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Amanda and Samantha

Amanda

Samantha's Coloring Page

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Hide it In Your Heart Coloring Calendar

Hide it In Your Heart in 2019

This 2019 calendar features a Bible verse for each week in creative fonts that can be colored in. A wide variety of holidays are listed, both traditional and unusual. (Do you know when Appreciate a Dragon Day is? How about Lost Sock Memorial Day?) You’ll have plenty of room to record your activities and appointments in the section for each day and week. After every month, you’ll find word puzzles featuring key words from that month's scriptures and holidays.

Prepare for a year full of coloring and fun that will help you hide God's Word in your heart in 2019 without even trying!

Purchase this calendar from Amazon now!

My Review

Hide it In Your Heart is a unique coloring calendar created by Annie Douglass Lima. There are 53 Bible verses and 24 word puzzles for adults and kids. We found the pages lots of fun to color and there's a variety of pictures to choose from. Some of the details in my picture were almost too fine, making it more challenging than I had expected. Other pictures have less details for the younger ones. Amanda's page was perfect for a 10-year-old and Samantha (age 18) loved her sea themed one! I recommend this calendar for the family. It will brighten your year!

Disclosure: I received a digital copy of this book. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Here's a peek at some sample pages!

(In the actual calendar, each page is 8 1/2" x 11".)

Links to download Bible verse coloring pages:

Matthew 6:25-26

I John 4:7-8

Psalm 103:2-4

Psalm 96:12-13

Psalm 103:13

Job 12:12

Books by Annie Douglass Lima:
The Nameless Soldier
In the Enemy's Service
Prince of Malorn
The Collar and the Cavvarach
The Gladiator and the Guard

The Krillonian Chronicles

About the Author:

Annie Douglass Lima

Annie Douglass Lima spent most of her childhood in Kenya and later graduated from Biola University in Southern California. She and her husband Floyd currently live in Taiwan, where she teaches fifth grade at Morrison Academy. She has been writing poetry, short stories, and novels since her childhood, and to date has published seventeen books (four YA action and adventure novels, five fantasies, a puppet script, six anthologies of her students’ poetry, and a Bible verse coloring and activity book). Besides writing, her hobbies include reading (especially fantasy and science fiction), scrapbooking, and international travel.

Email | Blog | Facebook | Twitter 

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Make My Saturday Sweet #287

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Ornaments of Love Coloring Book

Ornaments of Love Coloring Book

by Sharlin Craig

Contains the complete story

as well as 21 coloring pages!

Ornaments of Love Coloring Book

Slowing Down with Family at Christmas Time

This beautifully designed coloring book is a companion or stand-alone book to the original Ornaments of Love picture book. It contains not only the complete story of Ornaments of Love, but also provides 21 full-size coloring pages for artists of all ages.

The Ornaments of Love coloring book was created to bring families together at Christmas time. It provides families a perfect way to reduce holiday stress by spending quiet time coloring pages that showcase angels, bells, stars and much more.

Coloring pages range from easy to difficult, perfect for all family members!

Additional complimentary coloring pages are available to print online with the purchase of the coloring book.

Make this a special gift for your loved ones by also purchasing the original ‘Ornaments of Love’ picture book with full color illustrations.

Purchase the Coloring Book

on Amazon

Includes a link at the back of the book to extra free coloring pages to download and print for every member of the family!

Amanda with one of the

extra free coloring pages ⇩

Another page in the book

that Amanda colored in ⇩

My Review

Ornaments of Love Coloring Book contains the complete story from the original picture book with 21 full-sized coloring pages. This book is entirely in black and white, perfect for coloring. The story reminds us of the importance of family time and making memories while the coloring pages will help the family do just that when coloring in together. There is a link at the back of the book to download extra free pages for the whole family!

Amanda loves the coloring pages. On a few occasions, we sat together and enjoyed coloring in while listening to Christmas music. Even her sister has joined in the coloring fun! I recommend it as a great companion to the original Ornaments of Love picture book.

Amanda coloring in one of the pages from
the Ornaments of Love Coloring Book

Samantha and Amanda enjoying the coloring pages
from the Ornaments of Love Coloring Book

A page that I colored in

Another page that I colored in

Related Post:

Ornaments of Love Review
~ the original picture book ~

About the Author:

Sharlin Craig

Sharlin Craig, a Detroit native who now resides in southern California with her husband and daughter, is dedicated to writing inspirational children’s books that touch the spirit of her readers. A graduate of Oakland University, she’s taught music to children for several years while also writing music and lyrics. She’s combined her love for children and writing into authoring her debut children’s Christmas picture book, ‘Ornaments of Love’.

Sharlin believes that with the right surroundings and daily encouragement, children are boundless. She’s passionate about helping children feel understood and empowered through her books and hopes that her stories make them smile.

Author Links:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Disclosure: I received a free digital copy of this book for my honest review.

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Ornaments of Love

Ornaments of Love

by Sharlin Craig

With one $20 Amazon Gift Card

and three eBooks Giveaways!

About the Book:

Title: Ornaments of Love | Author: Sharlin Craig | Illustrator: Helen Monwuba | Genre: Christmas Picture Book | Pages: 32 | Recommended Age: 4 - 10

Book Description:

A touching Christmas story with glowing illustrations, Ornaments of Love is a story to cherish for years to come. A beautiful tale of Ayana, an endearing ten-year-old who excitedly anticipates that special time of year when the entire family joins together to decorate and admire the Christmas tree.

But sadly this year is different. Ayana realizes that her mom and dad are far too busy with everything else to enjoy the tree with Ayana. Then, something unexpected happens and the family is brought together with tenderness and joy.

Filled to the brim and overflowing with charming moments, gentle humor, and timeless illustrations, this beautiful story is a wonderful reminder of what’s important not only during the Christmas season, but every day of our lives. Ornaments of Love is destined to become one of your favorite holiday stories. One that will remain in your heart forever.

A peek inside...

Purchase Links:

Amazon Picture Book | Amazon eBook | Amazon Coloring Book | Smashwords | Kobo | Barnes & Noble/Nook | Apple iBooks | Audio English Version | Audio Spanish Version

Both books come with free gifts!

• The picture book comes with the free English and Spanish audio versions. 
• The coloring book comes with extra free coloring pages that can be downloaded and printed, so every member of the family can have a page to color.
• The link to the author's website with the free gifts is at the back of each book. 

My Review

Ornaments of Love is an endearing picture book that will get the whole family into the mood for Christmas while reminding us of the importance of family time and making memories. Amanda liked the sweet memories that ten-year-old Ayana shared as she held each ornament in her hand before placing them on the tree. She thought the picture of the parents kissing and Ayana closing her eyes and sticking her tongue out was funny. She also liked it when Rosie, the black Labrador, wanted her bone ornament.

I could relate to the mom getting upset when she saw her special ornaments lay broken on the carpet. I thought it was a good lesson not to overreact. Instead of the mom spoiling the atmosphere by staying upset, she decided to make the most of it with those closest to her.

Amanda was inspired by the story and the free coloring pages and today began listening to our Christmas CD's. Christmas is a special time and this book is a perfect reminder of that. I recommend it for children ages 4 to 10. Parents and grandparents will enjoy it too when they read to their children or grandchildren!

Ornaments of Love Coloring Book

by Sharlin Craig

Contains the complete story

as well as 21 coloring pages!

Ornaments of Love Coloring Book

Slowing Down with Family at Christmas Time

This beautifully designed coloring book is a companion or stand-alone book to the original Ornaments of Love picture book. It contains not only the complete story of Ornaments of Love, but also provides 21 full-size coloring pages for artists of all ages.

The Ornaments of Love coloring book was created to bring families together at Christmas time. It provides families a perfect way to reduce holiday stress by spending quiet time coloring pages that showcase angels, bells, stars and much more.

Coloring pages range from easy to difficult, perfect for all family members!

Additional complimentary coloring pages are available to print online with the purchase of the coloring book.

Make this a special gift for your loved ones by also purchasing the original ‘Ornaments of Love’ picture book with full color illustrations.

Purchase the Coloring Book

on Amazon

Includes a link at the back of the book to extra free coloring pages to download and print for every member of the family!

Amanda with one of

the free coloring pages

About the Author:

Sharlin Craig

Sharlin Craig, a Detroit native who now resides in southern California with her husband and daughter, is dedicated to writing inspirational children’s books that touch the spirit of her readers. A graduate of Oakland University, she’s taught music to children for several years while also writing music and lyrics. She’s combined her love for children and writing into authoring her debut children’s Christmas picture book, ‘Ornaments of Love’.

Sharlin believes that with the right surroundings and daily encouragement, children are boundless. She’s passionate about helping children feel understood and empowered through her books and hopes that her stories make them smile.

Author Links:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

4 Giveaways!

One $20 Amazon Gift Card and Three eBooks

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Disclosure: I received a free digital copy of this book for my honest review.

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Inspirational Coloring for Mom

Inspirational Coloring for Mom

by Christian Art Publishers

It's almost Mother's Day!

Are you looking for that perfect gift?

This gorgeous coloring book

might be just the right thing!

About the Book

Escape from life's stressful moments and express your creativity with these beautifully designed coloring pages, complemented by specially selected Scripture verses and quotes for moms.

Special Features:
• Perforated pages
• Cards and tags to cut out and color
• 50 coloring sheets to enjoy

Meaningful Me-time

Biblical Inspiration

Delightful De-stressing

♥ Purchase on Amazon ♥

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I received this book for my birthday in March and have been thoroughly enjoying it. I've already shared some photos of the pages that I've colored on my blog. I was even asked where to buy it. I figured that it was time to give a review!

My Review

There are several reasons why Inspirational Coloring for Mom will make a great gift for moms this Mother's Day.

Firstly, it comes as a spiral hardcover book. The spiral binding allows you to turn the pages with ease. This eliminates the need to bend the book open to reach the spots along the inside spine.

Secondly, the outside hardcover works like a table surface, so you can take it anywhere and color without difficulty. This works especially well for me, because I like to color on my lap.

Thirdly, the beautiful illustrations come with fun and inspirational messages for Mom. They are the perfect encouragement to my day.

Fourthly, the pages are perforated, so you can remove them and give them away as gifts. Or, you can frame them and hang them up to decorate your home.

Fifthly, besides the full-sized illustrations, there are also cards, bookmarks, and gift tags to color at the back of the book. This offers more variety to what you can do with your coloring creations.

Disclosure: My husband bought this book for me. All opinions are my own. There are no affiliate links.

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The Rainbow Nation and More with Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -

Make My Saturday Sweet #170!

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My son is in his second year at university in the Eastern Cape. It's a 12 hour bus ride from our home in the Western Cape. One of his subject choices for this year is Xhosa, the second most spoken language (by mother tongue) in the country with Zulu being first. Afrikaans is third and English is fourth. My son's mother tongue is English and he had to learn Afrikaans as an additional language at school, as is the case with his sisters. I'm proud of him for wanting to learn an African language and he chose Xhosa, because it is spoken by many in the Eastern and Western Cape.

South Africa is referred to as the Rainbow Nation, a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu after South Africa's first fully democratic election in 1994. It is one nation made up of many peoples, a variety of cultures and traditions. There are 11 official languages and a range of skin tones from ebony to sunburnt pink.

My husband recently watched a TED Talk by Angélica Dass where she speaks about her photography. It just so happened that Hubby mentioned it today without knowing that I had been planning today's post on the subject of our Rainbow Nation. Her photos are of different people from all over the world and she matches their skin tones with Pantone colors. I don't have permission to share her photos here, so I used one of my own, but I did find a great link featuring her work that is worth a peek on iGNANT. Be sure to check it out!

Amanda's 6th Birthday Party

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Make My Saturday Sweet is a weekend blog hop for all family friendly blogs. You are welcome to link your favorite post from the past week(s) and to visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment. It's a really easy and fun way to make new friends and to catch up on old acquaintances.

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Orchids and More with #Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -

Make My Saturday Sweet #168!

Thank you to everyone who participates almost every weekend by linking up your family friendly posts! This is a community where we have the opportunity to encourage each other by leaving sweet comments on linked posts. So, please take the time to visit others. You'll find the link-up below. Wishing you all a blessed weekend!

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Here's another completed

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"As for me and my house,

we will serve the Lord."

Joshua 24:15

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Make My Saturday Sweet is a weekend blog hop for all family friendly blogs. You are welcome to link your favorite post from the past week(s) and to visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment. It's a really easy and fun way to make new friends and to catch up on old acquaintances.

Now on to my blog hop...

It's time for another Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop!

Join me (your host) for this fun and easy hop.

All family friendly blogs are welcome!

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