As a 'we're proud you made it through another year of high school' present my parents gave me these gorgeous flowers that are currently sitting on my dresser. The picture doesn't really do them justice but the colors are beautiful and there is quite an interesting mix of different flowers. Besides going on about pretty flowers this post does have a point. Inspiration. I'm going to talk about different ways I store and showcase things that inspire me, and maybe some of you will give me even better ideas.
First up is my bulletin board. I put everything on here. Ads, pictures of my dogs, movie ticket stubs, calender pages, magazine clippings, quotes, etc. A lot of my inspiration goes up there, and then when I get bored of one thing I just switch it out. There are other quotes and pictures scattered around my room, some on my computer and others on cabinets and mirrors and dressers. However, I'd say the majority is on the board. The bulletin board was one of the first things I put up in my room upon redoing it two Novembers ago. 
A while after the bulletin board went up I got the idea to start doing an inspiration scrapbook of sorts. I've made two of these scrapbooks and flip through them from time to time. It's always interesting to see if I think I would have liked those same things if I had seen them for the first time today. The scrapbooking avenue to inspiration is a bit more time consuming than I'd like, so I more recently started storing my inspiration in another way. 
Now, I've begun to store all my inspiration in plastic page holders in a binder. The inspiration in the scrapbooks and on the board were a bit more varied, whereas in the binder it is mostly ads from magazines and editorials that I liked. I also, of course, have an inspiration folder on my computer where I store a large portion of my inspiration and from time to time I'll probably be creating an inspiration collage from the folder (to share with you all).
All the ways I've stored my inspiration have proved to work pretty well for me, and I enjoy having different things I can look at and flip through when I'm in need of a little inspiring. However, I'm always curious to know how you choose to store your inspiration? Also, what kind of things are included in this inspiration? (Quotes, magazines clippings, personal photos, etc.)
Enjoy your Saturdays!
8 comments:
You have a great ideas for showing your inspiration!
Yay you fixed it!
Love the new blog and inspirational scrapbook !
I think i may start one tomorrow!
I have pictures that inspire me on the inside of my closet, which I change (or add more pics) every once in a while. It really helps me get dressed in the morning.
The pictures include everything from quotes, parts of editorials, pics of inspirational people, ads etc.
Come to think of it, Carine Roitfeld takes up a huge amount of that space...
I like the closet idea! If mine was a walk in I would do that, but there really is no space in mine for pictures. My house has the worst closets!
i want one of those..but never get a chance to have it..or in other word..."made it!"
i do the same! i have a huge binder of magazine images and my laptop is about to die it has so many photos on! Think i use my laptop the most but its always nice to flick through the binder, it's like a giant magazine!
I love the idea of putting a book with all your ideas... I might do something like that!!!
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I need to make my on inspirational scrapbook! I've got in on my wall and door, but I think a book would be my next project.
Thanks for your comment! x
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