Zendoodle Coloring: Inspiring Zendalas

Mystical Circles to Color and Display

Julia Snegireva

St. Martin’s Griffin

Over 60 Mystical Circles to Color and Display

Elevate your inner harmony by coloring the stunning illustrations of Zendoodle Coloring: Meditative Mandalas. Each of these gorgeous, unique designs offers you the opportunity to relax and tap into your own artistic abilities.
· Each page is perforated, making it easy to frame and display your art.
· You can use colored pencils, crayons, or markers – there is no right or wrong way to do it!
· Coloring is a great way to unplug and de-stress, and anybody can do it!· Soothing designs perfect for art therapy
· Instant stress reliever
· Original designs
· 8.5 x 10 tear-out pages fit for framing
· Personalized artwork for home-decorating, framing, or gift-giving

Zendoodle Coloring: Enchanting Gardens

Captivating Florals to Color and Display

Nikolett Corley

St. Martin’s Griffin

Let beauty bloom in your own Zendoodle garden!

Welcome to Zendoodle Coloring! Wander the paths of mesmerizing flora through Enchanting Gardens. This zentangle-inspired coloring book for adults is the perfect retreat from the intensity of a stressful day. The calming effects of coloring in these intricate designs offer the unique opportunity to unwind while making something beautiful that is an expression of your unique, artistic style. Just the right size for framing, these designs are ideal for gift-giving and home décor. Get lost in this series of beautiful floral designs and let your artistic side blossom!
· The only series to combine coloring and zendoodling!
· Stunning floral designs perfect for art therapy
· Instant stress reliever
· Original designs
· Tear-out pages fit for framing
· Personalized artwork for home-decorating, framing, or gift-giving

Doesn’t this look like fun?  Remembering how fun it was to sit around the table and color? Picking  the perfect colors. Which one would you start with?  I like them both. These book come from  St. Martin’s Griffin’s and they have a  new series of adult coloring books.  You can embrace the calming, meditative benefits of drawing, be creative and get lost among the gorgeous patterns.  I can’t wait to start.  I just bought a package of markers and I am going to start designing a picture to frame and put on the wall.  I think that this will be so relaxing and I can express myself.

If you would like to get your own Zendoodle Coloring books you can order them HERE.

“Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Butter Braid – I have never heard of them and thought they sounded good.  This is part of a group giveaway enter below.

So, school has started or maybe going to start this next week and your kids do not want to get out of bed. I have the solution, Butter Braid! This is a fabulous pastry that you can take from your freezer the night before and put it in the pan, wait for it to rise and bake it the next morning. When your family smells this baking they will be running out of their rooms to get their share!

Butter Braid was so wonderful and sent me:

• Strawberry & Cream Cheese
• Cinnamon
• Apple
• Double Chocolate
• Raspberry
• Blueberry & Cream Cheese

All of them are so good and when school time comes your kids are wide awake and ready to go. I know around here no matter what it is if they smell something baking they are all coming into the kitchen to see what is going on.

I like how you can have the Butter Braid in the freezer, and if you get wind someone is coming from dinner, you can take it out and let it thaw and be ready to bake after your dinner. What a treat!

I was excited to learn that Butter Braid pastries fundraising has helped schools and other no profit groups raise over $165 million! That is huge, you can have your sweets and help a good cause!

The fact that these are hand braided in a small town in Iowa using only quality ingredients gives them a wonderful handmade appearance and taste nobody has to know this was sitting in your freezer, just waiting for you to bake it for them!

This is one of those things that just fills a few purposes all at one time. They are convenient they taste great, they help schools and other raise money, can get people moving in the morning with their great home bakes smell, and they are such a high quality product.

You can check out all of their product at their website here and here are the instructions for handling and baking the Butter Braid Pastries.

Now for the best part Butter Braid is giving away a 6 pack to one lucky reader and they will get to try the wonderfulness of these great products!

This giveaway is Hosted by Tales From A Southern Mom, Co-hosted by Deliciously Savvy and Michigan Saving and More, and sponsored by Butter Braid Pastries!

Just enter below and good luck!

I love crafts and if it comes in a kit I am all for it!  Thunder Bay Press has some really cute crochet kits that I just love!  I received three really cute ones that I want to show you.  I started crocheting these cute Disney ones.  Everything including a crochet hook, yarn,  patterns and more came in this box.  The characters are adorable.  I want to tell you a bit about each one of the kits I received.

Disney Classic Crochet

Author: Megan Kreiner

ISBN 13: 978-1-62686-325-5

About this kit:

Growing up my skin was pretty good ~ but I know that I was lucky.  Many kids have acne and even have it as adults.  Now that school is starting you want to make sure that your face is clear. You may have tried a number of products but here is one I think is good.  Obagi CLENZIderm MD System it is used to help control acne for a clearer and healthier skin. It comes with three different products all designed to work together.

• Obagi CLENZIderm Daily Care Foaming Cleanser ($39) uses 2% salicylic acid to penetrate skin and cleanse deep into the hair follicles and pores.
• Obagi CLENZIderm Pore Therapy Toner ($39) unclogs pores and clears dead skin cells while preparing skin to deeply absorb a liquefied serum that targets acne at its source.  The formula contains 2% Salicylic and acid that eliminates residue on the skin and minimizes blemishes.
• CLENZIderm M.D. Therapeutic Lotion ($81) includes a liquefied form of 5% benzoyl peroxide that is 1/10,000 the size of any other benzoyl peroxide available. As a result, this treatment instantly penetrates the pores and begins reducing acne below the skin’s surface.

Joey ~ Rex’s son has bad acne and I have to remind him that he needs to wash his face twice a day and also when he comes home from work.  He started using these products a couple weeks ago and with daily use his skin is looking better and the acne is going away.

If you would like to purchase the Obagi CLENZIderm MD System ($147) you can purchase it HERE.

“Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Deck the Halls: 20+ Knitted Christmas Ornaments

Deck the Halls and Raid the Stash! In this exciting pattern book, we’ve got 20+ ornaments to keep those idle hands busy all season long as you happily knit the hours away creating handmade ornaments for your very own tree, and as treasured gifts for friends and family. Making these ornaments is easy on the wallet too. Luckily, Christmas ornaments are small, which means you don’t need to invest vast amounts of time or money on making them. Also, these charming patterns are made using a variety of yarn weights so you can easily find your gauge and conveniently use whatever yarns you have on hand. If you’re up for learning some new techniques, then you are in luck too. In Deck the Halls, you’ll discover openwork techniques, knitting with beads, knitting in the round, stranded colorwork, felting, and drop stitch. You’ll also be delighted by the range familiar friends— we’ve got Jolly Saint Nick of course, Donner the Reindeer, Elfie and Agnes the Lamb to name just a few. Let’s pick up our needles, and make some Christmas magic!

My Review:

This is a super cute book!  There are so many cute knit ornaments to make. Christmas is only 4 months away – time to get busy on your Christmas Projects so you can enjoy the holiday without rushing too much!  My first project is going to be this cute mitten garland.  I can use up some of my scraps of yarn.  I also want to make some cute little stocking ornaments.  I see lots that will keep me busy.

The best thing about this book is how easy the directions are to follow. Each pattern tells you how easy or difficult it is.  Then list the material you will need.  There are also step-by-step directions and a picture of the finished product.

If you would like to purchase this book cute book you can do so HERE.

I received a Copy of this book from the author for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for the review.