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Post by crystalb on Feb 9, 2017 2:05:06 GMT
Ha! OK I may be a bit sleep deprived goofy! I was curious, if you make kits up, how do you do it? What is your process? What are your MUST HAVES? Do you coordinate for pictures you already have or will have or just supplies you know go well together? What do your kits go in (plastic bag, iris container etc)? How do you store your kits? How often do you kit? Can you tell I have been kitting up a storm over here? I almost ran out at my 3 day crop so I am making various sized ones (that is another question, how BIG or small are your kits?). Do you do like Counterfeit Kit challenge and do one big one for the whole month/theme or smaller ones for each set of pictures? I do a combo of both. I just put together one that had to be stored in a 13X13 canvas box because it was too big for my usual 13X13 or 14X14 (I forget) plastic bags. BUT there are about 75 pictures that go with this one (trip to see the grandparents for a week last summer and many fun adventures). So tell me do you kit?
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 9, 2017 3:12:14 GMT
I start with pictures. Then I choose paper. Sometimes the layout has card stock as the base-sometimes the papers all come from the same line. After I pick the base, I choose 3-5 papers that will go well with the base. Then I move onto punches. After that I go for my embellishments. I have a small LSS's worth of those, so that takes a bit. Then I pick twine or ribbon or stamps that could work. If I am going to a crop, I always have inks and nuvo drops packed. I also have two containers of brads and other small embellishments. I also have a box of gems. Oh, and the washi. I have lots of that, but often forget to use it. I keep them in 12. x12.5 plastic bags and keep them in a 31 file folder. I can get a year's worth of stuff into two of those file folders.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Feb 9, 2017 3:36:25 GMT
I kit just a little bit? (that might be a good name for a Dr. Seuss book)
After I print and sort my photos, I match them to background paper or cardstock and maybe add a couple of accent papers. That's it. Into a Sterilite drawer they go. I have a drawer for each year I'm working on (right now it's 2012, 13, and 14) and a drawer for one Disney trip that's crazy disorganized. The Disney drawer also contains stickers etc., but the yearly drawers only have a few (if I absolutely know I'm going to use them on a specific LO.)
The problem I found, early on, is that as soon as you place an item in a kit, it's no longer available for use on other LOs. So, if I'm making a really complete kit, and I throw in a sticker pack, washi tape, a page of alphas, one of those cut-up-the-cute-cards pages, then I can't use any of those elements on any of the other 50 pages I'm kitting up, and I didn't like that. So I decided to leave almost all the little bits and bobs out of my kits, and I'll just grab those as I need them. I scrap at home, so everything is at my fingertips anyway. And the plus side of only making paper and photo kits is that they lie flatter in the drawer so I can fit more in there.
So, not sure if that's the kind of answer you're looking for, but there you go.
Have fun with your kits!
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Post by grammadee on Feb 9, 2017 4:03:03 GMT
I don't call what I do making kits, but in some ways I guess it works the same.
I sort my supplies by theme and sometimes by collection (and sometimes by collections within a theme). Stickers and extras go right into the bag or the iris container with the papers. I sort my photos by the story I want to tell.
When I pack for a crop, I choose which photos I want to play with, and then select the bags and/or iris cases that go with them. So at a spring crop, I may have lots of winter photos, hockey, indoor play little boy photos, Lego, school, etc. I pack the containers that have those themes. Or I might decide to only do birthday and travel pages, so I will pack those supplies.
Occasionally I will put together a set of supplies for a special page or set of pages, but often as soon as I have chosen my supplies I am more likely to just finish the page than pack it away as a kit.
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Post by jameynz on Feb 9, 2017 5:35:47 GMT
When I make a kit, it is for a camp, and it is just a page kit.
I choose my photos, then: -choose my patterned paper (however sheets I want to use) -then choose my plain cardstock (2-3 different colours, sometimes more than 1x sheet of each colour if I am going to do matting or a title) -then my alpha (be it thickers, stickers or a die to make my own alpha) -then any ink (for edges or stamping) -stamps (not always using stamps, but ya never know!) -then embellies (buttons/brads/washi/stickers/chipboard/bling etc)
All this goes into a zip-lock baggie. When I am super excited about a kit, I may even sketch a layout idea I may have, or print out a layout I want to copy from pinterest or similar - the rest of the time, I wing it and just scrap.
If I am going to use the die/ink/stamps for more than 1x page/kit - I will make a note on a piece of paper and tuck the paper into the bag, and pack the item in my main crop bag so that it is not forgotten
I always choose the patterned paper first, as it is easier to find a plain cardstock to match than match a pattern to a plain (for me anyways)
I do have another bag for the crop in which I pack my dies/small embellies/twine/and basic stamps for journalling along with some random 6x6 pads and some other manufacturers kits that include everything (think Echo Park which have co-coordinating stickers/alphas/cut apart sheets etc)
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Post by nitad on Feb 9, 2017 8:05:32 GMT
I view my craft room as one big kit!
I don't have scrappy friends anymore so I don't go to crops or things like that. I scrap in my room. I have a good stash but after reading some of these threads I realize it's probably pretty minimal compared to some. Its pretty organized (by my disorganized standards!) and I can find most things quickly.
I grab photos then sit down and go through my cardstock and patterned paper and choose. Sometimes I start the page right then and sometimes I'll grab a few more bits and bobs first.
The closest I come to kitting anything ahead of time is like GrammaDee I have iris bins for certain themes...Disney, Christmas, etc. Actually, not etc. LOL! Just those 2.
I have been to one real crop and packing for it was nearly the end of me! I love my room with everything at hand whenever I need it.
That said I do envy people with scrappy friends to scrap with....I would just need them to come to MY house so I didn't have to pick and pack!
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Post by camcas on Feb 9, 2017 11:13:11 GMT
I make kits big enough for several layouts -3 or 4 I include maybe 10 patterned papers then 2 pieces cardstock, at least one of which is white or Kraft A set of thickers and a set of small letter stickers,maybe mini markets Some enamel dots or nuvo drops A roll or 2 of washi A few coordinating die cuts,some journal cards and a few stickers or acrylic pieces. I put alll this in a large mesh bag I store 3 or 4 kits in my rolling tote when I am not going to scrap away from home Then when I want to scrap I pull out a kit and pick a few photos to match then off I go
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Post by cannmom on Feb 9, 2017 11:52:41 GMT
I really only kit for large projects like Disney trips, summer camp photos, or vacations. I pull together everything I think I might use and throw it in an Iris bin. Sometimes for crops I may put together different papers that I could use on a single layout and put them in a plastic envelope. That's the extent of my kitting. I would like to kit more; but I never seem to do it. I will keep an eye on this thread for ideas.
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Post by Peamac on Feb 9, 2017 12:24:19 GMT
The problem I found, early on, is that as soon as you place an item in a kit, it's no longer available for use on other LOs. So, if I'm making a really complete kit, and I throw in a sticker pack, washi tape, a page of alphas, one of those cut-up-the-cute-cards pages, then I can't use any of those elements on any of the other 50 pages I'm kitting up, and I didn't like that. So I decided to leave almost all the little bits and bobs out of my kits, and I'll just grab those as I need them. I scrap at home, so everything is at my fingertips anyway. And the plus side of only making paper and photo kits is that they lie flatter in the drawer so I can fit more in there. I really enjoyed watching nicole911's videos on youtube. Specifically her videos from about this time last year when she was getting kits together for Calvinball. I went through a lot of my patterned paper and pulled out sheets that I really liked and wanted to use and put them into coordinating sets. Added some cardstock and put the "sets" in an iris container or two. My embellies and PL cards are stored by color and are easy to reach, so I didn't store them with my paper sets. When I want to scrap, I pick out photos (that are finally organized) and match them up to a paper set. Sometimes I'll match photos to papers and just layer them in the iris container if I don't feel like scrapping them just yet. I've ended up with some really cute photo/pp combinations that I wouldn't have had if I'd done my usual- pick a photo then look through all my pp in my stash way of finding things.
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Post by KikiPea on Feb 9, 2017 12:45:41 GMT
I've never been good at kitting. I usually only get as far as paper...maybe with an embellishment, or 2 thrown in. It's just too limiting for me.
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Post by crystalb on Feb 9, 2017 12:57:17 GMT
I love how we all do things differently! I love all the ideas! Keep them coming! I have found as the kids are getting older (and more into bmx etc) I have less free time where I am not exhausted so when I can I kit up (10 mins here or there). Then when I DO get some scrapping time I can just pull those and go. I am the closest to camcas. I do almost exactly as you do! Twinsies lol! I also do just paper combinations for special layouts. For instance DD9 has started playing violin this year, so I dug through my whole stash and found everything related to music from kits/paper pads etc and put them in a zip lock large bag. That way when I get around to printing her practice and recital pictures this year I can just slide them in there and that kit is ready to go. When I did our Disney trip a few years back I had things in two Iris containers, papers in one and embellishments in another. When I do big kits like that i have found that I LOVE using an old pot lid organizer to hold the papers upright when working on them so I can easily flip through them. Does that make sense? I did that the crop too when I was working on a big set of random pictures where the kids were dressed up at different times as various super heroes. I put together a pretty good sized kit starting with EP superhero mini theme, then comic themed/super hero themed papers and more red/blue/yellow papers. I then put each group of papers in the pot lid organizer in front of me while working on it instead of in the container. It made it SO much easier to pull for each layout. Just another tip. I store all my kits in either zip lock baggies or iris type boxes (depending on size). I make for both pictures I have and ones I know are coming. Sometimes I just kit paper together that I like and want to use eventually (way to get mojo back). I do a pretty complete kit with cardstock (white, black, cream or grey), patterned paper (5-10 pieces), washi, enamel, wood, specific stickers, thickers, tiny letters or cameo cut title, a sketch if I have it, other embellishments specific or that I really want to use. If I am using stencils/mists/ink/stamp I put a post it inside with what and pack it separately OR take a picture and make a note of that. I also really try to include some scraps and something OLD (more than a year) in each kit to help bash my stash. All my kits are stored in paper holders or in my letterpress storage (dont have letterpress) cabinet thing right next to my desk for quick and easy use. Then when I am ready to go crop I pull a few and off we go. Now Christmas, fall, winter and school stay in HUGE containers of their own (from Michaels that are like 16 inches or something) so they are essentially kitted together all the time lol.
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Post by Kerri W on Feb 9, 2017 12:59:37 GMT
I only kit when I'm headed out of the house to scrapbook such as a crop or friend weekend. I more often than not buy paper with an idea in mind (girl birthday paper for DD, nature stuff for DS hiking) even though I may not have those pictures when I buy, I know they come up regularly.
I print pictures, choose patterned paper, then cardstock, then embellishments and put in an iris case all together. Sometimes I pull a sketch to go with it and sometimes I don't. I carry a decent selection of "extra" embellishments in the front of my CIS bag so I fill in the gaps with that stuff. And there's always somebody with a Silhouette so I can cut something if/when needed.
When I go to crops, I'm on a mission to get pages completed and like to be very organized about it. When I'm working at home where I don't have a deadline and can leave my stuff out to come back to later, I'm more experimental and much slower at putting a project together.
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Post by crystalb on Feb 9, 2017 13:05:10 GMT
kerri W you sound like me almost exactly. Crop time is time to get it done! I average about a layout an hour I found out if I am organized before hand! I am proud of that lol!
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Post by katmandu on Feb 9, 2017 16:17:34 GMT
I usually buy coordinating items from a particular scrapbooking line and store all the items from that line together in a large ziplock bag. When I am ready to start on a new set of pictures, I go through my bags and pick out which line I want to use for those pictures. Then I go through my more generic embellishments, paper, ink, etc., and pull out extra items that coordinate with the colors and/or theme of my project and add them to the bag and then I use that kit to make my pages.
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Post by Kerri W on Feb 9, 2017 16:34:24 GMT
I usually buy coordinating items from a particular scrapbooking line and store all the items from that line together in a large ziplock bag. When I am ready to start on a new set of pictures, I go through my bags and pick out which line I want to use for those pictures. Then I go through my more generic embellishments, paper, ink, etc., and pull out extra items that coordinate with the colors and/or theme of my project and add them to the bag and then I use that kit to make my pages. I like the idea of keeping embellishments with the paper collection and it's an area I'd like to refine. How do you store the large ziplock bags?
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 9, 2017 16:38:07 GMT
I can't do full kits probably because I don't have a lot of embellishments. Like that roll of washi could be used for other layouts I have planned. Once it's out of sight, it's out of mind.
My process is get photos, find sketch, and find paper. Put all in a sheet protector. Look through all of my embellishments and die cuts. Get post it notes and make lots of notes of what I want to add; certain embellishments, manual die cuts, die cuts from the Cricut machine. Put the notes inside the page protector until I'm ready to scrap.
Once pages are put together with the basic paper and photos, I work on just the die cuts and embellishments. I don't think I could finish a full page at a crop but could get most of it done and add the fun stuff later.
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Post by sophikins on Feb 9, 2017 16:41:33 GMT
I love the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Not only do I like the inspiration kits that people make, but I also like the links to the different kit companies. I browse through the kits, and then I find one I like I make up my own counterfeit kit. It is fun doing a scavenger hunt among the product I have, and then putting together a counterfeit kit.
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Post by crystalb on Feb 9, 2017 16:46:47 GMT
I usually buy coordinating items from a particular scrapbooking line and store all the items from that line together in a large ziplock bag. When I am ready to start on a new set of pictures, I go through my bags and pick out which line I want to use for those pictures. Then I go through my more generic embellishments, paper, ink, etc., and pull out extra items that coordinate with the colors and/or theme of my project and add them to the bag and then I use that kit to make my pages. I am going more and more this way. Buying just what I like from the lines, and when they come in, bagging them up adding from the stash and done. It is just easier as my time is going to get more and more limited I am sure lol. Save
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Post by crystalb on Feb 9, 2017 16:48:03 GMT
I can't do full kits probably because I don't have a lot of embellishments. Like that roll of washi could be used for other layouts I have planned. Once it's out of sight, it's out of mind. My process is get photos, find sketch, and find paper. Put all in a sheet protector. Look through all of my embellishments and die cuts. Get post it notes and make lots of notes of what I want to add; certain embellishments, manual die cuts, die cuts from the Cricut machine. Put the notes inside the page protector until I'm ready to scrap. Once pages are put together with the basic paper and photos, I work on just the die cuts and embellishments. I don't think I could finish a full page at a crop but could get most of it done and add the fun stuff later. Something I do for washi is roll/wind it onto empty gift cards and place in my kits. It comes off easy and I am still able to use that roll in other kits/scrappy/crafty stuff. Just a tip I thought of when I read your post. You can also use thread cards (I am not sure that is the correct term) or any harder plastic really. Hope it helps! Save
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Post by crystalb on Feb 9, 2017 16:49:45 GMT
I love the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Not only do I like the inspiration kits that people make, but I also like the links to the different kit companies. I browse through the kits, and then I find one I like I make up my own counterfeit kit. It is fun doing a scavenger hunt among the product I have, and then putting together a counterfeit kit. Full Disclosure, I used to design for Counterfeit Kit Challenge (and help run it) when it first started and for several years, so I am pretty biased. I think they do a wonderful job of using stash and presenting challenges. I haven't been over in a very long time (pretty much since I had to quit due to lack of time) but I am so happy to see they are still going strong. I actually browsed over and made a kit a few nights ago based on the one this month (purple!) YAY! Save
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Post by christinec68 on Feb 9, 2017 16:56:01 GMT
I really only make kits for crops and for those, I gear them towards the pictures. I find a sketch I like, put the papers, lettering and flat embellishments together. Anything lumpy like washi, a punch or stamping ink etc will go on the side. I make notes about anything I want to remember on the sketch. As I go along, if I find I want to use letters or a sticker sheet on more than one layout, I'll put a sticky note on that plus a note on the sketch paper. I'll put all the flatter items in one iris box and the lumpier things in another along with some tools.
For bigger album projects, I'll put everything I plan to use in an iris box and bring that along with the pictures.
I find this really helps me not to over pack and since I mostly fly to crops so I need to really watch the weight. And I love that I can sit down, pull out a couple of boxes and I'm ready to go. It lets me socialize more since I already made all the decisions about the layout, I just have to pull it together.
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Post by katmandu on Feb 9, 2017 19:18:50 GMT
I usually buy coordinating items from a particular scrapbooking line and store all the items from that line together in a large ziplock bag. When I am ready to start on a new set of pictures, I go through my bags and pick out which line I want to use for those pictures. Then I go through my more generic embellishments, paper, ink, etc., and pull out extra items that coordinate with the colors and/or theme of my project and add them to the bag and then I use that kit to make my pages. I like the idea of keeping embellishments with the paper collection and it's an area I'd like to refine. How do you store the large ziplock bags? I stand up my bags inside one of these, but I am sure you could do it a bunch of different ways: www.scrapbook.com/store/ch-ch92579.html?w=paper&t2=storage+and+organization
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 10, 2017 1:11:13 GMT
I don't kit. I toss everything I might use for certain photos in a bin or tote and pull from there.
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Post by msliz on Feb 10, 2017 5:55:49 GMT
I really enjoyed watching nicole911's videos on youtube. Specifically her videos from about this time last year when she was getting kits together for Calvinball... Sounds helpful - I'm going to look for those! Thanks
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Post by gmcwife1 on Feb 11, 2017 0:02:05 GMT
I've never been good at kitting. I usually only get as far as paper...maybe with an embellishment, or 2 thrown in. It's just too limiting for me. Same for me, or I just want to sit down and work on the layout right then I can kit for cards but not layouts!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 11, 2017 2:03:08 GMT
I don't make kits per se. I scrap mostly by theme so that's how I store my stuff all the time. Everything for a single theme goes into an Iris bin all together: paper, stickers, embellishments, diecuts, photos, sketches I might want to use, whatever. The themes I need to scrap are pretty much recurring, so if I don't use something on one layout, odds are good that there will be another set of photos with that same theme coming up again later. (Holidays, school, birthdays, etc.)
It's just easier for me to grab one bin with everything in it that I might need instead of pulling out a bunch of papers, putting them in a different bag and then having to put anything I didn't use back again. That would be way more of a pain in the butt than I could stand.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Feb 11, 2017 4:51:56 GMT
I always work from a kit for my Dec daily so I know what sorts of pictures I'm likely to have. I start by working out a colour scheme then pulling a dozen or so papers that will fit into that scheme. I'm looking for lots of small subtle prints that will work as backgrounds but also a couple of bolder things that can work for accents. I aim to create full kit so I don't reach into my stash (although I'm ok with doing that where I need to). Embellishments usually include cut aparts or cards, die cuts and stickers, enamel dots or shapes, something sparkly like sequins or gold colour shine, Christmas stamps and an ink pad or two, any left over Christmas supplies from years past that co-ordinate, wood veneers, twine or ribbon, and washi. I keep it in an iris case with a divided insert tray and leave it on my desk as long as I'm working n the project. Once the album is finished I split everything back up and put it into my stash.
I was struggling with the Jan freeze because I felt like I was missing out by not buying new things (on what I'm not sure since there was nothing I really felt I had to have) so I created a kit to work with based on an online kit club's offering for Jan. It let me feel like I had something new and current but also quelled the need to spend. For that kit I picked out a dozen or so papers (using both sides of the kit club's papers as inspiration) and then threw just a few embellishments into an iris case. I chose mostly stickers and die cuts based on the prominent colours in the kit with a few neutrals and a couple of packs of enamel dots. I have reached freely into my stash but have completed half a dozen layouts using this kit as the starting point. I didn't have any photos planned to work with this kit so have been working in several different projects.
The only other kits I do are very loose travel ones where I pull any themed supplies that fit the destinations in each specific album. These are usually embellishments only and include things with the destination name as well as things that really fit the feel of the location. So for London I've added things with crowns and keys and red buses to the union jack specific supplies I own. I keep these in the divided trays in an iris case and toss any ephemera in the bottom of the case. I will usually go here first when I'm working on a page and will then fill any gaps from my stash.
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Post by LisaDV on Feb 11, 2017 19:44:03 GMT
I start with my photos and story (journaling), then I grab either a collection, paper pad or various pattern papers that goes with the story/photos. If I'm picking the pp from my stash I usually want tone on tone and/or cs, a small scale print, a bold large scale pp, and a medium scale pp. If I had a specific embellishment, stencil, paint etc. to include, I will include it here. If it's a collection or paper pad kit, more than one story/photo combination may be put in the bag. I typically leave out embellishments as I like to grab those in the heat of the moment.
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Post by dasmith2 on Feb 18, 2017 17:08:41 GMT
I kit just a little bit? (that might be a good name for a Dr. Seuss book) After I print and sort my photos, I match them to background paper or cardstock and maybe add a couple of accent papers. That's it. Into a Sterilite drawer they go. I have a drawer for each year I'm working on (right now it's 2012, 13, and 14) and a drawer for one Disney trip that's crazy disorganized. The Disney drawer also contains stickers etc., but the yearly drawers only have a few (if I absolutely know I'm going to use them on a specific LO.) The problem I found, early on, is that as soon as you place an item in a kit, it's no longer available for use on other LOs. So, if I'm making a really complete kit, and I throw in a sticker pack, washi tape, a page of alphas, one of those cut-up-the-cute-cards pages, then I can't use any of those elements on any of the other 50 pages I'm kitting up, and I didn't like that. So I decided to leave almost all the little bits and bobs out of my kits, and I'll just grab those as I need them. I scrap at home, so everything is at my fingertips anyway. And the plus side of only making paper and photo kits is that they lie flatter in the drawer so I can fit more in there. So, not sure if that's the kind of answer you're looking for, but there you go. Have fun with your kits! This is what I do as well. Just pp and cardstock to match photos. Sometimes I'll throw in a couple coordinating sticker sheets. I scrap at home so I usually have a few embellie containers I go through for bits and pieces while I'm creating a LO.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 18, 2017 22:29:08 GMT
I don't call what I do making kits, but in some ways I guess it works the same. I sort my supplies by theme and sometimes by collection (and sometimes by collections within a theme). Stickers and extras go right into the bag or the iris container with the papers. I sort my photos by the story I want to tell. When I pack for a crop, I choose which photos I want to play with, and then select the bags and/or iris cases that go with them. So at a spring crop, I may have lots of winter photos, hockey, indoor play little boy photos, Lego, school, etc. I pack the containers that have those themes. Or I might decide to only do birthday and travel pages, so I will pack those supplies. Occasionally I will put together a set of supplies for a special page or set of pages, but often as soon as I have chosen my supplies I am more likely to just finish the page than pack it away as a kit. This is how I work for a crop, too. I usually have 2 or 3 themes for a weekend crop, so I don't get bored.
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