The day...

after. Ahhh. It's over. As much as I love Thanksgiving and getting together with family and eating too much, I like the day after too. The cooking and cleaning and planning are done. Over. Finished. Morgan did a wonderful job with all the food. He grilled the turkey which turned out really well. It tasted delicious. It created a rich smokey flavor in the drippings which meant the gravy had that flavor too. I'm so glad I married a man who can cook! Otherwise I'd be in trouble.

Here is part of my contribution to the table. I was in charge of table decoration and arrangement. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the table after it was set. AND I forgot to light the candles! It was lovely though. I tried to sneek off down to my craft room while Morgan was cooking but he figured me out and needed my help. I try to stay out of the kitchen when he's cooking. First, because I usually get stepped on or hit my head on a cupboard door that has been lefted open. And second, because it becomes a scary disaster area real fast and that stresses me out. My mom and aunt helped with the clean up after dinner yesterday. I was so thankful!

The Studio Friday Challenge for today is "I wonder what other artists do to make their studios more comfy. Comfort foods? Family photos on the wall? A cozy spot for an afternoon nap?". Here are a few of the comforts I have in my craft room.

Pictures of my baby above my work space.

My new book shelf and storage shelves. I love things to be organized and accessable. There's Olivia. She makes me smile. A little holiday cheer. I love snowmen.

And this silly girl on my door. A couple of my students made her last year. It's me. I found the amazing sign in the newspaper. It's a Quest ad.

The things that I find most comforting in my craft room are things I can't post pictures of. I love the smell of the room itself. There aren't any cooking smells or dirty dog smells. Just a clean scent. It's hard to describe. I think it's a craft suppy smell. Paints, paper, acrylic stamps, rubber stamps. I love those smells. The room is also painted in a chalk white color with stripes of pale pink, blue and green. It's neat and organized (mostly) and there's just a lot of space. It's not cluttered, well some places are, and it's just a comfortable space for me to create in. I have a radio to play some tunes and the TV is just outside the door so I can listen to that too. It's a place where I can make a mess and leave the mess for days and it's bothering anyone else but me. That is priceless!