got the opportunity to work on a local Tea farm for a little bit. I appreciated the beauty of being on a farm and learning the mechanics behind tea farming and what it takes to run one. Theres so much more wo...

 This week the two phone cases I designed came in the mail! We were super happy with how they turned out, but my boss thought there were not enough queer related stickers on the case, so I started over (which took me so long, but was very worth it) and now I think we finally have a done case, so yay! Heres a picture of the 1st draft of the physical case. So although it was a little frustrating, it taught me that everything can be improved or changed and its important to keep an open mind when it comes to creating things like this. This week I also worked on making phone case charms. These have been such a hassle to make because they are super tedious and can get messed up easily if I add too many beads or tie my knot wrong. Im excited to continue working on them though since they are kind of a fun task. I am very satisfied with how I have improved since last week! For this weeks walking and tea farm work, I was super motivated which surprised me. I figured that because of the heat ...