Getting Stuck Up Again...

I use those extra large (and some not quite so large) clothes pins to hold and display some of my tiles. The larger ones you find at craft stores will stand on their end and hold your tiles very nicely. You can even display two tiles back to back for a two sided display. I used 6 clothes pins for my 2016 12 Days of Zentangle 3Zs. They sort of look like trees.

I made a basket years ago that sits on a table in my living room and I toss my tiles into it. I also have several hanging on my mantle piece, in files, on the walls in the guest room. I like to leave them as RAZ (Random Acts of Zentangle) in restaurants, book stores, tourist attractions, coffee shops. I pull pages of my journal if somebody comments that they really like one in particular and give it to them. My joy is in the making!

I do have favorite tiles framed or stuck up throughout my house and office, and most of my tiles are chronologically arranged in photo albums, but my very favorite thing to do is traveling tangles, where instead of doing a whole tile, I do half a tile and then send it to a partner to finish. I in turn finish one my partner has started, and we both share both on social media.

One very full bulletin board that positively bristles with tiles upon tiles, and postcards, lots and lots of postcards. I cut the 4″×6″ post cards themselves out of “Kraft” card stock (usually the pressed cardboard that comes at the back of graph or yellow lined paper pads). The designated “back” side gets the address, message and stamp. I Mod Podge the tile to the front, one coat to stick it down and at least one coat on top to smooth down the edges and make sure there’s nothing to catch on electric sorting machines. If you stick to 4″×6″, that is only $0.35 to mail! And it cheers up folks who are tired of getting nothing but junk mail in that outdoor Inbox!

I have created hundreds of tiles since 2013 and many of them have served as the beautiful art on the front. Several friends and relatives have told me they’ve saved every card I have sent them. This motivates me to send more cards—I have sent many to elderly folks I have never met! Several years ago I began painting and decorating tissue boxes and gluing tiles on all or some sides. People love to get these useful and decorative boxes as gifts and I enjoy creating them!

I love to send mine in the mail as a postcard. Since I use regular cardstock or watercolour paper, I cut some postcard size, draw a line vertically in the back to separate text and address and imagine all the people who will see my art between my house and someone else’s. Besides no one sends real mail anymore, so it’s a treat to receive. S.

I put my most recent ones on a wire with clips frame, and rotate them out periodically. Then they go into a chronological filed box

Hi Everyone,

How about placing them on the Zentangle mobile for purchase in your Shop ??? OR, how about purchasing some nice card stock at your local art supply store and adding them to the front of your original artisan greeting card with other special embellishments ?? No need to buy ready made cards 😀😀💢💢

The bulk of my tiles are in chronological order in a 3 ring binder filled with plastic sheets with 6 pockets that fit 12 tiles (6 on each side) I flip through them regularly to see how my style has changed and find it easy to share with others when they want to see examples of my Zentangle work. Additionally I have 3 opus sized , 2 zendala sized, 2 regular sized and 1 bijou sized Zentangle glass frames with each side displaying a different tile. I place them around my house and flip them around or change out the contents periodically. Theae are usually for my gavorites. For zendalasand bijous I use the tins they came in as well as other boxes I have found that fit them for storage. I make the zendalas into pressure fit boxes to give as a gift with a gift inside. I have stacks of pieces in progress or most recent works on my couch side table waiting to be reviewed, posted on mosaic, organized for storage or put aside for another day. Finally, I do give many tiles away, in fact am currently working on an opus for a friend’s birthday and hope she will like it.

I have given my tiles to my artist friend who is a created mixed media collages using my tiles . For me , it’s a true union of complete different forms of art ..” Art connects “! I will share the three pic as soon as poosible

I now have tiles appearing all over my little cottage….on shelves, in frames, propped up, tucked in, resting against, hanging from and generally adorning and being appreciated. I have plenty more in nice boxes and older ones get swapped for new ones when I fancy a change. I give them away, too.

Most recently on my trip home from the US to the UK I gave a tile to the waitress in the airport coffee shop and also a flight attendent. They have both contacted me to learn more about Zentangle.
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I put every single tile I draw into a shoebox. I pull them out occasionally and arrange them in chronological order to see the progress I’ve made in learning how to draw. It’s motivating.

One day I’ll upgrade to a fancy box, but right now, I’d rather spend my art budget on pens and paper!