Daring to Zen with the Dala...

Zendala dare #95 from The Bright Owl

I wasn't really sure about this... It was only my second zendala and the template looked pretty tough...

But as soon as I put down the first connecting line cresent moon wanted to land and I just held the pen while it went it's own way...

I printed on regular printer paper... Not doing that again... Microns do not like it - it was skipping and going downright invisible at times...

But it turned out allright after all...

Tangles used:

Cresent moon, Oolo, Up N Down and Agua

While I was tangling away on this, my son (6) was looking at it and decided he wanted to make one too... Luckily I couldn't figure out how to just print one of the templates on the page, so he got the tile-size one and I got him going with very simple linework...

For the bottom spaces I suggested dots and he turned them into smilyfaces and thought he was extremly clever! It's so cute...

He finished off with a little post-it Minecraft head for his chin... Yeah... I didn't get that either... But he was half asleep...

Maybe I have a little future tangler here...

Muster Mixer #3 from Freude mit Zentangle

String #3

Tangles: Cadent and Buttercup

#whimsybykelly2015 day 38

Thank you for all your lovely comments!

The worlds worst mom...

#whimsybykelly2015 day 30
Tackle it tuesday #58
It's a string thing #77

... That's me... It feels like that today...

My beautiful, sweet little guy was telling me about his day.

How his legs were hurting because he had walked through the city (there's a lot of hills...) visiting several places and back to school...

He told me all about what they did and where they ate their lunch...

Hey - wait a minute... Lunch... Not from the fridge... From his schoolbag...

Bag! Oh, S***... So he's been carrying his schoolbag with all his books around all day...

All because his mom forgot about the their outing...

And to make matters worse his lunch was leftovers of his favorite dish which he was going to heat in the microwave they have in the classroom... He ate it cold! And a yogurt... Which must have been kinda lukewarm...

Not a word of complaint from him... Oh, how I love that boy...

Thankfully I had a plate with a freshly baked sausage roll and an apple/chocolate muffin ready for him when he got home...

So maybe I'm not the worst mom on earth... But pretty close...

Now let's just forget all about that and move on to some happy colorful zen stuff...

Yesterday's promt in the #whimsybykelly2015 challenge was to make something colorful...

So that's what I did today!

I have to say it's so not the last time my colored microns will find their way into a tile!

Tickled to Tangle: It's a string thing #77

String #77

Heartstrings - Heartvine - Luv-a

I'm very happy with this tile and very glad I resisted the urge to fill the spaces in Luv-a with tipple - it was a battle...

And what a lovely string to work with!

Artful creations: Tackle it Tuesday #58: A B C

String #6

Agua - Box spirals - Cruffle - Copada

Have you noticed string #6 is the letter S if you turn your tile?

My daughter told me while I was tangeling this... Never crossed my mind...

S just happens to be the initial of both my kids names so this one is for my amazing son!

I'll have to do another tomorrow for my daughter... Great string!

And again I love the colors...

 

Thanks to Kelly for the color promt...