So 2015 is here now (Happy New Year, in case you missed my earlier greetings!) and, after a couple of very quiet weeks in the tangling department, I’m slowly starting to pick things up once again. I’m actually surprised that I didn’t do more Zentangle®-related stuff over my holidays, but perhaps I needed a break from everything! Regardless, here’s to a brand new year of tangling goodness… starting with the first Tangled Tuesday of the new year.
New Tangles
This week I learned Midnight, Kiss, and Jesterz, all from TanglePatterns.com.
I also learned Hitched (from TangleOoh!) so that I could participate in The Diva’s Challenge this week.
Finished Projects
The designs I did to represent my 2015 Word of the Year both used tangle patterns – a design called Slink on the larger one (which is now attached inside the front cover of my 2015 art journal), and Beedle on the smaller piece (which, as you can see, is propped up on my desk lamp as a daily reminder) – so even though they’re both very plain and simple, I’m going to call them ZIAs and add them to my portfolio.
And I’m so glad that The Diva’s Challenge is back for the new year! This week was a UMT (Use My Tangle) Challenge, which is where participants learn and use a tangle created by one of the readers. As I mentioned earlier, this week’s piece was to be based on Hitched by HeidiSue at TangleOoh!, and this is how mine turned out.
I’m not normally a huge fan of monotangles – that is, a tile made up of just the one tangle design – but for the challenge this week I was quite happy to do it, as this particular pattern has infinite variations and I had fun playing around with it.
It’s good to be tangling again!
P.S.
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.
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 Ten Thousand Tangles shops on Society6 and Zazzle. (Pssst… links to my international Ten Thousand Tangles shops on Zazzle are in the Alphabet Salad sidebar – just click on the appropriate flag and you’ll get to the place you need to be!)

Wow, the things you learn about blogging! How could I have lived 60+ years and never heard of tangling! Maybe my wife has, I dunno! Maybe I could tangle my word of the week!
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January 6, 2015
LOL, there’s always something new to learn, isn’t there?! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
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January 6, 2015
What? I love your zip, but I have no idea what ‘tangling’ is (but because you are in the Ultimate Blog Challenge I’m assuming it G rated.) I did look at ‘about’ but didn’t find an explanation there. Help?
Twitter: alphabetsalad
January 6, 2015
Hi Susie! It’s definitely G-rated… check out this post I wrote awhile back, which gives some background on what tangling is, how I discovered it, and a link to the Zentangle site:
http://www.alphabetsalad.com/for-the-love-of-tangling/
Hope that helps!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
I had zero idea what tangling was! Thank you for sharing I learned something new today
Twitter: alphabetsalad
January 6, 2015
You’re most welcome! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
I would think, you have the exclusive on this. I am for sure, no one does it better or enjoys it more than you.
Myke Todd recently posted… Find the Time
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January 6, 2015
Oh, there are so many amazing tangle artists out there – I am dwarfed by all the talent! But thank you for the vote of confidence. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
Oh, I love those patterns, I don’t really do Zentangle, but I do “tangle” inspired art sometimes!
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January 7, 2015
Thank you! It’s a lot of fun, isn’t it?
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
I always love seeing your new tangles! They are spectacular and inspired!
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January 7, 2015
Thank you so much, Kathy!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
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January 6, 2015
Hi Laurel,
I loved your “tangled” pictures. Were you featured in BlogHer? I just submitted to them. I need ideas for where else to submit guest posts to, if you have any. Thanks,
Janice
Twitter: alphabetsalad
January 7, 2015
Thanks, Janice! I’m part of the BlogHer Publishing Network now, but prior to that had a few pieces featured on BlogHer. That’s the only place I’ve actually submitted posts to, but I’m sure there are many more out there!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
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January 6, 2015
It’s amazing how intricate some of these zentangles are and that they are all so unique and each have their own unique name! 😉 <3
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January 7, 2015
The scope of possibility is truly amazing!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
I love looking at you tangling. While you may not be a fan of monotangling the pattern you chose is fantastic.
Thanks for sharing.
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January 7, 2015
Thanks so much, Kathy!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
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January 7, 2015
Tangling Tuesdays have become a part of my weekly schedule…Love seeing what new tangles you have been doing…:)
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January 7, 2015
I’m so glad – thank you very much! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
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January 7, 2015
I guess this is not a blog for the uninitiated as I’m not sure what you’re talking about. Tangling wool as in knitting or tangling lines in drawings? It might be worth your while to make that clear next time. However, I’m happy you’re able to create designs in your medium and with you joy in your pursuits.
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January 7, 2015
Thanks, Francene. There’s actually an explanatory link in the P.S. section of my post, but perhaps it’s not clear or obvious enough. For the time being I’ve drawn attention to it by adding a coloured box around the section, and will think of other ways to make it clearer in future. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
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January 7, 2015
You made the monotangle not monotone! The variation are beautiful adding to its charm.
All the best for the Divas challenge.
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January 7, 2015
Thank you so much! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
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January 7, 2015
Great to see the first of the tangled Tuesday of 2015!! Creating a daily reminder for your word of the year is such an awesome idea! 🙂
Aditi recently posted… My Chrysalis
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January 7, 2015
It does help – every time I look up I see it, so it’s a good reminder. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 36
What a friendly blog you have. I like it that so many of your followers are being introduced to zentangle! how cool is that. 🙂 And Hitched is done so well…I really like the string you used. It’s got a “frame” feeling.
Love the theme of “shift” that you’ve adopted. That little ATC using Beedle is just charming. It has so much texture, like I could feel it with my fingers. Well done on all of your pieces.
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January 11, 2015
Thank you so much, HeidiSue – so glad you stopped by! 🙂
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You did so very well with Hitch!!!
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January 11, 2015
Thank you so much! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List + January 2015 Gratitude Linkup
Your tile with the tangle Hitched is wonderful! Great variations!
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January 11, 2015
Thank you so much – I had fun with it!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List + January 2015 Gratitude Linkup
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January 8, 2015
First I focused on the geometry of your overall composition, so it actually took me a long few seconds to realize that it was a monotangle of Hitch in various tangleations. It works really well. Happy New Year.
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January 11, 2015
Thanks, Suzanne – Happy New Year to you as well!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List + January 2015 Gratitude Linkup
Your zentangle 83 is beautiful! I love it. I’m just getting started but I already know that I will be checking in with your Tangled Tuesday posts!
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January 11, 2015
Thank you so much, Corina! Enjoy tangling!
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Very pretty tile.
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January 11, 2015
Thank you so much! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List + January 2015 Gratitude Linkup
Like your Hollibaughesque use of Hitch.
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January 12, 2015
Thank you!
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