My Back-to-School Essentials

Hello everyone ! How are you today ? I hope you all had nice holidays(for those who had some), because today, we’re going to talk about Back-to-School ! When I was a child, back-to-school was a real nightmare, simply because I hated school.So buying school supplies was a torture, reminding me that holidays were over and school coming back. Now, it’s different, since I’m not at school anymore but at university, studying things I like, with people I like etc So for today’s post, I decided to share with you my essentials for this year, some I bought, some I DIYed. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and let’s get starded !

#1-Bullet Journal

Recently, BuJo(Bullet Journal) has been very trendy. At first, I wasn’t interested in(maybe because it’s trendy and I don’t like to follow trends), but I looked for details about it and thought it could maybe be useful for me, by helping me plan my studies, my blog etc. So I made one ! I just assemble mini hardback papersheets for the pages with scrapbooking paper for covers. I prefered to do like this, rather than using a notebook, because this way, I can add as many pages as I wish/need. My bullet Journal is quite simple. I simply made a page for Year Goals ; and for every month, one page for Month Goals, one page with a mini calendar to plan the month(event, articles), and two or three pages to write down my articles. Maybe, later, if needed, I’ll add other pages.

#2- Fridge Calendar

I bought this one in St Petersburg at Dom Knigi, a big library on Nevsky Prospekt. I thought it was so cute and it cost less than one dollar !

#3-Mini Reading desk

Another essential for this year is this small reading desk for my phone or anything else I need to look at when working. I did this one myself and I’m going to show you how.

You’ll need a picture frame that can stand, cardboard and cute scrapbooking paper.

Remove the glass part, use it as a template to cut a piece of scrapbooking paper that will fit in the frame. Also, cut a piece of cardboard to glue on the base of the frame, with this, your phone or paper won’t fall down but stay in place.

Tadaa !

#4-Pencils

A Back-to-School without pencils isn’t a Back-to-School. I bought new colored pens and I have to say I’m in love with them, I love the colors ! I also bought pencils, but I wanted them to be a little bit more sparkling. Some I dipped some of them into white glue then in into a sparklings pot, and let them dry. Now their tops are all sparkling ! I also wanted to have a funny topper with something I like very much. I printed small images of ginger kitties(like my cat), cut them up and glued them on a little foam cube. Then I made a hole in the cube to put the pencil on.

#5-Grader

Among my essentials, I had to add my grader ( the one I made a few post ago,do you remember?) This guy is going to be very useful this year for the blog, to store all my ideas.;) You can have a look on this DIY here.

#6-Notebooks

I think I have a problem with notebooks… If I could buy thousands of notebooks, I would. That’s a huge problem. So I have to restrict myself when it comes to such things. For the moment I have been quite reasonable, I only bought 4 notebooks, one very simple, one for notes and drawings, and two for university. But I’m afraid it won’t be enough and I’ll have to some more;)

#7-Pencil Case

This one, I both did’nt make or buy it. It was a gift my mom received with an order and she gave it to me (Thank you Mommy !:) ) I love its format, you can store a lot in it and it’s quite easy to put in your bag.

#8-Flamingo Eraser

When I saw this eraser in my favourite destocking shop, I instantly melted. The price+the size+the design… It was love at first sight !

#9-Tissues Pouch

Something I always need is tissues. But storing them isn’t very simple. So when my mom gave me a set on small pouches for tissues I was very happy. From now on, no need to worry about that !

#10-Coloring Book

This little guy is a gift my friends gave to me on my birthday in St Petersburg, all flowers drawings inside. It seems they knew I love flowers….:) When I get bored, or just want to relax, this book is perfect !

#11- Smoothie Mug

When I work, I need to have something to drink by my side, especially something I love to drink. And I love smoothies. So, the perfect guy would be this small bottle. Easy to hold, not using to much space. Good combo !

#12-Computer Pouch

Finally, my last but not least essential is this computer pouch I made. I used an old pullover for this DIY.

Cut into the pullover and sew along three sides.