Showing posts with label obscure holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obscure holidays. Show all posts

Monday, 28 September 2015

I'm making a coffee date with you today.

Too much Monday, not enough coffee.


  It's International Coffee Day tomorrow. My mum, Joni Toh, and I created this Zentangle® inspired card to commemorate the day. I'm posting it today, cause the slogan wouldn't make sense tomorrow.
  ... Unless you live in America or Canada, or some place half-way around the world... It's Monday in Singapore today. But if that's not the case where you live, then Happy early International Coffee Day! Tell your friends and make it an excuse to ask someone out for coffee tomorrow. ^-^

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Commas show that it's not the end.

You probably have seen this before if you follow me on Instagram.
This was a collaboration between my mum and I to celebrate International Day of Peace.

Today is the official First Day of Fall. And even though we don't get four seasons in Singapore, it won't stop me from doing a tile to celebrate the day. ^-^

For Diva's Challenge. This is a mix between last week's and this week's challenge.
Last week, we had to use stripe-y strings. This week, we had to draw on an unexpected surface. I used a scrap of paper I had from my craft box.
My mum says the tile looks too busy. I agree, too, but I'm still posting in the spirit of the challenge.

Punctuation Day is tomorrow. My favourite punctuation is the comma, so I did a monotangle of "Pixioze" on a Bijou tile. Pixioze is a wonderful tangle pattern to work with and I will definitely use it again soon.

  I know it's an odd thing to ask, but what's your favourite punctuation mark? ... Full stop? Comma? Exclamation point? Quotation marks? Parenthesis? Hashtag sign? Ampersand? Question mark?
  Let me know in the comment section below. ^-^

Sunday, 13 September 2015

I'm positive that you're going to have a good day today.

  The 13th of September marks "Positive Thinking Day". And no, I am not making this up. You can look it up on Google if you don't believe me.

  With that, here's a little card I made to commemorate the day:

It has a little window, and you can see the word "Dream" through it.

And then when you open the card, you see pretty Zentangle patterns, and the quote adds "... and anything is possible."    ^-^

The entries for this week's Joey challenge were all so good.
I couldn't even think of all those ways to present "Nzeppel"...
I did a very basic wavy grid with some shading; on a bijou tile.

This is, I believe, last week's pattern for thebrightowl's Zendala challenge.

And this is this week's one.
I'm pleased with how it turned out, but I can think of other ways I would have completed it now that I'm looking at the finished tile.

  This week was a little rough for me... But the weekend turned out better. I watched "Inside Out" yesterday. It was wonderful. I also made a new friend. And for a socially anxious potato like me, that's a good accomplishment. (Why potato, you ask? Well, no reasons in particular. I just picked "potato" and it has stuck with me, and it became a joke that I would tell my friends. I'm telling you now. So we're friends. I don't make the rules. That's just how it works. *laughs* )

  Anyways.

  What's one nice thing you'd like to remind yourself today? Is it that you're loved by your family/friends? Is it that you're glad for the fact that you're of good health? Is it that you love the art you produce? Let me know in the comments section below. Happy Positive Thinking Day, friend. May your life be filled with many more positive things.