Showing posts with label studying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studying. Show all posts

12.06.2011

The Perfect Gift {The Scholar}

The scholar. If your scholar is as smart and dedicated to studying as mine is, you know how hard it is to find the perfect gift. So today, I have rounded up five gifts your scholar is bound to love!

{1} Crate and Barrel Desk Lamp: The extra light is always necessary, and with 2 lamp heads, they can point the light where ever it is needed most. Plus, this one is so chic and modern, it will add a smart design element to any office.

{2} Marie Antoinette Bookends: Quirky and fun with a purpose. They add a bit of smart humor to the bookshelf.

{3} Jack Spade Leather Briefcase: Gorgeous, smart, and practical. A briefcase is the perfect gift that a scholar would never dream of purchasing for themselves. The brown textured leather screams "I'm even smarter than I am stylish" and makes the backpack look like child's play.

{4} Old Fashioned Notebooks: Skip the computer for class. Lectures are better comprehended when you are listening to the material and actually taking the time to write the notes instead of mindlessly typing them. 

{5} O'Neil for Phillips Headphones: The library is supposed to be a quite place but it never quite is. Turn on some study tunes and drown out the background ramble with noise canceling headphones. 

Happy Gift Giving! xo 

8.15.2011

This Week I Feel...Smart

This week I am feeling just a bit smarter. Why? Well, because after a VERY long summer of nothing but studying, R has taken his first preliminary test. And while there is still one more to go, I'm confident we (Yes, I do refer to the test as though we are both taking it.) will pass both. Back story, these tests are supposed to be so difficult that almost no one passes the first try. So, while I'm sure the last thing he wants to look at in a "Congratulations You Passed Prelims" party is a book (He'd rather be looking at a cooler full of beer, I'm sure.), I may just have to fill the room with books. I feel it's only appropriate. Plus how cute would it be to have library cards as the invites or stacks of books as table decor?

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