I took this photo when I was walking out to my car from my night class one day last week. I absolutely love the colors of the sky, and this photo just makes me smile.
Much love,
Jen
October 31, 2012
QOTD 10/31/12
"You were given this life because you are strong enough to handle it."
This quote really summarizes what I think about all the time. Every week I encounter struggles and hardships - but nothing is ever that bad. I started seeing this quote around last Christmas and it has been helping me to clear my head ever since.
I was given this life, this opportunity, these challenges, these highs, these lows, these people, these things, these thoughts - all because I am strong enough to handle it - ALL OF IT. Now when I think that something is too much, or I won't be able to finish a project, or someone I know passes away - I know that I will get through it because I am that strong. I wouldn't have been given this life if I couldn't handle it - and I am stronger because of everything I have been through.
Much love,
Jen
October 27, 2012
Top 5 Favorite Songs Right Now
Well, I basically listen to music everywhere I go.
So... here are my five favorite songs right now!!
October 22, 2012
Dresser Top Organization
Since I re-did my bedroom in July, I have finally gotten to the point where I have a specific place for everything on top of my dresser. The top of my dresser is basically what I use to get ready. Since my room is pretty small, I do not have room for a vanity or anything of that nature (though I really wish I did). I typically stand at my dresser and use my vanity mirror to apply my make-up and do my hair. I keep all my make-up and hair things on top the dresser, or in the top drawer. Along with my make-up and brushes, I also keep my favorite perfumes and my miniature jewelry armoire on top of my dresser.
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The first piece on top of my dresser is my make-up. I have three main pieces to my make-up collection on my dresser. First I have the pink drawers, then the brush holder, and my everyday make-up bag.
1. The pink drawer system is just a simple way that I keep my not-so-everyday make-up together but organized. I keep make-up in here that I use probably just twice a week or so, separated out into the drawers.
2. The brush holder is a simple container that I got in the Target dollar bin, filled with colorfill (those little plastic pieces). The colorfill allows the brushes to stay standing up and I can easily see each brush.
3. The everyday make-up bag holds just that: my everyday make-up. It is a cosmetic bag from Victoria's Secret PINK that I got a while ago, but it is nice and large enough to be home to my everyday make-up, and keeps what I use everyday together in one place so I can take it with me quickly if I need to.
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The second part of my dresser is the middle part, which is home to my perfumes, hair care products, and candles. Basically, this part of the dresser is just as it looks. I keep my John Frieda Curl Reviving Styling Mousse, John Frieda Dream Curls® Curl-Perfecting Spray, and my favorite hairspray, John Frieda Moisture Barrier Firm-Hold Hair Spray right there on my dresser because I frequently use them when I get out of the shower. The other thing I keep in the middle of my dresser is my perfumes. I love perfumes. I could spend all my money on perfume and be happy. Really there is no specific organization to my perfumes, I just put the taller ones in the back and the shorter ones in the front. The perfume that I keep on my dresser is not all of my perfumes, but they are my favorites. I also normally keep some type of a candle (or candles) here as well.
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The last piece on my dresser is my miniature jewelry armoire. I just got this piece when I re-did my bedroom, and I am in love with it. I keep all my jewelry in it, including rings, earrings, pins, necklaces, and bracelets.
So this is just a look at what is on top of my dresser, and I hope it can maybe help you with organizing a space similar to this! :)
Much love,
Jen
October 20, 2012
Planner Organization
Being an organized college student working two jobs and being a member of a sorority, my planner is my life. I write everything that goes on in my world in that planner and I rely on it to keep track of everything going on in my life. At the beginning of this semester, I purchased a new Vera Bradley student planner in Paisley Meets Plaid. I previously had a Lilly Pulitzer planner for 2011-2012, but I did not repurchase because I didn't like how the month tabs were just paper and not laminated. So far, I have been very happy with the Vera Bradley planner - and I finally reached my happy place with my organization methods for it. This will just be a look at how I organize my planner and what I have found that works for me!
^MONTH AT A GLANCE ORGANIZATION^
To easily organize my monthly calendar, I somewhat keep it to a minimum. I only write important events, appointments, meetings, work schedule changes, or birthdays here. I do not write homework assignments here, because I just want this monthly overview to allow me to see if something would conflict with plans that I already have in place. Basically, I want to have the ability to look at this calendar and say "Hm, no I can't go to the dinner with so-and-so on Sunday the 9th because I have Recruitment from 9 am to 11 pm." I use highlighters only for certain events on this calendar. The yellow highlighter is used for extremely important all-day events, such as a day when classes are cancelled, holidays, midterm, or paydays. I use the blue highlighter for sorority events that aren't our normal meetings, such as retreat, recruitment, or our dodgeball tournament. The last thing that I do on my monthly calendar is write the number of the week of class in the margin on the right hand side of the page. I also do cross off the days as I go in this calendar because it helps me pinpoint where I am in the month without having to search.
^WEEK AT A GLANCE ORGANIZATION^
I use my weekly calendar to write everything else in. This is where I write all my assignments or studying that I need to do for that day's classes, along with using stickers to mark important appointments, exams, or project due dates. So, as far as stickers go - I use the rectangular ones and the circular ones. The rectangular stickers are for events and appointments: PINK are for social events, GREEN are for appointments, and YELLOW are for paydays. The circular stickers are for school work related dates: PINK are for projects due dates, and ORANGE are for exams, tests, and quizzes. Aside from the stickers, I write important events or reminders in the top or bottom of the box, and sometimes highlight them using the same highlighting system from the monthly calendar. I also occasionally use post-it notes for reminders or lists of things that I need to do during that week - for which I have many different sizes and colors of post-its.
I hope that this was helpful or insightful to someone, seeing as it is my passion to be organized and find ways to become even more organized. If you want anything explained in more detail, I am more than happy to go more in depth if asked to! Hope you enjoyed this first organizational post, there are many more to come!!
Much love,
Jen
QOTD 10/20/12
I'm occasionally going to do a "Quote Of The Day" (QOTD) where I share a quote that I have found, and how it applies to my day, or my life in general. Without further ado, here is the first QOTD!
If you know me well, you probably know I'm a huge worrier. I worry about everyone and everything that I know of. I worry about my friends when they're having a hard day, I worry if the dinner I'm making will be done at the right time, I worry about what people think of me, I worry about bugs in the house, I worry about the fact that I don't have enough hangers to hang my clothes up, I worry about my mom and sister when I leave the house... the list is endless.
But I've never really thought about how all my worrying is not going to change what happens in the end. And it is so true. If I am worrying all day about how I did on a midterm, yeah I have the right to worry, but it is not going to change what has already been done.
So if you're reading this, come to realize that the more you worry, the more you're just driving yourself crazy. Nothing is going to change because of your worrying. I only say this because I am the biggest worrier I know, I feel like I need to cool it on the worrying :)
Much love,
Jen
"Worrying will never change the outcome."
If you know me well, you probably know I'm a huge worrier. I worry about everyone and everything that I know of. I worry about my friends when they're having a hard day, I worry if the dinner I'm making will be done at the right time, I worry about what people think of me, I worry about bugs in the house, I worry about the fact that I don't have enough hangers to hang my clothes up, I worry about my mom and sister when I leave the house... the list is endless.
But I've never really thought about how all my worrying is not going to change what happens in the end. And it is so true. If I am worrying all day about how I did on a midterm, yeah I have the right to worry, but it is not going to change what has already been done.
So if you're reading this, come to realize that the more you worry, the more you're just driving yourself crazy. Nothing is going to change because of your worrying. I only say this because I am the biggest worrier I know, I feel like I need to cool it on the worrying :)
Much love,
Jen
October 19, 2012
Favorite Summer Pictures 2012
Here are just a few pictures from the summer that were my favorites! Some may turn into DIYs or tutorials, but this is just an overview! :)
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| Giant Jenga |
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| Alex Noyes from the band Honor Society |
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| Julie's Senior Capstone Project - Mini Dance Marathon: Dance Your Heart Out |
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| Outer Banks, NC |
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| All the female cousins - OBX, NC |
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| DIY Monogram Canvas |
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| DIY Pin Board Earring Holder |
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| DIY Vera Bradley painted wooden letters |
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| DIY hair bows |
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| DIY Dinner: Bacon Wrapped Chicken |
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| Sunset in Vevay, IN |
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| DIY Dresser Re-Do |
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| T-Shirt Organization |
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| Finally meeting Scruff the Hedgehog! |
Much love,
Jen
First Post!!
Well, here goes nothing.
We were talking about starting blogs at work today so I decided I would give it a shot. Since I already take pictures of just about everything in my life, I guess this blog will just be about anything and everything. Here are some random facts about my life!
I really enjoy doing DIY projects and crafting, while I also love to clean and organize. My father died when I was six years old, and ever since then my mother and sister have meant the world to me. I'm a weird college student who would rather go out to dinner with my family than go to a party. I'm a huge homebody, and I like to sleep. Like I said, I'm in college: a sophomore to be exact. I'm currently studying Media Informatics with a minor in Computer Science. Theta Phi Alpha holds a special place in my heart, and I love all my sisters.
That's just a short synopsis, but that's the basis of my life. I will try to start posting all different kinds of posts soon - and I will try to make my page look better! I'm just starting out so give me a little while to get used to it! :)
Much love,
Jen
We were talking about starting blogs at work today so I decided I would give it a shot. Since I already take pictures of just about everything in my life, I guess this blog will just be about anything and everything. Here are some random facts about my life!
I really enjoy doing DIY projects and crafting, while I also love to clean and organize. My father died when I was six years old, and ever since then my mother and sister have meant the world to me. I'm a weird college student who would rather go out to dinner with my family than go to a party. I'm a huge homebody, and I like to sleep. Like I said, I'm in college: a sophomore to be exact. I'm currently studying Media Informatics with a minor in Computer Science. Theta Phi Alpha holds a special place in my heart, and I love all my sisters.
That's just a short synopsis, but that's the basis of my life. I will try to start posting all different kinds of posts soon - and I will try to make my page look better! I'm just starting out so give me a little while to get used to it! :)
Much love,
Jen
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