Tangled up some tiles!

I am planning for a new class for December which will include 3 tiles that play nicely together and can all be framed. Students will leave with a completed display, which really would make a beautiful gift for the holidays!

Here's how it looks when done.

They're in a floating frame and it IS hard to get good photos of, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 

This morning is fingerpaints and later today, I have a Zentangle 101 class scheduled!

I hope you're having a wonderfully creative Saturday and that you make something wonderful today!

Tangles and Ink

Practicing some for an upcoming offering in my studio.
Tangles and Ink! And exploration of alcohol inks and Zentangle!

 Ceramic tiles!

I'm excited about how this turned out!

And paper tiles!

So I think a lot of good work was done yesterday... I'll be using some of these examples and pictures in the promos for the upcoming class.

I'd love to have some of my local people come check it out!

Tangles, tangles and more Zentangle art!

This morning getting my zen on with a cup of tea

I did get a better shot though...
It's not as cute with the tea but you can see the tile better

Flux, Mi2 and my pattern Brrrst

Yesterday I tangled out on the patio all afternoon. It was very relaxing.. and yay summer! These two were done using Sonya Yencer's shadow technique that she taught at Midsummer Tangle.

Pokeleaf, rixty

Mooka

And then I did this one using some of my favorite drama tangles!

Finery, Striping, Bunzo, Printemps, Marasu

Today will pretty much be spent doing some organizing and maybe a little bit more tangling. 

Tangling on Suminagashi papers

Got a ton to do today, but wanted to share this with you! I used one of the papers I made this weekend and then tangled on it.

I love the effect I got with it! My mooka looks really transparent!

Post it Holder Project!

Today I thought I'd share the directions for a fun little activity we added to Midsummer Tangle the other day.

Tangled Post it Holder

Post it holders:

·         Cardstock 3½x 8

·         1-2 tiles (our choice)

·         1 pack of post its

·         Pencil (Zentangle®are perfect size) or small gel pen

·         Coordinating scrap paper

o   2 strips each about 1½ in long x ½” wide

Score and fold in 3 ¾” from each side of your card stock

Glue the edges of your scrap paper (can use cardstock) together to make 2 loops

(fit to the size of your pencil or gel pen)

Glue to front and back of your post it holder (outside)

Attach a completed tile on the front and back (which will secure your holders)

Stick post its or other tiles inside. 

I may have made some other stuff this weekend too. 

Midsummer Tangle weekend!

Now getting ready for another great day with amazing ladies!

Happy Graduation day!

Today my oldest daughter, one of my 2 greatest works of art, graduates from high school.

This is one of my favorite pictures of her.

So today's post is super fast and showcases some of the tiles I did yesterday and today.

I hope your weekend is full of at least as much awesomeness as mine.

Tangled fabric anyone??

So, I'm not entirely sure why this didn't post today, I wrote it out today and hit post and just... apparently, nothing.
Thanks Beck for letting me know there was no post so I could get it on here!

A friend of mine does a lot of sewing and fabric collecting and introduced me to the world of having my designs made into fabric.
FABRIC.
I can make tangled fabric to then make into other things.

SO EXCITING!!!!!
So here is my first attempt.

And then because that was so much fun, I did another one! 

The first one I want to have made into a skirt, the second one I'm not really sure.

It's going to be a busy day for me here, so I hope you get lots done!!!!

Girl time! Cards and creation!

So, I made and fell in love with these super simple, and yet adorable cards. I used some papers I had from my scrapbooking stash and some die cuts and look how cute they turned out!

The front

And opened up

The front

And opened up

Ok! So the inspiration for these was actually spending the afternoon with these lovely young ladies.

Oh wait! That's not all of them!

These 4 young artists joined me in my studio for a Zentangle 101 class and the results were awesome.

Beautiful isn't it? I love to see the finished result but I also love how excited they get!

Chalk Tangles.

You're never too old to play with chalk... though you might feel it the next morning! :D
ow.

So much fun! I hope you are having a great weekend and you are creating some awesome things!

Tangle time!

Just getting back to the basics of tangling always leaves me feeling refreshed. I love the crisp black lines against a white tile, the shading for definition or depth, the elegance of limits.
So relaxing.

Some new tiles, nothing too complicated to kick off my weekend. I have a lot going on the next few days so I'll probably have some super short "not real posts" but I'm still here and I'm still checking in!
I did buy my new website so I'll finish redesigning that soon.  I believe the blog piece will be staying intact and just linking from there, but I'm not sure. I'll keep you posted as I go, but I'm not going anywhere!

Spring....

It's still a bit away for those of us in my area, but I'm feeling the first hints of spring fever and it's starting to make it's way into my tiles.

N'Zeppel, Springkle, B'Dylan and Zinger with a dash of Fescu

I'm on an N'Zeppel kick. :) I love the way it looks like stone. 

This is one I'm working with for a segment of a beyond the basics class on transitions.
It didn't go QUITE the way I wanted it to, but it opened up another segment I want to do about balance.

So... happy accident.

I have fun sneakers to go work on today and I'm working on picking some of my favorite tiles for my new business cards.

I think that's "all" I have planned for today.

What about you my friends? What are you going to make today?

Work in progress

Working on the skyline some more.

Been binge watching Criminal Minds and being lazy this weekend, but tangling has been done. I'ts a little warmer here, but it's snowing again. (At least some of it melted before it started again!)

What are you all working on this weekend? 

Chicago is my kind of town!

I actually adore Chicago, so when it was suggested for a skyline, I knew it was going to be my next one.
I spent one of the weekends that was the MOST FUN EVER in Chicago back in the spring in the early 90s. I stayed at the Hotel Lincoln, spend a day at the Lincoln Park Zoo, ate some great pizza, went to a fun wedding, realized that the offical shoe of the city seemed to be the rollerblade at the time and of course there were cocktails and dancing and so much energy!
Frank Sinatra said Chicago was his kinda town, it was also mine!
So I'm not very far with this yet.. but here we go.

Do you think it would be fun if I started posting the outlines before telling you where it is? And people could guess? :D
Kind of a "Name that skyline!" idea?
Just for fun?

Today's Thursday and the sun is out. Today's prompt is to do something that makes you think of spring!