#also i want my sketchbook to be prettier and colors are fun

[a-tired-human-draws-junk]

"If you could see yourself like this, you'd have never tried it"

[pindaleng]

Merry Pitchmas @anotherbechloeshipper !!

Had so much fun writing this one, hope you enjoy it :)

Title: In From the Snow

Pairing: Bechloe

Chapters: 1/1

Wordcount: 2943

Summary: Beca didn’t anticipate making many friends her freshman year, much less become best friends with one Chloe Beale. When a snow storm ruins both their plans to travel home, they get to spend some quality time together. Beca thinks this might be her best chance to tell the other girl how she feels.

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Beca stared gloomily at the large flakes falling outside her dorm window.

There was no way her old Camry would be able drive more than ten miles an hour in these conditions. The forecast said “heavy snow”, but she didn’t realize it’d be this bad.

She totally would have left a few days earlier if she didn’t have a final scheduled for the absolute last day of the semester. It’s not like she was super excited about heading back home either, but she knew her dad and step mom would give her shit for it.

She sighed. Might as well text them now to rip off that band-aid.

Shortly after she sent the message, she heard a knock on her opened door.

“Hey, you’re still here!”

In the doorway stood Chloe Beale, undoubtedly the coolest person on their dorm floor. Beca (to her surprise) got along with most of the people on her floor, but something about Chloe specifically drew her in.

Admittedly, she found the other girl annoying at first, as she seemed like the high school girls that were fake nice just to talk about you behind your back. She soon learned, though, that Chloe was the real deal.

But not of course before giving her a hard time for a couple of months. Frustratingly, but thankfully, Chloe was incredibly persistent. Beca hadn’t really expected to make so many friends, intending to keep her head down and make her way through, but everyone grew on her. Especially Chloe.

“Yeah, unfortunately still here.” Beca replied. “Wanted to drive out today but doesn’t look like that’s gonna happen.”

Chloe invited herself in and hopped onto Beca’s bed. She hummed in understanding. “I just got back from the store and driving was for sure a struggle. Definitely would not recommend.”

“Great. You’re staying here too, then?”

“Yep! Which means you get to spend time with little ol’ me.” She propped her head on her hands. “Any plans for the day?”

There wasn’t really a Plan B since she didn’t expect her driving-back-home Plan A to not work out. “Not really, probably just gonna work on some mixes.”

“Can I join?”

“Yes, please make it a little less sad that I’m stuck here on Christmas Eve.”

“Sweet, I’ll be back.” Chloe slid off the bed and make her way out the room. “Don’t have too much fun without me!”

Beca just rolled her eyes and started setting up her laptop.

Chloe came back moments later with her sketchbook and colored pencils, and settled on Beca’s roommate’s bed. Both of them were friends with Stacie, so they knew she wouldn’t mind her bed being used.

They passed time peacefully like this for a couple of hours, each doing their separate thing.

Beca was so engrossed in her music that she doesn’t notice Chloe call out her name until the other girl waved at her to get her attention.

She slipped off her headphones. “What’s up?”

“I was thinking about getting some food soon. You in?”

The hunger hit her stomach now that food was mentioned. “Yeah, I could eat. Where at?” Though the dorms stayed open, dining halls were closed. There were plenty of places nearby though, and many of whom delivered. They went back and forth suggesting restaurants until Chloe looked like she had an epiphany. “We should go to that new ramen place!”

Beca’s immediate reaction was to pout, as they didn’t deliver. Chloe laughed.

“Oh come on, it’s a five minute walk, max. You big baby.” Chloe playfully poked her cheek. “Plus it’s super pretty outside.”

“And it’s super warm inside.”

Chloe rolled her eyes. “I’m going with or without you.”

The ultimatum was effective. Beca grumbled but put her coat on anyways. The reluctance was really just all show, as she would probably walk naked into a freezing lake for the other girl.

Snow was steadily falling outside, blanketing all the surfaces in a thick layer of white. Campus was quiet, as most of the students had already left for the holidays. It was both eerie and calming. The absence of drunk frat guys yelling, though, was definitely a plus.

“Okay I admit, it is pretty outside.” But you’re prettier. The automatic thought was so cheesy she almost threw up a bit in her mouth. Since when did she think such gross things? She could practically see Stacie smirking annoyingly at her.

Chloe grinned in victory, and Beca’s heart swooped.

Her brain definitely wasn’t lying though: Chloe was undoubtedly beautiful. The snowflakes in Chloe’s hair contrasted perfectly with the red color, making her look like some sort of magazine model. It felt kind of unfair that she could exist like that and not know what she was doing to poor Beca’s soul.

—

When the waitress asked if they needed one or two checks, Chloe replied “just one” before Beca could get a word in.

As the waitress walked away, Beca sent a questioning look to the redhead.

Chloe shrugged, “It’s easier for them to just run a single card.” Beca offered to pay her back, but she insisted it to be a holiday present. If Beca didn’t know better, she would have swore it was a date.

They were on their way back to the dorms when Beca felt something hit the back of her head.

She whipped around. “Hey!”

Chloe was already packing another snowball, clearly out for blood. She quickly launched that one too, which Beca barely managed to sidestep. She bent down to create her own snow projectile.

Chloe began to run away to get out of range, so Beca went to chase her. Unfortunately, Beca slipped on the snow and fell. Chloe was immediately at her side. “Oh my god, are you okay?”

The snow cushioned her fall pretty well, but Beca didn’t want to give that away just yet. She faked a grimace. “I think I broke my leg.”

“Oh shit.” Chloe furrowed her eyebrows in worry. “I’m so sorry I-“

Beca felt too bad that she immediately stopped her. “I’m joking, I’m actually fine.”

It took a moment to register, and then Chloe slapped her on the arm. “You scared me!”

Beca rubbed the spot where she was hit. “Ok now I actually have to go to the hospital.”

Chloe just slapped her arm again, before offering a hand to pull her up. Beca took it but didn’t get up. Chloe looked confused as Beca smirked, and then pulled the other girl down into the snow with her. She fell on her face in the fresh snow with a satisfying poof.

“Oh my god, you asshole.” Chloe laughed after pulling her face up, and shoved at the other girl, who was still laying in the snow.

“Chlo you have a beard.” Beca was practically wheezing at the sight of Chloe having snow stuck all over her face. “Still hot though.”

Chloe modeled it, striking poses and getting up to walk down an imaginary runway, while Beca yelled after her, hyping her up.

They messed around in the snow for a while longer, then took the long way back. Beca considered complaining about the cold and wet seeping in, but Chloe just looked so happy. Plus, it really was nice outside. Walking with Chloe in the peace of campus was a moment Beca wanted to keep tucked in her pocket forever.

—

After getting back, they went to take showers (separately) to warm themselves up, deciding to reconvene later in Chloe’s room. Beca sat on her bed with her hair in a towel, scrolling through her phone. She opened a message from Stacie, who was definitely one of her best friends in college so far. She flew out a couple of days ago and told Beca not to “get too freaky” while she was gone. Beca practically shoved her out the door.

Stacie [6:31 pm]: You make it home?

Beca [7:13 pm]: No, stuck here. Stupid snow.

A reply immediately came in.

Stacie [7:13 pm]: Ugh that sucks, are you by yourself then?

Beca hesitated on what exactly to say, knowing Stacie would immediately make fun of her for the truth.

Beca [7:15 pm]: Not exactly…..Chloe is also still here

Stacie [7:16 pm]: !!!!!!!!!!

Stacie [7:16 pm]: BECA

Stacie [7:16 pm]: THIS IS YOUR CHANCE

Beca [7:17 pm]: Dude she doesn’t like me

Stacie [7:18 pm]: Do NOT bother coming back to campus if you don’t shoot your shot right now

Stacie [7:19 pm]: Joking but also not

Stacie [7:19 pm]: She hangs out w you all the time. She actually listens to your music recs. Plz do something.

Stacie [7:20 pm]: Ok talk later family is calling for dinner, good luck!!!!!

Beca [7:21 pm]: ??? I’m going to ignore that you basically implied not listening to any of the music I’ve suggested

She fell back onto her bed. She wanted to make a move, and she did feel like there could be something between them. However, each time Chloe was nice to someone else, she got psyched out believing that Chloe was always just being platonically nice to her. No flirting involved.

With each passing day, though, it became harder to deny she wanted her. And how badly she did. She caught herself staring a bit too long, and hung endlessly on the small touches Chloe would always do. A brush of the finger here, and a hair tucked behind an ear there. Beca thought some days she might explode.

She texted Chloe to ask if she was ready yet.

Chloe [7:25 pm]: Sorry got distracted!! Hopping in the shower now.

With the extra time, Beca decided to finish the mix she was working on earlier that day. There was something off about it that she couldn’t quite figure out, but coming back to it now, she figured out what it was missing. She listened to it a few times to make sure she was really happy with it before mastering it.

A text came in from Chloe, letting her know she could come over whenever.

Beca quickly added the song to a USB which already contained many music files, then placed the drive into a small pink, cardboard box she got from Stacie. The box originally held a necklace, which made it the perfect size for her gift.

She stashed it in her sweater pocket then made her way to Chloe’s room in the other wing of the floor.

It was still relatively early in the night, so Chloe suggested a movie. Beca wasn’t one for movies usually, but it wasn’t like she had any better ideas.

They cuddled together on the small dorm bed in Chloe’s den of pillows, with the laptop in front of them. The movie was actually pretty good, despite all the bad decisions the main character kept making, and the fact that Beca missed half the plot due to glancing at Chloe instead, and being nervous about how close they were.

“Thoughts?” Chloe turned down the volume as the credits began to roll.

“I think she should have gone with the second guy.”

“Really? I thought he was kind of iffy.”

They proceeded have a lively discussion about the movie, with Beca continuing to argue mostly to mess with Chloe, who seemed quite adamant about the main character’s end choice of romantic partner. It ended with Chloe tickling her until Beca finally admitted her defeat.

“Okay, close your eyes.”

Beca looked at Chloe warily, still catching her breath from the tickling attack. “Um, why?”

“Just do it.”

She sighed but did as she was told.

“No peeking!”

Her index finger drew a cross above her heart, signaling her promise to not look.

“Okay, you can open them now.”

In front of her was a piece of paper carefully rolled into a tube and bound with a red bow. Beca picked it up, gingerly untying the ribbon, unraveling her gift. Her jaw dropped.

“Chloe…”

In her hands was a pencil sketch of her with headphones on, smiling and almost on the verge of laughing. Honestly, she never thought about what she looked like while she was happy. The image of herself in her mind was always some version of broody. Is this how Chloe saw her? Beca wasn’t one to usually cry, but she might have teared up a bit.

“This is…incredible.”

Chloe looked kind of nervous. The same way that Beca was protective of showing others her music, Chloe was hesitant to show much of her art. “You like it?”

“Dude I love it. Seriously.” That reassurance seemed to put Chloe at ease. “Okay, your turn to close your eyes.”

Chloe did it without hesitation, and also held out her hands. Beca shook her head a bit in amusement and placed the small box into her palm.

“Okay, open.”

She opened her eyes and lifted the lid of the box to find a black USB drive, with a piece of tape on the side simply labeled “For Chloe”.

Her smile widened as she realized what her present was. “Do I get to finally listen to your music?”

“Maybe.”

“It means a lot, Beca. Thank you.”

“Um yeah, no problem. Don’t tell me if you end up thinking it’s bad.” She joked.

“Oh please, you’re going to have to block me with how many good things I’ll say.”

“Don’t tempt me, I might delete your contact right now.”

Chloe laughed. “Oh please, like you could last a day without me. Also, I actually have another present for you.” She scotched a bit closer to Beca.

“Oh,” Beca furrowed her eyebrows. “Well, I don’t have anything el-“

She was swiftly cut off as Chloe kissed her, soft and sweet. So polite and unassuming it almost felt platonic.

But god did it give Beca butterflies.

Chloe pulled away so quickly that Beca wasn’t sure it even happened. Like maybe she just daydreamed too hard and manifested a hallucination.

She must have had a deer in the headlights look because Chloe suddenly got super shy. “Was that okay?” She whispered, face still close.

Beca finally came to her senses. “Yeah, totally. More than okay. Amazing really.” She must look like a blushing mess.

The corner of Chloe’s mouth quirked up in amusement and relief. “Yeah?”

“Still could be better, though.” Good work Beca, make a joke to regain some semblance of having her shit together.

“Oh?” She watched Chloe lick her lips, a mesmerizing motion. The shyness was all but gone, replaced by something much more confident, and destined to ruin Beca’s life. And she knew she’d welcome it with open arms.

—

Beca woke up in the morning to the light touch of fingers trailing along her jaw. She smiled, remembering where she was, and more importantly, who was besides her. She probably had the best night of sleep in her life. “Can’t keep your hands off of me, Beale?” She asked, keeping her eyes closed.

“Are you going to try and stop me?” Chloe whispered. Her raspy morning voice was really so damn attractive.

She opened one eye, smiling. “I wouldn’t dare.”

“Good.” Chloe leaned in for a long kiss, the hand on her face pulling Beca closer. Her breath hitched. She didn’t think she could ever get used to this. Kissing Chloe Beale. Touching her.

She pulled away all too soon, just as Beca began to want her even more. Beca was quickly learning how much of a tease Chloe was.

“i’m going to get ready, and then maybe we can go get breakfast somewhere?”

“Or…we can stay in bed all day.”

Chloe giggled, and Beca almost professed her love. “Becs, both of us gotta head home.”

“Do we though?”

Chloe just smiled as she slipped out of bed and grabbed her toothbrush and face towel. Before she was completely out the door, she gave her butt a little shake, as if she could tell Beca was staring at her clad in a large t-shirt and sleep shorts. Beca was sure Chloe was smirking as she did it.

As soon as she was out of sight, Beca grabbed her phone from the desk. A text from her dad and a couple from Stacie. She opened the messages from the latter.

Stacie [11:13 pm]: How’d it go?

Stacie [11:30 pm]: I’m assuming the silence is a good thing and ur just too busy making out with Chloe to reply ;)

Beca typed out a quick message.

Beca [9:30 am]: So…..

Stacie [9:30 am]: THIS BETTER BE GOOD NEWS

Beca [9:31 am]: How do you keep replying so quickly??

Stacie [9:31 am]: How about you stop avoiding

Beca thought of the million different things she could say, but opted for simplicity.

Beca [9:32 am]: :)

Stacie [9:33 am]: Is that good

Stacie [9:33 am]: Beca is that good

Stacie [9:34 am]: ?????

She set her phone down, feeling giddy. It might have been a bit cruel to leave Stacie hanging, but she’d get over it. She’d get the full story eventually, but right now, Beca wanted to keep as much of this thing with Chloe to herself as possible. Definitely not like a shameful secret, though.

Something about telling someone about it, however vaguely, made last night and this morning seem actually real.  She had this feeling deep in her chest that this was the start of something incredible, which made her both excited and a bit scared. Ok a lot scared. Terrified even.

It sucked that they’d have be apart right as they were starting something. Winter break couldn’t be over soon enough.

[automnehiver]

For the lesbian as : 1 to 50. Do them all. T'aura pas le courage, I dare you

Don’t fucking underestimate me (thanks for the ask, I actually really wanted to do this ; find one so I can make you do the same)

1. Sun lesbian or moon lesbian

Moon I guess, since I became all romantic and shit staring at the moon and smoking when I had my first love as a teen

2. Flannel lesbian or sweater lesbian

Flannel………………………………….

3. Curly fry lesbian or waffle fry lesbian

Honestly I ???? We don’t even have these in France, but curly sounds fun

4. Thrift store lesbian or high brow lesbian

Thrift store for some things but I also like things that are a bit classy, over all coats………but you could also find me picking up a jean jacket from a thrift shop so………………………..it’s hard to choose one tbh

5. 70’s disco lesbian or 90’s grunge lesbian

90′s !!! I love old shirts with shitty designs and pastel colors from the overuse

6. Fat cat lesbian or hairless cat lesbian

Fat cat, but I’d prefer my cat healthy honestly ; poor cat

7. Chinese takeout lesbian or pizza delivery lesbian

CHINESE TAKEOUT

8. Big dog lesbian or tiny dog lesbian

Big dog, wtf are even chihuahuas

9. MoMA lesbian or metropolitan lesbian

Louvre lesbian, sry

10. Matte nail lesbian or glossy nail lesbian

No nail polish lesbian, since you can’t possibly use your fingers for sex if you put on some ; unless you’re a gloves-during-sex lesbian but yeah no

11. Red lipstick lesbian or dusty rose lesbian

I love both, I put red sometimes but I literally have a damas rose lipstick that looks a little dusty !!

12. Crop top lesbian or maxi dress lesbian

What’s a maxi dress ? I love dresses, I wear one from time to time but I never wore a crop top, though I find it hot

13. Neck kisses lesbian or forehead kisses lesbian

Neck kisses……………definitely (to give and to get)

14. Fluffy fat cat lesbian or tiny hairless cat lesbian

Fluffy cat ! What’s with hairless cats, are lesbians in particular supposed to like them more than other persons ?

15. Leather jacket lesbian or letterman jacket lesbian

Leather jacket !!!

16. Puts too much salt on food lesbian or too much pepper

Too much salt probably……I drown my pasta in maggi

17. Glitter eyeshadow lesbian or matte eyeshadow lesbian

Matte, but it’s been a long time since I’ve put any on ! I’d rather have a really cool lipstick and some mascara

18. Flower lesbian or succulent lesbian

I have both in my house, how should I pick one ? I love succulents, it’s super cute, but I can’t get enough of fresh flowers

19. Ugly cat print sweater lesbian or jean jacket that looks like it’s been through a war lesbian

Jean jacket that looks like it’s been through a war hahahaha

20. Spaghettis lesbian or Kraft dinner lesbian

Spaghettis please

21. Hot chocolate lesbian or lemonade lesbian

I love both to death, over all when the hot chocolate is thick and creamy and a bit strong…but lemons are so cool, ghhhghhghgh can’t pick

22. Champagne lesbian or whiskey lesbian

Definitely whisky

23. Dark aesthetic lesbian or pastel aesthetic lesbian

I’d say pastel for some things but if unicorns are pastel aesthetic then nah ; but I was way darker in my teens

24. Silk velvet lesbian or crushed velvet lesbian

Silk velvet, oh god ; I hate crushed velvet

25. Ball gown lesbian or tuxedo lesbian

Tuxedoooo

26. Forest lesbian or space lesbian

Forest…….I think it’s obvious when you look at my tumblr

27. Lennon glasses lesbian or aviators lesbian

Lennon glasses !! I have a few pairs like this

28. Hestia lesbian or Artemis Lesbian

ARTEMIS IS A QUEEN

29. Nose piercing lesbian or belly button piercing lesbian

Belly button, so it can be kissed

30. Electric guitar lesbian or ukulele lesbian

Honestly I love ukulele, but I also really really like electric guitar………probably ukulele

31. Converse lesbian or doc martens lesbian

Doc martens are life dude

32. Hayley Kiyoko lesbian or Mary Lambert lesbian

Allie X, Tove Lo and Tame Impala lesbian ; I like Hayley but not all of her songs

33. Olive Garden lesbian or Chiles lesbian

Olive garden I guess, but again, we don’t have these restaurants in France

34. Tarot card lesbian or astrology lesbian

Astrology I think, I love constellations and stars

35. Peppermint lesbian or cinnamon lesbian

Cinnamon, but it really isn’t my fave…lately I’ve been developing a thing for strong vanilla in cakes and creams

36. Playing-with-her-hair lesbian or getting-hair-played-with lesbian

Playing with her hair…I don’t know if you saw that Brieuc but when Judith and I were on the couch on Saturday night I started doing it and I didn’t even notice, and I had rarely done it before

37. Victim of tickle attacks lesbian or tickle attacker lesbian

Tickle attacker…I’m unbearable, I’m a fucking child. I’m also the kind of asshole who throws snowballs at you if we’re taking a walk together in winter

38. Tiny tattoo lesbian or whole sleeve of tattoos lesbian

Tiny tattoo, but I love tattoos so much that one day, maybe………

39. Lady and the tramp lesbian or aristocats lesbian

Aristocats ! I was identifying with Thomas O’Malley so much when I was little…I also wanted to be the Tramp in Lady and the tramp, how. about. that

40. Cool Rock collection lesbian or cool leaf collection lesbian

Ooohhhh definitely rock since I have one but I would really like to start a leaf one

41. Art hoe lesbian or music hoe lesbian

Art hoe, but you all knew I was going to reply that right ? Though I get so easily caught in music and when I can appreciate art with musics in my ears I just orgasm

42. 80’s windbreaker lesbian or 80’s blazer lesbian

Blazer I guess, but some colors on windbreakers from the 80′s are super dope

43. Mom jeans lesbian or skinny jeans lesbian

Skinny jeans !

44. Silver lesbian or gold lesbian

Mostly silver I think but there’s one item of gold jewelry I’m wearing all the time because it’s a gift from my girlfriend and I love it so much

45. Flower crown lesbian or snap back lesbian

Can’t get enough of flowers, but I think snap backs on girls are hot

46. Annie on my mind lesbian or rubyfruit jungle lesbian

Wicked lesbian ; though I would like to read these books now that I know about them !

47. Breakfast club lesbian or princess bride lesbian

Uhhh didn’t see any of these, but I saw a bunch of teen movies with Anne Hathaway in it because I think she’s gorgeous

48. “Wanna cuddle?” Lesbian or surprise hug attack lesbian

Surprise hug attack and you have to be ready because I’ll be fucking glued to you if I start ; but other times I can be fucking cold and distant if I am lost in my thoughts or working on something

49. Jupiter lesbian or Pluto lesbian

Neptune is prettier

50. Make her mixtapes lesbian or sketchbook filled with drawings of her lesbian

Sketchbook filled with drawings of her (I somehow lost inspiration during some time because all I could draw was her). Plus she has better taste in music than I do

[aerithsage]

2018 Highlights #1: The Transition to Bullet Journaling

This year, I wanted to try something new and be more organized.

The past few years since I started using planners, I always used the Belle de Jour Power Planner or the Starbucks Planners. This year, I tried out Bullet Journaling.

So what is a Bullet Journal?

The Bullet Journal is an analog system created by Ryder Carroll, a Designer based in New York. In his words, the Bullet Journal is meant “to help you track the past, organize the present, and plan for the future.” It’s an amazing system that keeps a record of everything you could ever want to toss at it. It can be your task manager, sketchbook, journal, idea catcher, and much more!

The Bullet Journal is a organizational system in a notebook that keeps track of anything you would like to write down in an coherent way.

- TinyrayofSunshine.com

How I got started:

1. I researched the best type of notebooks to use for this as well as other materials like pens, washi tapes, etc.

2. I watched a lot of Youtube videos about Bullet Journaling.

3. After the videos, I thought about how I’d do my own spreads / layouts.

4. I went to Pinterest and pinned a lot of images to get inspiration from. (If you want to see my entire Pinterest board about it, click HERE.)

5. I planned out everything, bought the materials and just dived right into it.

The Materials

1. Notebook: Leuchtturm1917 Dotted A5 Notebook (Army Color).

Well, they didn’t have any other color available then so sadly, this was the only color I got. I planned on buying a cover for it or wrapping it in paper or something just to make it prettier but it’s almost the end of 2018 and I still haven’t done that. Oh well.

So for the 2019 notebook, I ordered early (way back November) and this time, I got the Leuchtturm 1917 Bullet Journal - A5 Dotted. I ordered it from Shopee for 1600 php + a pack of stickers.

2. Pens

Uhm, where do I start with this? I already have tons of pens because I just absolutely love buying these things. My desk has so much pens but it’s like there’s always this need for MORE.

So just to list off the ones I commonly use, here they are:

Sakura Micron Pens (5-piece set)

Stabilo point 88 Pens (I have the entire set of all colors available)

Stabilo Boss Mini Highlighters (Pastel Colors)

Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens (S) 

Pilot G-Tec (0.4) Purple and Black as well as the entire Maica Set.

Zig Kuretake Pens

Tombow Dual Tip

Mechanical Pencil (definitely a must have)

All these are available in National Bookstore or you can also check out Scribe. You can buy online and they also have stores as well.

3. Washi Tapes

Oh boy, here’s another one.

I have a mini drawer on my desk all just filled with Washi Tapes. Whenever I go to the mall, I always have to stop by a bookstore and check out their collection of Washi Tapes. 

Some are expensive and some are super nice but really cheap. 

Here’s how my Washi Tape drawer looks like

(Excuse my messy desk. Haha)

4. Other Items Needed

Ruler (My recommendation: get a small one that fits in your pencil case so you can bring it anywhere with you along with your BuJo. You can also insert the ruler in the envelope flap at the back of the notebook.

Eraser

Glue Stick / Glue (for when you paste movie tickets, pictures, or other keepsakes)

Scissors

Colored Paper (Optional) Just to add an extra oomph to your BuJo

Stickers (optional just like colored paper)

My Messy Bullet Journal

Okay guys so I’m going to give you a peek at some of the pages (my absolute favorites) of my journal. 

It’s a bit messy since this is my first and my goal was more on being more consistent and more organized rather than the aesthetics of it.

First picture I’m going to share is how I do my month spreads. So I kept it simple and maximized the use of the available space. It’s color coded per month too so the drop shadow and the washi tape used is different for every month.

Kept this layout simple so it’s easy to use. My goal for my bullet journal was consistency and I thought earlier that making elaborate and beautiful layouts would cost so much time and I may end up not finishing it especially if I’m busy.

So for this next one, this is how my weekly pages look like. (I purposefully took a pic of a week I didn’t write anything because some stuff are private, sorry!)

I kept it simple just like the calendar so that it doesn’t take me a lot of time to make it every month. By the way, all monthly spreads, I prepare before the month starts.

The weekly spreads are on the left and then I keep a blank page on the right so I could write grocery or shopping lists, memories, wants and needs, paste movie tickets and more.

The washi tape at the bottom also matches the color of the washi tape on the calendar page. I just want everything to be cohesive and color-coded.

 Next pic: The month intro layout. 

So for extra spaces per month, I usually doodle on it or it’s a space for me to post my calligraphy practice stuff. I also love doing calligraphy. It relaxes me and now I have a place to paste all those and make my BuJo just a little bit prettier.

Left side of the picture is one of my doodles and right side is one of those coloring stuff for adults that I got from the internet. I printed it and then colored it using Faber Castell Color Pencils.

Next up is one of my “Memories” Pages.

I made this one after my birthday. I turned 26 last January 25 and I took my family to Viking’s for dinner. We had so much fun, took many pics, and totally ate a lot. 

I printed some of those pictures using my Pringo P231 Portable Printer and then pasted them here. Added some simple text and some washi tapes and voila!

Last pic I’m going to share is my Mood Tracker. I got the idea from Pinterest and wanted it so bad.

It’s a good, simple way of glancing at a page and then seeing how you were feeling that day. I totally love how it looks like someone played Tetris so shittily.

My Bullet Journal Experience

I. TOTALLY. LOVED. IT

So the thing with me and planners is that I am super organized and always write on the planner during the early months of the year. And then when the year is about to end, I just end up not writing anything at all.

That’s annoying and sad as well because I forgot to write about some of the most amazing days and I’ll just totally forget those. 

The thing with BuJos is that you just don’t have to use it to plan your life or your day. You can also use it like a diary where you can write your memories and save them forever.

Imagine the feeling of keeping all your past BuJos and then just sitting at home one day and rereading BuJos of the past years. That would be incredibly insane. So this 2018 is my first time doing this Bullet Journaling thing and it already gives me so much feels when I reread my notes and memories from the previous months.

The BuJo also kept me very organized. Everything I need to write is all in one place. My grocery lists are here, plot points for my stories, story ideas, rants and things I need to get off my chest but cannot say to anyone, memories, and so much more!

It’s such a great experience and I learned a lot and now have a clearer picture for how I want my 2019 Bullet Journal to look like. And yep, I’m definitely doing it again.

I already started doing it actually so that I have a good head start before 2019 starts. This way, I can also start doing more aesthetically pleasing layouts to be some sort of upgrade and also a way to challenge myself.

If you want to get more organized with your life while at the same time, keep a diary / notepad / scrapbook for everything, then I highly recommend trying out Bullet Journaling.

My first tip is to start small. Consistency is key. It’s more important that your journals being super beautiful but taking up so much time that you end up abandoning it. 

Don’t worry if what you make isn’t Instagram or Pinterest worthy. Dude, those people are pros. Haha They are super good at calligraphy or lettering and thinking of layout ideas. You, on the other hand, are just starting. So don’t worry about it.

Also, if you need ideas, remember to check out my Pinterest Board.

That’s it for now! Will be back soon with another 2018 highlight. Hope you liked this post. :) And if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

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