I officially jumped!

Look what I did!

I finished my first piece - a dragonfly!  This was the piece I was working on when I decided I was putting the cart before the horse last week.  I had no idea how I wanted to fill this little guy's wings because I knew nothing about sizing my shapes.  I laid two teardrops before I put the first scroll in on the wings, and then I realized I wanted it to be all scrolls.  I almost took out the teardrops, but I decided to leave them in there to remind me to "think things through before you glue!"  The picture quality isn't great - my bad.  He actually has 4 distinct wings, 2 on each side, outlined in black.  So, here's my own critique (and some tidbits on what I learned with this piece).   First the good:  overall, for a first work, I'm very happy.  It is pretty.  And it wasn't difficult once the outline was in and I had finally decided on a design process, which was scrolling.  Now the bad:  I mistakenly used a 1/4 width strip for the body, which i didn't mean to.  I completely forgot that the black scrolled piece I used was a scrap from a larger width.  But...it' kinda works (even in person) because it gives a little depth to the body.  There are small dried pieces of glue that you see more in person that drive me crazy.  I need a new glue bottle stat!  I also see now why quillers use needles.  I never really saw a need for them until I needed them in this piece.  I also realized that I am so afraid of making a mistake that it takes me forever to decide on a design scheme and go with it.  I know, I know...it's just paper; I need to explore and see what works and not fret if something doesn't work out so well.  I just hate the thought of working so hard on something and it not turn out the way I like or, even worse, wasting supplies.  I am still on crutches from my surgery, so if I need to run to the craft store and pick up a paper or something else I need, it takes me forever to do it. 

Anyway, thanks for checking in.  Let me know what you think about my Dragonfly.  I need an official name for the piece - something about newness or being the first.  "Genesis" maybe?