
Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter nine.
After last week's tile, I promised some sass - and I've delivered. I asked what craziness I might entertain, well here it is! Having spent two weeks diving into the .01 weight nib-life, I switched things up...all the way up to the 1pt life...and things are chunky up here. I just thought using the .01pt pen required me to concentrate on my fine line details. Using a 1pt pen showed me how very important precision should be...which is why the official Zentangle rules state the t

Once upon a time, I let my fold-freak-flag fly.
It is because of Trish that I can quickly identify a swinging accordion-fold from a gate-fold and just how expensive an iron-cross can be to

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter eight.
Just last week I asked myself what sort of craziness I might dive into next with my Zentangle challenge. Well, I'm really changing thing

Once upon a time, I was called out on color.
Remember that choir gig I love? It seems word of my color addiction has spread. There I was on Sunday, secretly so excited to be standing on the second row of the choir risers (when you’re short you NEVER get to stand on the second row so this was a momentous occasion, indeed), listening to the pastor announce our new church app. That’s when it happened. As he was attempting to describe the app’s icon so it could be easily found in the app store, our pastor turned to ask me w

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter seven.
This week's tile is fine. Just fine. As in, I decided to use it to practice my fine-line drawing!

Once upon a time, we made t-shirts!
To help Rachael raise funds for her adventure, I offered to design a shirt for her to sell...and then the whole women-in-leadership campaign

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter six.
Half-way through my twelve-week challenge, I’m happy to report I discovered a way to follow the official rules without make swoopy-loop thre

Once upon a time, we celebrated Trippdependence day.
Now, about the title of this post...you know how sometimes life is busy, right? As in... sometimes its so busy you find yourself squishing b

Once upon a fourth of July.
You may think that sounds a little crazy, but we all know good design (not necessarily art, we’re talking design here) communicates about a