Coloring Once a Year

Almost a year ago, I saw an adorable idea on Handmade Beginnings.  You give your child the same image to color every year around the same time.  I saw the idea in March, found an image (via an Etsy seller that has now closed shop) I liked in April, my in-laws came in May and the rest is history.  I just now finally got around to starting this.  Stinks that I missed out on one year. 

I knew that I wanted nesting dolls, but couldn't find any coloring pages that were just right. I found an image through an Etsy seller that was actually selling stamped tags.  She stamped and enlarged them for me.  Unfortunately they were still smaller than the 5x7 I was hoping for.  Since we finally (!!) got a copier/printer/scanner/toaster, I was able to enlarge the images myself. First I went over the lines with a Sharpie to give me a more defined picture, scanned it and then boosted the contrast to make sure it was only black and white without any fuzzy gray areas.  With trial and error and a whole lot of ink and paper later, I ended up with an image that was closer to 8x10.   Oh well.

Thank you Eva for passing along this wonderful project. 



Contemplating her next color decision.




Final product.



See, stuck in 3rd grade.



Linking to: Made by You, Just Something I Whipped Up, Get Your Craft On, Blue Cricket Design, Sew Much Ado, Somewhat Simple, Tatertots&Jello.