My Mood Board of Motivation

I love, love, love making mood boards! They are so much fun, and really help to inspire you! Especially when you're starting and developing a project idea. Usually my mood boards have so much crammed into them that I end up having to be really selective which is difficult for me because I find beauty and inspiration in anything and everything. 

I have made motivational mood boards before, when my career aims kept changing or as I grew older different things stood out to me! My most memorable motivation mood board is the one I made  on my cupboard door. I made it when I was 15. It has torn up pages from magazines, pictures of my friends and I as well as my own drawings and designs! The idea was that every morning I would wake up and be immediately motivated everyday. However, it only lasted about 2 months as I always find something better to motivate myself with. 

This time though, I get to share my motivation mood board with you! Not only to keep me motivated for the next few months but I also hope that it may help motivate some of you to achieve your dreams. 

Fashion Capitals of the World - New York, Paris, London, Milan, Rome

1. I want to travel to all of the fashion capitals and then I want to have a shop in every single one. Dreaming big to say the least, haha!

2. Central Saint Martins is the university in London where I want to go after my Art Foundation. It's one of the best schools of design! Everything I do at the moment is aiming towards getting into this uni. 

From left: Emily, Me, Sophie

3. My friends, sometimes, help to motivate me. Most of the time they are just out to distract me!

4. My mum is one of my main motivations! When I am feeling down or when I simply feel like I just can't be bothered she is always there to get me back on my feet. Even if she is just nagging it usually works. 

5. I love motivational quotes. "Stop Wishing, Start Doing" is my fave one at the moment. It's completely relate-able and completely describes me. I am constantly day dreaming about what I want to do or what I want to get done but never actually get round to actually doing it. 

Zuhair Murad and Elie Saab as well as some fashion illustrations

6. Fashion illustrations power me for some reason! I always want to be as good as the people who have drawn them so I draw some more and keep going until I am nearly as good as them.

7. Zuhair Murad and Elie Saab are my favourite designers ever. Ever since wanting to be a designer they have always been in my mind as what I want to make and produce and be like. They are completely my ideal area!

8. Coco Chanel has always inspired me. I have watched every documentary you can think of about her. She practically built her life from nothing. She an inspiration for everyone!

9. Finally, Bip Ling! Now which fashion blogger couldn't have her as one of their inspirations. One of the biggest bloggers in the world, I aspire to have a blog like hers and wouldn'd be able to think of anyone else!

I hope this has motivated and inspired all of you as much as it does for me! Let me know what motivates you and why below! I love discovering all the different things that inspire people. It tells me so much about a person. 

Splish, Splosh, Splash - Flower Crowns

They are everywhere aren't they? I still need to grab one for myself! Might get the DollyBowBow one to splish out seeing as I am low on money this month. These are A-mazing for festivals though! Get a huge bunch of them if you have a load of festivals to go to this Summer.

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See you next week! 

Thanks,

Rachel xo

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