Railroadersbrat

My 18 x 24 mat is from U.S. Art Supply, that one is pink on one side, blue on the other. My 9 x 11 cutting mat is from KC Global, that is pink on both sides and then my 8 x 8 rotating mat is from Fiskars, that one is grey.

I've used the green mats before and found after a while, I was getting really bored with that color and actually hated using them, so when it was time to get new ones, I went with completely different colors and chose the pink and blue. I haven't had that problem with boredom since and the colors, at least for me, are easy on the eyes. I just ordered a 24 x 36 cutting mat on Amazon from Dahle Vantage, that one is blue.

As for my rulers, two are from Arteza (a 1 x 6 and then a 6 x 12) and they use the yellow and black lines, then I have a ruler from Fiskars (4 x 18, I think), black and white lines. I love all my rulers.

Eye health has been important to me since I was in my early 20s and discovered that sitting down to read all of Stephen King's The Stand, uncut version (1141 pages) in three days (almost 400 pages a day) is not actually a good thing for the peepers and read myself right into the most severe eye strain my eye doctor ever seen in one of his patients. I've been in glasses ever since, but I'm not upset, the book was just that good and I couldn't put it down until I read every word, I've been that way with Stephen King since I read Pet Sematary when I was 14. Needless to say, I've learned what I can handle and what I can't over the years, been wearing glasses with blue blocking technology since it first came out and I protect them with sunglasses with all the UV UVB blocking goodies. Even when I play Halo with my fiance, I have a set of blue blocking glasses just for gaming.

Boredom aside, I think it would be a smart move if the companies that make these cutting mats and rulers take into consideration the amount of time that people actually spend using their products and begin making a line that would benefit eye health. I once handled a Missouri Star Quilt Company's ruler, that bright, bright green bore a hole right into my brain and gave me a headache, so sadly, I can't use their rulers or anything neon. I understand the concept, but staring at those bright colors for as long as we do has to be doing something to our eyes. That said, I'll always use muted colors.