Journal Entry 1 by boirina from Calvià, Illes Balears/Islas Baleares Spain on Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Each person will choose a mandala for colouring from my designs (http://www.atelierdefengshui.com/mandag.htm). Then they will PM me with their choice and will also tell me how they plan to colour it, so I can print each one in the most suitable kind of paper.

Cada uno escogerá un mandala para colorear entre mis diseños (http://www.atelierdefengshui.com/mandag.htm). Luego me enviarán un PM con su elección y también con la técnica que utilizarán para colorearlo, de manera que pueda imprimir cada uno en el papel más adecuado.

The bookcrossers in this ring are:

Los bookcrossers inscritos en este bookring son:

BigKat (USA)
NMReader (USA)
azuki (USA)
WingedMan (USA)
rootmartin (USA)
dutchbooky (Netherlands)
Mariquinha (Spain)
mcaballe (Spain)
fabiReader (Spain)
Nusky (Spain)
Lissbel (Spain) - din't make it in the end :(
boirina (Portugal) <----------- the book is here! 

Journal Entry 2 by boirina from Calvià, Illes Balears/Islas Baleares Spain on Wednesday, September 20, 2006

The book has just left for the USA. I hope you will all enjoy the experience. 

Journal Entry 3 by BigKat from Bremerton, Washington USA on Monday, October 02, 2006

The colouring book arrived safely today and looks lovely. At the moment I'm pretty sick with a nasty cold and very watery eyes (it took me three tries to enter the BCID correctly!) so I don't think I want to color for a few days. If I tried now I'd be almost certain to mess it up. Once I'm able to see clearly again and not having to stop every ten seconds to blow my nose I'll really enjoy coloring these. I've used a few of the others that you've made available and from the website as really nice meditations recently when I was feeling pretty stressed. For me the discipline of coloring in a specific pattern with the act of creating something beautiful really helps refocus my energies. So thank you very much. And thanks too for the bookmarks. I can never have enough bookmarks! 

Journal Entry 4 by BigKat from Bremerton, Washington USA on Saturday, October 07, 2006

My pages have been colored and put back in at the back of the book. I think I may have ended up using markers on the watercolor page and watercolor pencils on the markers page (The papers I'm used to using are very easy to tell apart) but I couldn't tell which was which. Of course, if I'd been just a little more on the ball I'd have asked before I started coloring. I always find it interesting how much the colors I choose reflect my feelings at the time. Coloring as I was getting over being sick I chose a lot more subdued colors than I would usually have chosen. Thank you for the chance to participate and for reminding me about mandalas. 

Journal Entry 5 by NMReader from Herndon, Virginia USA on Saturday, October 28, 2006

I received the coloring book and am eager to start coloring. I wish I was last so I could see everyone elses.
 

Journal Entry 6 by NMReader at Post Office in by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (11/28/2006 UTC) at Post Office in by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases

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I actually released this about 3 weeks ago but because of a problem with the address it bounced back to me. It is now correctly labeled and on its way to Azuki. My apologies for delaying this book on its travels. 

Journal Entry 7 by azuki from Miami, Florida USA on Thursday, December 07, 2006

Got the book, thanks! Feel sorry for nmreader for the trouble she had with mailing.
Thanks boirina for putting this lovely project together, and I love the bookmarks. I was glad to find that we are allowed to take two! The dog one is so funny it cracks me up. 

Journal Entry 8 by azuki from Miami, Florida USA on Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Thanks boirina, it has been a long, long time since I last picked up a color pencil and I totally enjoyed myself. Sorry for having the book for so long but I haven't been able to find some quiet time alone to paint, during the holidays. Gladly, it's now on its way to WingedMan. 

Journal Entry 9 by WingedMan on Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Arrived safe and sound. There are some beautiful designs and colours in here, can't wait to get started.

I love the bookmarks, thanks! 

Journal Entry 10 by WingedMan on Saturday, January 27, 2007

Well neither of these got coloured the way I originally planned, something spoke and I listened, now they are finished and ready to go to Rootmartin.

I enjoyed doing these very much! Thanks, Boirina. There really are some beautiful mandalas in here.

Can't resist adding that the two Azuki did are truly amazing. Really beautiful, Azuki. 

Journal Entry 11 by WingedMan at another bookcrossing member in by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, January 27, 2007

Released 5 yrs ago (1/27/2007 UTC) at another bookcrossing member in by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases

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Sending to rootmartin.

Delivery Confirmation number:
USPS.com 0306 0320 0002 1587 0988 

Journal Entry 12 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, January 30, 2007

This fantastic book just arrived today. Thank you, boirina, for arranging this! The mandalas that have been completed are wonderful and I'm looking forward to working on my own.

And, thank you to Boirina for the beautiful bookmarks. They are fantastic! 

Journal Entry 13 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Just put this in the mail today to dutchbooky. Thanks so much for arranging this, boirina! It was so much fun and I thoroughly enjoyed doing something a bit more creative than I usually do.

I also loved looking over the work done by the previous participants.

My children were so jealous and wanted to know if you would put together a colouring book to be sent to kids. :) 

Journal Entry 14 by dutchbooky from Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Monday, February 19, 2007

Exciting! The book arrived today. What a beautiful colours are in there already. Look forward to doing mine! Thanks Rootmartin for sending the book and Boirina for putting it together! 

Journal Entry 15 by dutchbooky from Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, March 03, 2007

It was great fun colouring the mandalas! I really enjoyed looking at the others that were already done and doing my own. For the first one I chose pencils at random, without looking at them (the star-like mandala). It is strange to see that the result is not bad at all! For the other one I decided to do all the 'shells' in a specific colour scheme. The underground is sand-coloured.
I will definitely do more mandalas! Thanks for the inspiration to you all!

Will PM Mariquinha for her address and send it along. 

Journal Entry 16 by dutchbooky at By Mail in Sent to a fellow BookCrosser, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (3/9/2007 UTC) at By Mail in Sent to a fellow BookCrosser, Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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On it's way again! Have fun coloring! 

Journal Entry 17 by mariquinha from A Coruña, A Coruña Spain on Monday, March 26, 2007

Lo he encontrado al llegar a casa en el buzón. 

Journal Entry 18 by mariquinha from A Coruña, A Coruña Spain on Monday, March 26, 2007

Vuelvo otra vez porque le di a intro sin querer y no me dio tiempo a acabar de escribir. El libro ya está en mi poder, en cuanto piense los colores que voy a poner me pongo a pintar. Muchas gracias a dutchbooky y a boirina. El libro está quedando chulísimo. Muchos besos. 

Journal Entry 19 by mariquinha from A Coruña, A Coruña Spain on Saturday, March 31, 2007

Muchas gracias boirina por todas las molestias que te has tomado para que cada uno de nosotros pudiese pintar alguna de tus mandalas. En general han quedado todas muy bonitas pero ya las verás cuando te lleguen. Me pongo en contacto con el siguiente de la lista. Un abrazo. 

Journal Entry 20 by fabiReader from Madrid, Madrid Spain on Thursday, April 26, 2007

Acabo de recogerlo del buzón, la verdad es que está quedando precioso, vamos a ver que colaboración hago.
Un saludo. Gracias boirina. 

Journal Entry 21 by fabiReader from Madrid, Madrid Spain on Tuesday, May 01, 2007

A sido una maravilla. Yo la verdad es que al final no he pensado en los colores sino que los he ido poniendo según me apetecía. Y me gusta.
Muchas gracias, boirina por organizar un bring tan estimulante.
Seguiré participando si no te cansa de hacerlo.
Gracias también por los marcapáginas, son muy bonitos. Un saludo a todos.
Me pongo en contacto con Nusky. 

Journal Entry 22 by Nusky from Badalona, Barcelona Spain on Monday, May 07, 2007

Recibido esta mañana... Creo recordar cuales eran mis diseños pero no lo tengo muy claro! jejeje (soy un desastre)
Me pongo ahora mismo!!! ;)

Por cierto gracias por los puntos de libro!!! El libro está quedando muy bonito!!!

Intento traducirlo con mi inglés macarrónico! jejejeje

I received it this morning... I'm trying to remember which were my mandalas but I'm not sure... lol
I'm going to start colouring it right now!!!
Thanks for the bookmarks! 

Journal Entry 23 by Nusky from Badalona, Barcelona Spain on Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Ya terminé de colorear mis mandalas (q iban marcados! jejeje)... Está quedando muy muy bonito!!! Me pongo en contacto con Lissbel para mandárselo cuanto antes! Gracias!!

I've finished painting my mandalas (which had my name written on them!! lol) The book looks really beautiful!!! I'm going to PM Lissbel for sending it as soon as possible! Thanks!!! 

Journal Entry 24 by boirina from Calvià, Illes Balears/Islas Baleares Spain on Friday, October 26, 2007

The book is back!!!

I love what you've done with the mandalas, really!

As soon as I have some time, I'll scan them all and I'll post the results on my website for the whole world to see. :)

Thanks for joining this ring! :) 

Journal Entry 25 by boirina from Calvià, Illes Balears/Islas Baleares Spain on Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The results are already up here: http://www.atelierdefengshui.com/mcb5.htm

If your mandalas are missing I may not have received them, or they may be some mandalas I got with no name anywhere. I'll put them up sometime soon. Anyway... if your mandalas are missing, let me know. I hope you like the new labels. And if you'd like some labels only with your mandalas or in another language, just let me know. Hugs!