So. I ended up buying My Style Studio on a whim.

As it turns out, the whole thing has become a sort of meditation tool: it’s calming to spend a little time in a world where the most concerning thing to worry about is color combinations.

It all ended up being way, way neater than I expected, despite its unpresuming appearance.

What It Looks Like In Person

Basically, it’s a platform with a white box attached—containing colored pencils, sharpener, eraser, and inking marker in Klutz’s usual “everything you need is right here!” wonderful way—and a book with folder pockets for clings, patterns, figure sheet, and tracing paper.

But it turns out to be much, much more than that, as Klutz usually does.

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