Weekly Challenge #255

Hello and Happy Tuesday!!

Yesterday was Family Day here in Saskatchewan. Many of you may remember that challenge posts fall on Tuesdays when a Holiday is on a Monday.  I posted a quick reminder on facebook, but i never did get around to posting a reminder here... and i'll tell you why...

The boys had a very fun week at school getting ready for their Valentine's Day celebrations.  They made crafts, they played games, read stories, and sang songs about Love.

Thursday night, as is tradition, my boys joined me in my studio to make their valentines for the kids in their classes

A budding artist

 Artoo was very excited to be participating in Valentine's Day this year - having seen Chewie's experiences from Kindergarten and Grade 2.  He really had fun making his cards.

Chewie made himself right at home.  He's old hat at this now.

 The boys created their masterpieces, then i cut them in to small cards and they finished decorating with stamps.  I didn't get a finished photo, unfortunately.  Artoo chose dinosaur stamps on his (Naturally) and Chewie chose an assortment of fancy hearts and Owls.

both boys were pumped to go to school the next morning.

However, Artoo woke up sick.  Everything happens so fast with him.  but he really wanted to go to his celebration, so i took him to school and stayed in his class to monitor his breathing and to make sure he sat out activities when he looked really tired.

Happy Valentine's Day

He did okay, but by Friday night he was full on sick and woke up in the night many times.  By Saturday night he was coughing so hard and having such a hard time breathing that B-rad took him to the Emergency Room to be checked out around midnight.   They gave him some medicine there to help him feel better and send them home around 2-3 am.   As i told a friend this morning when she asked if he was feeling better: "Well, he's not in the hospital.  But that doesn't necessarily mean he's feeling better.  But, better than before, yes."

you'd never know this boy was sick just by looking at that face

Artoo is plum tuckered.  And the weekend was hard - for him and for all of us.

this boy never naps.

 so.  Valentine's Day was super chill... artoo was sick, B-rad was sick, now i'm getting sick...

because why not?

and on top of all of this (!!) Tuesday is Chewie's tonsillectomy.  Because apparently things need to happen all at once.  BLEH.  It's Winter Break here - so both boys are off school this week - but Chewie will be at home from school for the next two weeks, recovering from surgery. 

sigh.

Weekly Challenge #255: "Ghosts of Tangles Past"
This week i came across some photos of a few tiles i had created six years ago.  It was a definite blast from the past.

Six years ago, i was NOT the zentangle diva.  Six years ago i wasn't even a CZT yet.

Six years ago, i found an art form and fell in love with it and fell so passionately about it that i flew from Saskatoon to Whitinsvills, MASS to become a Certified Zentangle Teacher.

Six years ago, i tangled like this:

2010 

It's funny because i remember making this tile and really loving it.  So much so that i used it in my early advertising for classes and workshops.  I believe i sent it to a friend of mine in Regina as a gift.

I remember where i was and what i was doing.  I'm, like, 99% sure that i made this at work.

So, zoom back to the present - i decided to try to recreate the tile and see what came of it.  I used the same string, and the same tangles: Cadent, flux, and keeko.

here's the result

2016

Here they are side by side

It's really cool to see such a growth in my tangling style!

I invite you to go back into your own archives and recreate a tile from your past with your present style.

If you're new to tangling and have only been doing it for a few months, i'd bet that even still your tiles will show some growth!! Give it a go and see how far you've come. 

Thanks for coming by this week! I really appreciate all of you.

Have a great week, and have fun.

Love Laura

If you have a blog, 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. ;) 

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. ;)