Aileen's Musings

This weekend was a weekend of finishing up projects. There has been a lot of talk on several yahoo groups I'm on about whether or not people have more then one project going at a time and if that's okay. I always have several in various stages of completion and then I have some that I started a while back and set aside on my unfinished shelf until the right idea or piece comes to mind so I can finish the project. This is not for lack of trying to finish it, but because something just isn't coming together. I've learned to be patient and wait and not force it, and that given time it will happen usually when I'm in the middle of working on a different project. I started this particular shrine almost a year ago and finally the finishing touches came together...if I had finished it way back I would not have had the Vintage top hat charm that I used on the little fairy which I love, so I'm happy I waited. Now that doesn't mean I'm advocating waiting for forever its just that sometimes we get stuck and its okay to wait provided you DO go back and finish. I started this piece from a 6x6 chunky canvas and a block of wood. I painted both pieces with red first then screwed the block of wood to the canvas and added the legs and final to the top. Once I was completely done I sealed it with PYMII.

(You should be able to click the pictures to enlarge them)

My next finished pieces are two mini 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" canvases I painted for a swap I'm in. Now these weren't sitting on my unfinished shelf they were supplies I've had with an idea in mind . I painted them with acrylic paints and added the moss and bird in the opening. You can see from the one picture just how tiny they are.

Back side of canvases

I must admit I do love the feeling of completing something :-)

I might add that all the projects I posted were sealed with PYMII.