1. Product Work Log
Name: Margaret Wyile_____________________________________ Date __11/25/11____
Product: Learning how to advertise a business correctly and what is required of a graphic
designer before someone can complete a building project
Date/Time: Activities: Comment/Suggestions:
9/7/11 Decided on project and found a Graphic Designs –
6:00-8:15 (2.25hrs) facilitator draw sketches
9/9/11 Met with facilitator and finalized Sandi Sullivan (PF)
6:00-6:45 (0.75hrs) project topic
9/14/11 Called Sandi to write down her 4 degrees covered in 6
5:30-7:00 (1.5hrs) background info years of college
9/15/11 Talked to Karen Wylie about additions More imaginative and
4:00-5:30 (1.5hrs) she would want to the playground brain stimulating area
9/26/11 Called Lowes and Home Depot to ask
5:00-8:00 (3hrs) about prices for hypothetical materials Make two tally lists to
find the cheaper way
9/28/11 Shopping at Michael’s for extra pieces
6:00-7:30 (1.5hrs) to build model of the playground Popsicle sticks, glue,
colored pieces
10/18/11 Met with a plumber for ideas about
7:00-9:15 (2.25hrs) water fountains in the yard Hoses ran through
clean bird baths
11/1/11 Decided on final design needed for the
8:00-9:00 (1hr) layout sketch Pirates, Puppets,
Reading Nook
12/5/11 Discussed plumbing violations – cant
4:30-6:00 (1.5hrs) use hoses at the private school because Use PVC pipes instead
of the led in the hose of hoses

2. Date/Time: Activities: Comment/Suggestions:
01/2/12 Met with Karen, Sandi, and Ronald Found out I would
1:00-3:30 (2.5hrs) and discussed the project and the have to change my
amount of money it would take and project because there
the time that would have to be put was too many
into it to finish it by senior boards. conflicting problems
with financial support,
timing, and difficulty
find all the parts we
would need.
01/7/12 Talked on the phone with Sandi and We decided to draw
4:00-6:30 (2.5hrs) Karen about what a new project could sketches for the 4 foot
consist of that would still incorporate fencing required by
graphic design. state law and advertise
to get my mom’s
business well known.
01/8/12 My mom and I went out to UPS and UPS had cheaper copies
12:00-5:00 (5hrs) FedEx to compare prices for flyers. in bulk amounts and
Then we went to Home Depot and Lowes had cheaper
Lowes to compare prices for the prices on the hinges
materials to buy wood, lattice, hinges, and screws but Home
and screws. Depot would be
cheaper as a whole to
get all the supplies
from there.
01/14/12 Spent the day helping my mom build Pressure treated 2 by 4s
10:00AM-2:00PM the fencing panels. so they wouldn’t rot in
3:30PM-7:00PM the rain. Each panel
(7.5hrs) used four 4X8s that
were 3.27 each. We
used wood screws that
were 8.47 per box. The
vinyl lattice was 19.97
each. Lastly, the hinges
were about six dollars
each

3. 01/15/12 Took 500 black and white flyers and Not a good turnout. We
1:00PM-4:00PM distributed them to 100 businesses and only had seven phone
(3hrs) 400 neighborhood homes. calls and two children
enroll.
01/19/12 Created the new advertisement and We decided to do
7:00PM-9:00PM ordered the first 10 online to see what postcard-like
(2hrs) they looked like. advertisement so it was
short, simple, and to the
point. 500 would be
taken expensive so we
saved those for a later
date and made
brochures.
01/28/12 Took a new brochure to the UPS store The brochures had a
1:00PM-4:00PM and made 500 hundred copies. Then better turn out then the
(3hrs) took them and put 100 in businesses original flyers. We
and 400 to neighborhood homes. received 12 phone calls
and four children
enrolled.
03/18/12 – 03/20/12 Putting together my presentation and
(5hrs) recollecting all the receipts and
calculating the final costs and taking
pictures of the final projects.
TOTAL HOURS:
45.75 hours