College is such an exciting time and usually filled with a ton of new changes to how you normally live. In college, you set your own schedule, live away from home, make your own food, take new classes, and overall probably live a very different lifestyle than what you are used to! Although the transition to college is a very exciting time, it can also be stressful at times! Too much stress can affect your performance in and out of the classroom. I've personally experienced some of these changes so I wanted to share a few of my tips on how to...

Study abroad trips are upon us! Studying abroad is such an amazing part of the college experience and something that I HIGHLY recommend everyone take part in! Summer and fall trips are coming up shortly, and you may be starting to feel the stress of planning, packing, scheduling, etc. but I’ve been there too! First of all, don’t panic!! No matter how prepared you feel beforehand there may always be that slight twinge of nervousness before a big trip! Keep in mind, that traveling gets EASIER as time goes on! I studied abroad last year in Prague and I wanted to share...

Self-Love is SO important. Have you ever heard the saying, "You can't pour from an empty cup"? This quote is simply saying that you can't give if you don't have. If you are not full of love, compassion, energy, and optimism, how do you expect to give those things to others? If you want to be your best possible self for those around you, you need to first check in and make sure that you have enough to give. We generated our top 10 tips for your journey to Self-Love.  Self Love Tip #1 Begin your day with love (not technology)....

Twitter is a great social media platform for people (even strangers!) to come together in an online community and talk about their favorite topics. Have you ever wanted to discuss a topic that your friends or family wasn’t interested in? There are millions of people interested in the same things as you on Twitter! There are even fun discussions that happen on Twitter centered around a specific topic, called Twitter Chats. There are Twitter Chats for virtually every topic out there, and we here at bloom recently held our first Twitter Chat about everything from planners and organization to inspiration...

This giveaway has ENDED! Congratulations Olivia Morris! We loved reading about Olivia's goals for the upcoming year! Olivia's goals included: 1.) Eating breakfast at home, making coffee, and packing her own lunch! 2.) Being on time 3.) Following through!  Thanks to everyone who entered! We will be sending you all a little gift!  How would you like to go back to school in style with the ULTIMATE BLOOM BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY BUNDLE!?! We have so many different styles of planners and desk accessories, there is something for every type of bloom girl! We showed you what's in our backpacks, and...