A week ago I realized that I needed something to organize myself since I’ve been having lots of things in my mind lately but I didn’t want an agenda. I wanted to do something I’d see everyday calling me. What more than a huge board? From there on I all these ideas started flowing through my head! I grabbed a huge panel of old styrophoam and gave it a good clean. I just used hot water and dishwater detergent and it came out pretty well.
After this, I needed a fabric to cover it but all my fabric was too small to cover it. Then I remembered something I wanted to try for a long time! Tea Dyeing! I had one old white bedsheet and decided to dye it I’m no means expert but it came out amazing, here’s what I did: I boiled water then added the teabags and let it boil for 10 minutes, then I added the fabric let it boil for more 10 minutes then let it sit overnight. Before going to bed I added some vinegar. Then in the next morning I took all the water out and put in the washing machine with a bowl of salt. I had lots of different tea and since I saw here that there are different fixatives I did them all (used both salt and vinegar). I wanted to be sure it’d actually dye and I think I did well
Once the memo board was done all I had to do is start organizing myself
Painted a huge calendar in watercolors. Painted a few papers then cut strips out of them. Blog posts are in blue and pink are projects that need to be finished.

I like to have some idea about what I’ll blog about but it doesn’t mean I’m a total slave to the schedule. As you can see only today I’m talking about tea dyeing and I was planning on doing it this Friday. The white papers are daily lists with a few tasks that need to be done that day.

Here’s the complete picture of my memo board, I love it! It keeps me very organized! After the calendar, there are lists of things to keep in mind, ideas that I’ve that I don’t want to forget, things I’ve to do in my blog, a little bit about everything

Last year I did a list of things I wanted to do in the Summer and although my summer started a while ago I wanted to do it again. I love to make lists and cross items O ano passado fiz uma lista de coisas que queria fazer no verão e apesar do meu verão ter já começado há algum tempo queria fazer isto outra vez este ano. Adoro fazer listas e riscar os itens delas

• Make Giant Bubbles (fazer bolhas de sabão gigantes)
• Cross Stitch (ponto de cruz)
• Ler 15 livros (read 15 books)
• Ir a um Museu (go to a museum)
• Ir a uma feira de velharias (go to a antique fair)
• Finish Charity Project (acabar projecto da caridade)
• Geocaching
• Desenhar (Draw)
• Ir à praia (go to the beach)
• Art journal
• Nadar (swim)
• Write 5 letters (escrever 5 cartas)
• Bind a book (encadernar um livro)
• Henna tattoo
• Sew (Coser)
• Pintar móvel do quarto (paint bedroom’s bookcase)
• Vender 5 itens da loja (sell 5 items from my shop)
• Make handmade paper (fazer papel)

btw last year list was way prettier don’t you agree? btw a lista do ano passado estava muito mais bonita não concordam?

I could say that I’m very organized but actually I don’t believe I am. It depends on my mood really. I’ve peaks of organizing. When this happens I get kinda of angry with all the clothes I’ve and don’t use and all the paper I’ve to organize. Eu poderia dizer que sou super organizada mas para ser sincera não acredito muito nisso. Depende do meu estado de espírito. Tenho picos de organização. Quando está no seu ponto máximo fico um pouco zangada quando vejo todas a minha roupa que tenho e não uso e quando reparo na quantidade de papel que tenho para organizar.
Yesterday it was a day like this and this what happens when you start organizing papers of two college years worth. Ontem foi um desses dias e isto é o que acontece quando começo a organizar papeis dos meus dois anos da universidade.

But it kinda relieved me a little bit after everything became more organized. Every year in the summer I love to organize everything and last year I didn’t have much of a chance because I was working a lot. Now I’m working but much more relaxed and I feel like I can enjoy my vacation more when I only have one day off a week. I believe when I start to seriously working after college I’d prefer to earn less and be happy and to earn more and be miserable. I guess I could do that for some time but not always. Mas fiquei muito mais aliviada depois de tudo estar mais organizado. Todos os anos no verão adoro organizar tudo e o ano passado não tive muita oportunidade para o fazer porque trabalhei bastante. Agora estou a trabalhar mas com um horário muito mais flexível e sinto que posso aproveitar melhor as minhas férias ao contrário do ano passado que tinha um dia de folga todas as semanas. Acho que quando acabar a universidade e começar a trabalhar a sério preferia ganhar menos e ser feliz do que ganhar mais e ser miserável naquilo que faço. Poderia trabalhar em algo que não gostasse por algum tempo mas não para sempre.