We’re excited to spot the first signs of spring coming all around, while working hard on the next collection of cards for you. What do you have planned for march?

If you happen to be on the west coast, please come to our book launch event at Dacha in Manhattan Beach this Saturday! Enjoy cocktails by Casamigos tequila, tipsy coloring, music by Pat Restaino and a special appearance by the mystical Sky White Tiger. Our book launch will feature an exhibit of original drawings, one-of-a-kind prints, and signed Color Me Enchanted books. These make lovely gifts for Valentine’s Day and beyond!
Color Me Enchanted Book Launch: February 11, 4-7 PM.
Please rsvp@dachainteriors.com.
Hope to see you there!

Here’s a taste from our January New York launch.

COLOR ME ENCHANTED is available for pre-order here. Exquisitely hand-drawn by Masha D’yans and Gala Lazuli, this first-time coloring book is 96 perforated pages brimming with intricate fairytale scenes from around the world. Some are famous (such as The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty), while others might not be so familiar. Each includes a brief quote from the original text to help bring the scene to life and to take the reader on the book’s own narrative journey. Interspersed between the vignettes are unique thematic patterns for more meditative coloring. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the lush original art sets this book apart with its romantic sophistication; each page is ready for framing as-is or colored by you! Gold foil accents on the full-color cover make it a beautiful gift.

In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the September Eleventh attacks, we’re honored and humbled to present “All We Have Left,” a young adult novel featuring Masha’s illustration on the cover. The book is available in book stores near you and on Amazon.

Gr 7 Up—This beautifully written coming-of-age story traces the lives of two girls whose worlds intersect on September 11, 2001. Chapters alternate between the present-day story of Jesse, whose brother died on that fateful day, and an emotional account of Muslim teen Alia’s experience inside one of the beleaguered Twin Towers. The wounds are so deep that Jesse’s family doesn’t talk about her brother Travis. Her parents are on the brink of a divorce, and she has feelings for a bad boy who leads her astray. After her arrest for hate speech tagging, she is sentenced to community service at the Islam Peace Center. Alia is a teenage girl and aspiring comic book writer/illustrator. An incident at school causes her parents to withdraw permission for Alia to attend a program for talented high school artists. On September 11, she heads to her father’s office at the World Trade Center to plead with him to change his mind. Jesse’s journey to discover why Travis was at the Twin Towers and what happened to him before he died eventually leads her to a search for Alia, the girl Travis was with when the planes hit. Her work at the Islam Peace Center and the friends she makes there instill in Jesse a new understanding of Muslims and the Islamic faith. This outstanding, touching look at a national tragedy promotes healing and understanding.

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Thank you 8Balloons for such a great feature! Click on over to read the full interview or peruse our repost here.

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This week, cosmic energy + watercolor mischief combine as we celebrate some planetary happenings going on! August 2015 is a lively month for astronomical events. Coming up next week, on August 12th and 13th, we will experience the Perseids Meteor Shower (check out this article by the Los Angeles Times to find out the best places to observe the shower), when we will be able to observe up to 60 meteors per hour! Up next, on the 14th, the sky blackens with a New Moon, and last but certainly not least, we blast into a Supermoon on the 29th! To honor the show our galaxy is about to put on for us, we decided to round up a few of our celestial watercolor greeting cards. See below:

First row: Night Skyline, Cosmos “You Are Everything”
Second Row: Coyote Couple, Robot Space Girl

Not to be outdone by the galactic happenings, Masha brought her own star power to the table. Check out this fabulous Stargazer headband she made, inspired by silent film starlets–coincidentally, just in time for the meteors! Two pavé crystal stars above the temples with a deco star adorning the forehead:

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It’s here and better looking than ever! If you haven’t grabbed our 2016 watercolor wall calendar yet–whatcha waiting for??

Available at retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Whole Foods and Amazon, our calendar is bursting anew with bright colors, whimsical characters and enough “watercolor mischief” to get you from January to December. Published by Rizzoli, the calendar features two vibrantly-illustrated pages per month, with room to write your daily schedule.

“Inspired by nature, Japanese art, calligraphy, and her native Russian fairy tales, each of her delicate illustrations invites us to get lost among the billowing trees, blossoming flowers, or gentle raindrops.”

And that’s not all! Did you know that once you’re done using the calendar as, ahem, calendar, you can always frame your favorite pieces as wall art? Grab your copy (or two!) today!

Ever wonder how #watercolormischief comes about? Here’s a peek at the process as we work on our new spring collection going on press this week and coming soon to our shop! Our 12 Months cards have long been perennial best sellers especially the Cherry Tree Bird so we revisit our (and apparently our esteemed customers’) favorite subject of all time – flowering!

It all starts with looking out the window. We’re lucky to be treated to endless floral fireworks of every variety year-round here in Los Angeles. The magnificent magnolia tree outside Masha’s studio does this indescribable perfect explosion every January/February and has already inspired last year’s Flowering Deer. It simply cannot be ignored so our vibrant pink tree happily makes it into the new collection in many forms.
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We have another fantastic installment of ARTISTS WE LOVE to kick off 2015. In addition to her life-long fine art practice, Natasha Wheat is a master jeweler who also happens to be one of our favorite style muses. This native Angelino was kind enough to answer our questions and share the photos below. Read on to find out how she crosses disciplines with such thoughtful grace. Hint: it just might have something to do with a trick she learned in kindergarten or a suitcase full of notes from her rockstar husband.

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