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My Latest Future Thrill; . . . when I get around to organizing it.
Topic Started: Jun 25 2017, 02:50 AM (284 Views)
Catseye3
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Has life gotten stale? Or more than you care to deal with? Then adult coloring may be for you!

No, I don't mean coloring nekkid wimmenz (although you could probably find a coloring page for that). No, I mean something like this:

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Isn't that pretty? Can't you see your whole house festooned with beautiful images like this? To the wonderment of your family -- especially your (increasingly homicidal alarmed) spouse -- and friends?

I can just picture Jolly at the kitchen table, coloring. For hours. With four hungry children and a crop in the field.

I can see Mik passing commuter plane time, coloring. The pilots and stewies would be thrilled not to be pestered for more and ever more canapes and hits of Chateau Lafitte knockoff.

Mr. Brenda: "Hon, are we going to have supper soon?"

Brenda: "Um ..." (Coloring at the dining room table, a massive wall mural that will take her to spring 2019 to finish.)

An hour later. Mr. Brenda: "Sweetie honey-pie, I'm getting awfully peckish."

Brenda: "Okay. Just let me finish the leaves on this . . . " (Voice trails off as she forgets what she was going to say.)

An hour later. Mr. Brenda, calling from the kitchen: "Lambikins, can this stuff in the red Tupperware bowl go into a sandwich?"

Brenda: "If you want."

This is how I plan to survive winter. Go here to learn all about it: http://diycandy.com/2015/08/coloring-for-adults-101-your-complete-guide/

Try it! It could change your life!
Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
No way. I'll get stuck with that damn 'Fleshtone' crayon instead of 'Cornflower Blue' which everyone knows is THE BEST crayon.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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Catseye3
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Mikhailoh
Jun 25 2017, 05:26 AM
No way. I'll get stuck with that damn 'Fleshtone' crayon instead of 'Cornflower Blue' which everyone knows is THE BEST crayon.

:lol2:

Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Mikhailoh
Jun 25 2017, 05:26 AM
No way. I'll get stuck with that damn 'Fleshtone' crayon instead of 'Cornflower Blue' which everyone knows is THE BEST crayon.
Are you mad?! Everyone knows Prussian blue is da bomb.

Although, here's a new blue story - let's name this, folks!
crayola's new shade of blue
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brenda
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Catseye3
Jun 25 2017, 02:50 AM
Has life gotten stale? Or more than you care to deal with? Then adult coloring may be for you!

No, I don't mean coloring nekkid wimmenz (although you could probably find a coloring page for that). No, I mean something like this:

Posted Image

Isn't that pretty? Can't you see your whole house festooned with beautiful images like this? To the wonderment of your family -- especially your (increasingly homicidal alarmed) spouse -- and friends?

I can just picture Jolly at the kitchen table, coloring. For hours. With four hungry children and a crop in the field.

I can see Mik passing commuter plane time, coloring. The pilots and stewies would be thrilled not to be pestered for more and ever more canapes and hits of Chateau Lafitte knockoff.

Mr. Brenda: "Hon, are we going to have supper soon?"

Brenda: "Um ..." (Coloring at the dining room table, a massive wall mural that will take her to spring 2019 to finish.)

An hour later. Mr. Brenda: "Sweetie honey-pie, I'm getting awfully peckish."

Brenda: "Okay. Just let me finish the leaves on this . . . " (Voice trails off as she forgets what she was going to say.)

An hour later. Mr. Brenda, calling from the kitchen: "Lambikins, can this stuff in the red Tupperware bowl go into a sandwich?"

Brenda: "If you want."

This is how I plan to survive winter. Go here to learn all about it: http://diycandy.com/2015/08/coloring-for-adults-101-your-complete-guide/

Try it! It could change your life!
Just change the story from coloring to rug hooking. I get very absorbed in my rug hooking.

Coloring was a thing for my MIL for a while, but I think she's not even able to concentrate enough to do that now. It served a purpose for a while for her.

So if you want to know who sells this stuff (books, pens, other embellishments), I can tell you where I got stuff for MIL. I'm sure you're all dying to know. :lol2:
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
~A.A. Milne
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Cat, I think you'll like this:

http://www.amaziograph.com

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haKBdiF7aBY
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Catseye3
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sue
Jun 25 2017, 07:00 AM
Mikhailoh
Jun 25 2017, 05:26 AM
No way. I'll get stuck with that damn 'Fleshtone' crayon instead of 'Cornflower Blue' which everyone knows is THE BEST crayon.
Are you mad?! Everyone knows Prussian blue is da bomb.

Although, here's a new blue story - let's name this, folks!
crayola's new shade of blue

You're kidding! Prussian Blue was my most fave crayon when I was little. The other crayons would still be more or less intact and the PB was broken in the middle, only the paper wrap holding it together so it flopped around when you tried to color with it, and the top of the wrap all peeled away to expose more of the worn-down nub (used to be the point). :lol:

As for the new blue, I nominate 'Royalty'. No reason except it jumped into my head when I saw that rich blue shade.
Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Catseye3
Jun 25 2017, 07:33 AM
sue
Jun 25 2017, 07:00 AM
Mikhailoh
Jun 25 2017, 05:26 AM
No way. I'll get stuck with that damn 'Fleshtone' crayon instead of 'Cornflower Blue' which everyone knows is THE BEST crayon.
Are you mad?! Everyone knows Prussian blue is da bomb.

Although, here's a new blue story - let's name this, folks!
crayola's new shade of blue

You're kidding! Prussian Blue was my most fave crayon when I was little. The other crayons would still be more or less intact and the PB was broken in the middle, only the paper wrap holding it together so it flopped around when you tried to color with it, and the top of the wrap all peeled away to expose more of the worn-down nub (used to be the point). :lol:

As for the new blue, I nominate 'Royalty'. No reason except it jumped into my head when I saw that rich blue shade.
Royalty is a good name for that blue!

About the colouring books - I laughed when I first heard about them some time ago, then I thought more about the idea and realised I would probably really enjoy zoning out and colouring fine detailed drawings. I can really see their appeal. So much so that I have not bought one and tried. I see myself being sucked down a wormhole and not getting anything else done. Sort of like watching some real crap tv show that you know is rotting your brain but you can't look away. Or finishing that large bag of (insert your choice of seriously fatty unhealthy snack), while be aware of feeling less and less well.

Still, my eye catches the covers of some of those books and sometimes lingers just a wee bit too long.
Let me know if you succumb, Catseye. Let me know before you start, in case you get sucked down a wormhole too, and we wonder where you are.
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