It's been a crazy busy week. First, I helped out H2ohphoto.com with a photo session at Aqua-Tots Swim School (North Phoenix) Sunday. That's a cool thing I help with, being part-owner, mostly for post-processing of the images. Keeps my hands busy. Alas,keeps me away from my doodles.
It's a lot of fun, really.
Then my daughter wanted to try some wine. She's a recent graduate into adulthood, so it's a rite of passage, I guess. And there are some decent wines to drink here in the desert. Really! We ventured to Oak Creek Winery in Page Springs. Seeing her face crunch up was priceless! We know she doesn't like dry sherry, that's for sure! Lunch was in Cottonwood at the Tavern Grille. They keep "Plungerhead" available, and that's a good thing. It's the official wine of plumbers everywhere!
In between all that I've been trying to keep up with this week's challenges. So, here goes!
First up, "wheat" at EIM:
Health and Happiness
Semolina
The first one is utilizing folk patterns from One Zentangle a Day, Day 41. The second is a pattern in Zentangle 8.
Next, the Diva Challenge. I chose String 109 by David Rae at Tanglepatterns.com and I think I followed all the instructions (which can be found here).
THX
I got very frustrated with the IAST, for whatever reason. It could be trying to do it when I really should be sleeping. I was kind of fighting with the string, which I thought should be an "e," to go with the theme there. Thus, my contribution for this week's IAST is a modified string to make an "e." (My daughter regularly just signs, "e," lower case like e.e.cummings, so I'll get back to this another day) With all due respect for Anne Marks who created the original string--
"e"
Lastly the twinchie thing. The word of the week is "home." I really wanted to paste this up with lots of glitter, but that just didn't happen. Like the "e," I'll get back to that!
That pretty much covers what I've accomplished so far this week. There's some oddball stuff, but I'm just going to launch those to my Flickr feed as they don't need much explanation. Back to the photo processing....Have a brilliant day!
i love all that you did. Im not a drinker but my daughter did drink a margarita in front of me earlier this year and she was so nervous LOL. Glad you got to share that with her. Love the inchie, it is so cool. I am always blown away by all the taglers, you all have so much talent. I can barely write my name much less make the beautiful art you all do
ReplyDeleteDear Freebird, you just have amazingly different talents. If I attempted your beadwork, I'd go crazy. I'm glad you liked my artwork. Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteI like all the works you produced. Love the ruby slippers. Your trio ensemble is very nice with Huggins tucked in there. Please be sure to let us see your finished tangle and twinchie when you get back to them.
ReplyDeleteDear JL, I'll be sure to get those posted when I get my ideas on paper. Got the glitter, now to paste it. And all that! Glad you liked my take on these challenges this week. Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteWow, I love all of these! Especially love the twinchie.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Zoe, ever so much! I find I get really off-base with those twinchies; this one was so much closer to, well, HOME! Har-dee-har-har! Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteYou were indeed very busy, but I think it was worth while! I like the challege tile a lot, it has a beautiful design.
ReplyDeleteDank je wel ! Ik ben blij dat je mijn kunst deze week genoeg om soort opmerkingen bieden graag ! Heb een schitterende dag, Annemarie !
Deleteyour wheat inchies are fabulous - I love the pattern in the first one. your diva tile is lovely - I especially like how you have used trio
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kia! Trio was all new to me, so I wasn't quite sure how it would go. I just gave it a go! Glad you like my drawings. Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteSounds like you have been busy, but having a lot of fun! Love your challenge tile!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Lady Kate! I am having fun despite the crazy busy stuff. Glad you like my work. Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteWonderful THX Tile. Terrific Xyp pattern. Your Huggins reminds me of a delicious slice of apple pie. Wonderful Post...
ReplyDeleteThanks, David! I wasn't thinking apple pie when I drew the patterns, but now, I have apple pie on the brain..YUM! Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteIt took me many years to tolerate wine. I wonder why we push ourselves to like things like that, or maybe it's just a developmental thing. Anyway, it is nice to be able to share with a daughter. You're very lucky! I like how you slip some Zentangle into other art like your "wheat" inchies this week. I really like the composition of your Diva tile too!
ReplyDeleteDear Jean, I AM lucky. I have children who have always liked hanging out with their mom, even through the awkward teenage years. I am truly blessed. Funny how those Zentangles just appear in some places, huh?! I'm glad you liked my compositions this week. Have a brilliant day! c
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