Two More Tiny Houses

 Here are two more Tiny Tangled Houses to spread the
New Year's joy ~





The first is a beautifully detailed one from
Lisette in Switzerland.

















She included delicious pretzel decorations, peppermint, garland, and a tree that wraps around two sides of the house.

Lisette cut out the window panes and then put
a battery operated light inside to make the house glow.
















It looks so cozy and inviting.

 The second beautiful house was sent in by
Marty Greiner from Virginia.









Marty even added a tree using CZT Dorian Eng's bell instructions.
(Click here for the link to those.)

Not only is the house decorated uniquely on each side, the tree is as well.

In her note, Marty said,  

I thought it was a most excellent Christmas craft. I spent several pleasurable hours planning and drawing my house. The shading really made it pop. My family really love it. Thanks to you and Dorian for the great instructions.

There are curtains in the windows!





Many thanks to Lisette and Marty for permission to post their Tiny Houses.  It almost makes me wish for Christmas all year long - almost!

Dorian and I are working on some project ideas for St. Valentine's and St. Patrick Day, so if you missed the opportunity to tangle your own Tiny House in December, stay tuned!

The Angels are Smiling

If "every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings", then the heavens were flooded with new arrivals this Christmas thanks to CZT Dorian Eng's ingenious idea to create bells with Zentangle® tiles.
(Click here to view her video.)

Totally captivated with the idea, I taught a class about it in early December.  The enthusiasm was so contagious that I continued to make them well past Christmas.

Here are a few pictures from my class - with many thanks to Betsy, Gara, Karen, Michele, Mollie, Sherry, Pam, and Pat :

You may notice from the photos that we brainstormed ideas on a worksheet that I drew up before adding our desired tangles to the bells.  It helped us visualize how different tangles would fill the spaces and helped us to collect and share ideas as well. 
When finished, one bell was more beautiful than the next.

Now, for a few of the Christmas gifts I made :

I started with a basic idea that was inspired by an example of Dorian's.  I used Sakura Gelly and Stardust pens and blended them with a brush like watercolors.  Once assembled the first bell looked like this ~

For gifts, I tangled a bell for each of our children and grandchildren that featured their own tangle.
Here are a just a few of them ~

Pauline's Pigtail

Xav

Sand

Trella and Lanie

Mel Mel and Teenos

The tangles under each photograph are direct links to the step out, just click to view.

Have fun with your own jingly creations - and just imagine the angels you'll be outfitting!