1. clay (wrangler)received

2. nanners.............received

3. GeorgiaMa'am.......enroute......

4. GEMME!!!...............received

5. nycfem/Jennifer.......received

6. CCB..........received

7. Bèsame*........enroute




Zentanglers have all mailed theirs out..waiting on 2 more packages to come in....:). Thanks for everyone's due diligence......

NYC...yours are just fabulous!! :)

I use it to adhere tissue paper to canvas when I want a textured background. Kind of like a papier mache. But then I paint over it.

Thanks, Clay! This project was so much fun! Glad to see everyone is on point!

I'm so excited to see what everyone came up with!

and another one has arrived...:)
 

1. clay (wrangler)received

2. nanners.............received

3. GeorgiaMa'am.......received

4. GEMME!!!...............received

5. nycfem/Jennifer.......received

6. CCB..........received

7. Bèsame*........enroute


Thank you Georgia Ma'am....I got your package today....I LOVE mine.......thank you! Great artwork!

I'm so relieved it arrived safe and sound! And I'm so glad you like it!

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1. clay (wrangler)received

2. nanners.............received

3. GeorgiaMa'am.......received

4. GEMME!!!...............received

5. nycfem/Jennifer.......received

6. CCB..........received

7. Bèsame*........received.....

NOTE:I now have ALL the zentangles in my hands! I will mail them out next week Friday.

I have an appointment this afternoon, and one or two every single day of next week....I have some "health issues" that are a priority...so please be patient with me & I will get them in mail next Friday for sure....:).

I am not able to "peek" at three of the crafters's projects as they are sealed in envelopes individually...:(....that is a perk of wrangling...for me anyway.. I get to see ALL the crafty goodies....but not this time...:(.

Thanks everyone.....you all did a fantastic job.....I LOVE all of mine...:).

crafting advice (please & thank you!)
 

I hope it's okay to pop in and ask for advice, tonight. I'm trying to come up with ways to make my room dividers take on the ambiance of stained glass windows and I think I might have found a solution, but I need a titch of advice.

I was given flags of two types of colors, lots of flags. And because the flag material is light and brightly colored, I thought what I could do is cut the material of the flags into pieces that fit into each section of the room dividers, yet leave certain sections un-colored, so it takes on the effect of stained glass windows. Or, in some certain sections, I could combine the two colored so it looks like a shade of deep violet type purple, to add more depth to the stained glass window effect, as the brilliant sunshine filters through the room dividers.

My question centers around the type of glue I should use to attach to each section of each square in the room dividers. Will fabric glue be strong enough over time, to hold the material in place? Or should I get a certain type of glue to use to adhere the material to the material that is already part of the room dividers???

My goal is to attach the pre-cut pieces of flag material to each section, just around the perimeter of each square-like section, so the material lays naturally, and not damaged by the method of attachment.

So I thought I'd ask crafter's in our online group of pen pal/crafter's to see what kind of recommendations or ideas you have, that might work for my crafting project.

Thanks in advance for any helpful ideas you might have! :bunchflowers::bunchflowers::bunchflowers:

Katzchen, we miss you in this thread! Good to hear from you! Hope you'll join a project again when you are all settled.

Gemme, I am intrigued by these art auctions. How do we find them on Facebook?

Aleene's tacky glue should do the trick. It's pretty strong.

Incarcerated women
 

Hi ☺️ I’ve often thought of writing women who are incarcerated. Sometimes I just feel bad for women from our community who are imprisoned. Perhaps I would share photos of me, like a pen pal sort of thing. I would love to do something like this if anyone knows who I could write or reach out to?

Here's a link for LGBT pen pals in prison:

http://www.blackandpink.org/pen-pals/

Reading more about Black and Pink and saw this from an article cited on wikipedia:

"Black and Pink is an open family of LGBT prisoners and free world allies who support each other. The pen-pal project is an opportunity for people on the outside to correspond, build relationships with, and help take part in harm reduction practices with the 3,000 queer and trans folks who are part of our incarcerated family. The letters themselves function as a harm reduction tool. When people's names are read out from the mail room, prison guards and other prisoners can hear individuals’ names, so everyone else knows that this person has some element of support on the outside. If they were to harass them, sexually assault them, or abuse them by preventing them from getting their hormones or HIV medications, they know there’s going to be consequences and we will fight for these people."

Powerful stuff.

I don't know if the Prisoner Correspondence Project based out of Canada is still running strong but their website remains up. It contains some pretty good information, things to consider when thinking about writing to someone who is incarcerated. https://prisonercorrespondenceproject.com/

Zentangle project is now done with......
 

OMG! OMG! OMG! They are doing a segment on Sunday morning on CBS about post secrets! I know when you see this it will be over, but you can usually find segments online from the show. It’s really pretty cool! CBS on Sunday morning also has a Facebook page...I have liked and followed that page, and I see the segments are posted on Facebook too.

Zentangles are off in the postal service....:)
 

Thanks, clay!!!! I can't wait!

UPDATES on your packets of goodies
 

I got my zentangles today!!! They are ALL fabulous and I appreciate each and every one and am entirely impressed with all of you!

OMG. You are all So Talented! I love all the different interpretations in our Zentagles. Thank you so much, everybody!

Yeahhh!

Next?

I'd really like to do a filled matchbox swap with this group. Where the matchboxes are decorated but also filled to the brim with goodies. We've done swaps where we decorated the inside, and even added items but the objective was never to fill the box. Buttons, stickers, shells, bits of ribbon, brads, cute paper clips--that kind of thing. You can use a lot of what you already have in your supplies. I find it's fun to do these in a color theme. I think in this case it should be sender's choice and also a cap on participants so it doesn't become too overwhelming.

What say you to matchbox treasure troves?

FINALLY!!!
 

Yes, it would be the small ones! Thanks for asking, forgot to mention that.