Studio Friday : Comfort

I've finally hooked up with Studio Friday. I've been an admirer for weeks now. This week's topic is comfort. For me, my comfort in the studio is my stash of papers, my jars of paper flowers, my favorite brush, gel medium and clip art. Whenever I'm stumped, I always pull this stuff out to play with - to see what happens. And I just can't live without my hello kitty slippers :)

New Look

Hey look - I cleaned up the place. I like the swirly colors of my previous template, but sometimes it was too distracting. I am in the mood for something clean and simple.

I'm trying to get caught up on my group participation. The posts below show what's going on. I'm a day behind on my 21 day challenge. Check out the 'art journal' link.

Today is Tyler's birthday - happy 16 baby cakes!

Self Portait Tuesday

Self Portait Tuesday
Originally uploaded by traSEAlee.

My fingers, in their chubby splendor, are my gateway to my friendships, my business, my art, my learning, my everything - all around the world.

Beautiful Sunday

birdcages
Originally uploaded by traSEAlee.

I'm late and trying to catch up. Here's my entry for beautiful sunday. My birdcage collection is something I treasure. My mom found almost all of them for me.

I hate goodbyes

I just hate saying goodbye to my kids. I have to get up at 6 tomorrow to get my son ready for the train ride back up to his dad's and it's 2:53 am. I can't sleep, thinking about tomorrow and having to send him off. It's been fantastic to have him home, I can't wait till he comes home for good this summer.
Today we drove up to Lincoln City to get out for the day. We spotted a fantastic rainbow on the way. I shot these from the car, driving down the 101.
We trompped through a thrift store while we were there... Here's Tyler trying on jackets. He wants a black suit jacket to wear with his t-shirts and jeans, but all the arms were too short.
I love his style - he's so confident - he makes me laugh.

On the bright side, Trevor, my oldest son will be here next month with his girlfriend. I'm counting down the days!