As I finish up my freshman year at GW, I wanted to share some of my favorite nick knacks with you before I take them down and store them for the summer.
(Top row, left to right: fun Buddhas with Givenchy, my finned companion of freshman year in his always-dirty water. Miniature paintings of Guatemala's national birds by Oscar Peren that I got on my service trip in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala. Lamp arrangement: motivational words, vintage CocaCola money box, and a wire globe, all of which (usually) inspired me to work harder.)
I love fashion, but at the end of the day, clothes are just clothes. The same goes for nick knacks. The happiness we get from little things we like, such as a silly elephant sculpture, a classy tea set, or the perfect pair of jeans, and the memories we make with them matter most.
(Bottom row, left to right: Spode Blue Italian tea set my parents got me in Stamford, England during an amazing vacation to London and the English countryside over Spring Break '10. Bedside arrangement: earring bowl from Tulsa flea market, lucky Sacajawea coins, and vintage Coca Cola glasses platform. Silly elephant my mom bought me to remind me never to take myself too seriously, in front of some of my favorite little books. Grey Goose lamp that my dad viewed as a college requisite)
