Everything Beautiful

The adult coloring craze has infiltrated bookstores and online book selling sites with record sales. Why not? Coloring is fun, relaxing and good for you.  With a certain level of stress commonplace in our society, the invitation to slow down and reflect is enticing.

Everything Beautiful is a coloring book that delivers beauty and so much more. Forty-five beautiful designs were contributed by nine talented  artists. Each design features a hand-lettered quote and artwork on high quality perforated paper. On the back of each design page there is additional information on the source of the quote. For example, if a quote is from a hymn the entire hymn would be written on the reverse side of the page. The print is light so it won't be visible on your coloring page. The book also contains a playlist of encouraging and soothing Christian music to listen to as you color. 

When I color, I enjoy peace and quiet. I like to kind of be in my own head. Music is sort of distracting to me when I'm being artistic. However, the playlist is stellar and it can be played anytime for your enjoyment. I feel like I received three special thing in this coloring book: A casual Devotional, coloring pages, and music. 

Here are my favorite features:

1. I LOVE the diversity of the artists. Some styles speak more to me, (I love Katherine Howe's illustration and I'm not a fan of Lisa Shirk's squinted hand-lettering). The fact that I can now discern what I like and don't like and why makes me feel like I'm active in the process. 
2. The Intro is very well written. One line says "Everything Beautiful is about finding beauty in the everyday, the mundane, the broken, and the scary." They nailed it. 
3. I really appreciate that they list the entire quote source, a bio of the person quoted and artist info on the back of each page. In most cases there is a great amount of space for journaling as well. Journal in pencil so it doesn't damage your coloring surface. 

I give Everything Beautiful a full 5 star rating. Though it is intended for adults, it could easily be used by girls 10 and up. The coloring skill is not too intense. 

I was given this book by Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest review. ​

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