I’ve been thinking a lot about this blog lately. One of my goals for my maternity leave was to revive it, and now that leave’s about half over, I figure it’s time to stop thinking about it and start working on it.
Lucky for me, Kathy over at The Daily Marker issued a rather perfectly-timed challenge.
Color something every day for 30 days. In other words, take a few minutes every day for the next month to do something you love that you don’t do enough of. I can do that. I should do that! I NEED to do that.
So I am. Yesterday was the first day, which was pretty inconvenient for me. We spent most of the day in the car driving home from Southern California. We got home later than we’d planned, and had two exhausted-but-wired kiddos to get bathed and in bed. Still, I was determined to do this. I got Allie settled, then started gathering my markers just as Teddy started screaming to be fed. I’ve gotten pretty used to doing everything else one-handed, so I figured coloring while nursing was just one more skill I’d have to master.
I don’t think it turned out so bad. This particular Marci stamp reminds me of a certain big-headed, blonde-haired 3 year old I know, so I definitely colored it with her in mind. I’ve been searching for ages to find the perfect color combination to emulate Allie’s white-blonde hair…and I still haven’t found it.
With this I experimented with FYG1, Y02, and Y21. The lighting in my house is terrible, so I liked it much better while I was coloring it. But in the light of day, the FYG1 is a bit too fluorescent (surprise, surprise). So I’ll probably spend a lot of this month experimenting with blonde combos.
I happened to have out a 6×6 stack of the Day Dreamer line from Dear Lizzy, so I grabbed a couple sheets and slapped together a card this afternoon. It’s very simple, but I like it.
Now, I need to get my Day 2 coloring done while both kids are still being quiet (I may only have seconds, here). I’ll post on Instagram when I finish!
Color breakdown:
Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 01, 11 (note: I normally use E0000, 00 and 11, but my 00 dried up, so 000 and 01 had to fill in)
Lips: R22
Hair: FYG1, Y02, 21 (note: I do not recommend these colors. If you have a good combo for light blonde, leave it in the comments!)
Shirt: RV13, 14
Pants, Shoes: B41, 45
Lace, Shoe Soles: C00, Colorless Blender
Flower Pot: YR15, 27, 18
Flower: B01, 05 (with tip-to-tip blending)
Leaves: YG13, 17
Dirt: E44, 47, 49
Spade: C00, 1, 3