Week 46--King

There is really no way to introduce this offering from Freebird, other than to let the image speak for it-, or more correctly, Himself.

From Arkansas, in her signature beads:

In her own words, "Here is my king twinchie.  I decided to make the picture of Jesus that shows him with the crown of thorns.  It is the one that has reversed colors, black background and white drawing,  I love the contrast that it makes." Be sure to check out her blog!

Here, from Arizona, our contribution to this week's twinchie, a more secular take on the theme:

A photograph of a traveling checkers game. We can't believe that it's the only checkers we have around, not even RED playing pieces. We'll have to correct that!

Until next time....

It's Good to be King!

Dear Gentle Readers and Artists,
My apologies for delayed postings. There have been some technical difficulties (and a lot of wasted hours) resulting from the Google virus attack. I believe everything is back to normal and up-to-date. We resume our regularly scheduled programming with this (and be sure to check out the other posts).

When the TwobyTwo for "king" popped up no the radar, we immediately thought of the Mel Brooks movie.

From the Official
Movie Poster

But, we'll steer clear of that and keep this family-friendly, shall we?

There's a future king who's a real cutie:

Copyright:
Daily Express

There were three kings that traveled a-far:

There was a king from afar:

King Tut
biography.com

And a king that was "far out."

Steve Martin as King Tut
A Wild and Crazy Guy
Saturday Night Live, 1978

What is a king without a crown?

Don King

Oh, what were YOU thinking?

How about this? You can be king for a day and the mantle is light!

Show us your "king-ly" twinchies!
Send your images to: 1 xeritas @ gmail. com along with a blog link or note by 2PM, Tuesday, December 13, 2016 and we'll post them later the same day (as long as those Googligans stay out of our computer!).
Have a brilliant day.

Week 45--Ice

Just when we thought summer couldn't linger any longer! BAM! Winter. Freezing rain, ice and snow. In Arizona. In November. BRR. What better way to prepare for making "ice-y" twinchies than feeling ice cold?

Freebird sent this adorable treat from Arkansas with a note:

"I took this opportunity to make a favorite pattern of mine.  I love it!  A Kawaii Ice cream cone with a purple bow."

We love it, too1

Our official response, which resembles nothing like what was intended:

It's a collage and a play-on-words, so to speak.

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check the blogs of the participating artists!

Until next time...

Ice, Ice, Baby!

If you have frozen water, you have ice. If it's a frozen lake full of water, you have an opportunity to go ice skating. If it's a sheet of ice on a pond, you could be skating on thin ice. If you're walking on thin ice, you could be in trouble of a different kind.

If you like ice cubes, you like your drinks cold. You could like Ice Cube or Vanilla Ice, rappers. We used to get a treat in summer, water ice. We know! It's redundant, but that's Philadelphia for you.

And who doesn't like ice cream? I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! YAY!

So show us your ice twinchies! Send your entries to:
1xeritas@ gmail.com by 2PM, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 and we'll post them later the same day!

Week 44--Yarn

There are so many different ways to make yarn and use yarn.

We couldn't wait to see how Freebird was going to show us her yarn. She chose to tell her story in her signature beads:

We're glad to see her back to her creating self. Be sure to check out her adventures on her blog! Her response to the previous week has been posted here.

Our official response was knitted:

You can learn about what we're doing with that here.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you join us again.
Until next time....

Spin a Really Good One

If you have some yarn, you can knit, crochet and stitch your way through a ball, hank or skein. Of course, you could spin some yarn if you don't have any already.
If words are more your medium, you could spin a really good yarn, which means to tell an outlandish story. Like how I was kidnapped by aliens.
Kidding!
While I get back to our regularly scheduled blogging and artistic endeavors, try your hand at expressing yourself with yarn or what have you? However you translate a good yarn, send us your yarn twinchies to:
1xeritas@gmail.com by 2PM Tuesday, November 15, 2016 along with blog links, etc. We'll post all the goodies later the same day.

Week 43--Tangled

The work this week is "tangled," no less to honor the howling days of Hallowe'en and Dia de Los Muertes than any other reason to be creative.

I'll be running solo this week. Here is the official response to this week's challenge:

You can check out this blog post for more particulars on the collage and more, including my recipe for spaghetti sauce. Inspiration is where you find it, right?

Meanwhile, send out prayers and good vibes to Freebird.

Update, November 15, 2016:
Freebird's contribution to this challenge:

Until next time...