Now I remember why I had not made a wire wrapped bracelet in some time. Although very pretty, the process is very time consuming. I decided to use some lentil shaped lampwork beads I made along with some Vessonite stones and vintage beads I had:
Vessonite is known to be a good healing stone, aids in calming and forgiving. It invites new growth and serenity, and also aids in fertility and the achievement of a stable pregnancy. You can find the bracelet and earrings in my Etsy Shop.
Rather than fill every space on the tile, for this challenge, we were to leave open spaces:
I purposely made this tangle into a frame. Here is a colored version if you would like to download it for personal use (PSD file with mask):
I love this photo – it is of DH’s grandparents.
This was a fun theme. My regular “hand model”, my daughter helped me out with this one. I tried to portray the universe as “infinite”:
And what’s a universe without the Star Trek Enterprise? Yes, I am a bit of a Trekkie 🙂
Credits:
Background, Enterprise, & Universe sphere: Google Images
Grunge Frame: HG Designs
For this week’s zentangle challenge, we had a time limit. We were to draw for 15 minutes. I thought of the time thing, and drew a crazy clock with an extra hour on it:
In this challenge, we were to draw a heart using two patterns from previous challenges. I chose to use stars & Ixorus:
I like to try to use as much of my own graphics for these challenges. It doesn’t rain very often around here, and when it does, I can’t seem to get very good photos of the rain. I did however have some nice photos of rain drops on plants. So, I went from there, and added some teru teru bozu’s. Teru teru bozu’s are traditional Japanese handmade dolls made out of cloth or paper. They are usually made by children to wish for fair weather. Some say to hang them upside down would mean a wish for rain. I chose to hang mine right side up:
It was fun making these dolls again. There is even a song associated with teru teru bozu. Here is a cute one I found on You Tube Teru Teru Bozu Song, and dancing Teru Teru Bozu.
Credits:
Butterfly overlay: Vera Lim Designs
This was a bit difficult for me – to convey “breathe” in zentangle:
Kind of boring…
I made masks out of my blythe doll Hana and my little dog Koko, and put them on the other. It looks a bit creepy, but whatever:
Koko thinks she is Queen of the house – thus, the crown.
Here are the credits:
Background & elements: The Wee Faerie Ring
Crown: Irene Alexeeva Designs
Butterfly overlay: Vera Lim Designs
Still catching up … Laura of I Am The Diva provided us with a tangle pattern by Rick and Maria of Zentangle called Ixorus. We were to use this pattern for this challenge:
It was nice to actually get a pattern to work with. Even though I have only been zentangling for a few days, I am already at the point where I need new pattern ideas.
Today is the German Bead Babes Go Challenge: Blissed out by… your favorite song! The hosts of this challenge are Stefanie of Stefanies Sammelsurium, Janna of Palimpa Lim, and Nicki of Nicki’s Reef.
We were to pick our favorite song, and create jewelry with this song in mind, then have a blog hop of all the participating artists. I have many songs I like, and for this challenge, I chose “Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” by the Fifth Dimension. I am not of that generation (just a bit younger :-)), but for some reason, I like it, and it gives me a good feeling. If you want to listen, click on the album photo below to open a Youtube video of this song :
It makes me smile to think that these crazy hippie kids in the video are now law abiding Seniors in their 60’s looking towards retirement :-).
I have always thought about making lampwork vessels (aquarius – the water bearer), but never got around to it. So, this challenge spurred me to do it, and here is the vessel pendant I made:
I basically made a hollow bead at the end of my mandrel to fashion the vessel. I guess it will take some practice. With a tiny hole, it caves in on itself, and if I get it too close to the flame, it gets all wonky. So, I kept it as simple as possible for now. And I used the wire wrapping technique that Jodi of Beadworx kindly shares on her tutorial. It can be filled with essential oils or perfumes. And here is the list of participating artists to visit:
1. Janna Harttgen – Palimpa-Lim
2. Stefanie Teufel – Stefanies Sammelsurium
3. Nicole Keller – Nickis Reef
4. Berit Borchardt – Berit Borchardt
5. Rebecca Anderson – Songbeads
6. Maryse Thillens – Glassbeadart Lampwork
7. Krista French – French Elegant Jewelry
8. Linda Djokic – Lutka and Co
9. Karola Stein – Karolas Fundstuecke
10. Doris Radlicki – Doralila Beads
11. Jenn Judd – Jen Judd Rocks
12. Saskia Kaffenberger – Perlendistel
Thank you Nicki, Janna, & Stefanie for this fun challenge!
This challenge is to create a traditionla zentangle tile using the new tangle named Mooka. Mooka was designed by Rick and Maria of Zentangle, and inspired by the artwork of Alphonse Mucha. I am an admirer of his work, and here are some examples:
And here is my zentangle:
Ok, you are probably wondering how they relate; just go to Zentangle and see how they came up with this design. My execution could probably have been better :-).
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