I love Creative Haven coloring books because they are printed with good quality paper that prevents the ink from bleeding through to another piece. The pages are perforated and printed on one side so I can paint on them with my brush pens, and keep them to look at later in a book or a frame. I can share them with friends for an afternoon tea and coloring get together.

Marty Noble is so talented. Her pieces have a lot of detail to discover as you are drawn in to the narrow focus needed to color the intricate spaces. She always includes spaces for shading that are very interesting for chalk and water color.

Vintage Hand Fans is a lovely collection of all sorts of hand fans surrounded by backgrounds that delivery my imagination to someone's tea party. ( )