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Fabulous idea and I'm sure a kit like this would be super popular!

 

@Scrapping with Liz Are there any great adoption kits that you've used to scrap?

I know I've just used the regular kits and added word art bits from the pet kits or other random kits or alphas. An adoption kit would be awesome!

 

Also, @esahin Maybe you could do an add on to your adorable New Day kit?

 

This is a wonderful suggestion!! As someone who was adopted, I would love having a kit like this for my own personal story!

 

I did just mix kits together. There isn't a lot out there! Emily Card (from Scrap Orchard) had a kit that I used bits and pieces from.

We are definitely in need of some adoption kits. Maybe even foster care. At least some word bits would be nice to add to other kits. I'd help with some sayings and things too! Maybe even some cutouts for titles.

 

This theme has been in my to do list since I made my Hope through heartbreak collection. I'd love to work on it and your ideas and suggestions would be really appreciated, ladies. They would be precious to me. @agoodwin @bestcee @IntenseMagic @Scrapping with Liz

 

YES! This would be great! DH was adopted, I lived with 19 foster children (over 7 years) and we adopted a baby girl from Honduras(now 21 years old). We've not had anything like this to tell the stories. Including phrases for older adoptees (not just babies) would be good!
ALSO- what about "found families"- my husband reunited with his bio family 7 years ago- after 40 years!!!! THAT's another idea- maybe an ADD ON to the Adoption one. Lost and Found!
WA suggestion: "Uniquely grafted in" -( to the family tree)

 

Just send me a conversation here whenever you want, I'd love to hear your ideas! If not, I will message you anyway as soon as I can start working on this, most probably next month because I already have some deadlines in January. But I'll be happy to do this asap! Thank you!!!

@AJK Love your ideas too! Thank you!!!

 

@BevG Got any suggestions to add for Soco? I know you have the experience too!

 

Of course! Long ago I taught a Lifebook class to local adoptive moms. We talked a lot about terms to use, etc.

biological mom/dad
birth mom/dad
real mom/dad - the one you can reach out and touch, so this could be the adoptive parent or the foster parent
born in my heart
waiting for you
adoption plan
dossier
gotcha day - typically the day we took you home
referral
the call (most referrals start with a phone call or text - we have a child for you!)
the perfect match
forever family
welcome home
adoption day - typically the day the adoption became legal
family by choice

Artwork - I am going to dump a lot of ideas, much more than what would fit in one kit. Some of which would already be in other kits, i.e. travel kits, family kits, country themed kits, etc.
lots of hearts of course
family groups
stacks of paper (all the paperwork!!)
certificates (birth, citizenship, passports)
suitcases, planes, cars, trains
country (international) or state/region (domestic) cultural items, history, maps
houses - from your prior home to ours
all the baby stuff (already in other kits)
computer (so much is online)
DNA (searching for relatives)

Sometimes adoption is hard. Special needs, RAD, PTSD, etc. But Love is Strong.

 

Loved the articles. Sorry to hear "Gotcha" is now being applied to pets. Things change in 18+ years.

 

I am not sure if this impacts the kit in any way, but I know three Grandmas that have adopted their grandchildren. In one family the kids still call them Granny (Grandma, etc.) but in the other two families the kids call them Mom. So relationships get complicated.

 

This is my mom. They all call her Mom though. But yeah, people and relationships are complicated.

 

Hello ladies! I just wanted to let you know that I'm finally working on the collection I had promised about the adoption theme. I feel happy and humbled to be creating it. I'm already taking into account your ideas and suggestions here, but if you think of anything else or have a special request, please let me know! I'll be happy to add it to the list.

@agoodwin @Karen @bestcee @IntenseMagic @AJK @BevG and of course anyone else not having commented here before, but interested on documenting this theme. (I already contacted Liz too, that's why I'm not tagging her here).

 

@Soco I am so excited about this! I'll be thinking and come back

 

@Soco The words that come to my mind are: waiting, visits, paperwork, chosen, wanted, unexpected, it's official. I'd love a gavel or something courtroom/courthouse, maybe a document seal?, since part of everything is the legal part.