I know that this coffee/espresso maker looks big but it's quite small actually and it definitely fits in my backpack (I've tried it). ;) Cheers!

What you see is obviously not one item. These are my thoughts in process for this contest. If I could honestly only leave with one thing...it would be my cat. Then I said this isn't that" kind" of leave with only one thing. So the small drawing pad came a

Presenting LALAK: the disposable camera

I won this flute in a bet in 1994, in Santa Cruz. A friend bet me I couldn't make a clear note the first time I blew it. He was wrong. He and the flute had just returned from a summer in Costa Rica. The flute travels when I do. I've played it everywhere from skyscrapers in Manhattan to quiet valleys in Yellowstone. Mountains, deserts, alone and with friends. It helps me quiet my mind and focus on my breath, and the sound.

Not sensible, not logical, but my choice all the same, my feline friend Tommi-girl would be my choice "object" to pack up in my backpack and take along with me. As grumpy as she'd be with the idea.

Can't take a pencil without paper, or paper without a pencil, so my camera!

My Kitty's name is Kitty, I would never leave her behind.

When Starbucks and other gourmet coffee purveyors arrived it was great...for awhile. I love regular coffee. Over the years I've made boxes to hold 4 cups of "to go" coffee that I could bungee on the back of my motorcycle, contraptions to keep coffee contained in backpacks and still all my rides were permeated with spills. Now I have an ancient but still functional commercial coffee maker...so the best stuff is at home! Must...Have...Coffee!

My wallet is one thing I would not leave home without. Quite worn out, I love its denim texture. It has pictures of my mother, my son. I love its key chain which has an old watch and cute, miniature sandals attached.

An infinite sketch book.

My favorite Sketchbook & Thangs.

A mechanical pencil taped to an iPod with an ice cream attached.

Of course won't go out without her. Birthday gift from Mom on my 14th or 15th birthday--I forgot. Still using this until now, ha ha.

I couldn't go anywhere without Little Miss Muffin.

My Sock Monkey

Stuffs on Backpack! :))

whenever i leave the house i carry inside my rucksack things that help me think creatively, all the things are an excuse to bring out my inner child.

That was easy. I just had to look in my backpack. The item that is always in there and follows me around is my swiss army knife without the tweezers. It always comes in handy.

My Sketchpad.

The obvious choice

I would never leave behind a clean pair of cute granny panties! Very essential for everyone to have in their backpack. You never know when you'll need a pair!

I take it everywhere, look at it when I can - Atlas of Middle-Earth, 210 pages

Yep, I'm THAT girl.

Choosing is hard work!

I need to take water with me everywhere I go, otherwise I'll at least feel cotton-mouthed, and when that happens I get nervous and uneasy. This bottle is the best. I take it with me on my day-to-day errands and on my travels.

I ponder the most valuable item I bring with me every day.

I would bring my 5 pound dog Chickpea!

Its so essential that I cant even get my hands off it

As a true doodle addict, I cannot live without a retractable ballpoint pen. It's the perfect doodling tool because it can draw on anything. So since there is no room for me to bring a sketchpad, my trusty ballpoint pen will save the day.

Ur heart may b heavy or ur heart may b lite, but everything u do flows from it.

I would take my camera because there are sure to be some very funny photos to be had if no-one has thought to bring clothes as their only item in their back pack!

Little wooden sheep

Roughly 8"x10" pencil on paper. Gotta have my sketchbook.

The superfluous thing that I would bring is this tiny, smaller-than-A4 painting (though it's really mixed media, including acrylics, watercolour pencils, regular coloured pencils, pencils, fine-liners).

My MacBook Pro by Georgie Yiannoullou

Done using black biro and markers on graph paper. I know that it's 2013 but I just can't let go of tapes and tape players. I almost never leave the house without my Walkman and a selection of mix tapes.

Never leave home without suncream!

It seemed that as an avid travelbug this was the most essential item to go in my backback, I wouldn't be getting very far without it. Traveling and in turn the appreciation of home have always been a big inspiration!

The most beautiful engagement ring in the world - noone said the one thing had to be kept in the backpack!

My 3ds

I would take a genie lamp

My corgi almost fits! "No Mushi the ball won't fit too."

although naked, but never without my glasses...

I love milk.

Essentially, I would (have to) take my glasses. Going out, with your backpack and your memories, looking to make new ones, you should see the world (clearly) for yourself.

Among the many things in my backpack is my homemade cigar box soprano ukulele.

I can't leave without my cat...I'm sure he would fit in. Just give him some air holes. it will be like taking along an organic back scratcher!

I have Doodled my "Must have" item that is essential in my bag which is my Asthma inhaler. I never leave home without it. I have doodled the things that trigger my asthma off like air pollution and because I am celebrating that this week is a 1 year

This is my doodle of my Burts Bees lip balm, its a simple pencil drawing on a neon orange post it. I commute alot and those buses get humid.

My mobile is the most important thing to take for me.. it has my notes,reminders, accounts,.. etc. Basically I feel lost without it! Beside I can doodle using it :)

if i have my java it cant be too bad

the only thing I would need with me is a little calico cuteness -- and that's why I take my cat Mimi. you wouldn't even know she's there (or that she's anywhere else than home), because Mimi is a little sleep-monster =) and a real sleep-yoga master. every position you can imagine, she's a black belt!