Where did June go? It was right here! Le siiiiiiigh. What a world.

I tried to focus this month on getting the socials moving a little more. I focused on posting a little more frequently. I figured out how to schedule posts, so now I am trying to build content for those posts. And I am trying to get a little more traffic through my Behance account through live streams and project updates. It is a lot of behind the scenes right now, but I promise there is a lot coming. I am feeling a lot more energized lately, and I just want to be creating all of the time.

I did my first live stream by accident the other day. True story, you can watch the stream here. When looking at the process on my computer I found that it was something I was really going to have to sit with and set up properly. I was on my iPad working on this month’s Behance beauty the other day and thought “What happens if I push this Go Live button”, what happens? You go live, almost right away haha. Before I knew it I was in the middle of my first stream! So now almost every non-work minute is going into how I can schedule things like this into my creative week. Once I have a plan and a schedule I will be sure to post it on all my platforms.

Other Creative News…

I have been working through the iPad apps that Adobe has to offer. Fresco is insane, I can actually paint on my iPad. Just nuts. It also creates a time-lapse of your project. You are all going to be so sick of watching me draw things.

I have also been working on the last few pages of my current sketchbook, so I am getting ready to get the next one started. That is always an exciting time for me. You’ll definitely see some more of that the next week or so.

Another really cool thing I did this month was teach an art class to my sister’s students who are in online learning right now. We all drew a mouse together! It was so much fun to be a guest in their class for the afternoon, and they had so much fun! I would definitely be up to do something like that again 🙂

In the Knitting World…

I finished off a project that I was knitting adjacent to friends of mine who were doing a Mystery KAL. That is just blocking on my living room floor now, so more on that to come.

I took part in Knit in Public Day – Little Red Mitten Style (a week later to allow for following of rona restrictions). A few groups of knitters joined the event out in the parking lot. Everyone was social distant, but it was a lot of fun to see some of the Zoom friends in person. It was also nice to be back in the store again. Seeing the colours in person cannot be replaced.

I am in the middle of a few projects right now. Now that I have finished the above shawl, I am able to get back to a sweater that my Mom requested. It is going to be soooooooo cozy, I can’t take it! So I am working on that, and all the socks. I can’t get enough socks lately.

Other things I enjoyed in June…

• RuPaul’s All Stars and Drag Race Down Under – I’m obsessed.
• Inkmaster – My creative TV watching until it was removed from Prime, le sigh (now replaced with RuPaul)
• One by One by Ruth Ware, and Tamora Pierce books. I was in a biiiig reading slump this month. I think that I picked up four or five books this month that got put down right away. I finally got to these and I am back in the groove. Just in time for the Outlander Marathon I have planned for myself (one Outlander book per month will get be caught up in time for the new book at the end of November).
• 19-2. A friend recommended this and I. CAN’T. STOP. WATCHING. IT! (on Crave in Canada)
• The Friendship Onion. Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan have a podcast together and I am loving every listening minute.
• Smartless. A podcast with Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman. Need I say anymore?

I think that that is it. I am putting the finishing touches onto this month’s Behance lady and she will be introduced to the world next week. In the meantime, Happy National Indigenous People’s Month, Happy Pride, Happy you! I hope that you all have a wonderful rest of your week and we will be talking more soon.