Cottagecore Galore by Katie Vas
128 pages
publishes April 19th, 2022
Curl up by the fire or settle down at a picnic and enjoy coloring these delightfully cozy pages in Katie Vaz’s cottagecore coloring book.
From strawberries to mushrooms, pies to quilt patterns, the world of cottagecore celebrates all this cozy and tranquil. Cottagecore is an aesthetic that imagines life in a cottage in the countryside, enjoying nature, baking, floral prints, flowy dresses, animals, and more. Successful writer and illustrator Katie Vaz has illustrated both classic cottagecore scenes in nature and at home, along with patterns of cottagecore icons. Flip through the pages and color lovely scenes of cottage life to your heart’s content, in Cottagecore Galore.
Okay, it is a little weird to give a review of a coloring book that you can’t print out. This was provided to me at no cost by NetGalley, and at no point during my review process did I color any of these pages. I think the best way to do this review is going to be to list all of the types of coloring pages in this book, and add my notes if I have any.
1. There’s an “about this book” page, which is very cozy, with a colorable-border around it. Rating: Cozy
2. This is a cupcake pattern spread with little flowers on top of the cupcakes. Rating: Too repetitive
3. This is a coloring page of a pie on a table cloth with a recipe box and a little bowl of strawberries. Rating: Cozy
4. This is a page of a cat resting in a window seat. Rating: Cozy
5. This is a pattern of mushrooms and leaves. Rating: Foresty
6. This is a repeating pattern of just strawberries. Rating: Boring
7. This is a repeating pattern of bees and thistles. Rating: Boring
8. This is a spray of flowers up against a fence. Rating: Springtime
9. This is a repeating pattern of teacups with floral designs on them. Rating: Teatime
10. This is a bowl of cherries. Rating: Boring
11. This is a confusing spray of tiny flowers. Rating: Confusing
12. This is a bunch of cookies with flowers on them laid out on a baking tray. Rating: Confusing
13. This is a page of overlapping butterflies. Rating: Confusing, boring?
14. This is a bunch of different types of bread! Rating: Cozy
15. This is hanging herbs from a wall. Rating: Confusing
16. This is a bunch of different types of jam. Rating: Cozy
17. These are dishes on a shelf! Rating: Cozy
18. These are cinnamon rolls in a dish! Rating: Cozy
19. These are a bunch of bachelor’s button seed packets and flowers. Rating: Confusing
20. This is a repeating pattern of daisies. Rating: Boring
21. This is a bunch of teapots in different patterns. Some of the teapots repeat. Rating: Cozy, but I would be bored by coloring the same teapot more than once.
22. This is ladybugs on leaves. Rating: I don’t like bugs :/
23. This is two sunflowers. Rating: Boring
24. This is a leading path to the woods, complete with mushrooms. Rating: Cozy
25. This is a bunch of watering cans in different patterns, but some of the watering can patterns repeat. Rating: Boring, we already did the teapots in these patterns
26. This is a page of poppies. Rating: Boring, but possibly relaxing
27. This is a stack of cozy cottagecore books. Their titles are GUIDE TO WILDFLOWERS, BACKYARD BIRDS, NATURE REMEDIES, CANNING & PRESERVING, HOMEMADE SOURDOUGH, FOREST FORAGING, ORGANIC GARDENS, and FLORAL EMBROIDERY. Rating: Cozy
28. This is a repeating pattern of books with flowers and mushrooms on them. There are also glasses thrown in for good measure. Rating: Cozy
29. This is a repeating pattern of leaves and acorns. Rating: Boring, but also cozy.
30. This is a pattern of pennants. Rating: Boring
31. This is fir leaves. I would find these too difficult to color. Rating: Confusing, difficult
32. This is baby’s breath inside a patterned vase. Rating: Confusing
33. This is flowers that I forget the name of. Rating:Springtime
34. This is a repeating pattern of teapots and teabags! Rating: Cozy
35. This is my favorite page in th ebook, it’s a bunch of tea tins. Rating: Cozy
36. This is a floral pattern of overlapping flower. Rating: Confusing
37. This is a different floral pattern of overlapping flowers. It’s slightly better. Rating: Slightly better
38. This is yarn with needles stuck through them! Rating: Cozy
39. This is a page of started knitting projects! Rating: Cozy
40. This is a book full of flowers that are about to be pressed. Rating: Cozy
41. This is a little house built into a tree. Rating: Cozy
42. This is a repeating pattern of roses. Rating: Boring
43. This is a repeating pattern of toads and toadstools. Rating: I really want to like this, but I don’t.
44. This is a plat of jam tarts. Rating: Cozy
45. This is a repeating pattern of snails and flowers. Rating: Boring
46. This is a repeating pattern of sprigs of blueberries. Rating: Cozy
47. This is a weird repeating pattern of flowers. Rating: Boring
48. This is a repeating pattern of wooden spoons and spatulas. Some of the physics on these don’t seem to be correct. Rating: Confusing
49. This is a cake with a lot of flowers on it. It reminds me of THE ONES WE BURN. Rating: Sad
50. This is a bunch of skinny thistles. Rating: Boring
51. This is a coffee grinder, a muffin, a mug, and a pitcher. Rating: Cozy
52. This is a confusing floral pattern. Rating: Confusing
53. This is a basket full of poppies. Rating: Cozy?
54. This is a wreathe of flowers. It looks kind of lonely. Rating: Lonely
55. This is a bucket full of flowers and vines. Rating: Confusing
56. This is a pitcher of lemonade and two jars of lemonade! Rating: Cozy
57. This is a repeating pattern of lemons. Rating: Cozy
58. This is a picnic basket all ready to go! Rating: Cozy
59. This is a repeating pattern of sunflowers, but they have no stems? Rating: Boring
60. This is a repeating pattern of very teeny tiny flowers. Rating: Boring
61. This is a repeating pattern of raspberries. Rating: Boring
62. This is a basket of donuts with… flowers on them? Rating: Unrealistic, not edible
63. This is a repeating pattern of peaches. Rating: Boring
64. This is a repeating pattern of bunnies in some flowers. Rating: Cozy
65. This is a repeating pattern of flowers on steps. Rating: Boring
66. This is a sign post in an apple orchard. There are also apples. Rating: Cozy
67. This is a repeating pattern of pies and apples. Rating: Cozy
68. This is a repeating pattern of carrots. Rating: Boring
69. This is a repeating pattern of an assortment of flowers. Rating: Boring
70. This is a repeating pattern of martini glasses and mint leaves. Rating: Boring
71. This is a page about an herb garden. Rating: Cozy
72. This is a picture of some daffodills! Rating: Cozy
73. This is a repeating pattern of baskets full of various flowers and fruits. Rating: Cozy
74. This is a picture of a cat in a field of flowers. Rating: Cozy
75. This is a bird in a birdhouse. Rating: Cozy
76. This is a repeating pattern of various types of honey in jars. Rating: Cozy
77. This is a repeating pattern of pancakes, pitchers with mushroom decorations, and maple syrup jars. Rating: Cozy
78. Thisis a table with pancakes, pumpkin, tea pot, and a mug on it. Rating: Cozy
79. This is a repeating pattern of mushrooms and flowers. Rating: Cozy
80. This is some candles, a book, and a plate of cookies looking out a window. Rating: Cozy
81. This is a fireplace and a chair in front of the fireplace. Rating: Cozy
82. This is a spray of flowers inside of a mason jar. Rating: Cozy
83. This is a repeating pattern of taper candles in candleholders. Rating: Cozy
84. This is a woodburning fire stove. A cat naps nearby. There is a pair of slippers nearby. Rating: Cozy
85. This is a repeating pattern of small flowers. Rating: Cozy
86. This is a repeating pattern of clothes, including wicker bags, large sunhats, and boots. Rating: Boring
87. This is a confusing spray of flowers. Rating: Confusing
88. This is a repeating pattern of necklaces with lockets. Rating: Cozy
89. This is three firefly jars hanging on some trees. Rating: Cozy
90. This is a flowerbox by a window. Rating: Cozy
91. This is an illustration of mushroom embroidery. Rating: Cozy
92. This is a repeating pattern of sewing scissors and thread. Rating: Cozy
93. This is a confusing repeating pattern of lime wedges and pine and cinnamon? Rating: Confusing
94. THis is a repeating pattern of paintings hung up on a wall. Rating: Cozy
95. This is a repeating pattern of lilacs? Honeydew? Rating: Confusing
96. This is a repeating pattern of pinecones. Rating: Sad
97. This is a repeating pattern of bows. Rating: Confusing
98. This is someone doing a watercolor painting in the field. Rating: Cozy
99. This is a repeating pattern of calligraphy ink and accessories. Rating: Cozy
100. This is stationary for writing a letter! Rating: Cozy
101. This is a bunch of fir leaves. Rating: Confusing
102. This is a repeating pattern of seed packets. Rating: Cozy
103. This is a repeating pattern of lots of tiny flowers. Rating: Cozy
104. This is a big bread in a pot. Rating: Cozy
105. This is a repeating pattern of toast and buckwheat honey and maybe capers on toast.. Rating: Cozy
106. This is a repeating pattern of patterned dresses. Rating: Confusing
107. This is a hobbit hole door! Rating: Cozy
108. This is a repeating pattern of zinnias. Rating: Cozy
109. This is a spray of flowers. Rating: Cozy
110. These are some birds sitting amongst some flowers. Rating: Cozy
111. This is a repeating pattern of beets. Rating: Cozy
112. This is a basket of tomatoes. Rating: Cozy
113. This is a repeating pattern of little houses in the woods. Rating: Cozy
114. This is a repeating pattern of flowers in jars with corks. Rating: Cozy
115. These are spices on a shelf. Rating: Cozy
116. THis is an owl. Rating: Cozy
117. This is a sewing machine, sewing something together. Rating: Cozy
118. This is a little mushroom house living on top of a teapot. Rating: Cozy
119. This is a clothesline with clothes drying on it. Rating: Cozy
120. This is a repeating pattern of deer and flowers. Rating: Cozy
121. This is a bed with a cat sleeping on top. The bedspread is very busy. Rating: Cozy
122. This is a repeating pattern of lanterns. Rating: cozy
123. This is a wicker basket on a bench. Rating: Cozy
124. This is an archway covered in flowers. Rating: Cozy
125. This is a repeating pattern of chickens and eggs. Rating: Cozy
126. This is a repeating pattern of flowers and keys. Rating: Cozy
Final countdown:
28 repeating patterns
80 pages that I would like to color – out of 126, that’s pretty good! Four stars.
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