Drawing on Mindfulness - a colouring series of New Zealand

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Drawing On Mindfulness - A Colouring Series Of New Zealand

Project 2015-08-03 21:38:10 +1200

  • This book is the perfect mindfulness activity to draw on your creativity.  Using your hands for a creative endeavour is a proven way to sooth anxiety and eliminate stress.
  •  Illustrations are by Cat Fawcett-Cornes (CatvsPencil) a popular and talented New Zealand illustrator and artist.
  • 65 beautifully detailed pencil drawings are waiting for you to bring them to life with colour and to personalise them as your own.
  •  Each page has a blank backing so you can remove the illustrations and frame them.   Or you may wish to keep the completed book as a treasured keepsake.
  • Scattered through the book are short mindfulness quotes for you to read whilst colouring.
  • This book makes a lovely gift for family and friends of all ages, living in New Zealand and overseas.  It is the perfect activity to take away on holiday.

Who we are:

Maree and Cat are two Kiwi friends who enjoy creative pursuits.  Cat is a talented NZ artist and Maree is an entrepreneur who has discovered the practice of mindfulness to help with managing the chaos of everyday life.  Together they have created this colouring book that brings the natural beauty of New Zealand to you.

What are we trying to achieve?

Adult colouring in books are the fastest growing book genre in the world.  Out of the top 25 selling books on Book Depository (a popular online book site), 14 are adult colouring in books.  All successful books to date have been international, we want to create a book with illustrations based on the beauty of NZ's nature. We want to raise enough funds to complete the illustrations in our book and prepare it for an initial print run of 500.  With the 500 books we plan to send some to you lovely Pledgers and also use some as samples to send to different retail outlets; book stores, tourist shops, toy shops, online shops and gift stores with the objective to get more orders.  If this is a success we would like to produce more colouring series for you to enjoy.

A sneak peak at the book:

New Zealand’s natural beauty, stunning landscapes and exquisite flora and fauna make it the ideal subject for this colouring series.

This book is created with beautifully detailed pencil drawings and is waiting for you to bring them to life with colour. 

Discover the joy of New Zealand’s many insects, birds, flowers and plants, through these stunning scenes and intricate patterns.

 As you focus on colouring you will get lost in the majestic beauty of this world and will go on a journey of peace and tranquillity.

 

Cover of book:

Cover Page

 

Example of some colouring pages:

4 series

 

Comments

Updates 5

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Nearly there!!!!

01/10/2015 at 11:00 AM

Hi

Thanks to everyone for your pledges so far, we have been blown away with people's responses to our project and it is exciting to see so many people wanting to support a creative NZ project!

We have 3 days to go and we still have $2.5k to raise, our deadline is 8pm this Sunday! The money that we need to raise equates to around 80 more books . So please share with your friends and family or pehaps consider making some additional pledges that will help us reach our goal -  these books will make great gifts for young and old and Christmas isnt that far away!  

There are also other ways you can help out:

  •  Pledge under $15 as a donation, every dollar counts!
  •  Pledge $100 and Cat will draw a commissioned piece for you, just send us a photo of a member of your family, a pet or even your favourite musician, these make a beautiful and unique keepsake and/or gift. (examples below)
  •  Pledge $120 and choose from 6 original drawings from the book, these will look amazing framed (3 left). 

Thanks for your support, with your help we can make this happen!!!!

Cat & Maree

x

 

Nearly there!!!!

01/10/2015 at 11:00 AM

Hi

Thanks to everyone for your pledges so far, we have been blown away with people's responses to our project and it is exciting to see so many people wanting to support a creative NZ project!

We have 3 days to go and we still have $2.5k to raise, our deadline is 8pm this Sunday! The money that we need to raise equates to around 80 more books . So please share with your friends and family or pehaps consider making some additional pledges that will help us reach our goal -  these books will make great gifts for young and old and Christmas isnt that far away!  

There are also other ways you can help out:

  •  Pledge under $15 as a donation, every dollar counts!
  •  Pledge $100 and Cat will draw a commissioned piece for you, just send us a photo of a member of your family, a pet or even your favourite musician, these make a beautiful and unique keepsake and/or gift. (examples below)
  •  Pledge $120 and choose from 6 original drawings from the book, these will look amazing framed (3 left). 

Thanks for your support, with your help we can make this happen!!!!

Cat & Maree

x

 

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New Reward

06/09/2015 at 8:55 PM

Hello

Thanks to everyone who has pledged and supported us to get this beautiful book printed! We have been overwhelmed with your support and to date we have raised over $5k.  We have just under one month to go and need to raise another $10k - around 200 more pledgers, so please share our pledgeme page with your family and friends and/or please go to our page and order more rewards - otherwise this project won't happen and well that would be very sad!  

Our book will be ready in time for Christmas, so get organised early and order!  We have just added a new reward which would make the perfect gift or would look great framed - an A4 print that you can colour or leave as is for only $15.

Thanks

Cat & Maree

 

    Pledgers 199

    Bonita Muntz
    01/10/2015 at 9:18am
    Jane
    30/09/2015 at 1:09pm
    Chelsea O'Rourke
    30/09/2015 at 12:21pm
    Toni Reid
    29/09/2015 at 8:49pm

    "Fantastic! Aotearoa is ready for some mindful colouring!!"

    Aimee Dunlop
    29/09/2015 at 6:16pm

    "Good luck girls! Looks like a great book!!"

    Chris Fawcett
    29/09/2015 at 7:56am

    "keep em cummin"

    Anonymous pledger
    28/09/2015 at 5:32pm

    "University Book Shop - Dunedin's Finest Book Shop loves CatvsPencil!"

    Kelly Atkinson
    28/09/2015 at 12:23pm
    Anonymous pledger
    28/09/2015 at 11:38am
    Karen Wesseling
    27/09/2015 at 3:47pm
    jane
    27/09/2015 at 2:54pm
    Lynnette Foo
    27/09/2015 at 1:14pm
    Graham Cornes
    27/09/2015 at 11:19am
    Graham Cornes
    27/09/2015 at 11:18am
    Jenny Perez
    27/09/2015 at 11:09am
    Kathleen Fawcett
    27/09/2015 at 7:01am
    Joan Salo
    27/09/2015 at 6:17am
    Kathryn
    26/09/2015 at 10:48pm

    "Can not wait! Perfect "

    Lauren Perez
    26/09/2015 at 5:36pm
    Alice Coleman
    26/09/2015 at 4:24pm
    Fusae Kudo
    25/09/2015 at 6:29pm
    Anonymous pledger
    25/09/2015 at 10:18am
    Pip moriarty
    25/09/2015 at 8:52am

    "Love ya work Cat. Would love a drawing of my girls for their grandparents Xmas gift. Such a great personal gift idea! "

    Chris Judd
    24/09/2015 at 3:25pm
    Kathleen Becker
    24/09/2015 at 1:23pm
    Diana
    24/09/2015 at 10:54am
    gayle haber
    23/09/2015 at 10:04pm

    "Looking forward to adding to my collection. "

    Greg Walker
    23/09/2015 at 3:33pm
    Tess
    23/09/2015 at 2:22pm
    Janice
    23/09/2015 at 1:02pm

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    Followers of Drawing on Mindfulness - a colouring series of New Zealand

    Drawing On Mindfulness - A Colouring Series Of New Zealand

    Project 2015-08-03 21:38:10 +1200

    • This book is the perfect mindfulness activity to draw on your creativity.  Using your hands for a creative endeavour is a proven way to sooth anxiety and eliminate stress.
    •  Illustrations are by Cat Fawcett-Cornes (CatvsPencil) a popular and talented New Zealand illustrator and artist.
    • 65 beautifully detailed pencil drawings are waiting for you to bring them to life with colour and to personalise them as your own.
    •  Each page has a blank backing so you can remove the illustrations and frame them.   Or you may wish to keep the completed book as a treasured keepsake.
    • Scattered through the book are short mindfulness quotes for you to read whilst colouring.
    • This book makes a lovely gift for family and friends of all ages, living in New Zealand and overseas.  It is the perfect activity to take away on holiday.

    Who we are:

    Maree and Cat are two Kiwi friends who enjoy creative pursuits.  Cat is a talented NZ artist and Maree is an entrepreneur who has discovered the practice of mindfulness to help with managing the chaos of everyday life.  Together they have created this colouring book that brings the natural beauty of New Zealand to you.

    What are we trying to achieve?

    Adult colouring in books are the fastest growing book genre in the world.  Out of the top 25 selling books on Book Depository (a popular online book site), 14 are adult colouring in books.  All successful books to date have been international, we want to create a book with illustrations based on the beauty of NZ's nature. We want to raise enough funds to complete the illustrations in our book and prepare it for an initial print run of 500.  With the 500 books we plan to send some to you lovely Pledgers and also use some as samples to send to different retail outlets; book stores, tourist shops, toy shops, online shops and gift stores with the objective to get more orders.  If this is a success we would like to produce more colouring series for you to enjoy.

    A sneak peak at the book:

    New Zealand’s natural beauty, stunning landscapes and exquisite flora and fauna make it the ideal subject for this colouring series.

    This book is created with beautifully detailed pencil drawings and is waiting for you to bring them to life with colour. 

    Discover the joy of New Zealand’s many insects, birds, flowers and plants, through these stunning scenes and intricate patterns.

     As you focus on colouring you will get lost in the majestic beauty of this world and will go on a journey of peace and tranquillity.

     

    Cover of book:

    Cover Page

     

    Example of some colouring pages:

    4 series

     

    Comments

    You need to pledge to see this update.

    Nearly there!!!!

    01/10/2015 at 11:00 AM

    Hi

    Thanks to everyone for your pledges so far, we have been blown away with people's responses to our project and it is exciting to see so many people wanting to support a creative NZ project!

    We have 3 days to go and we still have $2.5k to raise, our deadline is 8pm this Sunday! The money that we need to raise equates to around 80 more books . So please share with your friends and family or pehaps consider making some additional pledges that will help us reach our goal -  these books will make great gifts for young and old and Christmas isnt that far away!  

    There are also other ways you can help out:

    •  Pledge under $15 as a donation, every dollar counts!
    •  Pledge $100 and Cat will draw a commissioned piece for you, just send us a photo of a member of your family, a pet or even your favourite musician, these make a beautiful and unique keepsake and/or gift. (examples below)
    •  Pledge $120 and choose from 6 original drawings from the book, these will look amazing framed (3 left). 

    Thanks for your support, with your help we can make this happen!!!!

    Cat & Maree

    x

     

    Nearly there!!!!

    01/10/2015 at 11:00 AM

    Hi

    Thanks to everyone for your pledges so far, we have been blown away with people's responses to our project and it is exciting to see so many people wanting to support a creative NZ project!

    We have 3 days to go and we still have $2.5k to raise, our deadline is 8pm this Sunday! The money that we need to raise equates to around 80 more books . So please share with your friends and family or pehaps consider making some additional pledges that will help us reach our goal -  these books will make great gifts for young and old and Christmas isnt that far away!  

    There are also other ways you can help out:

    •  Pledge under $15 as a donation, every dollar counts!
    •  Pledge $100 and Cat will draw a commissioned piece for you, just send us a photo of a member of your family, a pet or even your favourite musician, these make a beautiful and unique keepsake and/or gift. (examples below)
    •  Pledge $120 and choose from 6 original drawings from the book, these will look amazing framed (3 left). 

    Thanks for your support, with your help we can make this happen!!!!

    Cat & Maree

    x

     

    You need to pledge to see this update.

    New Reward

    06/09/2015 at 8:55 PM

    Hello

    Thanks to everyone who has pledged and supported us to get this beautiful book printed! We have been overwhelmed with your support and to date we have raised over $5k.  We have just under one month to go and need to raise another $10k - around 200 more pledgers, so please share our pledgeme page with your family and friends and/or please go to our page and order more rewards - otherwise this project won't happen and well that would be very sad!  

    Our book will be ready in time for Christmas, so get organised early and order!  We have just added a new reward which would make the perfect gift or would look great framed - an A4 print that you can colour or leave as is for only $15.

    Thanks

    Cat & Maree

     

      Bonita Muntz
      01/10/2015 at 9:18am
      Jane
      30/09/2015 at 1:09pm
      Chelsea O'Rourke
      30/09/2015 at 12:21pm
      Toni Reid
      29/09/2015 at 8:49pm

      "Fantastic! Aotearoa is ready for some mindful colouring!!"

      Aimee Dunlop
      29/09/2015 at 6:16pm

      "Good luck girls! Looks like a great book!!"

      Chris Fawcett
      29/09/2015 at 7:56am

      "keep em cummin"

      Anonymous pledger
      28/09/2015 at 5:32pm

      "University Book Shop - Dunedin's Finest Book Shop loves CatvsPencil!"

      Kelly Atkinson
      28/09/2015 at 12:23pm
      Anonymous pledger
      28/09/2015 at 11:38am
      Karen Wesseling
      27/09/2015 at 3:47pm
      jane
      27/09/2015 at 2:54pm
      Lynnette Foo
      27/09/2015 at 1:14pm
      Graham Cornes
      27/09/2015 at 11:19am
      Graham Cornes
      27/09/2015 at 11:18am
      Jenny Perez
      27/09/2015 at 11:09am
      Kathleen Fawcett
      27/09/2015 at 7:01am
      Joan Salo
      27/09/2015 at 6:17am
      Kathryn
      26/09/2015 at 10:48pm

      "Can not wait! Perfect "

      Lauren Perez
      26/09/2015 at 5:36pm
      Alice Coleman
      26/09/2015 at 4:24pm
      Fusae Kudo
      25/09/2015 at 6:29pm
      Anonymous pledger
      25/09/2015 at 10:18am
      Pip moriarty
      25/09/2015 at 8:52am

      "Love ya work Cat. Would love a drawing of my girls for their grandparents Xmas gift. Such a great personal gift idea! "

      Chris Judd
      24/09/2015 at 3:25pm
      Kathleen Becker
      24/09/2015 at 1:23pm
      Diana
      24/09/2015 at 10:54am
      gayle haber
      23/09/2015 at 10:04pm

      "Looking forward to adding to my collection. "

      Greg Walker
      23/09/2015 at 3:33pm
      Tess
      23/09/2015 at 2:22pm
      Janice
      23/09/2015 at 1:02pm

      Followers of Drawing on Mindfulness - a colouring series of New Zealand

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 04/10/2015 at 8:00 PM.