Game of Thrones Inspired Quiet Book

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND LOOK AT THIS QUIET BOOK!

I recently commissioned a custom quiet book on Etsy.  For those of you who have never heard of such a thing, a quiet book is a book (usually made out of felt or other fabric) filled with activities for children that are to be done quietly. The ever so creative name makes more sense now, right?  It's often used for special times, like church, when you need to keep children happy and quiet. They also can be educational and teach them things like fine motor skills, color matching, how to button buttons, or hide-and-seek type activities.
 

Lots of people DIY these, there are a ton of super cute patterns out there.  But I know, I'm just nowhere near as patient as you need to be to do them.   Like any other purchase, I shopped around, got some prices and felt out the people who would actually be making the thing.  They can get to be a little on the expensive side, depending on ow much detail and how many pages you want, and I knew I wanted to find just. The. Right. Person.  Goldilocks style.  I had a particularly interesting request, because the recipients of this book are really special people.  They're total nerds.  LOL

They love Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and Star Wars to name a few.  But above all, as do so many others, they LOVE Game of Thrones.  I'd seen quiet books for the other shows and they were all really quite fantastic.  But I knew, if this was to be a truly great gift, it HAD to have GOT inspired pages in it.  PG versions, of course.  (I did purchase a few pages in the other themes as well, but will focus specifically on the GOT pages for this post.) 

After I felt out a few other artists (these people are truly artists).  I got a hold of Susan from Rose in Bloom Creations.  Check out some of her work: 

How cute is that?! I reached out to her and she couldn't have been more helpful and kind if she'd have flown in and met with me in person.  She asked about the show and the bits I liked and worked with me on a few ideas on pages and "skills" for each of the pages.  I sent her pictures of the characters and scenery on the show and books and the rest was up to her!  She asked me a few questions about details along the way, but she really had free reign over the designs.  I trusted her opinion completely!  A couple weeks went by and she told me the book was done and she was sending it to me.  SQUEEE!  I was so excited I could hardly stand it!  It came in the mail and the second I opened it, I totally went full fan girl. 

Now seriously...
SER-I-OUS-LY

Look at these pages.  I can't even describe how excited I was!!! All of the exclamation points! Lol Every single page is better than the next, I still don't know which ones my favorite!  Disclaimer:  I added the puffy paint titles/directions myself.  I'm sure if Susan did them, they'd look even better! 

Lets start with the page inspired by Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, shall we?  When you get to this page, you see her, with her 3 dragons eggs she received on the day she married Khal Drogo (OK maybe I'm a nerd too, don't judge me).  Oh... but whats inside the eggs?  3 dragons of course!  Look at that detail!  She used textured felt to look like scales!!!  These little guys are finger puppets too.  The activity is a color matching one.  The black dragon (inspired by Drogon, named after Khal Drogo) goes with the black egg, naturally. 

The next page is inspired by Winterfell.  Look how awesome she captured the castle!  She's even got the round tops of the tall tower!!!  This activity is a hide-and-seek page.  Find her version of the three-eyed-raven.  The THREE EYED RAVEN you guys!!!  That tiny felt raven has 3 eyes!!! How flippin cute is that?  Now, there are a number of places the raven can hide in the castle.  Bran better get on it quickly if he's going to find him! 

OK - so the next page is probably my favorite.  Who is on the wall?  You guys want to guess?  I see some eyes peeking out from behind the door.  But first, please notice the crow flag and the wildling ladder?!?!  hehehehe.  Have you caught on that I LOVE this book?  When you undo the tie (the skill on this page), what do you know?!  Its finger puppets inspired by Jon Snow, Ygritte (RIP) and Ghost!  For real you guys.  FOR REAL.  Feltie Jon and Ygritte have fur on their collars!  And Ghost has red eyes!!!  These little finger puppets are just the cutest damn things. 

The final page is of the Godswood inspired scene.  Check out the level of detail here.  The skill on this page involves guiding the Direwolf through the rings in the Godswood to find his way to the heart tree.   she totally nailed the color of the tree and the little direwolf face!  I can't even.  I mean I really can't even.  I may have to ODD the rest of my life because I literally just cant EVEN! 

The finger puppets make me Giddy, especially the little fur collars!  Seriously oh my gosh!!! I just can't even handle all the cuteness! 

So there you have it.  The Nerdy Quiet Book that I now have to give away lol.  Part of me wants to save it.  For, you know.... maybe some day :)  Now now, don't look at me like that, I won't LOL.  But it is sooooo much fun, a quiet book for adults too!  I can't say enough how amazing it turned out, even so much better than I imagined, it's just too incredible!


So for real.  Go over to Susan's page and order one for yourself ASAP!!!