I'm not the type of person who celebrates their birthday for the entire month, however, I view my birth month as an opportunity to do things for myself I might otherwise skip or neglect. I decided to pick 30 things that would bring me joy to do throughout the month. Some of them cost, like buying new bras and a new set of pajamas, but most are just things to do and enjoy. This week, I watched two docuseries about cults (my favorite true crime sub-genre), listened to the records I bought on RSD but hadn't listened to yet, and I made a new recipe.
Today is my actual birthday and I'll be celebrating by going to a Nats game later today. That is one of the things I'm doing, but it's not the only thing. Every year on my birthday, I make a few donations to various organizations or people doing great work to make the world a better place. I've been donating to The Trevor Project on my birthday for at least the last five years; my birthday falls during Pride and I always want to show my support as an ally in any way I can. I also donated to Everytown for Gun Safety, specifically through the DC area sports teams community page. Lastly, I donated to the campaign of a friend from high school, Mary Beth Canty, who is running for her a seat as a state representative. I love local and state politics and I'm so proud of my friend for taking this step to help her community. It's everything I like about being an artist.
June is also the halfway point of the year, so we're getting close to being halfway through this year's project! I'm really enjoying doing a stitch journal. It's so fun and creative and weird.
This week's recap:
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| June 5: Green back stitch to join sections of this side of the piece. |
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| June 6: I love variegated thread! And the stem stitch! |
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| June 7: I wanted to do more cast-on shapes, but it did not work out as planned. I added some back stitches as well. Sometimes embroidery is messy, like humans. |
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| June 8: a glorious line of blue back stitches. I love those shapes! |
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| June 9: three shades of pink detached chain stitches. They look like flower petals floating in the wind. |
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| June 10: a combination of straight stitch and French knots. |
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| June 11: Eleven twinkle stitches in yellow and orange. Happy Birthday to me! |
Tomorrow is fabric moving day. It may be time to move down the fabric rather than left or right. This week is also the week where I stitch to seven songs. I haven't finalized the song list yet, and it could change based on my mood, but I do know I want to include "Jubilee Street" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Dancing Barefoot" by Patti Smith, and a Lou Reed song (I'm thinking "Perfect Day," but I'm not 100% sure on that one yet).
https://marybethcanty.org/
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