This is the STORY

The long awaited fifth coloring book is nearly done!  It is a story of Cora’s creation.  I have done the illustrations.  (She had the story done in one day…it’s taken me months to do the drawings.)  You and your kids can do the coloring.

Ready for the Clumsy Dragon?

Once upon a time there was a kingdom with a castle…

and a King and a Queen and a Princess…

The kingdom ALSO had a very Clumsy Dragon…

Who was ALWAYS getting into trouble…

The Princess, a Knight, and the Clumsy Dragon go on a fun adventure that you and your children will love!

For the rest of the story and the pictures, come see us at the MOXEE HOP FESTIVAL in Moxee, Washington on August 6th and 7th!!  We’ll be waiting for you there!!

Cafe Press Debut!

We have opened a Cafe Press Shop.  Now, if you want, you can wear our Color Me Home Logo any where!  All proceeds benefit our adoption. Check it out and let us know what you think.

You can get the design on almost anything, I especially like the coffee mugs.

Go HERE to check them all out!

Preview!

So what do you think?  

Finished Dragon!

I took a little while tonight and colored a dragon.  It's the one I affectionately refer to as the Cow Dragon.  I am sure most people don't find him particularly alarming.  I thought the stripes and lovely color scheme might make him look a little more menacing...what do you think?

The Dragons are getting a lot of OOOOHs and AHHHHs out of the school age crowd.  We have sold a fair few, but we still need to move that little thermometer up a bit!  The next books, the one with a story and one with princesses ARE on their way.  I will be concentrating on one or both this week.

Also, have a look at the Gallery for some new fan/customer colors!

Jimh.

Crazy Love Challenge!!

Though a new blog friend I found this blog, a Place Called Simplicity and they are hosting a Crazy Love Challenge.  If you are in the process of adopting and fundraising you can put a link on the blog to help spread the love.  So you may not need a coloring book but check out these other fundraisers. What a fun way to shop and help a little one come home! 




For those that are just stopping by from Linny's blog, Color Me Home is a fundraiser that we have created to help with the expenses of adopting our son from Burundi.  Jim draws all the pictures himself and then we bind them into fun coloring books.  If you want to learn more about our crazy and not so ordinary family check out No Ordinary Family.

If you would like a coloring book use the donate button and let me know which one you would like in the notes section or email me.  We are asking $5 per book and $2 for shipping the first book and $1 for each additional book.  Any help is really appreciated!

Thanks for visiting.

Cora

There Be Dragons Here!

Last night, I finished the last drawing.  Today, I made copies and tonight we bound a few!  They are now FOR SALE!!  Twenty-five pages of dragons.  From egg to age.  A variety of wonderful winged-creatures.  A plethora of pointy-headed howlers!  Short and stout, long and thin, they are ready to be given their own color.

below is a better view!  Yes, I had to throw a Chinese Dragon in!  We are STILL in line for China too!

I am really fond of this one!  I love the newborns!

There are spotted ones...

and there are those that love to stop and smell the flowers!!

They are...drum roll, please...DRAGONS!!!!!

  We will bind the rest when we return, but you can buy them NOW!!!

No More Chip In

The Chip In event ended (thank you Angie for letting me know) and I could not figure out how to extend it.  It really was not working to well for us any way since a majority of out donations do not come in that way.  So I have added the Pay Pal Donate button for those that wish to get coloring books on line and if you want to keep up with our progress you can take a look at the thermometer in the side bar.

We have almost hit $1000!! We are getting there.  Jim is working on the next book now but it is a little more involved so it might take some extra time but it will be worth it!