Lipbalm and School Supply Style

First- something new (to me): EOS (Evolution of Smooth) Lipbalm. My favorite is the green (Honeysuckle Honeydew). Wow. That was a lot of parentheses.

Second- School Supply ideas! I don't know when you start school, that's why I'm writing this post so early.

Binder: Make a scrapbook page to put in the front cover instead of plain pictures. Or you can get a patterned binder that doesn't have a front pouch, to make it easier.

Pencil Case: You can decorate a hard pencil case, if that's what your supply list calls for, but most supply lists for older grades don't call for one at all, you can do whatever you want. I like ones that go in your binder, because it is an easy way to keep everything you need (besides textbooks) in one place (That one place being your binder). I prefer clear ones, with colorful edges, but get whatever makes you happy, because you're the one that has to look at it all year! ;) Just a warning, the white ones tend to get grubby :(

Dividers: When you write on the tabs for your notebook dividers, use pretty colored pens or markers.

Pens: When you go shopping for supplies such as pens, go with standard black for some of them (for essays and reports), but get some colorful ones as well! You can color-code your notes that way.

Notebooks: If you are feeling crafty, get plain notebooks and decorate them with duct tape. But you can also get pretty notebooks from the store.

Flash Drives: Many teachers will require you to have a flash drive so you can do projects on the computer, upload them to flashdrive, and then bring them to him/her so they can view your project. They sell so many cute flashdrives! Some of them look like animals, some of them have cute patterns, and some of them come in pretty colors.

Backpacks: Backpacks all depend on the person. Some people prefer to carry a large purse for their things, but if you have a jam-packed schedule, you might not have time to go to your locker after every class to drop off/pick up your books, so you might be better off to go with a tote bag or a backpack. But, if you don't mind carrying some things, and your teachers don't care that you can't fit everything in your bag (Resulting in some of your books being on the floor instead of in your bag) then go ahead and use whatever you want!

Pencils: If your teachers don't have a preference, I prefer using mechanical pencils, because you don't have to get up and disturb the class with the really loud pencil sharpener. And some schools don't let you have the plastic manual ones that you keep at your desk.

Page Protectors: Get page protectors and put one in each subject's section in your binder, that way your homework won't get lost or damaged.

Schedule: Most school schedules are plain black and white. Try getting a piece of paper, and write out (and color code) your school schedule and make it prettier. You can also keep another page protector in your binder to keep it from getting lost or damaged.