A fun day...

 Today I am determined to spend a lot of time making cards and organizing some things in my craft room.  I started early this morning and the first thing I did was to organize ALL my Copic Markers by colors/numbers and to make sure my color charts were all up-dated.   That went well and I'm glad I finally finished that project.  Now, I simply have to figure out what kind of cases or storage I really want to use.  I have been using the plastic cases from Copic and have two of these "clear box style" and one more on order from Cutters Creek, but I realized after I organized them today, that I will need at least ONE more or change to some other type storage.  I now have over 100 Markers!  YIPPEE!  I can't believe how fast my collection has grown and I think I'm pretty close to be done buying them  Alex came home while I was working on that (today was an early release day from school)..and he told me that he would buy me some more and/or a new case as my Christmas Gift.  We browsed a few sights and I found a really neat storage unit that I LOVE, but its' expensive.  I want to see if I can find one like this - CLICK HERE, but at a better price.  That case would be perfect and I could keep it right at my workstation and still be able to add a few more!  Hum?  I'll think about this more and then decide.

I then hung up my new hanging storage organizers that I ordered from HSN last week.  As soon as I started filling them with my stamps, I realized how great these are, so I went right back online and ordered two more sets.  They are currently only $19.99 (set of two) with FREE Shipping.  I had a 15% off code for one item and used that too!  These are going to make organizing ALL my stamps, so much easier.  Plus, it's so easy to see them all at a glance and pick out which one I want to use!  A great value and buy, thanks to the Gals in n my Craft Group who had recommended them!  I had a similar set (for shoes) that I am using in my craft room closet, but I prefer this size.  The pockets are smaller and much more sized for Stamps or embellishments!   Here is a picture of the the one I am working on quickly filling today.  I have this hanging on my craft room door, with a second one behind it.  The second one, has even smaller pockets, which is great for smaller stamps.  

 

 After that little project, I started making some cards.    I wanted to use some of the snowflakes I had cut on my Cricut with the NEW Mini cartridge and I also wanted to use some really pretty SU paper that I had bought.  I just LOVE using non-traditional colors on my Christmas cards.  There are some of the cards I made this morning.  All basically using the same set of SU Paper (I can't remember the name, but hopefully Cindy will, because I LOVE it and want to order more).  There are the cards I'm working on today....

 

  I ended up making a few every day cards, while I had this paper out...it's so pretty and I love how it can be used in so many ways.

  ...A very nice and productive day for me.  I'm off again to hopefully keep going and try some new colors.  I am feeling really good today, which with Fibro is something I can't say all that often.  I am taking full advantage of having a low pain day!  I hope it lasts ALL day!  It's so wonderful when you have a day that you feel this good, they don't come often with Fibro.  I feel very blessed when I do have a day this good!   It's so hard to describe to anyone who doesn't have this illness...but to actually feel good, is truly heavenly.  Today, I almost feel like my  'old self' again...like a normal person pretty much feels every day.  I love it!