What I'm doing: I have been back at school for over a week now, and I am going to try my very hardest to continue making things throughout the year. I have already found how much harder it will be, though! My goal is to participate in the
52 Weeks of Lists challenge. I hope to devote a little time each week to make something creative. I need to start this new challenge this week. :)
What I'm making: These cards are so cute and easy to make. Just take a doilie and use it as a stencil on a card!
Here is my last summer
index card. I have honestly loved this challenge, and I cannot wait to start it again next summer. I am not going to continue this fall, though since I am too busy! The quote on the bandaide box was perfect to remind me that it will all be okay, even if life does not go as planned.
What I'm reading-blogs I love: As I was reading about the 52 Weeks of Lists (52 WoL), I discovered
this blog. Her post from Wednesday is about blogging, and I loved reading her tips. So inspirational.
What my dorm looks like: I thought it would be fun to post some things about decorating dorm rooms since I live in one like 9 months out of the school year. Decorating is my favorite part of the school year.
I love the shelf we got for my desk area. Since I am an English major, I have a ton of books, so the shelf makes it a lot easier to keep everything organized. We got it from
Storables; my favorite part about the storage system is that you can make it taller and buy more pieces for it! I also love the tie rack we got to hold my necklaces.
We have an old desk or sewing desk thing at my house. My mom had an idea to pull out one of the drawers to hold all of my perfumes and lotions.
I saw
these flowers from PBTeen, but they were pretty expensive. So I went to Michaels and bought two boquets of fake flowers. I cut the stems off and added a small strip of white ribbon on the backs of them to hold them in place. I used sticky puddy to hold them to the walls!
I cannot seem to find the link to where I discovered this idea, but I took a plate and painted it with blackboard paint. I painted the clothes pins and hot glued them along the edges once the paint dried. Then add photos and cards. :)
These photo mats are my very favorite dorm accessory. I love displaying photos, so these work perfectly and I can put them up with command hooks and not poke any holes in my walls. I think the collage look on walls is so cute, so that is what I have on the right side. I need to add more to it, though.
I will try to do another post later this week. :)
Much love.
