Download or read book The Scraps Book written by Lois Ehlert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned Caldecott Honoree and illustrator of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom provides a moving, intimate, and inspiring inside look at her colorful picture book career. Lois Ehlert always knew she was an artist. Her parents encouraged her from a young age by teaching her how to sew and saw wood and pound nails, and by giving her colorful art supplies. They even gave her a special spot to work that was all her own. Today, many years and many books later, Lois takes readers and aspiring artists on a delightful behind-the-scenes tour of her books and her book-making process. Part fascinating retrospective, part moving testament to the value of following your dreams, this richly illustrated picture book is sure to inspire children and adults alike to explore their own creativity.

Download or read book Worlds Within Worlds written by Kerby Rosanes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the internationally bestselling artist that brought you the Morphia series, this incredible coloring book includes 96 double-sided pages of pure imagination in an all-new Kerby Rosanes universe. A new fantastic and super-detailed adult coloring book, in an entirely new world, from the prodigious bestselling illustrator. Colorists will find Kerby Rosanes's new creations to be hypnotic, with spread after dizzying spread featuring creatures, people, animals, and landscapes that blur the line between familiar and magical, between reality and imagination. Fans will be thrilled to see Kerby return with this 96-page book, providing an apparently endless coloring challenge for even his most dedicated and enthusiastic fans.

Download or read book The Little Book of Colour written by Karen Haller and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SUNDAY TIMES DESIGN BOOK OF THE YEAR _________________________________________ The definitive guide for harnessing the power of colour to improve your happiness, wellbeing and confidence Wouldn't you like to boost your confidence simply by slipping on 'that' yellow jumper? Or when you get home after a stressful day, be instantly soothed by the restful green of your walls? The colours all around us hold an emotional energy. Applied Colour Psychology specialist, Karen Haller, explains the inherent power of colour; for example, looking closely at the colours we love or those we dislike can bring up deeply buried memories and with them powerful feelings. A revolutionary guide to boosting your wellbeing, The Little Book of Colour puts you firmly in the driver's seat and on the road to changing the colours in your world to revamp your mood and motivation. Illuminating the science, psychology and emotional significance of colour, with key assessments for finding your own true colour compatibility, this book will help you to rediscover meaning in everything you do through the joy of colour. Get ready to join the colour revolution, and change your life for the better.

Download or read book Color Your Life written by Howard Sun and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alter the colors around you to improve your quality of life! Color has been used for thousands of years to represent an individual's mental and emotional state. The colors that we surround ourselves with allow for a deeper exploration into the inner self. Used positively, color can have a profound healing quality, enhance our well-being and improve our lives. Now, in Color Your Life, veteran color therapists Howard and Dorothy Sun explain how color can be used to promote health, healing, and personal growth. This book will help you discover how to do your own Color Reflection Reading, learn about your aura and chakra colors and discover how color in your life can be the answer to spiritual growth and well-being.

Download or read book The Secret Lives of Colour written by Kassia St Clair and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.' Simon Garfield The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture.

Download or read book The Little Book of Life Hacks written by Yumi Sakugawa and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clever little ways to improve your daily life!

Download or read book Life Colors written by Pamala Oslie and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2000 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamala Oslie offers a guide to aura colors of energy and how they correspond to four main personality types. She also describes 12 combination colors and includes a test to determine one's own aura color.

Download or read book Worlds of Wonder written by Johanna Basford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the worldwide bestsellers World of Flowers and Lost Ocean, a beautiful new coloring book that takes you on a captivating journey through imagined and fantastical realms. This isn't just a book; rather, it is a magical portal to many wondrous worlds. Within these pages you'll find tree-top castles, floating islands, and fairytale villages, all waiting to be brought to life in your colors. Go on an adventure and let your imagination roam from world to world, discovering enchanted sea turtles, curious cats, and lost song birds along the way. In this new coloring book, Johanna Basford lends her signature style of inky illustration to a series of brand new inkscapes and themes, all with a sprinkling of her much-loved botanicals. Get ready to discover whole new worlds of colors!

Download or read book Living Floral written by Margot Shaw and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brimming with top stylemakers' and designers' innovative floral design ideas to enliven the home, Living Floral will resonate with those who appreciate the beauty and everyday luxury of flowers. For this inspirational, yet instructive, book Shaw presents portraits of top tastemakers at home who share their joy of flowers. From interior designers Charlotte Moss, Suzanne Rheinstein, and Bunny Williams, and event designer Tara Guerard to floral and garden experts Sybil Sylvester and P. Allen Smith and culinary consultant Alex Hitz, these luminaries impart their personal botanical point of view. They show how to incorporate flowers in home decor and present numerous ways to entertain with flair. Interior designers illustrate how eclectic furnishings work well with floral and botanical accents in fabric, wallpaper, artwork, and accessories to shape chic indoor spaces. We will learn how traditionalists and modernists put together an attractive table; for example, by mixing heirloom silver with simple white china and bright flowers arranged in everyday glass containers. This gorgeously photographed book concludes with a primer on such topics as extending the life of fresh-cut flowers and assembling a table runner of charming blooms. Living Floral is a must-have for flower and interior design enthusiasts, as well as home gardeners.

Download or read book Thailand Escape written by Jade Gedeon and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience Sacred Structures and Exotic Wildlife Like No Other Exuberant dancers, bathing elephants, lush foliage and tigers on the hunt are just a few of the images at your fingertips, waiting to be brought to life. Come along for the ride as bestselling author, Jade Gedeon, shows you all the hidden attractions Thailand has to offer. With unique attractions such as cheeky monkeys, religious relics and awe-inspiring flowers, you’ll want to color this book from front to back. Use colored pencils, pens, markers or even watercolors to bring these 30 illustrations—with 5 foldout poster images—to life. With high-quality art paper and lay-flat binding, your colorful masterpiece will withstand the test of time. Immerse yourself in culture, wildlife and architecture with the bountiful pages of Thailand Escape. Also by Jade Gedeon: — Island Escape — Rainforest Escape — Carnival Escape More Than 100,000 Copies in Print!

Download or read book My Life in Color Guided Journal written by Brittany Watson Jepsen and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Life in Color offers a unique way to create a vibrant self-portrait. Conceived by Brittany Watson Jepsen, founder of the beloved blog The House That Lars Built, this guided journal is divided into eight color-themed chapters that are filled with thought-provoking prompts. Uncover your passions in the red section, ponder your personal growth in the green section, and think about what calms and centers you in the blue section. This hardcover journal has a removable jacket and exposed binding that shows off its multicolored signatures. It lies perfectly flat and features space to gather mementos and organize them by color. Within these pages, the random aspects of your life--your memories, current obsessions, and dreams for the future--will fall into harmony, because everything is beautiful when it is arranged in rainbow order! Inspired by Craft the Rainbow, also by Brittany Watson Jepsen, My Life in Color is part of a vibrant collection of journals, including one hardcover and one paperback notebook.

Download or read book Casey Luna written by Richard Melzer and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dirt is cheaper in the country!" Everyone who lived in New Mexico in the 1980s remembers that famous slogan used in TV commercials to market Casey Luna's Ford and Mercury car dealership in Belen. Casey's TV ads made his a household name, contributing to his great success as a businessman while helping him launch his career in politics. But it took much more than a popular ad to make Casey a success in nearly every endeavor he pursued in life. In one of the most engaging biographies of a 20th century New Mexico state leader, historian Richard Melzer recounts Casey's life from his humble beginnings in Cañon de Jemez and Albuquerque to his more than fifty years in Ford car dealerships, his ownership of a national champion sprint car, and his service as a lieutenant governor of New Mexico. Filled with compelling, often humorous anecdotes, this is the story of a colorful leader with lessons to be learned for all who truly care about New Mexico and its future.

Download or read book Colourful Crochet written by EMMA. LEITH and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring more colour into your crochet with these bright and beautiful patterns. Imagine you are in the wool shop or searching for yarn online - do you instinctively go for the reds and pinks, naturally veer towards soft blues and greens, or head to the dark side of greys and blacks? The relationship between colours and our state of mind is well established, but we don't often consciously notice how much different colours affect us or understand why we favour some over others. Emma Leith is known for her colourful crochet, and has designed 35 projects that will bring you the psychological benefits of working with different shades, along with the enjoyment of creating beautiful items for the home and to wear. There is a chapter for each season, to reflect the colours of nature in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and then a chapter of 'four seasons' designs, showing you how to mix shades from different times of the year. With notes on the colour therapy benefits of different patterns, and suggestions for switching shades to suit your own preferences, you will soon be crocheting in full colour.

Download or read book ENJOY THE COLORFUL LIFE written by Adam Nguyen and published by Adam Nguyen. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we are really focused and interested in something, it develops. That is an obvious law of the universe. When we focus on learning, our intellect becomes more lucid. We are smarter and make smarter decisions. When we focus on observation, we will see lessons, interesting things from the obvious. With this booklet, I summarize and share my observations about life. I hope it will also be interesting and valuable to you. When you observe, you live slowly. And then, you will feel each breath, your own beat and of life. At that moment you are enjoying the colorful life.

Download or read book Grateful written by Alina Adamut and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are the most beautiful version of yourself when you are unapologetically yourself, when you live as beautifully as you can, when you do your best and call it a day. You are so beautiful when you want to grow through all life’s experiences. Alina Adamut knows firsthand that we all have the power to change the way we look at and perceive our life’s challenges. We have the power to change the words and thoughts that surround those circumstances. Most importantly, we have the power to change the way we respond to them. In a collection of poems and other writings, Adamut invites others to fall in love with their messy beautiful lives, over and over again, while finding gratitude for every moment. Her inspirational poems remind others there is always room to be thankful for the simple gifts of life such as wake-up calls, memorable encounters, being okay with not being okay, change, and little glimpses of heaven. Grateful is a poetic journey through one woman’s messy yet beautiful life experiences as she learns to accept and be grateful for the simple gifts and beauty around her.

Download or read book Noah written by Carol Mitchell and published by Carol Denise Mitchell. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noah is a heartbreaking saga about Tiffany Mitchell's often difficult journey to find love. From the start, Tiffany Mitchell's road to love took her through dramatic twists and turns that left her thinking that love would be forever out of her reach. In fact, for many years love seemed elusive, like a never-ending pathway to certain disappointment until Tiffany meets a handsome bartender named Noah Crawford and, she falls in love at once. The special event gave Tiffany an immediate attraction to the undisputed possibilities of love, in a moment that would change her whole life. This love raised the bar for others; only, it couldn't have happened at the worst time, for on the eve that Tiffany meets the "Love of her Life" Noah; it is one day before her wedding day to Piper. Will Tiffany have to walk away from the only man she loves? Or, will she lose it all in one night? Carol Denise Mitchell is one of the few authors who work harder than anyone to pull at those heart strings. In the end, readers will be rooting for love. However, will Tiffany ever end up with Noah? Or, will she lose him forevermore?

Download or read book My Colorful Life As a Flower Child written by Cherie Shifflett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join a true flower child through her adventures in life, from her mischievous escapades as a little girl, to her discovery of true love as a woman. My Colorful Life as a Flower Child is an uplifting and inspirational story of courage through life's many challenges. You just might discover the secret to happiness within these pages.