Maria writes... I recently came across this tile I posted some years ago. It caught my eye long enough to analyze just what it was that made me look twice. Maybe it was the energy it exuded. It could have been the busy mix of tangles I chose. There were a few interesting aspects, like the afterthought of the “tuckered” ribbon and the four highlights on the moonpies. The moonpie was clearly taking over the tile, leaving room only for a “second string” section. This tile literally begged me to remedy this dire situation, it being one of my “so-so”...
You may recall that our dear friend Bijou wrote 24 new Bijouisms for our 2025 Bijou Be Well series. We released a new Bijouism for 21 days straight in May, and our community loved them. But wait... that means there were three new Bijouisms that were not released in May... We released one in August and, today, we release another! Thiele writes... "Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." - Mother Teresa "Smile," Bijou says. Seems simple enough... As I sat down to write about one of the, now two,...
Molly writes... I recently received this note from a CZT. Her story about her Zentangle Journey made me think about the idea that Zentangle acts as a gateway to other creative mediums and how awesome that is. “I have done a lot of Zentangle and come as far as I want in the Zentangle spectrum. I have recently been delving into the exploration of other art mediums and found my home in fused glass!! But, in saying this, I have never forgotten my first love, Zentangle. I had signed up for a class called, “Survey of Glass at our local...