To Celebrate my NEW BOOK! - A fun activity download!

Monster Problems! A New Picture Book by Lisa Cinar!  

To celebrate the launch of my new book Monster Problems, here is the activity included in the back of the book for you to download for free! 

Maybe you already have the book and just want to make another bigger monster, or maybe you don't have the book yet and the activity will be fun anyways? Either way, enjoy flicking this green little monster across the room to help let go of some negative thoughts and remind yourself that you are always awesome no matter what! 

The book is now available on amazon in a square paperback format, as well as e-book for kindle!  

(A glorious larger sized version is available to order via Ingram - for retailers and libraries! )

*Please ask your local bookstore to order some in - I'd love it! 

MONSTER MASH - Free Halloween Colouring Download!

 Oh hello you Ghouls! I hope you have time to dress up for Halloween, eat some delicious and disgusting candy and maybe even colour some of these monsters in. There are two sheets of monsters for you to colour. When you're done, draw a friend for each of them! Even monsters need pals! :) 

Click here to download the COLOURING SHEETS! 

Happy Halloween! 

We're All In This Together - Window Art Download!

I made a new Colouring Download! You can print out, cut out and colour these words and then arrange them in your window. I still have to colour mine but I think it looks nice leaving the white circles around each word. Hope you enjoy this! xo
ps: cool shoe situation huh?

Click here to download it from my dropbox! (Note: You will have to piece the word "Together" together from the two parts. Pun intended! :)

Free Colouring Easter Cards! Stay Inside & Help out the Easter Bunny!

Here are some brand new cute Easter Colouring Cards! (Click here to download) Have fun colouring, then cut them out and give them to someone you love for easter! If you can't give it to them in person, you can mail it to them or take a photo and email or text it to them! Great work! Now YOU'RE the easter bunny! 

Want even more Easter Cards? Check out this older post with MORE free downloads! 

Cat & Dog Colouring Bookmarks

Here is a fun bookmark for you to print out, colour, cut out and tape together! Have Fun making your own awesome bookmark and then place it in your favorite book, so you always know exactly where you left off reading! 


You can download the two bookmarks in one pdf file here.

Holiday Markets Winter 2016!

It's already almost time for the Winter Holidays! Where did the time go? If you're keen on checking out some of our goods in person and perhaps even have your eye on that special something for that special someone... come visit our booth and say hi! I will be there in person and am always looking forward to meeting and chatting with YOU the awesome folks who help me make it possible to do what I love. Below are just a few of the new fun things we'll have in store for you:) Please swing by and say hi!

Here are the three markets we'll be attending this year! Mark your calendars!

1) Strathcona Winter Craft Fair
Sat Nov. 26th 10am-4pm, Strathcona Community Centre
Vancouver

2) Toque, Western Front's Annual Fundraiser 
Fri Dec. 2nd 6-10pm & Sat Dec. 3rd 11-5pm
Vancouver

3) Got Craft?
Sat Dec. 10th & Sun Dec. 11th, 10am-5pm
The Pipe Shop Building, 115 Victory Ship Way,
North Vancouver

Happy Easter 2016!

Soon the Easter Bunny will wiggle her little nose again and hop-about busily, hiding eggs for chocolate connoisseur everywhere! Of course that also means that our fun free easter downloads are back! Hurray! Happy Easter!

Free Colouring Christmas Gift Tags for You! Happy Holidays!

Our Free Downloadable Colouring Gift Tags are Back! For you to have a little fun:) Get some coloured pencils for your little assistants -or yourself- and you're done! Just print these out, make some hot cocoa put on some music, colour and cut out. Good times guaranteed! Happy Holidays!

Click HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR FREE HOLIDAY GIFT TAGS! 

Free Download: Colouring Ornaments are back!

It's that time of year again! Here is a fun free download of Colouring Ornaments for you! Just print out, colour, cut-out and decorate away! Happy Holidays!

Our Craft Fair Schedule for this Holiday Season!

It's already that time of year again! Come get your holiday shopping done at all your local Craft Fairs and shops this year to support your small businesses and crafters and creative folks in your community while coming home with some seriously awesome loot! I will personally be holding down the table at all of the following craft fairs so mark your calendars and come by and say hello at one, two or all three of these great markets. See you there!

First up is the 5th Annual Strathcona Winter Craft Fair on Sat. Nov 28th 2015, from 10am-4pm. Always super cute with live music, great gym-holiday vibes and a personal fav of mine because Strathcona is my hood!:)

Next up is TOQUE, the Western Front's annual fundraiser & Craft Fair. Dec 4th-6th. For more info please see image below. This one has the fun first-evening-only opening from 6pm-10pm where you can roam the halls of the Western Front with a fancy cocktail in hand for a prime shopping experience.

And last but definitely not least is Got Craft!? Dec 12th & 13th. This time this always hustlin' and bustlin' market will take place in a new venue in NORTH VAN! This is our last market of 2015 so if you don't have your shopping done by then please Check out their site here for directions on how to get there by car or public transit. Might be a great excuse for a little North Van winter hike, no?

Draw Me A Lion's debut at NSS2015 #Fresh!

This May my shop Draw Me A Lion made its very first appearance at the National Stationery Show in New York and though - I won't lie,  it was a looot of work to get ready for - it was a 100% success! I had a blast and will be going back next year for sure! Here are a few pics of the booth in it's full glory. I met so many amazing people and Draw Me A Lion is now stocked in some great shops across the US as well as Canada. Wooo-hooo! Mission accomplished!

Free Holiday Gift Tags for YOU!

It's that time again! Wrapping presents... At least now you got the gift tags covered.
Get some coloured pencils for your little assistants -or yourself- and you're done! Just print these out, make some hot cocoa put on some music, colour and cut. Good times guaranteed!

Click HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR FREE HOLIDAY GIFT TAG PDF

We Turned 3! Thanks To YOU!

Last weekend, Draw Me A Lion celebrated it's 3rd year anniversary, we launched our new Birthday Calendar, and had a mini-show of some of the original watercolours that made it into the calendar.

Thanks so much to everyone who made it out to the event, made some masks, and helped celebrate this milestone! I'm so happy that my little shop is doing well and expanding and I want to thank all of YOU for helping along the way! Thanks so much for all the love & support! You're the best.
Here are a few fun pics from Saturday.

The Birthday Calendar is here!

Ever forgotten someone's birthday? Birthday calendars originate from the Netherlands but we always had one around the house in Germany where I grew up. The difference between a normal calendar and a birthday calendar is that birthday calendars are perpetual. They don't list the days for a specific year but can be used year-after-year with the sole purpose of recording your loved ones birthdays and other important annual events. What a lovely idea – keeping track of all your friends year round. Of course I had to make my own for the shop!

I thought it would be fun to just work with watercolours for a change and take a break from the computer for a while. The outcome is the new Draw Me A Lion birthday calendar. Hang one anywhere in your home, to remember your friends near-and-far all year round.