This week's Diva Challenge #54 is entitled "Purple Haze". As much as I like Jimi Hendrix, I have always loved Prince (aka. the artist formerly known as Prince, the unpronounceable symbol known as Love Symbol #2, and many other pseudonyms) so I titled this post "Purple Rain" in his honor. Laura wanted to give us all a chance to play with some color, so she chose the color purple, which symbolizes Moebius Syndrome, an extremely rare neurological disorder, which her youngest son has. Tuesday, January 24th is Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day so show your support of her son and other

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I love the start of a new year. I know you can change your life on any given day at any given moment but there is something about making changes with the start of the new year that seems to boost my confidence in making changes. Maybe it is the camaraderie of the world's population making changes at the same time. Yes, I know that not everyone makes New Year Resolutions but there is a certain change that virtually all people make - that is changing the number whenever they write (or digitally enter) the date. This act used to

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I think I'm in shock! I actually completed this week's challenge by mid-week. Why is it that I'm not happy with myself? I guess it is because I never realized how competitive I can be. I really wanted to post this week's challenge before Cathy, my "challenge catch-up" partner. I'm not really sure why, other than ever since we started this, she has always posted the current challenge before me (although I will admit that I was always squeaking it in at the last minute). At one point yesterday, I was checking on the blog feeds that I subscribe to

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WooHoo!!! Not only have I finished Diva's Challenge #50, I have actually posted it to my blog by the deadline of Saturday night. Luckily, in the past, even though I haven't gotten it posted until Sunday, it has been included in her slideshow for the challenge. This week's challenge was entitled "Biggify". The goal was to enlarge the individual tangles used in the Zentangle beyond the size you would typically use. The overall Zentangle was to remain the same size making this truly a challenge. My first try at this challenge taught me not to use tangles that have a

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