Here's the long awaited and tons requested post!!
I have received TONS of e-mails for me to do a post listing what colors I recommend starting out with when choosing Copics.
It's taken me forever to do this b/c narrowing it all down to just a FEW is so difficult!
So I went through my markers and pulled out the ones I use ALL the time and always reach for.
THEN I made a video for it. This might not sound like a big deal but for ME but it is! It's been hard enough just doing videos (I hate the sound of my voice! It was so difficult to start doing videos and have to listen to myself when editing and all that - it's torture LOL) with me coloring and whatnot - but for me to sit in front of the camera and TALK - ACK!!!
I am someone that hates having my pictures taken (I am not what you'd call photogenic - and trust me it's not just me that thinks that - weird things happen when someone pulls out a camera - I just look awful most of the time in pictures) and the thought of doing a video and y'all seeing ME and everything made me sick to my stomach - no joke.
So that was another reason why it's taken me so long - I just really didn't want to do a video of all this - but it was the best way to do it - so I did it!
I sat down before I went to work yesterday and listed all the markers and whatnot and blabbed on a bit. It wasn't as horrible as I thought (still tho I now have a permanent reminder that I need to lose MORE weight! 25lbs so far isn't enough (tho still fab!)) - and I didn't bother doing any editing or anything (another reason why I didn't want to do videos - unlike a photo where I can remove pimples or whatever and make it look a teeny bit better I definitely can't do that for a video LOL).
SO here it is - and you can watch it on YouTube HERE <-------click!
Here's all the markers I mentioned:
Markers Listed
E50
E51
R20
R27
R29
E25
E27
C-1
0 (Colorless Blender)
BG10
YG03
G05
G07
Y15
Y17
YR04
YR07
YR12
YR14
RV04
RV06
BV02
BV04
I also get asked a lot WHERE to buy Copics. Honestly I've bought most of mine from All That Scraps (I'm usually placing orders there for different things so I'll add Copics when they get new colors in stock that I don't already have).
I've also bought some from Stamping Bella (again b/c I was already ordering stamps and whatnot and they've got some colors that I didn't have).
There are a LOT of other retailers out there - some that offer bigger discounts and whatnot (but watch the shipping! I checked out some sites b/c the prices seemed really great 'till I saw the shipping to Canada - then it was a no-go) - so you can just google Copic sellers and I'm sure there will be a ton.
The shipping is always my biggest concern - that's why I mainly only order from All That Scraps and Stamping Bella (need a Bella fix every once in a while LOL!) b/c they have awesome shipping prices (usually FREE if you order enough - and even if not it's still cheap!) so I always recommend them - plus great customer service.
I hope this helps you guys!! :o)
