Beads of courage.

Well, hello, my dear zen friends. It has been a busy period of time, but I try my best to zen and to tangle. I have some international swaps that i'm into in this summer. Some of the ZIA works that I have been made are already in their way to my swap parteners. Others are still in progress. Like this two bookmars that I am making for an international swap. They are not ready. I have to attach them a charm that I will make out of thread and knots. One will go to Australia, and one will go to UK. I have to make a third one, for a partner in the USA, but I am still looking for the inspiration. I think they will be ready by tomorrow.

For this week's challenge, the DIVA CZT proposed a tile inspired by the Beads of Courage. I think those kids are amazing, real fighters, real sourvivers.
So, this is my entry for this week:

Hope you like it and please go to DIVA's blog to see other wonderful entries for this challenge.

My first swap.

Hello, hello my zen friends.
I signed up for the first swap in my life. Here, in my country ATC and swaps are not usual. Actually, nobody knows about theme and nobody practice them. But, I found a wonderful international 2 phases Swap, hosted by a very talented lady, who was so kind to receive me on board even if I am a newbie.
The idea for the first stage is to draw only the borders, and in the second phase, the receiver will tangle the middle and send the 2 ATC to a new partner.
I think it is a great idea, and I wanted to share with you my 2 entries for this first phase of the swap:

So, what do you think?