Colouring me curious

[stinybean]

I reallllllllllllly want one. I bought one for three people for Christmas, but not myself

[Widget123]

I also bought some for others as Christmas presents but none for myself. I don't have free time for this sort of thing

[alayne926]

Jan 19, 2016 16:07:31 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

I also bought some for others as Christmas presents but none for myself. I don't have free time for this sort of thing

This....

While I like the concept, I have SO many other crafty stuff that I want to do, but I don't have time for those. I would hate to have something else looming over me that I haven't started yet.

[mrsmonogrammed]

I can post a pic of my started piece...I don't have a lot of time to do it and I'm not crazy about the colored pencils I've been using to color. Hopefully someone has a recommendation for media so I can step up my game;)

[Widget123]

Jan 19, 2016 16:13:56 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

Widget123 I only have the time when the kids are in bed and I've "clocked off" for the night.

When the kids are in bed, unless I am cleaning I am in bed too, because sleep.  I am that boring.

[tjanca22]

A girl I work with pumps in the same storage closet that I do. For Christmas she got a daily coloring calendar. We both work on coloring the pictures together and are now decorating our closet! It's actually really nice doing something while pumping and time flies! We've been using highlighters and Sharpie pens because we're limited to office supplies. Here's our work so far.

[jillywilly]

I love the idea of the coloring calendar - for some reason that seems less overwhelming than a book. I'm in the camp of I'd like to color, but by the time baby's in bed, kitchen/house is cleaned up, or I've worked out, basically the only thing I'm capable of doing is sleeping, watching TV, or wasting time on my phone. Maybe if DS ever starts sleeping well?

[mbjune13]

I bought a book months ago thinking I would have time. It and the pencil crayons sit unopened.

[Bluedaisy]

I have eight books (FFC?) and so far I LOVE my prisma colored pencils. I colour when LO is asleep for the night or napping if I've gotten all the cleaning/chores done. I often colour while watching TV so that I don't use my hands to stuff my face with food.

After seeing the gorgeous pick the @hazeldublin, coloured I'm sooo not sharing.

[Bluedaisy]

tjanca22, seriously sharpies and highliters? Those looks awesome!

[veggiemo]

I got one for Christmas but haven't started it yet. mrsmonogrammed, I have prismacolor pencils which is what we used in architecture school to do renderings. They also make markers if you prefer that to pencil.

[Bluedaisy]

Jan 19, 2016 16:12:27 GMT -5 alayne926 said:

Jan 19, 2016 16:07:31 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

I also bought some for others as Christmas presents but none for myself. I don't have free time for this sort of thing

This....

While I like the concept, I have SO many other crafty stuff that I want to do, but I don't have time for those. I would hate to have something else looming over me that I haven't started yet.

My mom teases me that if I ever actually finish the projects I'm working on I'll probaby keel over.  In addition to scrapbooking I have about a billion cross stitch projects on the go plus a knitting project, a crochet project and there is always a half finished sewing project on my table.

[kemdupuis]

I have a adult coloring book that has been sitting in my coffee table drawer for a while now. I did a little before I went back to work. Since then I've been too dang tired. I should do it though. I love coloring

[erbear]

I have one I got from the one spot section of target. I haven't had much time to work on it, though!

[belle0720]

They're really pretty and I thought about gifting some. But I didn't. And I just have too many other projects to work on!

[silv3rlining]

I was gifted 3 books in the last 2 months. I've colored 2 pages. But seriously, I don't got time for that! Give me the kid coloring books! Adult coloring books are stressful to me...too many small spaces and I want stuff to be symmetrical, etc. Plus my 2.5 year old wants to color in my books and I'm anal/OCD...

[jessila]

I have the Harry Potter one and have been using thin tipped markers. I honestly prefer crayon but they are too thick. I've colored for about an hour since Christmas and haven't really made a dent.
It is stressful because they're overwhelming! But I love coloring. I'm assuming my kid will sleep one day and I'll get to color again.

[wegrowsheep]

I stole a page from DD's coloring book. This is 2 weeks of coloring ... Because I'm busy and slow.

[musicfrk2002]

...am I the only one who prefers kids coloring books? That, or tessellations. I'm a bit OCD in my coloring

[Deleted]

This is the one i was working on last night. I'm addicted.

[Bluedaisy]

musicfrk2002, I love kids colouring books too. People who come over with kids always assume I have them for kids who visit but they are totally for me. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE crayons.

[dmoney]

I color during conference calls at work. I have 3 different kinds of markets that I color with.. Sharpie's, Paper Mate Markers and Staedtler triplus fineliner markers

[holliberry28]

Just leaving this right here

[mrsmonogrammed]

holliberry28 I want that one! Ha:)

[mrsmonogrammed]

Jan 20, 2016 0:15:29 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

musicfrk2002, I love kids colouring books too. People who come over with kids always assume I have them for kids who visit but they are totally for me. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE crayons.

A package of new crayons is like crack!

[Bluedaisy]

mrsmonogrammed, is it weird that I really like the smell of Crayola crayons?

[baytosa2013]

Jan 19, 2016 16:07:31 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

I also bought some for others as Christmas presents but none for myself. I don't have free time for this sort of thing

Totally this!  I bought one for my BFF and contemplated one for myself but who am I kidding?  Between full time work, the baby, the house and eeking out 3 days a week to run, I have ZERO time nor energy to sit and color.  Too bad though I always loved coloring!

[dmoney]

Jan 20, 2016 12:19:26 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

Just leaving this right here

Soo one of my friends bought this one and said it wasn't really all that great!   But I do get mine from Michaels as they have a great bunch that are like 8 bucks.  Targets dollar section also has a few for $5

[Bluedaisy]

PSA: IF you don't love your pencil crayons try buying a new manual sharpener. I got mine at Staples for $5 and it has the two sizes for pencils and pencil crayons but I use both depending on the point I want.

I had no idea how dull my old one was and how damage it was doing to my pencil crayons. It was like getting brand new pencil crayons!

[Bluedaisy]

budders, I knew that they were called colored pencils in the USA but I think that's because we get a lot of packaging from there. I have no idea why we call them pencil crayons to be honest since it doesn't make any sense.