A Look Back at 2024!

I thoroughly enjoyed all the Anniversary Year surprises, projects, tools, videos, blogs, and newsletters! I am grateful to have Zentangle in my life! As an arthritic tangler, I was so inspired to witness Maria’s indomitable spirit in recovering from her hand injury, and impressed with the creative “tools” she used to hold and stabilize her pens, pencils, and other instruments. I am grateful and relieved to see her drawing again, and her handwriting is as beautiful as ever! I’m also grateful for the Mosaic, and the ability to communicate with (and learn from) so many amazing, talented tanglers worldwide! Thank you, Maria, Rick, Molly, Martha, Julie, and everyone at Zentangle HQ for everything you do to keep us all happily tangling and learning all year long! Looking forward to another awesome year in 2025!

Zentangle found me in 2024 and introduced me to an amazing mentor and new friend who encouraged me to become a CZT. I have gratitude (my ‘word’ for the year) and new direction for 2025!

I had a wonderful time in Newport for CZT 42. Thank you for everything! I was wondering if our group photo was available for viewing . It was a very happy moment, and would love to see our smiles! Happy New Year everyone!

This year I traveled through the 20th anniversary celebration with renewed gratitude for the Zentangle method and all it has brought me. The highlight of my year was being certified at CZT42 seminar in Newport. And thanks for including the photo of me and my friend/fellow CZT42, Shannon Flynn in this blog post!

Looking back I love all the newsletters, step-outs, reading the blog comments and all your lovely videos with the project packs. I looking ahead I’m excited about the adventures that we will have together in our tangling journey. And I hope some of these will include more insights from Bijou and Lady Aura. Take care love from Cheryl in Canada.

Thank you Rick, Maria, Molly, Martha, Julie HQ and all the wonderful people who work behind the scenes for all these glorious 20 years that we have shared with all of you.

I wish everyone the happiest New Year’s Eve and I look forward to all the delightful years ahead. I am so grateful and appreciate all that you have done to help beautiful our world. Loving hugs from Cheryl in Canada.🇨🇦

In January of 2024 we finished revamping a room in our house to turn it into my art studio. I started tangling in 2023, but really got into it in 2024, doing quite a few of the project packs and some big tangling projects of my own. My goal was to learn how to do this thing called Zentangle and then take the CZT training in November – which I did and thoroughly enjoyed! I started working with the students in our gifted program and teaching them how to tangle as well as the teachers. We were able to give Apprentice kits to all the kids which was very exciting – they loved opening them! I retired in May and have been spending all hours of the day in the studio. My favorite thing was the CZT training and second favorite was the project packs. I’ve just learned so much this year and am so happy to get back to the core of my being which is art, art, art. (Also taught my first class to adults and they’ve all signed up for a 5 week class, so that’s exciting too!)

Well, a lot of success to look back to! Wishing Everyone at HQ a happy, healthy, creative New Year! Make 2025 the BEST one yet!!

My favorite thing this year was having one of my online students becoming a CZT … and yesterday we met for lunch in person! We tangled and took a walk looking for for patterns. It was a perfect way to wrap up the year.

My most favorite for 2024 was the monthly journal entry for the twenty-year anniversary. I was challenged by Project Pack 23, but did it twice. Of course, I enjoyed Project Pack 25 all twelve days! I am looking forward to being able to take another class with the wonderful crew at Zentangle. Many thanks for your hard work and dedication!

I really enjoyed this year with you at the Zentangle HQ! I bought the 20th anniversary journal, put in it some of the project pack I did and loved in it since 2019. I still have room in it to tangle and I plan to tangle on the cover too! So lots of fun in the coming year! Thank you Rick, Maria, Molly, Martha, Julie and all the Zentangle team! Have a great 2025 year!

Before I answer the two prompts, I just want to say how grateful I am to be a CZT now for 6 years. So happy I got to meet both you, Maria, and Rick, and your two daughters, Molly and Martha at seminar. Having a personal connection to the founders is amazing! This spring, I hope to join you again, for the first time at our reunion of Zen Again CZTs.

Some of my very best Zentangle moments of 2024 were the 12 days of Zentangle project pack 25. All my tiles are beautiful and I will frame them! I’ve shared them with friends and family already. I’ve done other project packs in the past, but never followed one day by day all in order. It was a very satisfying experience experience so thank you for that.

In 2025, I am looking forward to continue to teach at our senior center here in Crystal Lake, Illinois. I have an advanced Zentangle workshop there quarterly, three Fridays in a row. The participants look forward to it! I am always happily surprised by their creativity and enthusiasm! I also teach beginnings Zen Tangle workshops here and there throughout the year.

I remember my first workshop I taught in January 2019, shortly after I came home from the Halloween 2018 graduation. In Providence. It’s been an exciting journey and will continue to be so. Zentangle has helped my health as well as my focus for life!

Well I accidentally hit send prematurely…

What i am looking forward to in 2025 is setting a greater amount of time aside for tangling. We’ve had a stressful 20 months in which we lost all 4 of our parent, the last being just before Thanksgiving at the age of 100 years, 5 months. Tangling kept me sane during the toughest times and gave my mind a place to rest and be calm and recharge. In 2025, I am going to try to re do at least the first 13 project packs (I always have purchased at least 2) as well as what ever new ones get launched. Then in ’26 I plan to finish 14 through 25 and whatever is new that year. It is a commitment to my self. One I feel good about.

I am very grateful to all of you at HQ who make all of this possible and so happy you reached this 20th year milestone of bringing beauty to this world one stroke at a time

Well I accidentally hit send prematurely…

What i am looking forward to in 2025 is setting a greater amount of time aside for tangling. We’ve had a stressful 20 months in which we lost all 4 of our parent, the last being just before Thanksgiving at the age of 100 years, 5 months. Tangling kept me sane during the toughest times and gave my mind a place to rest and be calm and recharge. In 2025, I am going to try to re do at least the first 13 project packs (I always have purchased at least 2) as well as what ever new ones get launched. Then in ’26 I plan to finish 14 through 25 and whatever is new that year. It is a commitment to my self. One I feel good about.

I am very grateful to all of you at HQ who make all of this possible and so happy you reached this 20th year milestone of bringing beauty to this world one stroke at a time

Wishing you all a very Happy Zentangle New Year! I am looking froward to Zenagain and many hours of tangling..

My most loved event was being certified again, albeit remotely. I reveled in every minute of it, and enjoyed borh the known and the new material, and there was plenty of new. I did miss attending in person but circumstances made it so.

I also loved all three of this year’s project packs. I have not completed them as yet but am enjoying doing them in my own time. The thought and effort put into these beautiful project packs is astounding to me and I am grateful for that and the inspiration each one provides.

And a very Happy New Year to Rick,Maria and the entire Zentangle family. 2024 was a wonderful year thanks to you and I know 2025 will be even better as Zentangle continues to grow and thrive.
Can’t wait for the next Project Pack.