Courier News, Sept. 5, 2007
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ColorMe Company has unveiled its 2007 Holiday collection, including classic Nativity scenes, Christmas horses and Yuletide fireplaces that kids can color and decorate themselves. This year’s addition is a "Sleigh Ride" ColorMe Pillowcase created by a child artist from New Jersey.
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KATHLEEN FEIGLEY |
"Sleigh Ride" ColorMe Pillowcase was created by a child from Flemington for this year's holiday season designs. Pillowcases sell for $21.95 or $39.95 per set of four, which includes fabric markers. |
”This year’s new artwork is simply extraordinary,” said Dr. Paul L. Marciano, founder and “Chief Coloring Officer” of ColorMe Company. “We are excited to introduce our never before seen ‘Sleigh Ride’ pillowcase design by Colleen, 12, of Flemington.”
All ColorMe Holiday Season designs offered in 2007 were drawn by child artists younger than age 13. Pillowcases retail for $21.95 or $39.95 for a set of four (includes fabric markers) plus shipping and handling. Christmas stockings featuring Christmas Horse and Nativity Scene designs, retail for $14.95 plus shipping and handling. Greeting cards (eight-packs) sell for $9.95 plus shipping and handling.
· Christmas Horse: drawn by Sarah B., age 13
· Nativity Scene: drawn by Elizabeth L., age 12
· Santa: drawn by MacLean C., age 7
· Christmas Tree: drawn by Erin B., age 12
· Yuletide Fireplace: drawn by Blake B., age 12
· Christmas card assortment: drawn by assorted artists
· "Wuff Your Gift" Puppy Dog Thank You card: drawn by Erin B., age 12
· Hanukkah Card: drawn by Blake B., age 12
· Hanukkah Thank You card: drawn by Blake B., age 12
· Four Angels: drawn by Alison D, age 7; Cailyn N., age 6; Bethany E, age 7; Maria T, age 7 (eight-pack of assorted note cards: $7.95)
Consumers may purchase ColorMe products online at www.colorme company.com or at the FAO Schwartz toy store in New York City. ColorMe products turn greeting cards, T-shirts and other items into one-of-a-kind keepsakes.
“One Christmas, I asked my godchild if she had received my holiday card. She proudly showed me that she had added her own special touch by coloring all over it,” said Marciano, the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans, creator of the beloved Madeline books that have delighted children for decades. “It hit me immediately that greeting cards aren’t fun for children, since they typically only sign their names to store-bought cards that have little personal meaning for the children or adults who receive them.”
A trained child psychologist who earned his doctorate at Yale, Marciano believes in the continual process of learning, improving and “coloring outside the lines.” He hopes to foster simple but time-honored values such as having good manners, giving, saying “thank you” and patriotism. ColorMe Company donates 10 percent of gross proceeds to charities such as Book First, which provides books to children in low-income families and The Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, which assists children of Marines or Federal law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty.
To order, visit www.colormecompany.com or by calling (908) 237-2500. |
