Comfort Corner

[fuzzyred]

The carpet is thick, soft and cream coloured, while the walls are a yellow bronze colour. In the corner along one wall there is a large sofa, able to seat 4 or 5 people comfortably. Along the other corner wall there is a smaller sofa for 2 or 3 people. In the middle of the furniture, there is a low, round coffee table, perfect for colouring at or for other craft activities.

There is a scratching post and a cat tree for climbing, which are both along the wall opposite the couch. A few fluffy beds have also been put out, in varying sizes, in case any one prefers the floor. There is also a large sturdy perch and a marked off area that says "Landing Pad" in case any winged friends want to visit.

There is now a blue chaise chair in the nook as well, which has been placed near the couch and is good for both sitting and spreading out lengthwise.

There are two baskets off to the side. One contains fuzzy blankets, a variety of fuzzy and textured pillows, and a collection of stuffed animals while the other contains a variety of art supplies, ranging from colouring pages and blank paper to crayons and coloured pencils, and more besides.

Happy New Year everyone! This is the first Comfort Corner of the new (and hopefully better) year. For anyone who is new to this, this post is a virtual space where you can come hang out with online friends, take a break from life, get some virtual cuddles, or just talk about your week with someone to listen. Feel free to join in, or just watch from the shadows, all polite behaviour is acceptable :)

In addition to the normal goodies, today there are leftover holiday cookies, Lindor peppermint chocolates, Quality Street chocolates, tea and hot chocolate, and some new board games.

Comments

[stealthsystem]

Pretty wanders in, hair pulled back in a ponytail with a blue scrunchie. She gathers a coloring page from the art supplies basket and some calligraphy pens. She's not very good at it yet, but practice helps.
Pretty puts her supplies on the coffee table, and then goes to grab stew and pie, and then goes to flop back down, herself.

[fuzzyred]

J waves hello to Pretty, happy to see a new friend and interested about the caligraphy pens, but not wanting to crowd her if she doesn't feel like company.

[stealthsystem]

Pretty waves back with a big grindd
Hey! You can come join me if you want. We used to know how to do a little tiny bit of calligraphy bodily when we were in elementary school, a grand total of one letter, and we never had the proper pens. Our wife knows it, I think, at least some, so I figured I'd ask her to teach me. I'm sure it could be done with a raised drawing board, which is a thing that does exist. It's basically metal mesh stretched in an 8 1/2 by 11 wood frame. When you draw on a sheet of paper put in the frame, the mesh causes the picture to come out raised on the other side. It's pretty cool and actually really inexpensive to buy. It also doesn't require any special instruments. Just a pen or pencil and any paper thicker than standard notebook paper will do nicely.
But yeah, I'm kinda crafty in my own right, and think learning a new way to write would be fun, even if I'd have to do it upside-down so that it'd come out right on the drawing board. Hmmm. That might require some thought.
Oh! That reminds me! ininbounces out and comes back with a yummy plate of chocolate chunk cookies for the food table, and a large tub of assorted jerky, all separated out and labeled with the kind of meat and whether it's hot, mild, sweet etcddinin

[fuzzyred]

Yay :) *J scoots closer, settling down near Pretty, but still leaving room for both of them to work on their activities*
That's really neat about the calligraphy, I've never attempted to do anything like that before. That mesh board sounds really cool, although I think you may need to write backwards, rather than upside down.
Being crafty is cool, and writing in a new way seems like a good way to persue that. I tend towards things like knitting and crochet when I'm crafty.

Ooo! Cookies! *takes a few cookies, and some mild jerky*

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I love calligraphy. It is such a beautiful art form. Calligraphy pens are fun in other art too because of their shapes.

In addition to coloring, flourishes are good practice.