Huge awesome news!!! I've been chosen! (plus a tangle, a letter to CBS, fun stuff)

I should say, my artwork has been chosen  ... for publication!!!!! Five pieces will appear in a book called "Zentangle: Oodles of Doodles", by North Lights Publishing, (which did several other Zentangle books).  I won't spoil it by showing them here. You'll just have to wait for the book to come out -- scheduled for December. I think I know what I am giving for Christmas this year! - lol
I just have to say how excited and honored I feel! This is my first time being published! It's been a long time goal of mine. I just needed to get around to actually submitting something to someone. ( Which is kind of like wishing to win the lottery, but not buying a ticket, right?) When I ran across an announcement that they were accepting submissions for this book I did it. Call it beginner's luck that my first attempt worked out so well! 

Along similar lines, I sent a letter to CBS Sunday Morning News in response to a writing campaign started by Rick and Maria, the original creators of the Zentangle Method. Here is the letter and the tile I sent with it, and the envelope:

The envelope I used was actually a cd/dvd square envelope with a round cellophane window. The actual address, stamp, etc is on the reverse, of course.

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Wood kit Whimsies

My creativity was on fire after seeing the article and cover of the Sommerset Studio Gallery Winter 2014 magazine, so bought a bunch of kits from Paperwhimsey.com. It took a while to get them, and I was afraid I might lose momentum by the time they arrived. But no! I was very excited to see and touch them and went right to it. The wood is high quality, and the smell - wow!- took me back to childhood creative play! Being laser cut, they smell like the woodburning I did as a kid (borrowed from my brother, cuz that's not a girl thing, dontchaknow). I've been having so much fun working with them, and my stash of images and embellishments.  The pics below show the first ones I finished, and I am getting close to finished on some of the "altered curiosities and ornaments".

I made these tiny fairy houses from a kit I bought from the Paper Whimsey website. They are just under 4 inches high. The boy is actually my father (r.i.p.) when he was a baby. I don't have the same of my mother, but this girl sure looks like she did. They represent 2 people who would grow up to meet, get married and produce 8 children! I added wood coffee stirrers to the girl-house roof since they resemble fairy "popsicle" sticks, to me. Remember those popsicle stick houses aand other projects from childhood?  I used wood matchsticks for the boy-house. I dipped the tips in matching paint so they can't accidently ignite!