How do you decide what kits to buy?

Colors speak to me... I can use any kit for any theme.... 90% of the time. Since I don't scrap in order, and randomly scrap photos, I'm all over the place too. Most of the time though, color leads the way. Oh... and I do look at elements that are usable for non-theme - enough flowers, foliage, curled ribbon, buttons, etc.

I'm not much help, lol!

 

I buy kits by project. I'm on Jaimee's team, but prior to that I bought her Storytellers because I do project life. I'm working on my Disneyland album now, so I'm buying Project Mouse kits. I bought several Christmas kits when I attempted DYD (I will finish!). So, mine is more project based vs. just buying what I like.

 

I am totally hooked by designer. I follow my faves and am so tempted to get everything they release. Signing up for designer newsletter's gets you sneak peeks and discounts often and with my weak currency, every little bit helps.
Fabulous bits and bobs; original and unique and then I succumb, too many times to keep count.

 

@bbymks5 it would be easier if I didn't have sons and a daughter. Now I need both blues and pinks.
Always love an awesome woodgrain and versatile neutral too.

 

I have so many kits from over the years, I really look for elements that are unique or jump out at me for one reason or another. Cool ephemera. Different buttons or interesting tickets. Unique paints or stitches, funky numbers or things like that.

Color is another big one.

I'm not a big theme scrapper, so I look for versatility as well.

 

I wish I had some type of pattern to my buying. I just buy what I like when I like. But I am drawn to certain colors (and NOT drawn to other colors); and if I need a themed kit, then I buy one. Or five. Example: we're going to Legoland and disney in a few months, so I bought some Project Mouse goodies cuz they'll work for the lego pics as well as their intended disney pics. I want that album to be cohesive (normally I don't care about that), so buying a few packs really made sense for me.
And then there's BYOC: if I love the palette (which is 99% of the time lol), then I buy a lot. Take this month, for example. I loved the palette and I loved the themes from basically every designer. It didn't hurt that the day it came out, DS went to a bday party at an amusement park-type place, so buying Kristin Aagard's stuff just made sense in order to scrap those pics.

 

Nowadays I mainly go by designer and colour. Some designers just create exactly what I like, but I don't buy everything they release. The color scheme must be right for me. And the kind of elements. Too many flowers and such is a no for me, because I don't use them much.
I hardly ever buy themed kits or, more to the point, the theme is not the main reason I buy. I use themed kits for everything, just like @jk703 said.

I used to buy more project based but it always turned out that I changed my mind and used something else and the specifically bought products were tossed aside. So, now I go simply by whatever catches my eye colour wise. .

The only exception for a long time was a farm kit by Kirstin Aaagrad I bought to scrap a page about Stardew Valley, and guess what! That page still hasn't been done,

 

Wordart! That's always been my big one. It can instantly bring me into the feeling of the kit or remind me of certain times & photos.

I scrap so randomly too that as long as I can picture me scraping more than one page with the kit, and if it inspires me RIGHT THEN to WANT to play, then it'll normally wind up in my cart.

 

I'm such a theme scrapper. I only purchase things that I know I will scrap with, like outdoorsy camping, Disney, travel. And I like templates, so I gravitate towards multi-photo ones.

 

Um, I just buy things.... like all of them?

I suppose I do tend to go for certain designers over others, and colors totally draw me in.... but really, I will buy most anything if I have money. Haha