I have been on summer vacation for a few weeks now and am slowly getting into a routine. The easiest part is not having to set the alarm for 5:10 AM! I certainly have been enjoying a couple of extra hours of sleep. Once I've showered, eaten breakfast, and tended to my furry "sons", I am ready to tackle a few not so creative, but necessary, tasks like cleaning out drawers, closets, doing laundry and pulling weeds. I have made a deal with myself, that if I do at least one or two of those chores in the morning, I can create in the afternoon.
I began making a few variations of the topiary centerpieces which I already have in my shop. Some just needed photos taken. I have several other ideas rattling around in my head. The best ones sometimes pop into my brain around 3 AM when I always seem to wake up, or just before I get up in the morning. My husband likes to wave his hand in front of my face as I stare blankly at the wall. Little does he know what is really going on in my head!
I have been on a bird kick this year. Of course, owsl are still my favorite, but I have been using other types of birds for samples of things for school this year. I bought some felt and looked at some ideas online and got to work making some birds.
Lo and behold, not too far into my feathered productions, someone I know emailed me with a request to create a personalized hand painted rocking chair. So, I dropped everything and whipped one up.
It's great to have the time to be able to work straight through on a project and get it done in a couple of afternoons!
Now back to my birds. Today I created this little number and put it up in my shop. It really evolved slowly, first with the birds. I looked at them a couple of days and added the feathers, then I stared at the birds with the feathers a few days, then I added a stand. I painted the stand, added the embellishments and the handmade felt and fabric flowers and voila, a centerpiece for my artfire shop!
