B-rad had a great birthday on Monday - Artoo and i baked him a chocolate cake and we sang happy birthday and blew out the candles (twice....)
singing happy birthday.... |
We haven't gotten out much this week, and the dog is a bit stir crazy and so are the kiddos which, in turn, makes mama a bit coocoobananas.
brrrrr |
BRRRRRR |
There was this ONE day this week that Luna and i got to go for a bit of a walk She was super happy about that. |
who wants to come over for game night? |
Not very lady-like, young lady. |
And in case you thought the kids vanished this week:
Chewie plays Lacrosse for the Saskatchewan RUSH..... watch out. |
This weekend Chewie, Artoo and I had a playdate in the art studio - and we each painted a beautiful masterpiece. Artoo was very proud of his, and Chewie was just so amazed at the way each water colour reacted to the next... it was super fun to watch them loving art.
INTENSE FOCUS |
SO FUN |
Weekly Challenge #347: "String Theory - Traced objects"
This week's challenge is a string challenge - and it's super fun, in my opinion. To create this week's tile - use found objects around you and trace them onto your tile to create your string.
Here are the items i used:
Starbucks Coffee cup lid, Sealing wax, a date stamp and my Prismacolor Scholar eraser |
I recorded a process video which you can watch here
Here's my finished tile
i really like this tile.
It's like a sampling of all my favourite tangles!!
So before i end this week's post - i just wanted to say thank you to everyone who liked and shared my post on facebook this week. It seems that facebook dropped my page from it's radar or changed its algorithm, or both, and my post about last week's challenge only got one view - where it typically gets a few thousand organic engagements. Facebook has also been pretty aggressive lately about asking me to pay to boost my posts, but that's not something i can do - being a stay at home, unemployed, mom. Once the word got out it seemed that LITERALLY thousands of people messaged me to tell me that they thought that i had quit issuing challenges all together because they were not being notified by facebook each week. I'm still here!! i promise!
This is my facebook page (click link) - a few people have suggested that facebook doesn't spread posts that have clickable links to outside websites as often so i will try directing people to my website link on facebook. So please be sure to like the facebook page but also to follow it to make sure you receive my posts in your feed - if facebook is your jam. Also - if you want to follow my youtube page - make sure you click the little bell on my page to get notified when i post a new video (if it's any incentive to you - i generally post the videos on Sunday Nights.... BEFORE the monday morning blog post goes live... so you'd get a bit of a head start)
(liking and sharing my posts is also appreciated.... but none of this is necessary) my thanks to all of you have been liking and sharing. love love love.
have a great week everyone!
And if you're on the Zentangle Mosaic App or Instagram - i'm @iamthediva - come on by and follow me, and i'm going to be using hashtags on the app for each of my weekly challenges. So if you're game - use the hashtag #DC347(Diva Challenge #347) for your tile this week! You can also search in the app for people's contributions to the challenge by clicking on the hashtag from inside the app, or using the search function.
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. ;)If you love the challenge as much as i do, please consider leaving a tip (tip jar in the side bar). I write this blog for free and have no plans to make it a paid for service in the future. Buy me a cup of coffee, or a new Micron pen!! Click the tip jar on the side for a monthly tip, but if you just wanna throw a few bucks my way THIS LINK will give you a one time option. A very big thank you to those who have kept me in hot cups of joe. ;)
Your tile looks amazing, but your Bob Ross board game is the bomb!
ReplyDeleteThank you Laura for this surprising challenge. I wish you and your family (included the wonderful dog) a happy Newyear with many new experiences and I hope the temperatures will become a bit better very soon!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed watching your video this morning. I felt your Zen. What is the tangle you used in the bottom right corner? It looks fun to draw.
ReplyDeleteThank´s Laura, this was a perfect challenge for me today! Hope you won´t have so cold for a longer time now! We had snow-storm today and it was very stressful for the dogs!
ReplyDeleteBrrr, that's really cold! How about the feet of the dog if she has to go out? I like this challenge and worked on it last night, but have to finish it today or tomorrow. I LOVE your tile.
ReplyDeleteI love the flow in your tile Laura! This is a fun challenge!
ReplyDeletethanks for another great challenge! love the traced object strings;-) I spazzed out when submitting my linky.
ReplyDeletesorry, I made a misstake linking. But the last one was right...
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