tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post3979210068043123427..comments2023-07-14T15:37:17.097-05:00Comments on • ❃ • ❋ • ❁ • tanglebucket • ✿ • ✽ • ❀ •: For my fellow tangle junkies: some thoughts on collecting and organizing tangle patternsSandy Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575232114268197978noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-84758600358838252052016-02-21T16:28:46.007-06:002016-02-21T16:28:46.007-06:00I just recently went to Michael's as they had ...I just recently went to Michael's as they had a 20% off your entire purchase and got a mini photo album and got the 4 section photo sheets and some Zentangle squares that fit perfect in the sheets and now I'm off to tangle a new album. calia386https://www.blogger.com/profile/15018929042197465715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-37151451444731377782016-01-02T15:58:50.476-06:002016-01-02T15:58:50.476-06:00I LOVE THIS!! I am a bit of an organization freak ...I LOVE THIS!! I am a bit of an organization freak when I get into a hobby. Finding an organization method is almost half the fun of the hobby!! Anyway, thank you so much for this! Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729457238499162601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-71040075609875549482015-12-20T06:40:19.972-06:002015-12-20T06:40:19.972-06:00This is a fantastic idea. Luckily I've found ...This is a fantastic idea. Luckily I've found this before I actually start learning how to tangle, so I can start out right from the word go as I learn each new tangle. Thanks for sharing this with us all. You're a real inspiration.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508619481224203811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-404833407592623732014-08-19T16:21:36.231-05:002014-08-19T16:21:36.231-05:00Love the organizational system! Right now my "...Love the organizational system! Right now my "system" is a wildly unorganized Pinterest board. :/ Time for a revamp!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336414570492940462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-50137117547473770052014-05-21T23:07:48.459-05:002014-05-21T23:07:48.459-05:00Great idea thanks Great idea thanks Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448485275452810071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-16005127372919513242014-02-12T17:46:51.789-06:002014-02-12T17:46:51.789-06:00Great idea! Name the guard fish SHARKY!Great idea! Name the guard fish SHARKY!Grandmahoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244838621932352691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-7061726467235183262014-02-12T17:45:41.077-06:002014-02-12T17:45:41.077-06:00Great idea! I have that very punch and did not thi...Great idea! I have that very punch and did not think to use it that way. I think the guard fish should be named SHARKY!Grandmahoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244838621932352691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-83064016037118236452014-02-12T17:44:42.471-06:002014-02-12T17:44:42.471-06:00I love your idea for storage! I have that very pun...I love your idea for storage! I have that very punch and did not think of using it that way. Can't wait to see more. I think the guard fish should be SHARKY!Grandmahoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244838621932352691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-91069250987157619522014-02-12T17:41:30.723-06:002014-02-12T17:41:30.723-06:00Great organizing idea! Can't wait to see more!...Great organizing idea! Can't wait to see more! i think you should name the fish SHARKY!<br />Grandmahoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244838621932352691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-21339771525256640092014-02-10T18:50:56.260-06:002014-02-10T18:50:56.260-06:00Tango the Zentangle Rangler!!!! Love it??? :)Tango the Zentangle Rangler!!!! Love it??? :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715684420896757673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-47716012667598441922013-09-06T20:16:40.605-05:002013-09-06T20:16:40.605-05:00Great organization!! I thought of a similar plan a...Great organization!! I thought of a similar plan and bought stamp collecting pages on ebay--100 for about $7. They also hold a lot but are crystal clear and load from the sides. Rather than put mine in alphabetical order, since I often don't remember the name of the one I want, I'm organizing by type. For example--leaves, dark filler, light filler, geometrics, etc. Don't know for sure that this will work 100% yet. I do love the puncher that you got--so much easier than cutting each with a scissor and the scallop edge is pretty! Thanks for sharing!!Mrs. Thomas' Classhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079349531637862922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-13926447978853994642013-02-14T11:20:49.393-06:002013-02-14T11:20:49.393-06:00Dear Tracy, thank you for the nice comment that I ...Dear Tracy, thank you for the nice comment that I accidentally deleted. Butterfingers here. <br />-Sandy<br /><br /><br />>>>Oh my goodness! That is such a brilliant piece of work Sandy. I have been looking for something like that as I am the same as you and tend to throw things away when it isn't perfect.<br /><br />I have only gotten into Zentangle over the past 5 months and have found how much steadier my hand is when drawing other things. Trouble is I too have multiple journals, books, pieces of paper lying around experimenting with patterns and drawing as many of the Zentangle patterns I can find. I have started using tags - drawing six boxes and drawing the steps (my memory sucks big time). I think I like your idea better 😉 Sandy Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575232114268197978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-48282737718443749732013-01-20T14:57:37.636-06:002013-01-20T14:57:37.636-06:00This is amazing. I, too, have trouble with journal...This is amazing. I, too, have trouble with journals. I'm immediately adopting this method! Thank you!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03899675191104510892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-25803434475315450512013-01-11T08:44:31.355-06:002013-01-11T08:44:31.355-06:00Awesome... I'm glad it's working out well ...Awesome... I'm glad it's working out well for you. I'll have to go check out your blog!Sandy Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575232114268197978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-17298204913211658892013-01-11T08:13:46.769-06:002013-01-11T08:13:46.769-06:00Hi Sandy, me again. I have now made good headway w...Hi Sandy, me again. I have now made good headway with my zentangle album based on your idea. I am using ATC-sized cards and these are proving a great size for the design on the front and the step-out on the back. I am storing them according to type (backgrounds, borders, etc.). I managed to get a brilliant A4 ring binder with 4 D-rings which holds the pages nice and straight - most A4 binders here in the UK only have 2. In the back of the binder I am keeping the large (A4) originals of my own designs (just started doing this!) and maybe some ZIAs, all in clear archival pockets.<br /><br />This binder also has clear pockets on the front, back and spine, so I am going to insert a piece of card into each pocket, completely covered with tangles and with a title. Inside the front and back cover is a clear pocket for putting extra things in, and I'm keeping my blanks in those. My pens will remain in my plastic pencil box along with my ultra-soft pencil, paper stumps, eraser, pencil sharpener etc.<br /><br />Thank you again for such a brilliant idea! It is definitely working for me, and I've had loads of great comments on my blog about it.<br /><br />ShoshiShoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028185699225457125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-80773361647850496342013-01-02T17:54:46.154-06:002013-01-02T17:54:46.154-06:00Sandy, I am not sure if you will see this comment,...Sandy, I am not sure if you will see this comment, since it has been a long time since you posted this information. I am really impressed with your system and have decided to make this one of my projects for 2013. Today I went to Michaels with my coupon and bought the punch and I already have paper similiar to the Zen tiles. So where do I order the plastic sleeves from? By the way, I am sure we met in February, I too was in Providence for the CZT 8 seminar.Diane Masloroffhttp://distangleart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-47646524148048620332012-11-30T16:07:55.023-06:002012-11-30T16:07:55.023-06:00Wow, your book is a piece of art in itself. Thank...Wow, your book is a piece of art in itself. Thanks for sharing!!! It's a GREAT idea!Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16740431751632874501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-7416766510042099822012-11-12T10:11:56.256-06:002012-11-12T10:11:56.256-06:00Sandy, I think you must be reading my mind. Last n...Sandy, I think you must be reading my mind. Last night it occurred to me that my Tangle Journal is now getting so full that I spend half an hour looking for suitable ones. Also, I spent quite a bit of time last night adding the names of the people who'd designed them. The good ones are all mixed up with the ones I've messed up, and the whole thing's a total muddle. I was thinking this a.m. of perhaps starting a card index system, but your system is so much better because you can view so many at a glance, simultaneously. Keeping all the "A"s together but not alphabetically is good, too, because re-ordering when you get a new one (e.g. Aadvark lol - love it!) would be a major pain. I might also do 2 of each, stored separately - in categories, e.g. borders, dot-grids, random backgrounds, etc. but that might end up being too much work.<br /><br />I love the look of the little scalloped squares, but for me I think ATCs would be better because having the step-outs would be helpful. I could use the backs for this. Also I already have a few spare ATC pocket pages, and know where I can get more - the are A4 size (UK) to fit in binders I've already got.<br /><br />I will probably go on using my journal because it's convenient for drawing new tangles and practising, but when I know I like them and will want to keep them, they can be transferred onto the cards. I've got a cutting layout for getting 9 ATCs from a sheet of A4 so it will be a doddle to cut lots of them out.<br /><br />Sorry to come to this post too late to contribute a name for the fish. I was going to suggest Tanglefish but seeing what other people have chosen (and what eventually won!) I wouldn't have been in with a chance!<br /><br />I use Zig Millennium pens for my tangles. Mostly just because our local artists' suppliers sell them. I suppose any permanent archival black pens would do, that come in various widths - whatever one likes using, really.<br /><br />Re the shading and storing - I have got some acrylic-based matte fixative which would probably solve the problem of smudging - I can't see it being a problem with the plastic pockets. It's archival, and pretty stable.<br /><br />I love Ambrosia! She is beautiful. If you want to see my "La Bella" in the same vein, visit here:<br /><br />http://shoshiplatypus.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/zentanglesjournal-pages-and-art-work-la.html<br /><br />She's at the end of a rather long post with some examples of pages from my journal which you might or might not find interesting!! (Skip to end if the latter is the case!)<br /><br />ShoshiShoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028185699225457125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-54668338486334049142012-10-15T21:12:27.522-05:002012-10-15T21:12:27.522-05:00Nope, no method. I just eyeball it. If they're...Nope, no method. I just eyeball it. If they're too wonky, I set them aside and use them later to practice trickier patterns on. If it's really important to you that they be perfect you could try using a square stencil... seems like that could be very time-consuming, though. Maybe you could try using teeny little dots in the corners and then connect them, the way you would start a Zentangle tile?Sandy Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575232114268197978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-69889099454583155542012-10-15T16:01:52.567-05:002012-10-15T16:01:52.567-05:00how are you making those perfect ink squares on th...how are you making those perfect ink squares on the punched squares (to put the tangles in), i know you must have a method! thxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-14046892150295757942012-10-07T21:53:35.369-05:002012-10-07T21:53:35.369-05:00Some people use this system with ATC size cards in...Some people use this system with ATC size cards instead of the 2" squares so they have room to add step-outs. Those are way too big for the number of patterns I want in one book, but from what I've read, people have been pleased with theirs. <br /><br />Come up with a pattern called aardvark, and I will rearrange the whole A section so you can be first. ;o)Sandy Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575232114268197978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-85300001893378055452012-10-07T21:45:22.842-05:002012-10-07T21:45:22.842-05:00sandy - i've probably commented here before, b...sandy - i've probably commented here before, but i'm looking and re-reading your post, so it's deserving of another comment :) i'm thinking i need to come up with a pattern and name it aardvark just because i can :) hahaha! going to go (finally) and order one of these punches. i might as well try this system, i've tried all the others and nothing really seems to work. hopefully this one will! thanks again!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549767399322024293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-27274609089073732202012-10-05T11:49:26.299-05:002012-10-05T11:49:26.299-05:00Little Lime just linked me to your wonderful idea ...Little Lime just linked me to your wonderful idea for organization. Love the results and the size of each pattern. Am fairly new at this wonderful art outlet and have only a hundred or so patterns, so I have to catch myself and get them organized, and this is brilliant. Thanks for such a nice thorough explanation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571752430523993462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-83402109333955026952012-09-05T22:10:28.138-05:002012-09-05T22:10:28.138-05:00I was just exploring your blog... I want to start ...I was just exploring your blog... I want to start tangling just so I can organize cute tiles in those sleeves and have a pretty book full of patterns like that. Is that weird?<br /><br />I love your blog! You're so talented!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17416111521161281229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434158630849309254.post-46943855027354680382012-08-26T17:12:24.901-05:002012-08-26T17:12:24.901-05:00Geesh, Sunday already! Here are the contenders in ...Geesh, Sunday already! Here are the contenders in the name game...<br /><br /><br />Zorro<br />Fishner<br />Fishious<br />Francois<br />Graphin<br />Phinias<br />Nemonster<br />Huntress<br />Nectar<br />Achilles<br />Bubbles<br />Jaws<br />Zenny<br />Arabella<br />Nemo<br />Finse<br />Dex<br />Angel<br />Amber<br />Sharpay<br />Shencil Parpener<br />Keeper<br />Barry Z. Cuda<br />Clementine<br />FinTangle<br />GHOTI<br />Garp<br />Sharpie<br />Emmett<br />Batfish<br />ZedZee<br />JavaJo<br />Zenix<br />Vega<br />Sharkner<br />Jameson<br />Glory<br />Matilda<br /><br />I'm a little overwhelmed... I can't believe how many GREAT suggestions there are in this list. I would love to give my little fish five different names (hey, it worked for Dumbledore) but sadly, I don't have that many pens to give away. <br /><br />So I'm going to give him a first name and a middle name. The person who came up with the first name will win the aforementioned Copic, and the one who supplies his middle name will win a clear Stardust gelly roll pen (once you try it, you will want to sleep and shower with it so it never leaves your sight). <br /><br />The name I'm going with is... <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*dramatic pause*<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />EMMETT PHINEAS-FISHIOUS. <br /><br />Lucky for you I'm really (reallyreallyreally) indecisive. Looks like little Emmett is getting two middle names. You people are freaking brilliant.<br /><br />I would love to take a picture of him proudly sporting a name tag for you, but I'm pretty sure Puma has been playing hockey with some of the stuff on my desk. So much for guarding the castle... *sigh* <br /><br />Emmett is probably under a chair somewhere, sparring with dust bunnies. <br /><br />Congrats to the three winningest name-givers. Email me with your mailing address (tanglebucket at gmail dot com) and I'll send you your goodies.<br />Sandy Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575232114268197978noreply@blogger.com