Let’s start off today’s Tangled Tuesday post with a bang, shall we? This past week Zentangle headquarters released some big, exciting, much-anticipated (by the tangling world, anyway!) news – the dates for their upcoming 2016 CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher) seminars. Shortly thereafter they opened registration to the public and, well, three guesses as to who signed up to attend CZT Seminar #25…
I am SO excited and can’t wait until next June!
While I had hoped to earn all the money required to pay for the experience before signing up – well, I haven’t. Not yet. However, I have earned enough to put down the deposit AND make the first of four payments (under Zentangle’s very reasonable installment plan), so after a lot of thought and financial planning with Peter we decided that I would take the chance and register now rather than wait and watch all the seminar spots quickly get snapped up by other eager CZTs-to-be.
So though it’ll mean making some sacrifices in other areas (such as the BlogHer conferences I normally love to attend), I am going to work hard over the next few months to save the rest of the money I need to fulfill this particular dream of mine. Wish me luck!
Shop!
One of the ways I’m planning to earn my way to the CZT seminar is through the sale of my tangled art. Any time you’d like to check it out, just look for the row of buttons below the Alphabet Salad header and click on * shop! for a list of my online portfolios and storefronts.
One item I specifically want to highlight (since it’s fast approaching that time of the year!) is my very first Ten Thousand Tangles wall calendar.
Each month features a different Zentangle-Inspired Art piece by yours truly (if you visit the Ten Thousand Tangles Calendar page you can scroll through and check out which ones I chose), and the calendar starts any time from now until January 2016 (you get to pick!) and runs for twelve months.
Finished Projects
I completed another project this week, this time doing something that’s the reverse of my usual and working with a white pen and pencil on a 6″ x 6″ square of black paper. I don’t use this combination often, but quite like how this piece turned out!
ZIA 50
Of course I couldn’t wait to create some new products featuring this design, so got busy with setting them up on Redbubble…
Tangled goodies from Ten Thousand Tangles on Redbubble
…Society6…
Tangled goodies from Ten Thousand Tangles on Society6
…and ArtofWhere (this photo also features a couple of my other recent designs).
Tangled goodies from Ten Thousand Tangles on ArtofWhere
And, though I ended up spending FAR too much time on it (silly me, choosing to work with a 6″ x 6″ tile instead of the usual 3.5″ square!), I also completed The Diva’s Challenge for this week, which was to draw stripes across the paper to create strings. I think it’s because it was so simple that I went with the larger tile – I should have remembered that simple doesn’t necessarily mean quick! Here’s my finished piece:
ZIA 51, for The Diva’s Challenge #235
Now on to a new week of tangling!
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 portfolios and shops on ArtofWhere, DeviantArt, Etsy, Redbubble, Society6, Spoonflower, and Zazzle. (Pssst… links to my international Ten Thousand Tangles shops on Zazzle are on my “shop!” page – just click on the appropriate flag and you’ll get to the place you need to be!)
How have you been creative this week?
Please share!
Twitter: nabanita21
September 15, 2015
Congratulations Laurel…I’m sure you’ll get to fulfill this dream and have an incredible experience to share with us, your readers 🙂
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September 15, 2015
Thank you – I do hope so!
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Chase your dreams and wish you all the best Laurel.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
September 15, 2015
Thank you so much!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 59
I really like the look of the inverted tangles (white on black). That looks really sharp! Good luck in attaining your goal. ♥
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September 15, 2015
Thank you, Kathy!
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September 15, 2015
Congratulations, Laurel! You work speaks so much for you. Good luck with meeting your target. You deserve it, totally!
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September 15, 2015
Thank you so much, Corinne – I’ll need it!
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Congrats Laurel!!! So happy for you!!! Keep us posted!
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September 15, 2015
Thank you so much, Diane!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 59
How exciting, another CZT in the making! Your work is lovely and, somehow, you will make enough to pay for the trip. I am a CZT 11, and I count that trip up there with the most wonderful of memories! Your stripes certainly have some lovely tangling in them too!
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September 15, 2015
Thank you so much – I am so excited to get there, and am trusting that the money will come. 🙂
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I like this bold tile! The rest is beautiful as well.
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September 16, 2015
Thank you very much!
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September 16, 2015
Yay! Since you’re the person who brought me to the Zentangle Kool Aid, it’s only right that you should attend a CZT seminar. Frankly, you could probably be one of the teachers there, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy it and it’s affirming to commune with 100+ people who also “get it” for several days. Then, you can sell “official” Mothership proprietary items in your on line store and perhaps earn any money you had to lend yourself from elsewhere.
You did a wonderful job with your white on black Diva challenge tile. Some day I’ll figure out how to use white and get clean lines.
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September 16, 2015
Thank you for the encouragement, Suzanne – much appreciated! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 59
Love your ZIA50, it’s gorgeous! Your Diva stripey tile is very pretty too. Great work!
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September 16, 2015
Thank you so much!
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September 17, 2015
HI Laurel – Loved the inverted tangles.
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September 17, 2015
Thanks, Ajay!
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September 25, 2015
I love your work and so proud that you are now set to begin. Slow and steady but you will be there.
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September 25, 2015
Thank you! I do hope so. 🙂
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i am very excited that I will be meeting you at CZT25. I just registered today and am so excited (and scared–that’s a lot of money!). Can’t wait for June!
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October 25, 2015
It is definitely a lot of money! I am sure it will be worth it, though. Looking forward to meeting you in June! 🙂
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