OMG They're LOST!!

Okay.... I panicked today. My brain has been so crazy this week (my job's busiest month is October), so badly crazy that I forgot my husband's birthday! I've NEVER Done that....so it just goes to show you that after spending my time at my mom's and running back and forth between my house, her house, visit a new baby at my friend's house, work, shopping, church, baptism, delivering mom to her 94 yr old boyfriend's house, visiting my aunt who's recovering from a fall....see what I mean?  (And this was from Wed to Sunday)

So When I got to my aunt's house, I realized I didn't have my 'packet' of finished Zentangles!! AND. I had a hole in the bag that my tools were in!! I looked frantically on the lawn, outside of my aunt's, through my purse (well, at least it's cleaned out now), my two bags I brought back from mom's... I even looked in the frig (well, I COULD have put it in one of the grocery bags I brought home...).

Resigning myself to have to drive back out to my mom's (15-20 min drive), hubby said he'd accompany me on this.. (thanks). As I went out to my car, I thought ... maybe, just maybe, I'd put it in the pocket of my sweatshirt! ... Where was it? (Hubby was doing laundry and I was hoping he checks pockets....). Didn't see it. In the trunk of my car, I DID have a jacket... YES!!!! It's in the pocket.

We'll, since hubby and I were outside, dressed to go somewhere... we went to dinner. NOW, I can post photos of them and THEN, put them somewhere safe! (AND I got another bag for my tools!)

Here are the recent ones... I may start naming them.
This one looks like a snail...., skiing.

Jeweled Snake 

I'm inclined to name this "Hornet"... see the tail of the hornet on the lower left side?

 The Unassuming Blowfish

 Tinsel

The Curtain

This one has the other ball below on it's backside.... I'll hang this one on the tree.

Wormwood

 The Divan

Twister Sister

 This is the other side of the tree ornament tag...(above)

 This will also hang on the tree....

Tangling with God?

Is it a sin to 'tangle' in church?? It was putting me a 'prayerful' way... and I really didn't DO any tangling. I just did a quick sketch of the altar area for a future Zentangle.

But I did do some more at my mom's and when I came home from church... This clock is on my living room wall (right), not exact, but just my version of ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art).

Okay,,,, this one I did after I got home from church. Maybe it can be used on the next bulletin at church. LOL

This one I did at my moms. I used a leg coaster (from under the chair I was sitting in) for the round circle, then when I did a few 'strings' through it, it made me think of a ball of yarn. Or an ornament.














I wanted to see if I just drew cross-hatch lines, and a few strings through it, could I use a different tangle in each section using only the squares I started with. This was a challenge for me since I haven't used some of these tangles before.








I also am branching out into shading....I like the 'fins' on the left and the balls in the sand on the right.










Also more shading.... It makes me think of a pillow on a fluffy mattress with a quilt on it.








I thought this should be entitled, "Rugz", but then I stood back and saw a very sleepy, puffy creature looking at me.

This set I set out to do one thing, then it turned into another. The top one, I thought I'd make a spider web out of it, but as I kept going, I see eyes in the dark, looking out at me from a movie marquee poster that's framed.

The heart, I got carried away with, so the top ran off the paper. They say you really can't make a mistake in Zentangling (you're supposed to incorporate it into the design), but if you make it run OFF the paper, do I do 'overkill' and fill the whole tag?

Christmas Tags 2014

Here are my creative tags for Christmas presents this year.... Hopefully, they'll keep them and not toss them with the giftwrap!

I finally finished two more.... my daughter and son-in-law's tags. three more to go....

I can't decide on the two "Julie's".... One looks very Christmasy, the other, not so much.

My First Formal Tangles

Okay, so maybe it's not my first, but it's my first FORMAL ones. Ones that I think I'll publish. This blog is hopefully going to be a progression of my learning how to Zentangle.

These first ones were done by observing the internet sites that could give me inspiration on the patterns available (without creating them in my head). I'm sure (as it's my nature) that I'll be 'naming them' as I go along. My ZIAs (Zentangle Inspired Art)...

These first few are actually when I started getting brave and added "dangles"... I really like them.

 This grouping of four include an Aura Knot (upper left) and a bird .

 Aura Knot....

 My favorite so far is the upper right.

 Love this...

 Aura Knot variation...

 I tried to color this with pencils, but didn't like it, so you can only see it in black and white.