Surrounding yourself with things that make you happy in your home are so important. It’s like your happy place. One hobby that I love is listening to music; so, I love this record player set up.

You learn something new everyday. I just learned this word! I spubbled (?) a picture of me posing in front of a picture my friend took on a hike.

Life can be hectic. We need to appreciate those moments when we feel most at peace.

I recently went to Nassau, Bahamas for the first time. I love the Caribbean and traveling in general, and I can honestly say this has been one of my favorite vacations. I took many pictures there, but I chose to make a collage of these five to represent my week.

For my fourth visual assignment, I picked the “Recreate A Famous Movie Scene” prompt. The scene I chose is from the famous movie, Titanic. My friends and I, for some reason, would always recreate random movie scenes, and Titanic is one of them!

First I asked my friend if he wanted to help me recreate the scene for this assignment. After he agreed, we had to decide on where we should take the photo. I chose to take the photo at my neighborhood park, because there is an open platform that could mimic as the front of the ship in Titanic. We got up there and posed! I also had the help of my sister to take the photo of my friend and I. It took a couple of tries because we kept on laughing mid picture and we tried to be serious. Then, I realized one of the photos where we were smiling, turned to be the best one. Here is how it turned out!

For my third Visual Assignment, I chose the “What’s in Your Bag?” prompt. I keep my everyday backpack pretty clean and simple, or at least I try to!

The main essential things that I carry with me are:

• Wallet
  • Besides my cards and money, my set of keys are attached to my wallet, so that is important!
• Earbuds
  • Wherever I go I will always be listening to music, a set of earbuds is definitely a must-have.
• Lipbalms
  • One of my pet peeves is having dry lips, it’s so uncomfortable! I make sure to have one with me at all times, maybe a second one that provides moisture and tint!
• Pen
  • There are times where I suddenly need to write something down, or sign a receipt. Whatever it might be, having a pen is quite handy.
• Glasses Wipe
  • Because I wear glasses everyday, the lens catch dust and have smudges on them, so I like to clean it often, and using the wipes is better than using my shirt or something!
• Body Mist
  • I love putting body mist on before heading out, but often times I forget, so I just toss it in my bag so I can spritz some on-the-go.
• Lotion/Hand Cream
  • Going along with dry lips, I also hate dry hands or elbows. I’m not quite sure why I have four mini bottles in my bag, though… but the more the merrier!
• Fan
  • I keep a mini plastic fan with me to help me cool down in the summer heat.
• Emergency Poncho
  • I recently put this in my bag because I attended an outdoor graduation ceremony and they were expecting rain, so the staff were handing these out. I thought it was a handy thing to keep in my bag, just in case!

This assignment was a great reminder to clean my everyday bag! After my bag was clean, I laid all of my belongings out on my table and propped up the bag behind everything. Then, I took the photo with my phone. For this picture, I made sure to have a background that was simple and not distracting. I placed each of the items in a certain layout, as well, to make it neat, instead of just a pile of clutter.

For my second Visual Assignment, I picked the Close-Up Photo. Here is my mysterious close-up picture. Can you guess what it is? Comment if you got an idea!

It took me some time to figure out what to take a photo of, because there are so many choices! Once I decided on the object, I put the Zoom feature on the camera on my phone on high and snap the photo.

After reading the prompt for this speech bubble, I immediately thought of this photo of me. I decided to make my speech bubble say “Did I really just dropped my croissant?” because I thought it was silly and fits with the sad expression I was making. In general, isn’t it always the worst when you drop your food?!

Once I picked the photo from my phone I transferred it to my computer and put it in a Word document. To make the speech bubble, I went to this site. I typed the saying and saved it as an PNG image instead of a GIF. Then, I opened it to the Word document and pasted the speech bubble on top my photo. To do this I had to click “Bring Forward” on the Picture Format settings panel. I saved the picture and done!

For my first Visual Assignment, I chose to do the Bucket List. My bucket list consists of:

• Graduating college
  • This is obviously part of my bucket list, as it would be such a great accomplishment to finish school and get my degree!
• Visiting Switzerland
  • I once did a project on Switzerland for my French class in the 7th grade, and since then have always wanted to visit.
• Visiting Korea
  • Korea is one of those countries that I would love to visit and tour around, I especially want to get a taste of the street food they have.
• Buying my dream home
  • When I am older I hope to be financially stable and be able to buy a home for me and my family.

To create this collage, I saved four royalty free photos, from pexels.com, that fits the description of my bucket list. Then I used an app of my phone “Layout from Instagram” to create the collage. After saving the edit, I transferred the photo to another app called “Phonto”, to add the white text.