There are so many books we should be maintaining - a food journal, a diary, our kids' baby books - but the most purely indulgent (and low-maintenance!) is your Inspiration Scrapbook.
You know what we're talking about: every designer, stylist, or artistic personality has some version of it - a bulletin board, a wall, a book, or a poster filled with images and objects that inspire their current creative endeavor. YOU, my dear chic friend, ARE your current creative endeavor, so your book is a never-ending journey through the styles, people, ideas, quotes, colors, pictures, clippings, musings that help you pursue your vision.
We prefer a book over a wall or bulletin board for several reasons: it's portable, it's able to fit in a tiny office, and it maintains a permanent archive of all our past genius!
There are no rules, other than to fill it selfishly with exactly what you like. Our current pages are filled with lots of fashion tearsheets, of course, plus quotes, travel dreams, clips from gossip rags illustrating what we Don't Want To Be, and great examples of women growing old gracefully (check out the guns on Betsy Bloomingdale, 40+, in 1969!).
Go forth and gather, paste and post!
