The Happiness Project Mini Posters: A Coloring Book: 20 Hand-Lettered Quotes to Pull Out and Frame

Gretchen Rubin is one of my favorite people (especially her podcast, Happier) and I just love all the quotes in this coloring book - perfect for coloring and later framing. The other things I love about this book: - It was well planned out - the pages lay flat, they are thick cardboard and are perforated -the tiny things to color aren't minuscule like a lot of adult coloring books -These pages can be done fairly quickly and are relaxing enough to work on, but not worry about going outside the lines because my marker/pen is too fat for the spot I'm coloring. This is by far the best coloring book I've found on the market!!

very cute and perfect quotes - easy to remove, THICK paper, and will look cute in frames.

Very nice book of 20 inspirational quotes to color, one on each page, single-sided on heavy-weight cardstock. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most of the quotes in the book are from Gretchen Rubin but there are also quotes from Plutarch, William Morris, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Bramhall. and Montaigne. All of them are secular and positive maxims for a happier life. Each page has the hand-lettered quote and ornament - sometimes a border, sometimes a decorative element within the words, sometimes both. The pages are a very heavy-weight cardstock, heavier than the postcard coloring books I have run across, so you will be able to use almost any coloring medium with them. If you are going to use something very wet, such as watercolors, you will probably want to remove the page first and staple or tape it down to a drawing board so it will not buckle; most of the quotes have a small empty border edge so you could tape or staple them this way without getting into the coloring area, but not all of them. The pages are not bound, but hung in the book by a rubber edge, much like a memo pad, so they will be easy to remove. Once you finish a favorite quote, they are heavy enough you could lean them up on your desk or bookcase, no problem. The page size is 7" x 9" which is not a standard frame size, but if you are willing to go to the effort of matting them or mounting them on a backing board, they would work well in a 8" x 10" frame. Most of the images are not very complex, so almost anyone can color these. Although not complicated, the designs are well-proportioned and elegant. Some of the designs would work well with a colored background if you wanted to go that direction. Not all of the letters are fully outlined in all of the quotes so be careful with a dark or black blackground - the letters may 'break up' too much. If you want to have them more complex, you could try amplifying the outlines some, especially with special effects such as metallic markers. Gretchen Rubin suggests in the book approaching the coloring as meditation, to focus and rest. Also she suggests trying coloring while listening to her podcasts. She'll watch for your completed works if you post them on instagram, Facebook, or Twitter with the hashtags: #thehappinessproject #gretchenrubin

I got this for my mom and she colored every last quote in the book, and had a great time doing it. The paper is really high quality and the designs are very appealing. If you like to be encouraged and you like typography this is a great choice.

Fans of Gretchen's (I count myself as one of her biggest evangelists) will love seeing her quotes on the page! Clairice Gifford's gorgeous hand lettering is given to you on beautiful stock paper, with a spine that folds out perfectly for easy coloring. A lovely book that I will now pair with Gretchen's sentence a day journal for gifts!

I like the thick paper and simple designs. I'm not usually a fan of adult coloring books, but I like the simplicity of these designs. I like most of the quotes, but there are some that I'm not sure what I'll do with them...but maybe they will speak to someone else!

Loved these!!! Very hard poster material so no bleed through. Beautiful phrases, nice to color. Just my favorite coloring book ever!

I love everything Gretchen Rubin communicates and The Happiness Project Mini Posters Coloring book was/is delightful! I purchased one for myself, my daughter and granddaughter - we are having so much fun coloring and will share our mini-posters and are definitely inspired and uplifted by their phrasings!

brilliant for colouring in and doesn't go through to other side you can you it as a poster or put it in a frame also great for adults to relax and colour in

The product arrived in good time from the seller. The quality of the paper is perfect for felt pens and I am enjoying colouring these posters as I reflect upon the quote.

Very good quality paper/card. Much better than other adult colouring books I have seen.

This is a great colouring book! I wish I could find more like it. I had a lot of fun and coloured every quote. Sharpies look great and really pop!

I am a big fan of Grechen Rubin, and this book encapsulates a lot of her bits best bits of wisdom as well as happiness quotes from other writers and great thinkers. Each page measures approximately 9"x7" and is one sided. The designs are printed very clearly in black on smooth, thick paper. The pages are easy to remove from the book as well. My only quibble is that I wish there was just a little bit more to colour on each page. The designs are, generally speaking, quite simple. But, on the plus side, they are quick to colour. Overall, this is a lovely book of twenty inspiring quotes. And they are attractive enough that you could even frame them without colouring them in.