Editors of Flow magazine

Irene Smit

Astrid van der Hulst

Take time to breathe. Take time to create. Take time to reflect, take time to let go. A book that’s unique in the way it mixes reading and doing, A Book That Takes Its Time is like a mindfulness retreat between two covers. Created in partnership with Flow, the groundbreaking international magazine that celebrates creativity, beautiful illustration, a love of paper, and life’s little pleasures, A Book That Takes Its Time mixes articles, inspiring quotes, and what the editors call “goodies”—bound-in cards, mini-journals, stickers, posters, blank papers for collaging, and more—giving it a distinctly handcrafted, collectible feeling. Read about the benefits of not multitasking, then turn to “The Joy of One Thing at a Time Notebook” tucked into the pages. After a short piece on the power of slowing down, fill in the designed notecards for a Beautiful Moments jar. Make a personal timeline. Learn the art of hand-lettering. Dig into your Beginner’s Mind. Embrace the art of quitting. Take the writing cure. And always smile. Move slowly and with intention through A Book That Takes Its Time, and discover that sweet place where life can be both thoughtful and playful.

An Unhurried Adventure in Creative Mindfulness

A Book That Takes Its Time

A perfect gift book filled with whimsical, colorful illustrations, short lists, cheerful prompts, recipes, and fun facts, The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures is the sweetest reminder imaginable that it’s the little things in life that make us happy. Little things like sharing tea with a friend. An ice cream cone with sprinkles. Finding a forgotten item of clothing in the closet. The smell in the air right after a summer rain. Created by the editors of Flow magazine, The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures is a celebration of slowing down and appreciating the simple moments of life—all you have to do is take notice.

The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures

Incisive questions can inspire self-reflection, spark ideas, and, best of all, reveal surprising truths. From Flow, the champions of meditating on life’s simple pleasures, here’s a book of 165 creative questions, some sweet, some silly, some unexpectedly provocative, that will open the mind to deeper self-knowledge. There are no “right” answers—the point is simply to stay curious and stay open to learning about oneself or a friend, partner, or roommate. There are questions to prompt memories: How many homes have you lived in? To fuel a fantasy life: Which historical event do you wish you could have seen with your own eyes? To tap into your sense of adventure: What’s the wildest thing you’ve ever done? To remind you to live in the present: What were the three best things that happened today? To celebrate your strength: When have you stood up for yourself? A signature Flow book in its mindful theme and charming, colorful aesthetic with vibrant patterns and hand-lettering, Know Yourself is a pleasure to browse through and share.

A Book of Questions

Know Yourself

Draw the Flow Way “Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” –Elizabeth Gilbert “I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.” –Beatrix Potter “Drawing, painting, creating…it’s like a muscle. You have to work on it every day.” –Sarah Walsh “Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use—do the work you want to see done.” –Austin Kleon “Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world. I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle.” –Frederick Frank “Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” –Salvador Dalí “Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation or how we earn our living.” –Madeline L’Engle “I believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity, in any artistic work, is daring to dare.” –Maya Angelou “I sometimes think that there is nothing so delightful as drawing.” –Vincent van Gogh In this innovative approach to drawing instruction, the illustrators from Flow magazine open up their tool kits, sharing secrets and techniques to teach the creatively curious how to draw. The lessons, 50 in all, curated from the best of Flow's two special drawing issues, show how to render the kinds of things we see every day: a bouquet of flowers, a beloved teacup, colorful mittens, the kitchen table, a bike, jam jars, a cat, an apple tree. Along the way we learn about color, materials, perspective, tools, and negative space. With its bound-in paper goodies, this book is also a canvas for artistic exploration—reminding us of the mindful pleasure of doing creative work. Filled With Paper Goodies: Mini daily drawing pad DIY postcards Watercolor, tracing, and colored papers House interiors to unfold and decorate

Practical Lessons in Pencil and Paper

50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful, Ordinary Life

Als een journaliste tegelijk promotie en een kind krijgt, wordt haar leven tamelijk hectisch.

Lipstick & luiers

A charming checklist for decluttering. In this whimsical yet practical guide to sorting through the too-much-stuff of modern life, the premise is simple: on each page, a delightful illustration of items that fill our lives—novelty ice cube trays, a manual typewriter, game pieces, that souvenir snow globe. And beneath each drawing, two little checkboxes: Yes and No. Look at the object. Note your response. Act accordingly! Additionally, the book is filled with dozens of tips and ideas for what to do with things that may be hard to part with, like children’s artwork. An inspiring gift!

A Visual Decluttering Guide

Keep What You Love

From the creative minds at Flow magazine, a practical and inspirational guide to finding the courage creativity requires: the courage to fail, the courage to step out of one's comfort zone, the courage to be bored, the courage to get started. Twelve creative "dares" are presented with text, illustration, fill-in pages, and paper goodies--all in the name of inspiring creative activity.

Dare to Unleash Your Inner Artist

Creativity Takes Courage

Living with less is such a compelling idea. From The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up to Remodelista: The Organized Home (Artisan) to Flow’s own The Big Book of Less, simplify, simplify is the message, and books are how we learn to do it. Now Flow brings its whimsical, visual-forward lens to the subject of decluttering, resulting in a most charming and yet quite practical impulse book on how to sort through the too-much-stuff of life. The premise is so simple: the artist Lotte Dirks has illustrated hundreds of common items—oven mitts, incomplete board games, a pair of skis, novelty ice cube trays, a dying plant, a feather duster, flip-flops, a waffle maker, old Christmas cards, a manual typewriter, chipped dishes, defunct phone chargers, a rocking horse, and so on. Beneath each drawing are two little checkboxes: Yes and No. Look at the item. Note your response (be honest—the only right answer is the one that's right for you). Check one of the boxes. And act accordingly! Additionally, boxes and asides offer dozens of creative tips for how to organize, how to tackle big jobs like a full closet, and ideas to what do with things we can’t part, with like children’s artwork or old books—all through Flow’s sensibility of finding pleasure in the imperfect and the overlooked.

The on-trend notion of self-compassion, in book form: an interactive book packed with thoughtful reading, beautiful illustration, and paper goodies throughout to help readers slow down and be kind to themselves, from the experts at Flow.

An Adventure in Self-Compassion

A Book That Loves You

Embrace the things that make you you. From the bestselling editors at Flow magazine comes a guided journal with a welcoming, come-as-you-are message: Embrace the things that make you you, flaws and all. Charmingly illustrated and filled with activities and exercises, My Perfectly Imperfect Life inspires readers to let go of the pressure to be perfect and to celebrate quirks, slipups and imperfections rather than judge them. Here are prompts for easing up on self-criticism. For slowing down, and worrying less about accomplishments. For keeping a sense of perspective—even a playful one—when things don’t go as planned. It’s a thoughtful gift and an inspiring counterpoint to the too-perfectly-curated, omnipresent Instagram lifestyle.

127 Exercises for Self-Acceptance

My Perfectly Imperfect Life

Relish life, love, and friendship{u2014}and share it with everyone you love. Created by the editors of Flow magazine, Everything Grows with Love features dozens of uplifting quotes and sayings in original graphics and hand-lettering by 20 contributing artists and illustrators"--Amazon.

Beautiful Words, Inspiring Thoughts

Everything Grows with Love

Announcing a stunning line of stationery and gift products from the creative leaders of Flow®, and inspired by the quotation from Henry David Thoreau, “All good things are wild and free.” A celebration of beauty, mindfulness, and the pure pleasures of paper, each of the items in this new collection features the artwork of Valesca van Waveren, with its soft, rich palette and lovely details drawn from the natural world. A mindfulness-inspiring sketchbook designed with simple practicality and a large 8 ½" x 11" trim size. With blank paper and graph paper, it is an invitation to draw, mark down observations, and journal. • A gift of pure pleasure for artists and journalers • Includes blank and graph paper

All Good Things Are Wild and Free Sketchbook

The Kids’ Book of Sticker Love is packed with tons of creative ideas and crafty projects for kids to make with their hands, paper goodies to create and decorate, and stickers of all stripes: vinyl stickers, glow-in-the-dark stickers, glitter and metallic stickers, photo corners, alphabet stickers, and more. Put it all together and you’ve got hours and hours of screen-free fun. Organized in four sections, there’s stuff to Craft—like a set of origami finger puppets with animal eyes, ears, whisker and nose stickers, or a geometric necklace to make out of colorful dot stickers and paper cutouts. There’s a Write section—use colorful alphabet stickers to compose a note; record your favorite things in seasonal DIY notebooks. Next is a Play section—have fun with projects like sticker-based tangrams. And a Share section—decorate your bedroom ceiling with classic glow-in-the-dark star and constellation stickers, or cut and fold tiny patterned paper gift bags and seal them with a matching sticker. No matter the activity, the emphasis is on the doing—and finding the pleasure and value that comes with the creative process.

Paper Projects to Make & Decorate

The Kids' Book of Sticker Love

A surprise on every page! Brimming from cover to cover with projects and other paper surprises, The Kids’ Book of Paper Love, from the bestselling editors of Flow magazine and books, is a bounty of a book that begs to be folded, cut up, collaged, doodled on, and shared. Loop paper strips into a paper chain. Snip out bookmarks. Fold a paper house. Make photo booth props—a silly mustache, a crown—to pose with friends. Bind up a DIY storybook and use it to sketch out adventures and dreams. Construct a paper flower bouquet, a paper terrarium, a fortune-teller with prompts like Lend someone a book and tell them why you recommend it. Plus there are Flow’s signature paper goodies, including a foldout paper banner, postcards, glitter stickers, a paper doll, a two-sided poster, and so much more. It’s a pure hands-on treat. Every page is an activity! Includes: Decorative cutouts Cards for friends A DIY storybook Stamp stickers Photo booth props …and more!

Write. Craft. Play. Share.

The Kids' Book of Paper Love

Announcing a stunning line of stationery and gift products from the creative leaders of Flow®, and inspired by the quotation from Henry David Thoreau, "All good things are wild and free." A celebration of beauty, mindfulness, and the pure pleasures of paper, each of the items in this new collection features the artwork of Valesca van Waveren, with its soft, rich palette and lovely details drawn from the natural world. The Sticker Book includes 28 full-colour adhesive sheets filled with hundreds of images to decorate a journal, notebook, laptop, or phone. Over 800 gorgeous, high-quality stickers - mushrooms, butterflies, bugs, plants, and more A perfect add-on to the Sketchbook and Stationery

All Good Things Are Wild and Free Sticker Book

From Flow, a beautiful, mindful guide to having less stuff. Less stress. Less distraction. Less everything. In less comes the freedom of letting go. This thoughtful and surprising book shows us how to get there, by paring down not just the jumble of things around us, but the clutter in our heads, too. And to help, interact with special paper goodies, including a one-thought-a-day diary, a foldout tiny house to let you imagine the pleasures of living in a small and cozy space, and art posters that depict a beautiful picture of what it means to do less, not more. Paper goodies from The Big Book of Less include: 2 journals A dot journal poster 4 art posters 1 foldout tiny house with 20 accessories And even more hidden treasures Decluttering your life and mind makes room for more—more listening, more focus, more wisdom, more time. More life.

Irene Smit

About

Books

Join the club