HOW COLORMYLIFE ORGANIZING APP HELPED ME SOLVE A NAGGING PROBLEM

    Several months ago I came across a small rectangular label die that did not appear to go with any of my sets. I took it to my craft group to see if I had accidentally taken it from one of them, but no-one claimed it. So I took it back home and, frankly, forgot about it.
   
     Tonight, while I was continuing to organize my craft supplies in my newly acquired organizing app, COLORMYLIFE, I realized that the die did not match any of my sets. It is a Spellbinders die and had a number stamped on it.

I took a chance and googled it and, lo and behold, it turns out the die belongs to a hot foil set that I own. I was so happy to be able to return it to its rightful place and was also reminded that I need to catalog those dies also.

I cannot stress enough how much I love the COLORMYLIFE APP. 

OMG The BEST Craft Organizing Tool EVER

Before I tell you about the BEST Craft Organizing Tool EVER I want to give a shoutout to Slayernite Crafts for her post on AIRTABLE. I did download and start using it before I learned about the one which inspired this post.

The name of the BEST Craft Organizing Tool EVER is COLORMYLIFE and I learned of it through Justine Hovey on YOUTUBE. The app is downloaded to your smartphone and can catalog all of your stamps, dies, inks, cardstock, etc. Many popular items are already in the app and are easily loaded into your database. Justine's Youtube made it very easy to navigate the app so I highly recommend watching it.

Please don't take this as a bash against AIRTABLE because that program is actually meant for a different kind of use, but Slayernite Crafts had adapted it for her own purpose.

I won't go on and on, but strongly suggest, if you want an elegant way to catalog your supplies and find what you need quickly COLORMYLIFE is definitely worth looking into. Also, since you will have it on your phone you can quickly determine if you already have items that catch your eye while shopping. I know I have unneeded multiples of a few items.

I would love feedback if you try the app.

A FUNNY CRAFTING STORY

I was pleased to participate in a card-making event for children in foster care. Below is a photo of the cards I made for girls.

I also made some boys cards and cards for medical workers. When I was done and mailed them off I began cleaning my craft area. When I had finished cleaning and organizing everything I realized that I had not seen the flower die set I used for the cards on the bottom row. I have spent weeks searching and finally had to believe that it had somehow been thrown away. I have been in mourning ever since and trying to accept that with equanimity.

Today I was working in Cricut Design Space and trying to figure out how to share my work. I watched several YouTubes showing how to do that but when it came time to hit the share button I could not locate the link. Cricut kept saying it was saved to the clipboard. Well, I have been searching for days for the dang clipboard to no avail. And then the magic happened and I was successful. 

YIPPEE !!!

So I went back into Design Space to find some other designs I wanted to share and kept seeing an item that I wasn't sure why I had it. It was a line drawing of a flower spray. Lo and behold when I finally fully opened the design it was the flower set that I had been searching for. It was never a physical die. 

I have been laughing for an hour.🤣🤣