We are on vacation this week, on Hilton Head Island. We have a lot of friends here, almost all chefs and servers at fine restaurants. Some of them, like Chef Chaun Bescos, we've known for years. We've watched his progress from sous-chef at Alexander's Restaurant to Executive Chef at Redfish Hilton Head. Anyway, we have several restaurants that we try to visit a couple of times each while on the Island. Since we have our favorite server[s] at each, we have to juggle reservations so that we hit the restaurant on the nights they are working. Plus in the case of Redfish, we have to schedule for nights when both our favorite server Whitney, and Chaun are there.
So we have a calendar that I print off before leaving home where we can write in reservations - both planned and made. That's is what I chose to be my Something Unexpected.
First, I divided the areas on the calendar that we wouldn't need into Strings. Forgive the awful photography - light poor and most of the pictures taken with my Kindle...
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September calendar page with reservations and strings |
Then I started tangling.
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'NZeppel, one of my "go-to" tangles |
Kept tangling...
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Opus in the center and Fife to the right |
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Enhanced Opus a la Eni Oken and added Lap and Crescent Moon |
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How could I not use Mooka? |
A reasonable person would have finished with a little Rick's Paradox in the remaining triangle, but I just couldn't stop adding stuff...
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| Rashell with auras, Msst, Zinger, Bronx Cheer, Ahh, Dragonair, Arukas. Oh, and of course Rick's Paradox |
Somebody stop me before I hurt myself.
The final step, a little shading.
Whew. So, what do you think? Where should I have stopped?
Stopped? Why should you stopped? It's perfect just as it is!
ReplyDeleteI think you could use something like this on a menu card in a restaurant :-)
It would be something special!
That would be fun, wouldn't it? LOL...I usually have a Zentangle kit in my purse. Hmmmm....
DeleteLOL. I love the tangling even outside the calendar borders!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Like I said, I don't know when to stop!
DeleteBeautiful :)
ReplyDeleteComing from you, Lily, that's quite an honor! Thanks...
DeleteVery pretty! No stopping needed :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ilse. Sometimes I think a tangle or ZIA takes over and makes me keep going even when I shouldn't!
DeleteThis made me laugh out loud as it's something I often think about too, but hey, why ever stop? I love what you did.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I guess I should continuously remind myself that I am not making great Art, but just doing something that I enjoy.
DeleteWhat a lovely way to remember your trip forever. Wonderful idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean. I keep a trip journal when I travel where I stick in a tangle or two, but I've never done anything this involved! Isn't it great that the Diva came up with this idea...
DeleteLove the pics of progression! And what a beautiful calendar page! Bronx Cheer always adds such a touch of playfulness! Love it! :0)
ReplyDeleteI love BC, too. For some reason I don't use it as much as I should ("should" in the sense of getting more pleasure from using it more frequently, not "should" as in rules) ;-)
DeleteBeing a reasonable person is so overrated! I love your calendar, and am so jealous of the fine dining events you have scheduled on it! Hope you are enjoying all of it!
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