New Release: Tangle Starts Treasures #tanglestartstreasures #artangleologyseries #tanglestarts #tangleallaround

Book #4 in the

Artangleology Series

is now available worldwide on the

various Amazon online store websites. 

Just released yesterday,

Tangle Starts Treasures 

had already jumped to the

#1 spot on the Hot New Release list 

within a couple hours. So exciting!!!

 Described as a 

traveling treasure trove of tangle temptations, 

this book actually came about as a result of

some questions in the Facebook group I admin

called Tangle All Around. 

I had a lot of members asking how they 

could organize and store their tangle 

pattern step outs in one location.

I figured it was about time I designated an

Artangleology book to meet that need.

 Above you see the index for Treasures.

Primarily it is a place to draw step outs for the

tangle patterns you want to keep track of.

The ones you will want to be able to draw at a

later time and not have to worry about where

in all the websites and blogs you may have seen

that one certain pattern.

Now you can make a record of the ones you find

interesting . . . when you find them interesting!

That way you know where they are.

They will be in your book of treasures.

The step out pages are set up like this.

There is room to record the steps for up to four

tangle patterns per page. 

You should always record the name of the 

pattern and the designer if you know them.

It is considered courtesy to credit the 

designers when you use their patterns. 

You can not do that if you do not

know the information.

Each page has a tile where you can create a 

piece of art using the patterns from that page. 

You can easily store step outs to 376 patterns in

Tangle Starts Treasures.

More if some of them have less steps. 

I included some strings for your use.

Some basic, some zendalas.

All you need to do is tangle them.

They are very much like the strings found in

Tangle Starts Strings.

 There are also some blanks tiles for you to

create your own strings, then tangle.

Remember it is primarily for the organization

and storage of tangle pattern step outs. 

Have some favorite tangles you want to remember,

but don't necessarily need to record the steps?

There are pages where you can do this.

Been wanting to try your hand at creating your 

own tangle patterns? 

There are instructions teaching you how to do that.

Any time I can share a photo of one of my dragons -

it is a good day! Hahaha!

This is Mushu.

The red one.

The other one is me. 

Tangle Starts Treasures 

is an excellent resource to add to your 

zentangle materials. 

One thing I forgot to mention is the size.

At 6" x 9" Treasures is just right for

on-the-go tangling. 

Whether in an airport, a hotel room

or sitting on your sofa, 

Treasures can make the trip with you 

and be there when you need it.

You can see more about

Tangle Starts Treasures 

and hopefully purchase your own copy

here. 

Thank you so much for appreciating my art

and being so supportive of my books!

Working in my Tangle Starts Book #tanglestarts #zebrapen #artangleology #mixedmedia #tanglestartstreasures

So much fun!

I've been having a lot of trouble getting

into tangling lately, and I just wanted to

draw lots of printemps.

Sometimes that is all I can make myself do.

And I didn't feel like making a background.

So I pulled out my Tangle Starts book which

has all that work already done for me.

Tangle Starts

was the first book I solo published.

All the pages are in full color and they are

backgrounds that I made using many different

mixed media products.

All I had to do was add the tangles themselves.

So I used my Zensations Technical Pens from

Zebra Pen where I am an artist ambassador

and I started by drawing the little printemps.

One thing led to another and I ended up with

a lovely little underworld scene.

The pages in Tangle Starts can be tangled 

right in the book. This would give a wonderful

tangled journey of your work.

Or

you can use the pages for art journaling.

Either in this book or remove the pages

and use them in your own art journal.

Or 

you can tear up the pages for collage work.

It really is a pretty amazing book with all

the artistic opportunities it provides.

You can look at it further here

and if you want a copy, it can be purchased

here. 

I released a brand new book today.

I'll blog about it tomorrow,

but if you don't want to wait you can get a

little preview here. 

Reorganizing My Studio #whatamess #mystudio #whereiwork

Reorganizing once again because I can't find something.

It is hard to find certain things because I keep

thinking about where they were in Florida. 

Every inch of this room is utilized for storage.

And it does get a bit out of control from time to time. 

Recently, I have had several people ask about 

my studio, so I thought I'd show you some photos.

The above shot was taken from the doorway. 

No, I did not paint the pictures over the TV.

They are the art of Jasmine Becket Griffith.

I got them at Disney Springs.

Of course Tinker Bell is my favorite!

Mostly I use the TV to listen to the radio.

Hahahahah!

Those white cabinets came from IKEA.

Of course.

The boxes on the shelves are filled with various paints and inks.  

I am working on a system to get them out in the open where I can actually see what I have. 

The white enclosed cabinet is the shipping station for my store. 

That next chest with the colored drawers came from

Hobby Lobby. They still carry this cabinet. 

That's just part of my lunchbox collection up top.

Down the right-hand side is where I actually work.

The two tall black cabinets came from Hobby Lobby

and the rolling carts full of ink sprays are

from IKEA. 

I have carpet on half the floor.

That way if I have a mishap with color -

it doesn't get on the hard wood floors.

Wow! I'm just noticing how cluttered things were

in these photos. It looks better now. Honest.

 My store is located in the closet. All the shelves are full. 

In both directions - left and right and out of sight. 

I have been pulling things out in order to downsize. 

I'd really like to get out of the shipping part of the store and go all digital.

I have a rack coming that will hang on the inside of the closet door. 

I am going to put as much of my color as will fit 

on the shelves so I can actually see and 

grab without having to move a lot of things.

Some more of my lunchboxes, Funko Pop figures

and my Zen the Zebra from Zebra Pen where

I am an Artist Ambassador. 

 I've put together and published three books

from that desktop, using that computer

and all these supplies.

Tangle Starts has all full color pages - 

similar to what you see on the cover -

ready for you to just add your line work to.

Or use as an art journal or for collage work.

 Tangle Starts Planner is set up in the style

of a bullet journal with heavy focus on the

tangler and tangling art.

It has 106 new tangle patterns and plenty

of places to store your favorite patterns and

for you to draw and tangle away the days.

Tangle Starts Strings is my most recent book.

There are 378 pre-drawn strings so all you have

to do is add the drawing.

That hard first step of setting up your string

has already been done for you.

I am currently working in stages on four more

books for the tangle artist.

They will round out my Artangleology Series. 

More info on those later.

This concludes my studio tour.

Hahaha!

I hope you enjoyed it.

And I promise, 

it is cleaner and more picked up now. 

Number One! Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who purchased a copy of

Tangle Starts Strings!

You made it possible for my book to rise to

#1 on the Amazon Hot New Release list!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

 #1 on the Hot New Release list is a

really big deal and I appreciate each of you

so much!

If you haven't checked

Tangle Starts Strings out yet, 

you can read more about it here.

It might just be what you need to get

you tangling! 

Review of Tangle Starts Strings

 Thank you to everyone who has already 

purchased a copy of my new book

Tangle Starts Strings!

We are sitting at #2 (still) on the 

hot new release list and it's amazing!
UPDATE: as of last night we are 
#1 on the hot new book release list!

Here is the back of the book with a brief

explanation of what the book includes.

My dear friend Geneviève Crabe just reviewed

the book on her website.

You can read her review by clicking here. 

Thank you so much, Geneviève!

And you can read more about

Tangle Starts Strings by clicking here. 

Want to grab a copy of your own?

Click here. 

It is also available on Kindle. 

I hope you have a great day today!

My daughter flew in last night so we will be

spending a few days with her.

Talk soon. 

Tangle Starts Strings, A String For Every Day of the Year is Live on Amazon

Tangle Starts Strings is live on Amazon!!!

This is Volume 3 in the Artangleology Series.

It has been a long time coming and 

I am thrilled it is finally available.
Within 72 hours it should be available
for Kindle as well.
Happy dance!

There are literally 366 different strings in 

the book. You can tangle right in this book

and have a piece of art for every day of the

year, plus Leap Year! 

What a fantastic heirloom this could be!

Above you can see the contents of the book.

And a big plus is my dear friend

Geneviève Crabe giving me twelve of her

digital strings as a bonus.

So there are actually a total of 378 strings!

That should keep us all busy!

 There are basic Zentangle® instructions to get

you going (in case you haven't tangled before)

and I even included a few tangle patterns for 
you to work with.

And I tell you where to find loads more

step outs to use on your strings. 

Special thanks to CZTs Sandy Hunter and

Carole Ohl for allowing me to use a couple

of their patterns.

 There are five categories of strings included.

Above you see an explanation for one of those.

 Here are a couple samples to show you what

the pages look like.

And I need to tell you that I am having this 

printed in full color. 

No, there isn't a big need for color in this book.

The benefit is we get a heavier paper by using

the full color option, which means hopefully

no bleed through. 

I did include a pen test page just in case.

 Each of the 378 strings have a place for you 

to record the names of the tangles you use.

 This is something I included in the

Tangle Starts Planner

and I really like the feature.

A place for you to document your 

favorite tangles.

 This is the eighth book I have listed on Amazon.

I've never posted the author bio in a blog post

before, but hey! it's in color and there is a 

dragon!!!

 Thought you might want to read the back cover info.

There will be a big ol' ISBN bar code thingy

in that lower space.

Gotta love my alcohol ink art.

Such lovely bright color!

I'd love for you to pick up a copy of

Tangle Starts Strings

for yourself. 
And it will be available for Kindle
within 72 hours.

I'd love to see the art you create

in my book.

It will make a wonderful journal of your

artistic creation and journey.

A keepsake for a long time!

Here is the link:
Tangle Starts Strings

And thank you so much for always supporting

me and my art.

You are so appreciated!!!

Working in My Tangle Starts with Zebra Product #zebrapens #tanglestarts

I love tangling in my book

Tangle Starts!

I put together a whole bunch of my full

color backgrounds and Christine helped

me make it into a book. 

(She is my technical super ninja friend!)

I tangled up a page yesterday using my

Zensations Fineliners and

 Technical Drawing Pens

from Zebra Pen.

(I am an Artist Ambassador for them.)

These pens work so great in this book!

Solid fills, no bleed, no feathering, no skips.

Just awesome lines!

In the book you get full color pages - all the way

to the edges of the page and down into the ditch.

That's book talk for that center seam.

Bright, beautiful, wonderful true-to-my-artwork color. 

I love to just sit and look at the pages.

Hahahaha!

You know how I am with color!

Want to see some of the pages?

Click here. 

Should you be interested in a copy,

it is available here on Amazon!

And I hope to make a Volume 2 down the road!

Interested in my second book,

Tangle Starts Planner?

Want to see some of the inside?

Click here.

It is available here on Amazon!

Tangles I used:

printemps, ringz, coral, gellin',

Indy-rella, conk and peso. 

Collections Pages in My Planner #zebrapen #tanglestartsplanner

 Please allow me to shamelessly promote my books.

Hahahaha!

Specifically the 

Tangle Starts Planner, Tangle Through the Year. 

This book is available on Amazon all around the world

and it is being really well received!

You can combine planning, organizing, bullet journaling, 

and tangling all in one location.

I set many of the pages up with a dot grid so you could

easily arrange your monthly and weekly pages

the way YOU want them to be!

If you would like to learn more about the inside of the book - 

go here. 

To purchase, click here. 

 This past weekend, Mark and I drove into Bangor 

during a huge snow storm - 

what in the world were we thinking??? - 

and while we were there I took my books to the local Staples 

store and had them spiral bound. 

That is not a function my publisher offers and 

I am finding I really like having them spiral bound!

 Bullet journaling is all new to me,

so I am learning as I go. 

This particular set of pages I set up for what they call 

"Collections."

This is a place where you store bits of notes,

lists of things you want to be able to find later,

important information,

things you want to keep track of.

Here are four examples of the way I am using the

collections area. 

I am already working on a new planner for next year,

trying to keep my notes all in one place for

things to remember to make the next one

even better!

 Quotes are going to be an important part of every

book I put together, so I figured I needed a place to store them.

I have many more than this in another book - 

I need to relocate them all to this one location.

 Being an artangleologist means always coming up with 

new tangle patterns. 

After a while it gets a bit confusing -

what has been published v. what hasn't.

So a new collection was started for that.

(That little pig was torn out of a Coldwater Creek magazine!)

Occasionally I get asked for my 'numbers.'

And I never have them available when someone asks,

so I set up a collections page to track my numbers

every month. Easy peasy! 

I am an Artist Ambassador for 

Zebra Pen 

which means I use a lot of their product!

Everything you see drawn or written in all my

books has been done with a Zebra product. 

I particularly love their Sarasa Gel Retractable pens

for working in my planner!

They come in 14 colors and lay down nice and smooth,

never a skip or a blob or a mess.

I just love them!

My favorites are the purple (I have used mine all up and ordered more,) pink and blue!

You can never go wrong with a Zebra pen!

That's collections in a nut shell!

And since I'm 'shamelessly' promoting one book,

why not do likewise with the other?

Here is my 

Tangle Starts

 book available on Amazon. 

It features full color pages that you can tangle on 

and create a tangle journal, 

or you can use them as bases for an art journal page 

and make this an art journal,

or you can tear the pages out and use them for collage work.

All the color has already been done for you!

You can purchase it here. 

I know so many of you have already supported me

by purchasing my books and I thank you so much!

You guys are the best!