Samitomoto Edition2 is here!

Finally, after a year and a bit of the Samitomoto Drawing Game being on the market; bringing drawing delight to creatives both large and small and selling over 2000 games in our first year-  we are ready to add Samitomoto Edition2- Yellow!! Hooplah!

I know a lot of you are eagerly awaiting the new cards that will be added to your existing Samitomoto drawing game to combine to make OVER 1.2 MILLION DRAWING COMBINATIONS!!

How cool is that!?

Even cooler, is that it will be a limited edition run of 1500 packs of 10 yellow 'activities' cards that will prompt you to draw even more crazy, fun and imaginative things! So you can buy one to draw with and one to keep as a collector's piece!

And even even cooler- is that you can be part of the crowd helping this to happen by pledging here!

But HURRY- as we are only printing 1500 of them and then they will be gone forever... 


And then we will love you, your kids will love you and the world will be a happier and more creative place!**





*Hopefully, I can't guarantee that for sure, but there's a good chance that will happen... :)

Happy New Samitomoto Year!

Happy New Samitomoto Year!

I love this time of year when the business year kicks back in in earnest and I'm super excited about spreading lots of Samitomoto creative drawing delight throughout the world in 2012!

I'm glad you're all along for the ride!

If you would love to help us to spread the creative drawing fun and delight your little creative ones, you can  two or three Samitomoto games freight free* here

* freight free within Australia

** Image - 'A calm silver mouse painting' - copyright Samantha Simpson-Morgan 2012.

Our fabulous Samitomoto supporters!

'A woolly silver mouse climbing a mountain'- by Sam

Woot- we made it!

I'd love to thank you all for your support with our Pozible crowd funding project- to put the next print run of the Samitomoto drawing game into production!! We successfully reached our target and that's because of your vision and generosity!! Thank you!

Currently we have 21 hours to go, so we could still double our pledged amount- click here to pledge and please pass the link to your networks!

I designed Samitomoto to help children, families and adults to draw with delight! I am absolutely passionate about designing products that help you to create and have a lot of fun with drawing and the creative process, to bring you back to that creative eight year old inside all of us - I trust that Samitomoto is bringing that joy to you and your family!

Here is the list of the fabulous Samitomoto supporters!







Leanne Casarotto
Helen Mitchell
Kylie Johnson
Brian Miller- Luxgraphicus
Natasha Vanzetti
Joanne Hughes
Sara Passer
Rachael West
Suzanne Ed
Larissa Zimmerman
Claire Connelly- Papercut
Ruth Ellison
Catherine Prosser
Richard Everson
Zoe Routh- Inner Compass
Joan Westaway
Beata English- Beata English Photography
Barbara Baikie- Wick Consulting
Elizabeth Karpiel
Karen Armstrong
Benay Wettle
Steve Alexander
Elke Durbanov

Please feel very proud of your part in supporting the Samitomoto journey!

Presenting Samitomoto's cool corporate supporters!

Hi friends,

Our Pozible crowd funding project has 33 days to go to reach our $4500 target to grow the Samitomoto drawing game. You can help us to reach our target and and also receive rewards from pledging as little as $25. Corporate pledges start at $100 to see your business logo featured here and to receive other cool things!

Remember, the Samitomoto drawing game helps children, families and creatives to draw with delight, it's an innovative totally Australian designed product and we would love your help to grow!

Below are our fabulous corporate pledgers so far- my gratitude to you for your support and generosity is immense! To see your business logo featured here too as a Samitomoto corporate supporter and to find out more- click here.

Why we'd love you to support our crowd funding project!

Hi everyone,

I'm very pleased and proud to announce the Samitomoto 'crowd funding' Pozible project!

Our goal is to raise $4500 by September 7th 2011, so we can put the next run of the Samitomoto drawing game into production and grow as we move towards the end of 2011!

You can help us achieve this, as you are the crowd!

Why would you help us?

Well, firstly because you would get the warm and fuzzy feeling of helping a creative entrepreneur (that's me) live her dream and grow her innovative drawing game- Samitomoto, so that together we can help more creative kids and families across Australia (and beyond) to 'draw with delight'.

Secondly, for each amount you pledge above $25, you receive a tangible reward and product. To see the list of rewards visit here. If you want your business and logo linked to this fun project, we'd love you on board!

Thirdly, because it's safe, no money is taken unless the full total target amount is reached. Oh and it's also innovative and fun!

Fourthly, because in a post GFC world where we've seen so many businesses sadly crumble- community support for local, innovative business is more important than ever!

I won't go on with the numbers, instead I invite you to come along on this journey with me, as I live my dream to grow the Samitomoto drawing game and to help bring a lot of creative joy to others! For the full story of why I created Samitomoto please read here and for what others are saying about Samitomoto read here.

Please pass this link to your networks and help us to spread the joy and magic of drawing with Samitomoto! Please also follow the Samitomoto facebook page for all updates and events associated with this Pozible project.

Many thanks,
Sam Simpson-Morgan

Having drawing fun with Samitomoto!

A pretty cream dragon knitting by Dominic - 8 yrs.

A pretty cream dragon knitting by Cassie - 6yrs

I've been having so much fun playing Samitomoto with kids at the Old Bus Depot Markets, most Sundays!

Children have so much to teach us about creativity, as they are so creatively free, their imaginations seem unlimited and they take such joy in drawing. I love the way they embrace the Samitomoto drawing game.

I wonder at what age this sense of creative freedom starts to decline and we get limited by messages about how 'good' we are at drawing, or that it's 'silly' or 'a waste of time' to draw. Having gone through that creative unblocking journey myself- to the point that I now draw most days, it's wonderful to see children pick up the pen with no hesitation to start drawing! And it's especially good to find that rare adult that will suspend their inner judgement long enough to sit and draw with us too! (They get extra brownie points).

Here above, we have two fabulous drawings from last Sunday playing Samitomoto; 'a pretty cream dragon knitting'. What I love about these two drawings are how different they both are, despite them essentially drawing the same thing.

I love how they've both added things from their imaginations; Dominic has added a knight (of course) who is wearing knee and elbow pads- (a safety conscious knight). Cassie has added a picture of a volcano (unfortunately prompted by me, as I got a bit carried away with the spirit of the game) and she decided dragons would naturally eat lava rocks and therefore, there is a packet of lava rocks with a smiley face on the right side and also, she added chain-saw wings to her dragon. (Of course). :)

So with Samitomoto, a simple phrase and a bunch of textas, we totally opened up our imaginations, laughed a lot and had a wonderfully fun creative time! That's got to be good for everyone.

If you'd love to experience this for you and your kids, follow us on facebook here to find out where we'll be at the markets, or purchase Samitomoto here or from our retailers here!

Playing Samitomoto at the Handmade Winter Warmer Markets

'An enormous aqua blue snake skate boarding' by Sara.

'An excited lime green dinosaur fishing' by Isaac.

'An excited floral patterned mouse playing chess' by Emma.

'An enormous yellow mermaid drinking coffee' by Maya.

'An enormous floral patterned pony drinking tea'.

'An enormous floral patterned pony drinking tea'.

'An enormous aqua blue snake skateboarding' by Emma.

'A scared orange chicken flying a space ship' by Kristi.

'A determined sky blue cat making pancakes' by Emma.

'A curly haired hot pink spider roller skating' by Sara.

What a fantastic day we had with Samitomoto at Handmade's Winter Warmer Market at the Convention Centre Canberra!

There was a fabulous vibe with lots of happy shoppers snapping up the gorgeous wares! Thanks to everyone who bought Samitomoto games, I trust they'll bring you much creative joy! Plus a special thanks to everyone who sat and drew with Samitomoto, it was a lot of fun! See a selection of wonderful drawings above.

If you missed buying Samitomoto products on the day, they are also available to buy here.

And finally, see a wrap up of the Handmade Market's wonderful day here.