Hoping the bleakness will go away

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I was recently contacted by Nabilah (who also happens to be a friend of a friend) about a possible collaboration between us. I don’t want to give anything away since it’s her idea but just know that I’m very excited, and I can’t wait to share it with you as soon as the time is right. :p

In the meantime, have I told you how I need it to be November like, tomorrow? I’m getting increasingly disgruntled of late, and I’m in tremendous want of being able to cast everything aside and just live life with reckless abandon. But I know I need to be responsible, I need to be an adult, so for now, I’ll just continue to whine, groan and growl, while sucking it up as much as I can.

I know… I know… I’m becoming jaded. And I feel ashamed for being so. :( Instead of being grateful for having a good, stable job with such great opportunities to interact with teens and touch their lives, I’m allowing myself to get frustrated about the peripherals. It’s gotten to a point where I feel like I’m no longer bothered to perform at my best, rather, I’m just doing enough to get by. It’s terrible, isn’t it? *sighs*

Y’know that saying, Let go and let God? I really need to live by that right now. I need God to give me strength and help me to find joy at work again.

Or perhaps I can just fall asleep tonight and wake up to November tomorrow?

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Song of the Day, and be prepared to have your heart torn into pieces because it’s just too beautifully depressing.

I Can’t Make You Love Me, by Bon Iver (Bonnie Rait cover)

A simple one

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‘Twas certainly a busy day for me. After work, I grabbed a late lunch with my colleagues, bought more craft supplies from Urban Write, did a few laps in the pool, rushed home to see Queensland win SIX IN A ROW, had dinner and worked on my tiny project. No wonder I’m feeling a little knackered right now.

As simple as it is, I’m quite liking how my name turned out. Can’t wait to put it up at my desk tomorrow. :)

I first traced the letters onto some fancy scrapbooking paper and cut them out.

After which, I filled each letter with plenty of double-sided tape, and pasted the paper onto it.

I then used sandpaper to smoothen out the edges.

Finally, I applied Mod Podge to each letter.

And here it is! A very easy project completed within an hour. :)

Now, allow me to bask in the glory and pride of being an adopted Queenslander because… SIX IN A ROW, BABY! SIX IN A ROW!!!

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Song of the Day, mostly because they’re from Queensland! :p

My Happiness, by Powderfinger

So here’s my first craft

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I know… It’s not exactly the most polished looking altered clipboard. In fact, you can clearly see all the imperfections. But for someone who has never done any Mod Podging before, I’d say this is pretty decent, don’t you think? ;)

I really lucked out with the scrapbooking paper, I must say. How adorable are the monsters and that wee owl in the corner?!

Gwennie and I were itching to get more supplies, so we promptly went down to Art Friend as soon as we could, to lay our hands on more crafting goodness.

Now, what’s a girl to do with some fancy scrapbooking paper, Mod Podge and some wooden letters…?

I’m sure you can already figure it out, but I’ll let you see the finished product tomorrow. :)

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Song of the Day

Jacksonville, by Sufjan Stevens