What's in my bag?

The things in my bag are...

2 notebooks (black & a collaged one I made)

travel sudoku

Quo Vadis Planner

Sony Cybershot 

Ms. Manicure nail files

Purell hand sanitizer

LG Chocolate Touch

iTouch

Forever21 blotting sheets

Orbit gum 

mini toothbrush/toothpaste

Apple earphones

pen/pencil

travel dictionary

wallet (from UO)

cheap wayfarers 

floral eyeglasses sleeve

floral makeup bag

Bath & Body Works Lotion (White Citrus)

house key (mini Swiss Army knife & Coca Cola key chain)

I always have a book (or two) with me, but both were on my dresser when I took this picture. I'm currently reading Generation Me by Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D. and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Let me know what you have to always have in your bag!

La vie est chic.

"Color my life with the chaos of trouble."

I love them, oh so much. This particular song was referenced in one of my favorite films, 500 Days of Summer. 

Nifty.

A project done by artist Helmut Smits. How nifty is this?

Change has the ability to erupt an importance into those particular things in our life as the rest is given the opportunity to trickle down into the darkness of forgotten moments. 

Crafting: numéro 1.

I am not sure how many stylish women are fans of backpacks, but I can't imagine many, I surely was not...until I came upon a plethora of leather backpacks online. The dilemma? Leather backpacks can run a little steep haha. After countless hours searching websites, I found a leather backpack of good size and reasonable pricing; it's plain black with three outside pockets and one big one. As much as I love black accessories, I'm thinking this one with need a little interest so today I'm shuttling over to Jo-Ann Fabrics and stocking up on some goodies. One of my best friend's, Kelsey, and I are going to get fabrics for throw pillows we're going to make for our dorms and I'm going to get supplies to make pins for my new backpack (like peacock feathers and fun buttons). Maybe I'll post some pictures of my crafting? Who knows. See, you can even make things chic (:


La vie est chic. 

Searching for Sir Schwinn.

I hope to look this fly riding my bike around campus. 

(I am currently searching for a bike online. Hooray!)

Inspiration Pad.

It's called the Inspiration Pad. I want it.

Buy it here.

Teen Vogue: Demi Lovato.

What a beautiful job Teen Vogue did with the photo spread in their latest issue. Bravo. 

The Reverse Graffiti Project.

I am stealing this from a friend's blog; she posted it and I fell in love with it.

(PS. It's an advertisement, but it's still the essence of what greatness is today.)

Project.

Do you smell that? That's the smell of creative energy! I'm not sure what quite came over me (it was probably my flipping through my dear friend's sketchbook), but I got home from work tonight, and just wanted to draw my heart out. Well, I sketched and flipped through pictures I've collected over time and made a small blue notebook my inspiration notebook. The front is now decorated, and I'm going to fill it with things that inspire me. So far I have a picture I drew with gold ink and a snapshot of an old car in front of a gorgeous landscape. Eventually it'll be filled with beautiful things and each flip through it will leave me with a pleasant buzz of creative surges....  (: