Karma

About 9 months ago, I discovered Zentangle.  It was about that time that I also found a Ben's Bell hanging from a tree near my local library.  The mission of Ben's Bell is simple, admirable, and embraces humanity... 

The mission of Ben's Bells is to inspire, educate, and motivate people to realize the impact of intentional kindness, and to empower individuals to act according to that awareness, thereby strengthening ourselves, our relationships and our communities.

Ben's Bell was my muse to start this project.  (One of the contributors to this project has also found a bell.) I felt that I could contribute to spreading kindness, intentionally, by creating and placing Tangled Little Cards in random locations for people to find.  Since January, when the project was started, Tangled Little Cards have traveled the world and people have reported back the profound impact of finding one has had on them.   I feel my mission, in support of Ben's mission, is being accomplished.  

Well, the other day, the most remarkable and profound thing happened.  I found another beautiful Ben's Bell!  I can't begin to express my feelings; amazement (I mean, really, what are the odds?!), joy, surprise, gratification...   By finding that bell, did I receive a "thank you, carry on" or was it just karma?  

The first bell, actually found by my daughter, is hanging in my mother's most beautiful garden.   This bell is hanging on my patio in remembrance that intentional kindness has some serious power and influence!

Thank you Jeannette.

Experimenting

There is a saying; if it isn't broken, why fix it.  Well, our Tangled Little Cards aren't broken and don't need fixing, however, it has been fun experimenting with them!

To make a TLC we use Zentangle tiles,  water color paper (140 lbs or more work best), and recently coasters.  The challenge with coasters is that they absorb, absorb, absorb!  Ink bleeds, the surface is rough so a delicate Micron pen is not a good match, but... coasters seem to work well with Micron Gelly Roll and Glaze pens.  The Glaze pens are fun because they are 3D -- adding a nice effect to any tangle!  Tangling with color allows shading to be done with colored pencils... and the end result is wonderful!  

Then there is the issue of assembling the TLCs.  Regular packaging tapes works well.  The coasters seem to need something a bit more durable however, so our answer has been Duct tape!  

Here are a few Tangles Little Cards done on coasters, with Gelly Roll and Glaze pens, and put together with Duct tape.

 

CT CZT making TLCs like crazy!

There is a Certified Zentangle Teacher, Maureen , in Connecticut that I think is on a mission to get Tangled Little Cards out into the world and into the hands of as many people as possible... a woman after my own heart!  Thank you Maureen!  I know that the people that find these TLCs will appreciate and enjoy them!  The project greatly thanks your efforts and admires your spirit and enthusiasm!

Maureen has been enthusiastically ordering supplies, making Tangled Little Cards, and sending them off to far away places.  Here is a photo of the first three TLCs she made...