Review: Doodle Art Alley Coloring Book #12

Title: Doodle Art Alley Coloring Book #12

Author: Samantha Snyder

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Publisher's Insight:

Calling All Cat Lovers. Color Your Way to Fun, Inspiration, and Relaxation. 

"Cats are a mysterious kind of folk." --Walter Scott 

"The cat is nature's beauty." --French Proverb 

"What greater gift than the love of a cat?" --Charles Dickens 

All You Need Is Love…and a Cat shares 50 doodle art images of inspiring proverbs, quotes, and sayings printed on one side of the page for all ages to color.

Quotes from famous authors include Robert Byrne, Charles Dickens, Robert A. Heinlein, Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allen Poe, and Mark Twain. The book also includes proverbs and sayings from “Behind every great person is a great cat,” “Dogs have owners, cats have staff,” and “If stretching were wealth the cat would be rich” to “The cat is magical and the bringer of good luck” and “You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats.”

Each doodle art image has been carefully selected to provide plenty of enjoyment, inspiration, and relaxation.

Review:

It's no secret, I'm in love with my cat. Heck I just ordered a cat ring from Amazon, and I have two cat necklaces. This year I'll be wearing a pink kitty sweatshirt for Christmas, and I have two Christmas sweaters. Yes, I'm a crazy cat lady!

So when Doodle Art Alley came out with this particular coloring book, I was in awe. I had to have it, I wanted it!

It's just a wonderful collection of sweet sayings and beautiful little kitties. Here are some of the sayings that are on the beautiful pages:

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. ~Walter Scott
The cat is nature's beauty. ~French Proverb
The cat is magical and the bringer of good luck. ~Indian Proverb
After dark all cats are leopards. ~Native American Proverb

What lovely sentiments with great doodles to go with it. I recommend this book for cat loves, kids, adults, and adults who think they have a little kid in them. It's well worth the experience it gives.

Great news, today is the first day that this book goes live. Head on over there now.


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 I received this product for free/at a discount in exchange for an honest review, but all opinions are my own. Most books are donated to the local library for circulation, or donation to the Friends of the Library.

New Doodle Art Alley Coloring Book! More to Love!

Review: Magical Designs Coloring Art Book by Samantha Snyder

Title: Magical Designs Coloring Art Book - 100 Hand-Drawn Inspirations ~ Volume 1

Author: Samantha Snyder

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Publisher Insight: A Coloring Book Featuring Mandalas, Hennas, Flowers, Animals, Paisley Patterns, and More!

Magical Designs Coloring Art Book shares 100 doodle art images of eight design types from abstracts, animals, flowers, and geometrics to hennas, mandalas, nature, and space printed on one side of the page for all ages to color.

• Choose your color combinations and be amazed at what patterns they create.
• Discover how to create your own beautiful pictures including geometric and abstract cooling designs.
• Slow down and enjoy the colors and patterns coming to life in front of you to gain greater focus, dedication, and patience.
• Take a deep breath, sit down, and color. Let the detailed designs take shape before your eyes. Enjoy!

Each doodle art image has been carefully selected to provide plenty of coloring enjoyment, inspiration, and relaxation.

Review: As with the other Doodle Art Alley Coloring book I've reviewed. (Doodle Art Valley Book Volume 1) I'm rather enchanted. But this one doesn't have a sayings theme like the other book. This is separated into rather distinctive sections.

• Abstract Designs
• Animal Designs
• Flower Designs
• Geometric Designs
• Henna Designs
• Mandala Designs
• Nature Designs

and

• Space Designs

How can you not love a book that is separated into so many wonderful sections? Well, I had to get started coloring, so here's my process.

I'm a little OCD when it comes to coloring, so I set out all of my colors, and my book, and get ready.

Like all of Doodle Art Alley Books, I still have a problem with the fact that they don't have a piece of card stock that you can use to protect the next drawing from your markers, so you see I've provided my own.

I get in there and start working each little doodle with color, to make sure that there is no two colors the same near each other. This was after my first coloring session. I've had to cut my sessions short due to a back problem, but the good thing about coloring, it's always right there when you come back to it.

And when I finally finished, here was my little Tiki Bird with the corn cob legs. :) I used markers, Sharpies, and highlighters. There is no right or wrong when it comes to coloring you know. And I've come to find out with Doodle Art Alley there is no wrong either. Way to go Samantha, another hit.

Stay tuned for an interview with Samantha Snyder soon. I'm so very excited. *does the Tigger dance*

*****

I'd like to thank Word Slingers Publicity and Kathy at aka books for such a wonderful opportunity to review this book. This book will be kept in my collection since it has been colored in. 

Review: the time chamber by Daria Song

Title: the time chamber

Author: Daria Song

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Publisher Insight: Korean artist Daria Song’s sequel to The Time Garden takes readers on a visual journey into a magical nighttime world seen through the eyes of a fairy.

This second book in the bestselling Time coloring series features the voyage of a fairy who, when the cuckoo clock chimes midnight, enters the human world. To the tiny fairy, everything seems enormous and magical, from the curtains to the chandelier to a mystical rowboat that takes her further into an inky adventure. With her she packs her favorite items, which colorers can find throughout the book’s pages: an owl-feathered pen, a star-scented spray, a time tape measure…even the key to the time chamber itself!

Filled with the imaginative, intricately detailed illustrations Song’s readers have come to love, The Time Chamber presents a view of our world made new—and ready for coloring.

The Time Chamber features extra-thick craft paper, ideal for non bleed-through coloring, and the jacketed cover with flaps is removable and colorable. Special gold-foil stamping on the cover and spine and a To/From page make it perfect for gifting to adults and kids alike.

Review: Recently we went out of town to meet my step-son's new girlfriend. Sweet girl. But the best part was we got to leave the little town we live in to visit a big city. And in this big city there was a Michael's store IN THE MALL! I mean really, have you ever heard of something so wonderful? I actually kicked the family out of the store and told them to go have fun in the mall and leave me there. That's when I found this book. It was the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen. I was hoping to use my 50% off coupon, but no, they don't work. So I gave up on the book. Well, that was until I saw it on Amazon. :) Gotta love 'em.

When I actually got into the coloring book, I realized that it wasn't just a beautifully designed coloring book, but a short little children's book as well. I didn't realize that it was the second in the series, or I probably would have gotten the other one first, but this is so wonderful, that I'm glad that I have it. 

I'm contemplating coloring the book in great painstaking detail and then giving a copy to each of my grand children for a present. But they would have to be much older for me to want to do that, since I wouldn't want them to want to color in it, or to rip the pages. 

I think a pre-teen girl would love this book as a present since it's so beautiful, and detailed. Take a look at some of the pages.

Now tell me how you would not want to color in this book. Not only is it beautiful, but it's timeless. I plan on spending more time with Daria Song and her beautiful mastery. If you'd like to see some more things by Daria, I found her Instagram page HERE so you can see some of her other wonderful artwork. I'm inspired.

Until next time.