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Every Little Thing: A Flat Vernacular Coloring Book Review and Giveaway

When I was in school there was a requirement to “wrap” our books. What this exercise entailed was gathering paper bags and cutting them to the size of the textbook, and with a couple strategic folds and little tape the book would be covered. What resulted was a black space, and a spine to create whatever I chose to think appropriate and thematic for that book.

The best part was the blank canvas and being able to create the cover of my dreams. This normally took longer than and usually detracted from the real purpose of the books. I always went for bright colors, and something inspiring and happy – think rainbows and butterflies.

There have been books throughout my life that I have thought could do well as an outline, and give the reader the ability to color. This long thought of mine has come to fruition with the release of Every Little Thing: A Flat Vernacular Coloring Book by Payton Cosell Turner.

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Every Little Thing: A Flat Vernacular Coloring Book by Payton Cosell Turner is a wistful and magical jaunt into a different world. The name of the book originates from the authors Brooklyn based design studio that is known for their hand-drawn and hand-printed wallpapers. As you thumb through this books it becomes clear that any one of these designs could be an active and potentially colorful wallpaper. Each page has characters ranging from koalas, alligators, lions, cats, snakes, peacocks, butterflies to food.

Another bonus to this book is that the cover comes off and reveals a blank canvas for you to color as you deem appropriate. The book pages are bound together which makes removal of the pages a little more difficult, which might just be easier and neater to leave them in the books binding. Each page is a close mirror image to the opposite page, which lends itself to added creativity.

I think it is important to note that since this is a hand-drawn book the artwork might not be for everybody – there are a lot of animals as well. I loved all the animals and found myself creating stories for each page as I was coloring. I would also recommend sticking to crayons or pencils, as if you use pens it runs the risk of bleeding through and making the coloring of the following page difficult.

During those seemingly long school days I dreamt to coloring my own covers and now this is a an option. This is a fun, different and creative take on the growing adult coloring book trend and if you are looking for a little higher quality coloring book, this 80 page book is for you!

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64 thoughts on “Every Little Thing Review”

Cheryl January 9, 2016 at

My favorite thing to color is flowers.

Rhiannon Rowland January 10, 2016 at

I love to color just about anything. But I guess flowers are my favorite.

carol January 10, 2016 at

I love to color all kinds of pictures…but different designs with flowers and patterns are my favorite

Cynthia C January 10, 2016 at

I haven’t colored for years, but some of the new mandala designs look beautiful to me.

Debbi Wellenstein January 10, 2016 at

I like coloring butterflies-on flowers!

Cheryl B January 10, 2016 at

I like to doodle, but I enjoy sitting down with Grandtot and coloring pictures with her.

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Sarah January 11, 2016 at

I’m a big doodler too, but when it comes to colouring I like really intricate designs.

tiesha January 11, 2016 at

i loved colouring with my kids

Donna Doyle January 11, 2016 at

Flowers, trees, nature.

Wehaf January 11, 2016 at

I love to color mandalas and whimsical patterns.

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Daniela Plume January 11, 2016 at

I love to colour mandalas

Recipe Fairy January 11, 2016 at

I like mandelas! They’re so relaxing!

Sandi Tymchuk January 11, 2016 at

I like colouring pictures, too, especially flowers and animals–a simple child-like pleasure!

heather sibley January 11, 2016 at

I like coloring elaborate patterns and designs.

Mary Gardner January 11, 2016 at

I like coloring flowers.

Marlene V January 11, 2016 at

I love colouring animals and intricate designs.

susan hartman January 11, 2016 at

I like coloring the geometric patterns.

heather hart January 12, 2016 at

I like coloring just about anything!

Daniel M January 12, 2016 at

don’t have a fav but me mom is into it

jenny stratton January 12, 2016 at

I love coloring ocean life.

Laura Welsh January 12, 2016 at

CATS

nicolthepickle January 13, 2016 at

I like flowers and butterflies.

Brenda Witherspoon-Bedard January 16, 2016 at

I like to color flowers

Angela Saver January 16, 2016 at

My favorite thing to color is flowers!

Stephanie LaPlante January 17, 2016 at

I like fairies, animals and flowers

dawn walsh January 17, 2016 at

i am a scribbller abstract

Cassi January 20, 2016 at

I’m almost finished with my first Coloring Book. I like them all but my husband prefers the outcome of the animal ones.

Laurie B January 20, 2016 at

I love to colour flowers butterflies and birds.

Melanie Barclay January 22, 2016 at

i love colouring flowers!

Laura January 24, 2016 at

I love doodling on anything!

Kristen Chan January 30, 2016 at

I love coloring pictures of animals

Traci Tilson January 31, 2016 at

I love to color with my family. The fact that you review books that I wouldn’t normally see is wonderful.

Dana Rodriguez February 5, 2016 at

Flowers, mandelas and animals.

Christina Sparks February 7, 2016 at

I like to color picture of animals

GALENA PENROD February 8, 2016 at

sweet I would love to work on coloring this

crystle tellerday February 8, 2016 at

animals and faires

paige chandler February 8, 2016 at

I like to color flowers.

Linda G. February 8, 2016 at

I like to color, my favorite is coloring flowers!

sue14625 February 9, 2016 at

I like to color-nature-fantasy-outerspace-

Jessica K. February 13, 2016 at

I like to color patterns, animals, mystical creatures.

Kristina Potter February 13, 2016 at

My daughter draws sketches of pictures for my 3 year old. Then of course, my three year asks me to color with him. So my favorite thing to color are my daughters mythical creatures she draws.