{"id":355,"date":"2010-06-17T20:50:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T20:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2010-06-21T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T18:12:00","slug":"doodling-my-life-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Oodles of doodles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all the stress (and fun!) of preparing for the Festival and surviving through it, I was just looking for something relaxing to do when Mum pointed out the Joggles newsletter to me with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joggles.com\/doodlesandzentangles.htm\">a link to this article<\/a>.\u00a0 So I read round a bit about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zentangle.com\/index.php\">Zentangles<\/a> and did this in my doodle\/sketch book&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_356\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1st-doodle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-356\" title=\"1st-doodle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1st-doodle-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"My first doodle\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1st-doodle-203x300.jpg 203w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1st-doodle-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1st-doodle-400x590.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/1st-doodle.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My first doodle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That was loads of fun, so Mum bought us small sketchbooks at the Festival and I&#8217;ve enjoyed myself decorating the cover&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-357\" title=\"cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cover-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gold pen on the notebook cover\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cover-260x300.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cover-130x150.jpg 130w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cover-400x460.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cover.jpg 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gold pen on the notebook cover<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; filling up the first page&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_358\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2nd-doodle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-358\" title=\"2nd-doodle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2nd-doodle-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"Filling a page with doodles\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2nd-doodle-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2nd-doodle-108x150.jpg 108w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2nd-doodle-400x552.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2nd-doodle.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filling a page with doodles<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; from there I went on to do a heart&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_359\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3rd-doodle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-359\" title=\"3rd-doodle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3rd-doodle-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heart doodle\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3rd-doodle-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3rd-doodle-107x150.jpg 107w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3rd-doodle-399x556.jpg 399w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/3rd-doodle.jpg 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heart doodle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; and I&#8217;m now working on a flower.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_361\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-361\" title=\"4th-doodle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flower in progress\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-208x300.jpg 208w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-104x150.jpg 104w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-400x575.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1.jpg 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flower in progress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you want to give these a go yourself then you could check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zentangle.com\/index.php\">official Zentangle site<\/a>, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/how-to-zentangle\">this Squidoo lens<\/a> for some tips and starting points, or else just do a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/images?hl=en&amp;q=zentangle&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;source=univ&amp;ei=kIoaTMP8BYKG4gbgrajMCg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result_group&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=4&amp;ved=0CEEQsAQwAw\">Google search for images<\/a> to get you inspired!<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 1239px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_361\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"size-medium  wp-image-361\" title=\"4th-doodle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flower in progress\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-208x300.jpg 208w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-104x150.jpg 104w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1-400x575.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4th-doodle1.jpg 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flower in progress<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the stress (and fun!) of preparing for the Festival and surviving through it, I was just looking for something relaxing to do when Mum pointed out the Joggles newsletter to me with a link to this article.\u00a0 So I read round a bit about Zentangles and did this in my doodle\/sketch book&#8230; 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