As we ring in the New Year, we’re ecstatic to also welcome our new coloring book!! It’s taken many months of meticulous drawing and designing by Masha and Gala Lazuli, and now Color Me Enchanted is finally here! Released wherever fine books are sold, and at Amazon.

If you’re in New York City, please join us in celebrating our book’s release on Friday, January 13th, at Rumpus Room 249 Eldridge St (at Houston). Come meet the artists and enjoy coloring, cocktails, DJs + dancing. This event is 21+ so bring your fake IDs along with all your friends! There will be a limited number of books for sale + color prints. Please pre-order and bring your own copy if you’d like a guaranteed signed book. We will also have a launch event in LA in February – California legends please stay tuned!

Start your new year off right by escaping into fantasy and meditation, with scenes from 25 global fairy tales to color and display. Unleash your inner artist through the sophisticated and dreamlike pages of this unique coloring book. Drawing inspiration from fairy tales told around the world, our new book lays before you whimsical, magical art filled with fair maidens, dreadful beasts, and enchanted forests. All that’s needed to bring them to life is YOU. So grab whatever medium you prefer and create something spectacular! Color Me Enchanted features more than sixty-five pages to color, perforated pages for easy removal, and as a special bonus – pages that complete a fairyland scene when put together. The final images in the book can be displayed as a grouping to make a large and charming piece of wall art. Gold foil accents on the full-color cover make it a beautiful gift for any occasion all year long!

What new influences and opportunities will be headed your way in 2017? What fresh resources will you be able to draw on? How can you conspire with life to create the best possible future for yourself? These are some questions to meditate on with Color Me Enchanted. Can’t wait to see your magic colors in 2017!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we wanted to thank YOU, our customer, for all your love. It’s very mutual and we couldn’t do it without you! We hope you have glorious holidays! And now that the gift season is upon us. Here are some favorites from Masha and beyond to fill your stockings with.First and foremost, have you picked up our perennially popular calendar? 2017 is brimming with whimsical critters. It’s a gift that keeps on giving all year long! To compliment the cuteness how about picking up some animal themed gifts?

Forget Rudolph, these unicorn slippers from Smoko will light up your giftee’s way to the bathroom in a magical way. Wish we could wear an accessory this perfect everywhere.

For the crafter on your list, we have Baby Gone Wild, new 100% cotton quilting fabric that can be used for all kinds of fun projects.

If you’re not ready to make your own plushie though, we’re in love with the felted toys by Manomine. I mean, c’mon!

Winter is for snuggling at home with kitties and wine — everyone knows that. Get this purrfect corkscrew in black or white for the cat lover on your list. Tirebouchat Corkscrew, $16.80, available at Pylones.

Of course, we got you covered for all your holiday cards needs, including 2 new ones featuring neon ink details. Hurry, they’re selling fast!

Last but not least, for that post-holiday pick me up, we’ve got Color Me Enchanted, a lush coloring book of fairytales dropping January 3 (go ahead and circle that date in the aforementioned calendar). Learn more in our previous post.

Don’t forget Small Business Saturday to support your favorite indie brands!

xo

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.

Happiest Mother’s Day (and, of course Cinco de Mayo)! We hope you’re celebrating with all the mother figures in your life this Sunday. We’re so excited to officially announce a new project, and because it’s a collaboration between Masha and her super mom, the timing seems right! It’s not exactly news (unless you’ve been hiding under a rock that is) that adult coloring books are still all the rage, so here’s a preview of the title page from Color Me Enchanted, published by Houghton Mifflin and available spring 2017. This book will feature intricate scenes to color from fairy tales around the world; famous (such as The Princess and the Pea (Masha’s childhood fave), Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty) and obscure, including brief quotes from the original texts to help bring the scenes to life. Interspersed between the vignettes are pages of luscious patterns. The order of the quotes and scenes is arranged into a larger overall narrative. Ready for some enchanting adult coloring action? We can’t for you to show us your colors! Until then, the wizards are busy painstakingly drawing away every delicious fairy detail… (Seriously, it’s so much work!)

We’re starting a brand new series here on masha.com – Paper Muse, to spotlight people and shops we love to work with in the stationery industry! Today we’re so excited to chat with Eliza Brown, Retail Manager of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. This beautiful museum makes us feel like kids in a candy store for two big reasons. First, picture books is a major enduring love (something we very much share with Eliza) and influence on Masha’s art and this place exhibits original works from the very best. Second, the founder – the great Eric Carle wrote a beautiful endorsement on Masha’s first pop-up picture book Razzle-Dazzle Ruby – a dream come true! Read on for a glimpse of what it takes to run a well-curated shop and what’s coming up next in this magical place.

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Razzle-Dazzle Ruby is featured on Julia Roitfeld’s fantastic website for chic moms: romyandthebunnies
Check out the wintry pop-up fun. 

Check out Masha’s illustrations for The Big Bad Mood (a charmingly relatable kids’ story written by Erin Hazelton) on Julia Restoin Roitfeld’s new website for chic moms: ROMYANDTHEBUNNIES.COM. Julia is the daughter of the legendary french stylist and vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, it makes sense that her taste is impeccable. Happy reading!

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Looking for gifts? Consider our books and calendar. Available to buy now at Amazon