Mood Boards or Vision Boards have become increasingly popular. They immensely help in maintaining motivation, or for setting and reaching those goals. Personally, mood boards and vision boards have allowed me to visually dream and, in a way, allow me to express myself.
So how can you use mood boards or vision boards for yourself? WellâŠ
Being that FashionistaÂ
Lately, this has been a favourite of mine. Clothes can show our personality, however, there is no harm in wanting to be influenced by fashion icons and models. With fashion, it is best to not confine yourself, since it can be considered as an art.Â
âNew Year, New Me.â – Goals and Manifestations
This is a commonly used reason for making a mood board. Before January 1st, try and think of many goals or aspirations for the coming year. It could be that you want to be at the gym more, improve your makeup game, or visit more countries. Furthermore, they are great when you reflect on the year and see what you have achieved.Â
Projects
Learning a new skill or marketing a campaign? Vision boards are an amazing way to visualise your project coming to life. For learning a skill, you can create a vision board on the techniques past people have used, or the products they have made (manual skills, mainly). For marketing, it is a great way to gain inspiration from digital creators about certain graphics that you can use in a poster or a label.
Inspiration
I love making mood boards for a new braided hairstyle that I would love to try out, or the next set of acrylic/gel/BIAB nails to do. The variety and amount of inspiration is so vast! There are ideas that not even I can think of from the top of my head, seeing all these ideas makes me fall in love with the stances of creativity so many people have.
Feeling inspired? Hereâs a mini guide on how to tackle your first mood boardâŠ
- Go onto Pinterest (or Canva) and make a board with the title that you want. If you want to, you can make this board private!
- Think of the main qualities – for fashion, you could search for a nice, cute streetwear outfit featuring Nike Shox and baggy jeans. If you donât want to stay in the streetwear category, thatâs fine too! The aim is to make it personal to you, so just cater your search terms accordingly!
- Sometimes it doesnât have to be aesthetic pictures added, positive affirmations can be added too! Focus on being inspired over the aesthetic!
- Watch how your online mood board grows! If you aim to stay motivated then you might want to bring it to life by printing out the pictures and sticking them onto a large piece of card, or on your walls! If you make a board with your goals for the year itâs so interesting to look back on at the end, seeing what you achieved and how far youâve grown from when you made it â it can help put things into perspective.
- Donât put pressure on yourself for your mood board to come all at once, I promise that results come slowly and with action! Itâs better to take your time and make it meaningful rather than rushing it!