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Giveaway- Stress Less Coloring Tranquil Patterns

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Giveaway- Stress Less Coloring – Tranquil Patterns: 100+ Coloring Pages for Peace and Relaxation

Leave a comment in today’s post by Dec 12, 2016 and you are in the running for this pretty coloring book perfect to balance out this hectic holiday season.

Open to U. S. residence only please.

“Stress Less Coloring Tranquil Patterns inspires you to find peace and relaxation through soothing patterns. Filled with 100+ calming designs, this book allows you to calm your mind, relieve stress, and manage anxiety in a creative, relaxing, and therapeutic way. Each stress-reducing page invites you to express yourself using your own unique palette to decorate the designs. Soon, you’ll clear all worries from your mind as you concentrate on coloring in these gorgeous patterns.

Whether you’re new to art therapy or have been coloring for years, this book will help you find your inner calm and creativity–one page at a time.”

Coloring in sheets are a great way to calm the busy mind, as you focus on the coloring techniques your brain is actually able to calm itself and focus on less. Coloring is used to help relax and calm anxiety and stress. Coloring keeps out mental health in check and allows us to develop of creative brain. We highly recommend Copic markers or Faber castell coloring pencils .

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  9. Stress? What is that? Is it the thing that has me wanting to pull my hair out, climb the walls and crawl into bed and pull the covers over my head and shut the world out? If that is it then, YES PLEASE, I NEED this book! Thanks for the chance to feed my coloring addiction and reduce my blood pressure!! Fingers crossed!

  16. I have recently re-discovered coloring as a stress release. When I was a child, it was a soothing, calming activity, and I was delighted to be re-introduced to it recently. I would love to win this!

  18. I could really use some stress-relief in December! Looks like a beautiful book — thanks for the wonderful giveaway!

  30. I could use a little less stress at the moment!! Just got over Pneumonia, then had to have major oral surgery. Am in so much pain, I’m climbing the walls!! Now comes the task of a major cleaning for my place, so I can decorate, and do my baking that everyone is waiting for, since I give out my yearly care packages. Did I mention I haven’t started my cards yet?? The list continues, and I’d rather be in bed, sleeping this off!! Thank you for the Giveaway, and have a Wonderful Christmas, everyone!!

  32. What a great giveaway for this time of year! Thanks for the chance to win! Good Luck to All!

  36. I love coloring. I have been coloring since I was a kid only now I have an “adult” coloring book.

  38. I’d share with my Aunt Betty! I see her coloring frequently. She lives in a memory care unit for people with Alzheimers, and they offer the residents coloring books and crayons regularly.

  39. This is a great one. I like to make a big basket full of these and drop it off at the nursing home. Gives the seniors something to do.

  40. What a great coloring book! I can think of several people who would benefit from this in their Giftmas haul.

  41. My husband was laughing at me last night for coloring, watching Finding Nemo, and asking when Secret Life of Pets would be on pay-per-view. He thinks I’m going through a second childhood. That’s silly, isn’t it????

  42. It would be awesome to win this! I have loads of stress right now and tons of time I could spend on this book considering I’m stuck in bed for the next month with a broken ankle.

  46. Adult coloring books are my jam! They did me a lot of good when I was in the hospital for a month before giving birth to my son! I dont know how else I would have maintained my sanity, sitting in one spot all day for a month of it weren’t for books of all nature haha. Ever since that hospital stay I color in my down time, it is an excellent stress reliever in and of itself, I would love to win a book specifically designed for relaxing color sessions.

  49. Just bought several coloring markers & getting started with adult coloring. Would love to win!

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