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Another trip in the DeLorean

diane — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:37:52 +0000

I realized that not everyone may understand my reference to a DeLorean, so I thought I would mention this…it is the car used as a time machine in the movie “Back to the Future” featuring Michael J. Fox. Since I am going back to complete all of the past challenges issued by “the Diva“, I will be using this reference off and on over the next five months. Why five months? I figured out that if I keep to the plan that Cathy, of a Tangled Place, and I set out when we decided to team up to keep each other motivated on this quest, we would get caught up the week of April 28th. I’m not sure if knowing that is a good or a bad thing. It seems so far in the future. I guess we will have to wait and see. Until then, here are the two challenges that technically I did last week. I just wasn’t very timely in my posting.

Patterns used: Florz, Pepper, Purk, Crescent Moon, Hibred, Hurry, and Snail.

Patterns used: Crescent Moon, Striping, ‘Nzeppel, a variation of Opus, and Casper the Friendly ghost.

The zentangle on top is for Challenge #2 which was entitled “Two Pencil String” by guest challenger Margaret Bremner. The zentangle on the black tile is for Challenge #46 entitled “All Hallow’s Eve”. It does seem a bit strange posting a halloween based zentangle on the 1st of December, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

Diva Challenge #49

diane — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:29:48 +0000

An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance.

The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.” -Chinese proverb

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE quotes and I actually keep a journal of quotes that really “speak to me”. I have added this one to my collection. This week’s Diva’s Challenge is by guest challenger, Cris Letourneau, a CZT from Ohio. Her friend Sonya is VP of an organization called The Red Thread Promise. This organization helps children, both here and abroad, by providing medical treatments and other essentials that we often take for granted. Cris’s desire to help inspired this challenge to make a traditional black and white Zentangle with a single red “thread” passing through it. If you would like to help with Cris’s “Red Thread” project check out her blog, Tangled Up in Art to help make a difference for the children of the world. Here is my tile that will soon be on its way to join many others for this wonderful cause.

patterns used: mooka, huggins, and a couple of patterns I need to check on…

The “Art” of Goosebumps

diane — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:56:34 +0000

I am one of those people who is always cold so I am very familiar with goosebumps. But I actually look forward to getting those little bumps on my arms that come with hearing or seeing something amazing. Today I was looking at information regarding an artist reclamation project at Landfillart.org. As I was checking out the website (which has amazing artwork related to the project), I happened upon a link to this video.

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around The World from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

It didn’t take long for the chill and goosebumps to arrive. Is there anything better in life than something that instantly brings a smile to your face? I strongly encourage you to visit the Playing For Change website. There are a lot more videos to make that smile even bigger! God Bless Grandpa Elliott!

Book Lust

diane — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:29:37 +0000

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE books. In fact, so does my husband and by default, my two sons (they never stood a chance ). In an effort to become “more green” (and save some green), I have been trying to utilize the library more. I don’t think that it has really curbed our buying of books but we are more selective in which ones we buy. I always have such a long list for myself and the boys that there is never a time where there is nothing. Anyway… I was blog surfing this morning (there was some reasons for my meanderings so it was not just for procrastination purposes) and came across the blogs of Terry L. Tyson. I loved his writing style and found myself checking out his blog Bad Words. That was when I found it…the perfect description of my love affair with books…BOOK LUST! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. By the way, while you are checking out his blogs, check out his tag line one each one. Gotta love those too!