Saturday, November 16, 2013

It's a Bug's Life

This week's Diva Challenge is to take inspiration from a video produced by Sakura America
called "It's a Bug's Life in a Zentangle World".

Create a tile inspired by nature; camouflage a bug somewhere in the tile. (i.e. a drawing of a bug, a bug-shaped tangle pattern, etc.) and use colour to bring a  Zentangle tile to life.

String #56 looked like a sideways view of a butterfly to me, and if I'm doing something with/about bugs, you'd better believe that for me the bug of choice is a butterfly. They don't call me the Butterfly Lady for nothing. (More on that later.)
  So this was my first tile:

 Then, I figured, if one butterfly is good, then multiple butterflies would be better. For this one I didn't use a String, I just laid out a few butterflies, and the rest followed along. These are mostly for fun, and I did have fun.
Don't forget to visit the Diva's Site to see all the other Buggy examples.  

  To get back to my statement about being "The Butterfly Lady." I'm a Glass Beadmaker, and for years I did bead shows around the country. My speciality was Butterfly beads, at a time when no one else was making them,


and eventually people started calling me the Butterfly Lady. I don't do shows anymore, so it's been a while since anyone's actually called me that. But I still make butterfly beads occasionally, along with all kinds of other beads.

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9 comments :

  1. UnknownNovember 17, 2013 at 12:24 AM

    Audrie, I really like your story of being the Butterfly Lady!! And your glass beads are beautiful!! And I especially like you tiles! They are so happy!!! :0) Peace be Yours

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    1. UnknownNovember 17, 2013 at 1:37 AM

      Thanks, Annette. I'm glad you like my tiles and my beads.

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  2. Anne's tangle blogNovember 17, 2013 at 1:00 AM

    Both your tiles are gorgeous! And so are your glass beads.

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  3. Annette P.-L. November 17, 2013 at 4:01 AM

    Both tiles are amazing! I love your lovely butterflies! Also your glass butterflies are stunning!

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    1. UnknownNovember 17, 2013 at 2:25 PM

      Thanks, LonettA. I appreciate your comment, and am glad you like my butterflies, both kinds.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 17, 2013 at 8:43 AM

    Love you butterfly tiles and the beads are amazing! So pretty!

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    1. UnknownNovember 17, 2013 at 2:33 PM

      Thank you, Kate. I'm happy to hear that you think so much of my butterfly tiles and beads.

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  5. i am the divaNovember 22, 2013 at 10:48 AM

    Congrats Audrie!
    the other winner never did contact me, so your name came up next in the random number generator!! Please send me your contact info ASAP!! lauraharmz at gmail dot com

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