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A very Merry Christmas and a blessed 2012

Picasso's Dove of Peace

Well my tangling friends, the Christmas holiday is here with all the love and peace and hope it brings to our hearts. Robert and I are looking forward to our usual quiet celebration with loved ones near and far. We’ll enjoy a few movies, lots of our favorite music, and enough sugary treats to last another year. My wishes for you and yours …

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Tangle Refresher 14

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Here’s what was new in the Zentangle® world a year ago – five tangle pattern gems for your tangling pleasure.

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Brief announcements

Season's Greetings!

Just a quick note today to alert you to a couple of housekeeping items at TanglePatterns.

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Two new Zentangle-inspired craft books now available

Zen-sational Stitches for Quilting, on Amazon

CZT® Suzanne McNeill has released two new Zentangle-inspired crafting books just in time for the holidays …

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Give the gift of Zentangle this holiday season

The Official Zentangle Kit

This weekend officially launches the holiday season in the U.S. and I thought I’d take this opportunity to remind you that there are some wonderful Zentangle-related items available for your gift-giving.

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Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Here’s what was new in the Zentangle® world a year ago – five tangle pattern gems for your tangling pleasure.

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Counting our blessings and giving thanks

Happy Thanksgiving Zentangle Zealots!

As those of us in the U.S. prepare to honor Thanksgiving tomorrow and celebrate our multitudes of blessings …

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Tangle Refresher 12

Tangle Refresher!

Number 12 in our Tangle Refresher series highlighting five hidden tangle gems from the past.

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Please support TanglePatterns

Greetings my friends, I am coming to you today with a personal request …

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Tangle Refresher 11

Tangle Refresher!

The 11th installment in our Buried Treasure series – 5 more tangle pattern gems from a year ago for your tangling pleasure.

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Meet the CZT #7 graduating class

CZT® Class of October 2011, Providence RI

A couple of photos from Providence RI, October 13, 2011 …

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Fresh from Providence

Linda Farmer, CZT

Greetings my friends, I’ve been on the road for 3 weeks now visiting my family in Canada and capping a wonderful time with the 7th CZT training in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Tangle Refresher 10

Tangle Refresher!

Five more Buried Treasure gems from a year ago, for your tangling pleasure.

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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Today, most North Americans are enjoying a beautiful long Fall holiday weekend. In the USA, Monday is Columbus Day and in Canada this is the traditional Canadian Thanksgiving weekend …

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Tangle Refresher 9

Tangle Refresher!

Buried tangle gems from a year ago for your tangling pleasure!

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Tangle Refresher 8

Tangle Refresher!

The 8th installment in our Buried Treasure series – 5 more tangle pattern gems from a year ago.

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Tangle Refresher 7

Tangle Refresher!

Five more Buried Treasure gems from a year ago, for your tangling pleasure. And a few seasonal thoughts …

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Tangle Refresher 6

Tangle Refresher!

Five more gems from the Summer of 2010 for your tangling enjoyment.

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New Zentangle book reviews now available

I’ve posted my reviews of the four recently-released Design Originals books so you can find out what’s in each – here are the links to each review …

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The new Zentangle books are here!

Good News! The 3 new Zentangle books are now available to order on Amazon AND there’s a 4th new surprise book … here’s how to get all four…

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Tangle Refresher 5

Tangle Refresher!

Tangle Refresher 5 – Five tangle gems from the summer of 2010 to inspire you.

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Tangle Refresher 4

Tangle Refresher!

Tangle Refresher 4 – Five tangle gems from the summer of 2010.

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Tangle Refresher 3

Tangle Refresher!

Buried treasure! This is the third installment highlighting some of the great tangle patterns posted at this time last year …

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Three new Zentangle® books coming soon!

3 latest Zentangle Books now available!

Today at the Craft and Hobbies Association (CHA) Summer Conference and Trade Show in Rosemont, IL, Suzanne McNeill is introducing three fun new Zentangle® books.

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Tangle Pattern Refresher 2

Tangle Refresher!

Pattern Refresher! This is the second installment highlighting some of the great tangle patterns posted at this time last year …

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New Ultra Fine Sharpies in Limited Edition Set

Limited Edition Sharpies

For those of you who love to tangle in color, I discovered this fantastic new ultra-fine nib Sharpie Limited Edition set of 24 fabulous colors in permanent ink.

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Tangle Pattern Refresher 1

Tangle Refresher!

Pattern Refresher! I thought it would be fun to highlight some of the great tangle patterns posted at this time last year …

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Travel in style with your Zentangle® tiles

Zentangle® tile cases

Just in time for summer travels, here’s a great tip for keeping your Zentangle tiles clean and handy when you’re on the go.

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Book Review: Zen Quilting Workbook

Zen Quilting Workbook

Just posted my review of CZT Pat Ferguson’s new “Zen Quilting Workbook”, and sharing a very cool tip from the book that you can use whether you’re a quilter or not: how to easily distinguish your favorite pen nib sizes from one another.

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Tips from Sakura on using their Micron pens

Sakura Micron Pens

In recent correspondence with Sakura about issues I experienced with a Sakura Pigma Micron Pen Set, I received some very useful information about using our classic Zentangle® pens. Thought it was worth sharing with you all, so here it is …

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