A quick trip to Las Vegas will do it every time. New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Vegas, baby, really does not want you to. Ever. You never know what time of day it is and even so, the Strip doesn't wake up until I'm ready for some shut-eye. It was perfect weather for a road trip in the convertible, sit by the pool with some frosty adult beverages and generally not feel guilty about chores at home not being done.
Perfect.
Still, I squeezed in a couple challenges. The word for the week at Every Inchie Monday is "oak." I recalled that there was a tangle that had to do with oak and a String Thing challenge that I had drawn. A quick review of that brought me to "Oke," my EIM response and the rest of this weeks zinchies:
A lot of these patterns are new ones I found on Tanglepatterns.com, The oddball here is a pattern from the new Victoria's Secret Sport catalog that I reproduced. (If you know me, I have a hate-hate relationship with triangly patterns, so that unto itself was a personal challenge of sorts). If you pick up the magazine, you'll see some interesting tangling in the wild, so to speak.
The other challenge I've tackled so far this week is the Diva's. Laura requested we give the pattern "Flux" a workout. I may be squarely in good company preferring one way of drawing it over another, but I started with a bar coaster for Rolling Rock beer. The reverse side asks to Show the world--#HowWeRoll and "CREATE SOMETHING." So, I did!
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Sounds like you had a wonderful trip, good for you! Nice tangling too. Coasters are fun to work on and your Flux sure shows how you roll!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean. It was a short, sweet, fun trip. Thanks for your kind comments. Coasters are fun! And I'm rollin', rollin', rollin'...RAWHIDE! (Guess I'm still in cowboy mode from last week! ;)) Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteOh such a lovely trip. love your iittle patterns and it was very clever to use Oke for your inchie
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kia, I really appreciate your kind thoughts! Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteYour coaster is very beautiful. Last year I made a lot of coasters (did them on both sides) and after laminating I use them all the time :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne! I've been trying to throw the coasters back into the wild and hope to share some random acts of I don't know what! Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteWhat else but Oke for oak. Beautiful series this week. Is that VS pattern from the diamond superbra? :) Good that you had a great time.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Zoe! Actually, the VS is from their latest sport catalogue. The fabrics show a strong influence from tangles and patterns. This one caught my eye as I'm trying to wrap my head around triangle-based ones; they give me fits! Have a brilliant day! c
DeleteGreat work! You must have quite a collection of zinchies. I like the idea of creating miniature tiles of patterns. How do you store or display your zinchies? I like how you rolled with flux too!
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate it, Heather! So far the zinchies are stuffed in a box and are in serious need of some sort of formal display (they're starting to outgrow their box, for starters!). I'll be sure to be letting you know how I make that work...Have a brilliant day! c
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