For whatever reason, I struggled with a bit of tangling fatigue this week, and didn’t get as much accomplished as I’d planned on doing. But what’s worse is that I kind of had to fight my way through a lot of what I did work on, and wasn’t overly happy with some of the end results. So I’m afraid today’s Tangled Tuesday post is going to be a little sparse… here’s hoping for a better week to come!
New Tangles
This week I learned Botto, Bingley, Annee, Bellish, Kringel, Fleur, Haffleur, and Fleur-ish, all from Yoga for Your Brain by Sandy Steen Bartholomew.
If you’re following along in Yoga for Your Brain, you’ll notice that I’ve skipped a few of the designs. This isn’t because I don’t like or want to do them, but because I’ve previously learned them through one of my other books (there is often overlap and some repetition between the various Zentangle®1 books).
I also tried to learn Alaura from TanglePatterns.com, but found it to be a real challenge and wasn’t quite able to master it. I’ll keep practicing and hopefully be able to report back next week with a finished pattern!
Tangling-in-Progress
I’m carrying on with my tangled alphabet series, currently working on the letter R (which I was supposed to have finished this past week). For some reason I’m struggling my way through this particular piece and haven’t been all that happy with many of its sections… hopefully when I’m finished, the overall piece will be ok.
Finished Projects
This week I finished Q in my tangled alphabet series.
Zenletter Q
Coming Soon
This week’s tangling goals include:
- Carry on with my Zenletter collection – completing R, S, and T.
- Continue adding products to Ten Thousand Tangles.
- Create a bookmark for my latest sponsor, and additional pieces for any new sponsors.
- Photograph my previously-completed set of four Zendalas and set up listings to sell the originals in my as-yet-to-be-opened Etsy store.
P.S.
Previous posts in this series are all tagged Tangled Tuesday.
For background on how I discovered and got involved in Zentangle, and links to further information and resources, check out my blog post For the love of tangling.
You can browse my entire tangle gallery at Ten Thousand Tangles.
And, if you’re interested in having a little piece of my art for yourself, please click on the GoFundMe button below for more information and also visit my Zazzle shop Ten Thousand Tangles. (Pssst… links to my international Ten Thousand Tangles shops are in the Alphabet Salad sidebar – just click on the appropriate flag and you’ll get to the place you need to be!)
1 The Zentangle® Method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and is copyrighted. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. Learn more at zentangle.com.
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Laurel, don’t feel bad at all! I think it’s amazing what you do every week with your tangling. I especially like Bellish and the three Fleur designs, and it looks like you’ve already used Bingley in your Q–right?
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August 27, 2014
Thanks for the encouragement, Elaine. Yes, that’s Bingley in there! I quite like that one.
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August 26, 2014
I think you’ve accomplished a lot, Laurel. On the other hand, I am feeling quite discouraged today and don’t wish to infest anyone with my negativity. I hope the next few days are better ones for both of us.
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August 27, 2014
It must be something in the air! Hope you’re feeling better soon too.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 17
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August 26, 2014
I think it is the new moon. Many people I know have slowed down this week. Q has always been one of my favorites Laurel. Moving forward . . . you are doing beautifully!
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August 27, 2014
Thank you so much, Candess!
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August 27, 2014
You are doing great, Laurel. The Zen Letter Q looks fab. Now, looking forward to letter R. I am sure it would be lovely too!
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August 27, 2014
Thank you so much!
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August 27, 2014
You are doing okay…sometimes we have these days where we feel things are not working as we would want them to.. Keep at it Laurel
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August 27, 2014
I think you’re right. Thanks!
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August 27, 2014
I think you are being too hard on yourself Laurel. And I think the letter ‘Q’ looks lovely, exquisite even!
<3
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August 27, 2014
Thank you so much!
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August 27, 2014
This looks quite good- I can see a lot of hard work has been done in it. Though it is good not be satisfied with your work sometimes to become even better than best and continue to progress
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August 27, 2014
Very good point – thank you!
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August 27, 2014
Looks great Laurel.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 27, 2014
Thank you, Geeta.
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Woww it looks like a print … your work is so beautiful!!
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August 27, 2014
Thank you so much!
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