"It's a String Thing" #98 Tiles

This week we explored some very summery tangles and tucked them into a curvy looped string.  My newest tangle Mel Mel was included and what a treat it has been to see one beautiful tile after another come through.
Let's take a look ~


The first tile arrived from Sarah Antoinette (Michigan) ~

I really just became so enamored with the tangle Mel Mel, I felt 'she' didn't need to share the stage with any other tangle besides Whiffles. My version of Mel Mel is quite rough at this point but fits my love of all things horticulture by being so ambiguous in what she can or could be.
She's a plant I would want in my garden to have wander about and self seed amongst the other flowers and weave herself between all the other garden flowers. Thanks for the tangle!
[my blog]

Tangled Tidbits -
*a purple garden of Mel Mel
*the tangles 'grow' out of the border line


From Juul (France) ~

Your "mel mel" looked so much like big tangle-fun that I threw myself on it immediately!!!
I really love it a lot and I could find another 100 variations .....
Congratulations to this new "baby"

Tangled Tidbits -
*gorgeous Mel Mel variations - and I would love to see the other 100!
*string lines of Cruffle and Curl
*note the amazing effect line thickness gives to Cruffle

From Jessie Plouffe ~

... Here is a rather simple tile featuring all three Tangles (and the string is somewhere in there too!) I'm loving the Mel Mel.

Tangled Tidbits -
*note the single loops of Mel Mel
*one large Cruffle along with a cluster of them
*detailed variation of Mel Mel


From Beth Broadway ~

Here is my submission for #99. Need to practice your Mel Mel more..seems to want 5 petals not 6. First time using all 3 patterns.

Tangled Tidbits -
*it does work well with five loops
*string line of shaded Cruffle
*pretty Curl

From CZT Kath G (New Jersey) ~

I haven't submitted anything since April, so I thought it was about time I did.
I really liked Cruffle, Curl was okay, but Mel Mel really got away from me. It morphed into something unknown. Something seemed to be missing, and then I remembered the sage advice I gleaned from the workshops, "When in doubt, aura." So I did.

Tangled Tidbits -
*star-like Mel Mel
*string of Cruffle
*lovely aura


From Lynne Harvey (California) ~

These challenges are great as they are helping me learn new patterns! This week I like them all! Cruffle has the opportunity for many variations (I used two). I found Curl to be quick, easy, and fills in nicely. Mel Mel is awesome! For me, I still need a little practice, but know I will use it again. I made it large, but think it would look good smaller too. It has a lot of embellishing possibilities, several that I incorporated. This one was fun and I look forward to seeing the others!
My blog link

Tangled Tidbits - 

*beautifully shaded Mel Mel
*Curl repeats in Mel Mel
*loops of Cruffle

From Catherine Wells (England) ~

Having had a bit of a break from Tangles I suddenly started to tangle again last week and can't stop now! I remembered having joined in with some of the previous Its a string thing challenges so thought I had would have a go at the latest one.
I really enjoyed this challenge as I do like tangles that are more botanical and organic rather than the jazzy geometric types.I sat yesterday afternoon tangling away looking out into my garden and ,as it was actually quite warm and balmy for a change,smelling the lovely perfume of the roses, mock orange and honeysuckle.This is the result.I used all of the suggested tangles and added a bit of Knightsbridge and some perfs......the string is in there somewhere.

Tangled Tidbits - 

*Catherine's description of her tangling time sounds so relaxing
*fabulous variation of Mel Mel with Knightsbridge and perfs
*curly coils


From Sandra (Germany) ~

thanks for a wonderful challenge :-) I decided to turn the string upside-down for tangling and I loved the patterns this week.
My result is a bit busy in my eyes, but I had fun to tangle it :-)
In my blog 

Tangled Tidbits -
*cluster of Cruffle is light and airy
*highlights for Mel Mel
*Raindotty accents


From Kai (England) ~

I really enjoyed this week. Your tangle pattern flows from the pen so easily I ended up using it in three areas of the string. I expect I shall use it a lot in the future, whereas Curl I struggled with. I put most of my thoughts about this challenge in a post on my blog , so here is my tile for this week.

Tangled Tidbits - 

*pretty stems of Mel Mel
*variation in sizes of Cruffle
*nice pop of black space for Cruffle


From Cathy Cusson ~

After playing a while with these 3 tangles, I really found myself enjoying them. I am not sure that curls looks exactly like it should or any of them for that matter, lol! But it was a challenging bit of fun. Odd, how these 3 seemingly simple tangles can give me the most fits?! Believe it or not, the string is there . . . just really lost.

Tangled Tidbits - 

*perfect description of a string - "lost"
*creative touch to blend Cruffle and Mel Mel and Curl
*pretty shading


From Ilse Lukken (The Netherlands) ~

Lovely pattern, Mel Mel! I tried to combine it with Cruffle and Curl in String 90. Nice way to get to know three new patterns.
I put the tile on my blog as well

Tangled Tidbits - 

*each section of the string is treated individually - from light to shaded to black
*lovely variations of Mel Mel
*Cruffle border and triangle

From Beth Gaughan ~

Here's this week's challenge. Thanks for the fun!

Tangled Tidbits -
*Cruffle pushes passed the string line loop and gives a scalloped edge
*Mel Mel with aura and wonderful details
*pleasing mix of patterns


Audrie Weisenfelder (Arizona) said she completed her tile while on a visit "back home" and "it turned out to be kind of fun...It's on my blog "

Tangled Tidbits -
*marvelous minimal use of the tangles
*great white space
*varied line width


From Ingrid Coventon (The Netherlands) ~

It was such pleasure to draw your new tangle Mel Mel.
When I tried to incorporate the small upper loop in Mel Mel, I made a mistake and forgot to create an inner space. To make the loops of Mel Mel a little more balanced I shall have to practice a bit more. To honour your new tangle and summertime I made a colourful tile this time.

Tangled Tidbits - 

*no mistake - a creative opportunity with wonderful results!
*outstanding variations of Mel Mel - details galore
*concentration of Cruffle with a few 'floating off'
*Curl spins into three Mel Mel

From Karin (Germany) ~

this week I needed two attempts to be satisfied… I think the first tile got a bit too dark. The second one is more lightly. I hope you receive many nice tiles containing variations of your new pattern.
Greetings from Germany

Tangled Tidbits -
*wonderful contrast from the first to the second tile
*light and airy Mel Mel
*various sizes of Cruffle push past the string loop and shine with black behind them


From Becky Gentry (Florida) ~

So happy to get back to tangling!
As I was learning the tangles this week I was thinking that Cruffle was not going to be a favorite to draw. But I decided to focus on the chaos factor and found that I enjoyed the freedom of just putting them along the string wherever I wanted. And I love the whimsy of Curl and your Mel Mel and they work perfectly together. Overall a fun whimsical tile. Thank you for providing these challenges each week and forWednesday's Words of Wisdom, I look forward to seeing your beautiful and inspirational work!

   

Tangled Tidbits ~
*superb shading
*details for Mel Mel - tipple, lines, aura
*Curl-filled spaces

From Alexandra Henrich (Germany) ~

here comes my entry for this week's challenge - it turned out somewhat girlishly pink I have to admit... ;-)
Can't wait to see what all the other tanglers made of all those lovely flowers and tendrils!

Tangled Tidbits -
*a very pretty pink touch
*Mel Mel 'grows' from Curl
*simple and sweet line of Cruffle

From Michele Wynne (California) ~

Here's #98. I loved this challenge because it was both fun and frustrating. The best challenges are. I had a heck of a time getting Mel Mel to cooperate. It looked so simple, yet...story of my tangling life:-) I just had to give into the organic turn it wanted to take and I'm happy with the way this turned out. It's also here on my blog.Thank you for all that you do!

Tangled Tidbits - 

*line thickness and shading add great interest - love the bit of border as well
*Cruffle-d Mel Mel
*Cruffle tucked into Curl

From Ann K (Denmark) ~

Popping by your site for the mail and I just realized that I missed a line in the string when I drew it!
But I guess it doesn't really matter as I did not follow it much this time.
As you can see I'm in a spring kinda mood - it's all flowers here. And a cruffle-curl butterfly wanted in too.
Thanks for the challenge!

Tangled Tidbits - 

*elongated Cruffle topped Mel Mel
*super sparkle and shading
*Curl vines tipped with Cruffle
*sweet Cruffle butterfly


From Becky Welty ~

This weeks challenge was fun. I really enjoyed the flow of the string. It worked well for the stems of Mel Mel. I tried to shade the string so you could tell where it was. Thank you so much for each weeks challenge.

Tangled Tidbits -
*wonderful idea to use Mel Mel along the string line - and shading makes it very eye catching
*four corners of large Cruffle
*alternating dark and sparkled perfs with Cruffle


From Sally Sheldon ~

This was a challenge! I did not expect to use cruffle as a grid but it was the only way I could use mel mel and curl with it. I was surprised at what happened!

Tangled Tidbits -
* a very fun result!
*great dark spaces in the centers of Cruffle and Mel Mel
*smaller dangling Cruffles


A very warm welcome to Linda Goncalves ~

All of these were new to me. It felt that it would be too "busy" for
my taste, so I made MelMel bigger. I am not quite satisfied with the
light to dark balance. ( I would probably make
some bits darker next time) 

Tangled Tidbits - 

*Cruffle-d Mel Mel
*circles for Curl
*lovely darkened stems of Mel Mel

From Sue Agnew (Arizona) ~

I really enjoyed the chance to mess around with Mel Mel. Actually, to be honest, I didn't get around to doing last week's string because I was messing around with Mel Mel. I'm still not "best friends" with the area between the "petals" ... haven't quite decided how I like to do that part. I found it easier to draw small, spaced "petals" and then aura them to make the "flower," so that meant I went over the joining line a couple of times. When I added a "leaf" it reminded me so much of Curl that I used it in that way. Cruffle is one of my favorites. I've never used it to fill an area (always use it like beads in a string), so I spent a lot of energy debating whether the "yin/yang" line should be parallel from one circle to the next or random. I finally decided to make it parallel until the circles started rolling away from the clump.
Thank you ... for Tickled to Tangle and especially this week for Mel Mel!

Tangled Tidbits -
*fabulously sparkled Mel Mel
*wonderful study of Cruffle and its yin/yang orientation - both are fabulous
*morphing of Curl and Mel Mel

Sue followed up her email with another note and this photo ~

This is one of my Christmas candles (battery operated) that I haven't put away because I like the way they look on the hearth ... anyway, my boyfriend and I were sitting listening to music this evening and watching them flicker and I suddenly realized the pattern is Curl.

How fun!


From K Bish ~

Enclosed please find my newest Tangle "Fairy Garden". This was a very fun tangle you can kinda guess that I had fun by my flowers. Took my inner child all of about 3 seconds and color was on board. CURL I had found not long ago and it became one of my instant favorites. Cruffle is always fun. And as for MEL MEL, what a fun tangle - it did take me a moment to get the hang of it but when I did, I just had a blast!

Tangled Tidbits -
*contagious enthusiasm!
*colorful 'garden' of Mel Mel
*lovely lines for Cruffle

From Jenny Hopkins (Australia) ~

Congratulations on your upcoming centenary - a fantastic achievement.
I have had fun working on the challenges but somehow never to manage to send them. I can't seem to get my head around the time difference and always end up late. I enjoyed this challenge but it always wanted to be on black paper. It gives a very different feel to those on white paper and I just went with the flow.
Of course, in this part of the world (Australia) it is winter, so flowers and summer fun are just a memory for now!
Thanks for all you do.

Tangled Tidbits - 

*simple and elegant lines for the tangles
*dainty dots for Mel Mel
*large aura-ed spaces


From Susan Theron (South Africa) ~

My contribution. I like all the tangles and had a fun time doing this. I will just have to practice MelMel more. On my blog

Tangled Tidbits -
*Mel Mel cluster springs from Curl
*loops of large Cruffle
*wonderful shading


From Sharyn Penna (Massachusetts) ~

I just love your new tangle, but I think I need more play time before I'm satisfied. Since my week got away from me, I just jumped in and drew without asking myself ... do I make my loops right to left or left to right ... do I draw the pattern right side up or upside down ... Where's my comfort zone? I'll be playing with this tangle a lot this summer! Hope Mel Mel makes a return to your prompts! 

Tangled Tidbits ~
*Cruffle clusters bubble up from the tile
*Cruffle aura-ed on one side gives an airy touch
*light and lovely Curl and Mel Mel



From Joanne Hawes (United Kingdom) ~

Love your new tangle Mel Mel :) it's very pretty filled the inside of mine with tipple to hide the 'non' circle bit in the middle they may take a bit more practise. But I nearly ran out of time on this one, so rushed it quickly. Hope it gets to you in the time limit?. Curl is fun too I think that shall get use again :). Also on my blog

Tangled Tidbits -
*tipple in Mel Mel - so pretty
*pretty bunches of Mel Mel wonderfully shaded
*variations of Cruffle - in size and detail


From Felicity Strohfeldt (South Africa) ~

...thank you for the lovely Mel Mel. I tangled away using your original method as the focus of my tile. Then I decided on embellishing the rest and came up with the cruffled Mel Mel. This worked very well.
Also one I call “ let’s go to town” Mel Mel. The result was lacy and delicate so I left it black and white to emphasize the artistic impact of your lovely new zentangle pattern. Further I think Curl is ideal for all the curly foliage, but I added some original Curl to the two lower corners right at the end of my effort. This was a wonderful challenge. My Blog

Tangled Tidbits -
*brilliant variations of Mel Mel - tipple, sparkle, curls, perfs, shading...
*Curl corners
*soft shading

And now...the tile for honors this week was sent in by

Marla Mendenhall ! 
Marla's witty note made me laugh and her tiles were just fabulous.  From Marla ~

Once again - or should I say twice again, given this is my second string challenge - your inspired combinations of patterns and string design were gray-matter boggling.
My first tangle tangos turned out a bit more like a Dancing With The Stars performance of Gregory Hines and Charo - both wearing toe shoes - contorting to a salsa rendition ofOver The Rainbow. Not a pretty sight. (BTW Ruined tiles make great Frisbees for cats, apparently.) But my pens would not be stilled, and I soon had one tile which conformed precisely to the string, one which morphed of its own volition (from the "wallpaper" pattern I used on the first), and one which I'm certain was channeled from a tangler on Alpha Centauri.
This is all too fun. Thank you giving me something more to look forward to than Seinfeld reruns. (Sad, isn't it?)

*Curls, Cruffle, and Mel Mel beautifully combined
*dark border of Mel Mel tips

*baubles of Cruffle
*rounded intersections of Curls

Tangled Tidbits - 

*sensational shading
*Cruffle-d string line appears to rest on top of the Curl and Mel Mel background

Congratulations, Marla!

I have a little some thing coming in the mail for you.

Many thanks to the creative minds behind the tangles we used this week ~

TanglePatterns string 090 by Carol Koesters

Cruffle by CZT Sandy Hunter
Curl by Lu-Marie Laker

Lastly, my heartfelt thanks for the compliments on my newest pattern,  Mel Mel. 

Check back Tuesday afternoon for "It's a String Thing" #99!

"It's a String Thing" #191 Tiles

We are hopping down the Bunny Trail (as the song sweetly says) and just in time for Easter.

IAST #191 featured an egg shaped string and tangles for decorating it.   Let's take a look ~

The first tile arrived from Queensland, Australia via Shirley Wohlsen ~

Attached is my drawing for ‘ It’s A String Thing #191.’ Challenge.
Another enjoyable challenge, Maria Thomas tangles were lovely and Adele your Mel Mel tangle was a real sweetie.

 Tangled Tidbits -
*marvelous Mel Mel variations
*colorful tangles pop against Keeko


From Susie (Thailand) and here on her blog ~

Easter is round the corner so I send you attached my egg in a basket tile.
Thanks for the wonderful mel mel, Adele. Not sure I would have participated this week without this pattern. It was new to me so the imaginary ‘circles’ in the middle turned out to be….well, for your imaginary interpretation.

Tangled Tidbits -
Your Mel Mel is lovely.
*Mel Mel lines define the string's curves - great sparkle effect on the larger one
*striking aura and shading


From Lori Byerly (Washington State) and here on her blog ~

Thanks so much for all you do in creating a weekly challenge and then creating a showcase for all the tiles. I learn so much from seeing how everyone interprets the challenge and I get to enjoy the beauty of everyone's art.Here is my tile for this week's challenge with a bit of Spring color.

Tangled Tidbits -
Thank you Lori.
*straight lined Keeko, shading leaves white spaces between sections
*lovely, loopy Echoism - notice how it ends (or begins!) with Lori's mark


From Vonnie Schneider (Minnesota) ~

Happy Easter to those that celebrate! I drew Peeps in Echoism and hid Jellybeans in the Zenith! All wrapped up in an Easter basket. After all the black and white tangles and the Easter theme, the colors came out to play. I don't know what was most fun, watching the tangles take life in pen or come to life in color! I also like that the string is hidden in the tangle (something I am working on). Thanks for a fun challenge!

Tangled Tidbits -
Now that makes me hungry!
*sweet, wimsical Echoism peeps
*zig zag runs through a festive Zenith variation


From Susan (United Kingdom) ~

Happy Easter everyone!

Tangled Tidbits -
*aura-ed Zenith pairs and red dots repeat in Mel Mel and Echoism
*angular Echoism


From Cyndee Pelley (Oklahoma) ~

This tile struggled to come together and began as a real mess. My zenith was/is messy, I forgot to change the size of keeko at the edge of the egg shape, and I couldn’t manage to do much creative with Mel-Mel. This year, with my resolution not to “give up” on messy tiles, I marched on to the end trying to pay extra attention to the shading. (Don’t ask where the light was coming from, I have no idea!). As usual,the problems disappear when the shading is good. I find it very interesting now and though never perfect, I’m pleased with the result.
Thanks for including me! See you next week!

 Tangled Tidbits -
Thank you for describing your process - the result is beautiful.
*pretty Zenith details - sparkled black perfs, aura, weighted lines, shading
*creative Echoism variations



From Trudi (Woodview, Ontario, Canada) ~

...Happy Easter!

Tangled Tidbits -
*aura and color embellish Echoism
*Zenith and Keeko create pointed and rounded border edges


From Lynn Gotham (Florida) ~

With a Happy Easter wish for you and your family.

Tangled Tidbits -
*single Keeko string line
*green ties curves of Echoism in with graceful Mel Mel curls


From Gabriela Garcia (Alberta, Canada) and here on her blog ~

Hello everyone! I loved this challenge, I had so much fun decorating this egg! I couldn't resist the urge to add gems inside "Zenith's" triangles and I loved how "Mel Mel" looked beautiful in the egg's center, what a delicate beautiful tangle, thank you Adele!...in total it was a joy to create this little egg, so much fun and peace!-Greetings from Canada

Tangled Tidbits -
*wonderful dimension in shading, shadow, highlights, curves...
*delicate continuous line Mel Mel


A very warm welcome to Olivia Venter (Johannesburg, South Africa) ~

Hello form South Africa!
I discovered Tickle to Tangle a few months ago and have really loved all the challenges so far. This is the first time that I have had the courage to send my in.
Thank you so much for all the fun.

Tangled Tidbits -
*smooth, even loops of Echoism - size compliments the larger Mel Mel
*aura and detail lines

You are officially added to our tangled map, so happy you found us!



From CZT Ria Matheussen (Belgium) ~

Here is my entry for this lovely Eastern challenge. I have drawn on a white tile and coloured with ordinary colourpencils and a little touch of gold on that tiny piece of Zenith.
Thank you for always finding original challenges that I enjoy very much.
Kind regards from Belgium,

Tangled Tidbits -
*middle swath of Echoism between string lines
*three spring like blossoms of Mel Mel
*soft colors and shading


From Tonia Croce (Rhode Island)

Tangled Tidbits -
*tangles take on Easter colors in the center egg shape
*center swath of Echoism with aura



From Sharyn Penna (Massachusetts) ~

Rain and more rain ... we're beyond saturated ... my wet-vacuum has earned its keep this week! And we're going to have a whole week of happy springtime sunshine.
This week's prompt brought so many possibilities ... going into the tile I thought mashing Echoism with Mel Mel, but my pen in hand had other ... there's a tile in my head!
Cheers to sunshine!

Tangled Tidbits -
...and I'm sure there is more than one :)
*awesome aura and Echoism in Zenith - lovely shading
*Mel Mel springs from points of Zenith


From Ingrid (The Netherlands) ~

What a pleasure to meet Mel Mel again. Such a lovely organic tangle and so suitable for this time of year. You will not believe it but also in The Netherlands we have SPRINGTIME!!!!!!!! Yeah, love the sun.
Thank you for this challenge.
Happy Easter Days!

Tangled Tidbits -
*gorgeous Mel Mel along the angled string lines
*just a touch of Keeko and Echoism provide a frame


From Sra (India) ~

Here's a big egg for you!
I left out the Echoism but the rest of the tangles are there!

Tangled Tidbits -
*two little pops of Mel Mel in a pretty field of Keeko
*tangles highlight the string egg left white

From Jutta Gladnigg, CZT (Germany) ~

HAPPY EASTER 🐣 to you Adele , your family and all the participants around the world 🌎!

Tangled Tidbits -
*Keeko flows with the curve, topped with Tipple and crowned with Zenith
*elegant Echoism and mirrored Mel Mel



From Michele Wynne (California) ~

I attempted to disguise the Easter egg as I'm not big on holiday themed tiles. It was going pretty well until I started to shade Keeko. There was no hiding this egg;-) That's when I went all Faberge on it! Happy Easter!

Tangled Tidbits -
"Faberge on it" - what a happy thought!  This was your very own egg hunt!
*glorious variation of Keeko - rounded lines, shading, highlight, and color
*Mel Mel tipped, detailed Zenith


From Jody Genovese, CZT (New York) ~

I hope you and your family have a very Happy Easter.
Here is my tile for the Easter challenge.

Tangled Tidbits -
*black and white egg against a colorful background - one emphasizes the other
*soft, multi-layered shading
*Mel Mel tipped Zenith


From Rhonda Roy (British Columbia, Canada) ~

Here is my answer to this week's challenge. I had planned to use all four tangles, but something told me to stop right when I did.Thanks for continuing to challenge us every week!

Tangled Tidbits -
*wonderfully shaded Echoism filled egg
*two pretty versions of Zenith


From Sharon Fite (California) ~

Having some fun with color! Happy Spring and Happy Easter, Everyone!

Tangled Tidbits -
*aura creates a pretty Zenith variation
*tangles shine in Spring colors


From Lovelygiraffe (Japan) and on Instagram ~

here is my tile for your weekly challenge.

Tangled Tidbits -
*Mel Mel corners and center - lovely variations
*shading gives Zenith great depth
*awesome aura


From Ann Gotowy (France) ~

hello from France
here is my entry for this week's challenge.

Tangled Tidbits -
*lovely loop of Echoism engulfs Mel Mel
*softened edge of Keeko


From Kate Ahrens (Minnesota) ~

I am sending this to you anyway even though I did not make the cut off to wish you a very Happy Easter! I really had fun with this one, and went pretty straight forward with it, except my crazy over each other Echoism. Plans for this tile are to take it up to my Hubby in memory care this week, for a little Easter cheer. Have a great week and enjoy your Easter.

Tangled Tidbits -
This is sure to bring a smile to his face.
*layered Echoism, single line and angled Keeko
*deep, bright colors accent Mel Mel and Zenith


From Patricia (Switzerland) ~

I thoroughly enjoyed myself doing this challenge...only as I was doing the shading I remembered Keeko.....aah well another time!! It would have been good but I should have checked!
Adele I wish you and your family a joyful and delightful Easter!
Thank you the gorgeous tangles.
Warmest regards From Patricia in a warm Switzerland!!

Tangled Tidbits -
*a garden of Mel Mel grows in and around the string's egg
*fancy Echoism fill and fine lined Zenith along the string



From Sabine (Germany) ~

I know I'm late for this challenge, but I haven't time to sent it.
Now I would like to wish you and your family Happy Eastern with my tile. Have fun on your trip to Italy and take care.Best wishes from Germany

Tangled Tidbits -
*colorful tangles fill the egg and black and white surround it
*deep shading and marvelous details
*five Mel Mel variations!


And now...

the tile for honors this week...

was sent in by...

Marla Mendenhall (California) ~

An old yellowed illustration of a decorated Ukrainian egg with a colorful wreath cut-out laid atop ... a piece of embroidered linen surrounded by a rattan frame ... an egg over which a background pattern has been imprinted ... or not, and just three tangle tiles with which I had tremendous fun this week. None of the patterns were new to me, but finding a way to put them all together was a great test.

Echoism on the egg in Tile #1 DID remind me of those wonderful, elaborate, hand-decorated eggs from Ukrainian artisans, although mine not nearly as wonderful or elaborate. (When I was young I took a class on their creation - drawing with heated wax using a small needle stylus, dying, wax removal, more drawing, more dying, removing ... yikes. If anyone has never seen these amazing eggs give them a Google, especially the vintage ones.) I set my egg on a bed of Keeko grass and surrounded it with a Zenith border. And - Spoiler Alert - the plain little egg in the upper left corner has sprouted legs! The Keeko frame for Tile #2 was great Zen time, and granted I'm no Bev Doolittle but I did try to "conceal" the egg by suggesting the shape with an Echoism vine. And Tile #3 is the result of a dream Friday night, and while I'm not certain I really pulled it off I did have fun trying.

Once again, a terrific challenge, Adele, and thank you for the whimsey of your Mel-Mel.

Tangled Tidbits - 

*speckled eggs adorn Zenith - and one is just hatching, yes I see him 😊

*Echoism filled egg, wonderfully highlighted

 *Keeko frame - fabulous corners
*vine-like Echoism variation
*simple and striking Zenith created with aura, weighted lines, and shading
*large and lovely Mel Mel

*elegant shading defines the egg string shape
*highlight adds even more dimension
*tangles run through the background and across the egg


Congratulations, Marla!

I have a little something coming in the mail for you.

Many thanks to everyone for sending in your precious tiles.  You have multiplied the Easter Joy.

Special thank you to Maria Thomas for her tangles Zenith, Keeko, and Echoism, that we used with my Mel Mel and string this week ~


Check out the details of "It's a String Thing" #192 and send in your tile!


I close with a note and photographs that I posted in April of 2013 (Link).  They are from IAST frequent contributor Juul from France.

This is her note that accompanied them:

Bonjour AdèleI'm sending you some photo's of my "tangletree" . Seeing your lovely eggs, I thought of my goose-eggs that I tangled on many years ago!Well that was long time before tangling was inveted actually.At the time I used a rotring pen and ink...I wish you a very nice easter time.Amicalementjuul

Aren't they lovely?

Thank you Juul for sharing your beautiful work.  May you enjoy a happy and healthy Easter!