Weekly Challenge #210

Well, i jinxed it.  Last week i said i thought at Spring was almost here, but it snowed this weekend. Like 4" of snow. So, i guess we're onto second winter.

the story of my life

Hopefully Second Winter doesn't stick around too long.  

On Friday afternoon/evening i drove to Calgary for WeLove2Tangle on Saturday - an all day workshop for Zentangle enthusiasts!  Then on Sunday i drove home late just in time for this post.  

Here's a quick recap of WeLove2Tangle

Everyone is arriving and checking out the art supply vendors!

 The event was held in a beautiful hall with great windows and wonderful natural light!

I got to meet Cindy Hagen, CZT

Cindy was presenting a mini class on the tangle Betweed.  She's so sweet, she gave me a massage before i spoke, it was great.  Thanks Cindy!! She's also from Cranbrook, BC!!

As it happens, i never seem to get a photo of me speaking, so here's some selfies from the day, during my part of the workshop.

cheeeeeese

SMILE!!!!

 After my 2 hours session i went to grab a much deserved delicious mozza burger from Angels Drive Thru...

HEY! We're having lunch!!

Oh, and you may have noticed my girlfriend TARA!  She really wanted to come to the gathering, but it didn't seem to be working out... so on Friday afternoon she called me while i was on the road driving that circumstances presented themselves in such a way that she was going to be able to come - so she hopped on a plane and flew calgary on Friday night to attend, and hitched a ride back to Saskatoon with me!

Sandra Chatelain CZT, the mastermind behind the whole day,
introducing my fellow Saskatoonian Margaret Bremner

CZTs Nina Klaiman, Cindy Hagen, and Margaret Bremner all shared with us some awesome tangleations on different tangles.  This part of the day was great.  Too often, i get stuck in ONE WAY of doing a tangle.  i'm excited to break out of my mold a little bit. 

Tara working on her Crescent moon tangleations, taught by Nina Klaiman

Here are my tiles from Margarets class.  Scrumptious, no?

Oh, and you may also noticed that THIS happened....

it feels amazing.

it always feels sooooo good to chop it all off....now on to the challenge!!

Weekly Challenge #210: "Spiralstring - that's the thing!"

Hey everyone,  I will be at WeLove2Tangle so i've pre-written this week's challenge so hopefully all i'll have to do is get home (probably late on Sunday) and plop in some pictures of the weekend and be done!

This week's challenge is to use a spiral as your string... I like to come back to a simple spiral string because frankly i find them to be challenging because they don't really close off anywhere.  PLUS they always look so cool.

Do you have a particular thing that you find challenging that you go back to again and again?
Have a great week!

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If you have a blog or host your images on line (like on Flickr or Picassa or Pinterest), add the site-specific URL where your tile is posted to the linkey machine below! Don't forget to link back here so that others can join in the fun! (if you don't know how to find this, you can see my half assed tutorial here) Also, please feel free to come back often and visit the links of those people on the linkey machine - don't forget to leave a comment or feedback, everyone loves feedback. ;)