anything but pink

Have you noticed how mums sometimes start colouring their entire life in pastels, the colours of the newborn? Their baby's wardrobe hues spill over into their homes, their fashion choices, even the colours of their makeup! It is a powerful testament to how strongly were are affected by the colours that we look at every day. 

I am able to report that two friends who have recently become mums have rebelled against this norm. They have cried, in unison 'anything but pink'. Both are doting mums of adorable little girls. They are both tasteful, intelligent and thoughtful.  Incidentally, they have never met each other. 

Sarah, one of these rebellious ladies, asked me to create a card in honour of a newborn [you guessed it, another girl]. The plea was, of course, 'anything but pink'. There were also mentions of somehow making it relevant to a belly-dancing Turkish mother and an Egyptologist father. I imagined that the mother, fresh from childbirth, would not want to think about belly buttons for a while, so I focussed on creating a child friendly but slightly exotic card out of vintage papers with the little girl's name on the front and collage hieroglyphics spelling 'congratulations' inside. Either the sleep deprived new dad will love it, or he will cry 'anything but pyramids'.