For the Love of Homemade Kits: May 2020 Kit Reveal

Hey Everybody!

        I cannot even believe it is May 1st and I am sort of stuck in a little bit of a time warp trying to decide if time is passing really really fast or really slowly. Anybody with me!??! Although we are still in a Stay at Home order here in Arizona, it is getting hotter and hotter outside with temperatures into triple digits already which makes it a little easier to want to stay inside anyway! This month, I am playing with a fairly simple and limited color palette but one that I am super excited about!

       If you are new around here, For the Love of Homemade Kits is a You Tube series that I do with some of my scrappy friends where we create a stash kit each month based upon the same “recipe” of items. Then, throughout the month, we share process videos and layouts using those items. You will always see a new kit reveal on the 1st of the month and then process videos each Monday throughout the month. Each and every month brings a new kit, new recipe, and loads of fun! I love digging into my stash and working with a unique set of supplies. It also helps get my creativity flowing when I limit my supply choices! How about you? 

      Without further ado, let me share the May 2020 recipe. This recipe is really fun AND printable so that you can print a copy and play along! This would also be a great resource for packing for a retreat or crop if that’s your jam. You can also click on the top left corner where you see the Pinterest icon and save it directly to your board for later! 

I also wanted to share a little look into the kit that I put together for this month. As I explain in the video, I started with the dark woodgrain and knew that I wanted to pair it up with a light floral. Once I chose a floral paper, that led to all of the other supply choices and decisions within the kit. As always, I went a little overboard on including paper but that seems to be the supply that I always find myself running out of when I build a stash kit.

I really loved the feel of that watercolor floral paper from Close To My Heart and it guided the rest of my decisions. I was super excited to find buttons and mixed media elements that would coordinate perfectly and I’m excited to give using diamond painting pieces a try in my scrapbooks. Have you tried that yet? It’s an idea that I grabbed from my friend Susan and I cannot wait to play!

I am really excited to jump right into creating with this kit partially because it is SO different from last month’s kit. I need that drastic change sometimes to keep myself interested and excited to create. If you are struggling with your kit, I highly suggest changing it up for the new month with something completely different to see if that helps your creativity flow. Here’s the video if you want to check out the entire kit that I created from this recipe along with the specifics about which products I am using and which companies created them…..

xoxo,

Khristina