Who else uses coloring for stress relief and a little relaxation?
I mean, I sold real estate for years. it was so stressful, 24/7. A job you never knew if you were going to make the sale or not. It literally sucked the life out of me. When I retired this year, I had no idea what I wanted to do- I'm a 63 year old grandmother, who's going to hire me? I had a crazy idea to make a coloring book for my granddaughters. I had no idea where to start. I hopped on ChatGPT and started asking questions. I watched videos of other people making books. I started with Carousel Horses (since I am a horse lover) and refined the art to one I thought was beautiful and went crazy. within a week I had 30 illustrations. watched more videos and downloaded Canva to put it all together. I loved the process! it was extremely satisfying to have the finished product and I promptly began the next book, Be Inspired. Each book I thought to myself, what would I want my girls to color? what do I want them to get out of each book? not only to have fun, but to also learn so I began Mythical Creatures and started adding a little description for each illustration. Fast Forward a few months and I had created 9 books, and began also translating the ones with discription to different languages- Spanish.Chinese. Hindi. There will be more. I thoroughly love the creative process now that I've learned/refined/re-imaged/re-everything to the point where I'm very comfortable with the process. Then came the "well I have these books, lets sell them wherever possible so Etsy,Amazon,Lulu, created a website, I went on any portal I could find. Who's ever gotten this far I congratulate you, and hope you will take a peek at some of my creations and perhaps make a gift to someone who loves art and coloring in your life. Funny thing, I just started actually coloring them myself to have some finished products on Etsy and wow! I love coloring them. I haven't colored a coloring book in over 30 years and really, it's a GREAT way to relax and connect with the creative bone we all have. it doesn't matter HOW you color. Just do it and enjoy the process. Lots of Love to everyone- Marci
