Currently I am suffering from nausea. When I was pregnant with my son, I couldn’t keep water down! But I have learned a new way to manage my nausea. Don’t let my stomach get empty! But another problem is my computer. I don’t know why but using my computer makes me nauseous. So I am going to make this quick…

If you have read my previous Monday Pick Me Ups, you know that I love the NitWit Collections kits. Mary Fran has created another kit that is perfect for my layouts of my son! Some Assembly Required is so perfect for my family. My father worked in construction, and while growing up my home was always a work in progress. I learned alot about tools and how to build a house. I plan on passing my knowledge to my son. He already has his own (plastic) tool set which my dad bought him. I have been looking for the perfect kit to scrapbook all the photos of my son working at his workbench. Now I have found it. There are also some addons.

Okay, that is all I can do today…

Today is the first day of Autumn, my favorite season in New Hampshire! I haven’t experienced a real autumn in almost 5 years! So now I finally can see the leaves change to blazing colors of red and orange.

Sugar Maple, by Cori Gammon, makes me think of autumn. The bold colors or red, orange, yellow, brown and green are perfect for autumn layouts. There is also a Sugar Maple Addon that coordinates with more papers and elements.

Another great autumn kit I found is Harvest Fun by Sweet Digi Scraps. The elements are fantastic looking. I just love the scarecrow and the tree! This kit would also work for school and halloween photos!

I found some great journaling elements with text paths, for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements users, that can give any layout or journaling something extra. The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin comes with 4 journaling spots each with there own text path (seperate), a font, 115 paper cut words, an alpha in 5 colors, a date set with months, days and years and a set word art! There is so many fantastic word related elements in this kit that you can’t possibly not have a use for it.

September is already half over! Where did the first part of September go? Well I forgot to post about ScrapDish’s new collab kit, which I had participated in. So will today.

September 2008 Designer Collaborative Kit, by the ScrapDish Designers (Angela Sharrow, Barb Eibel, Candace Duffy-Jones, Caroline B, Jill D-Zines, Kristmess Designs, Phoenix Designs & Melinda Staley), is full of Back to School papers, elements, alphabets (2 complete sets) and quickpages. Right now you can even get this big kit on sale for $4.50!

Owls were very popular, last year, in scrapbooking. I am not sure if they are still popular, but these kits are sure to bring them back. Hootfest January, Hootfest March, Hootfest April, Hootfest May, Hootfest June, Hootfest August, Hootfest September, Hootfest November, by Heidi Larsen, not only have great color schemes, but also great textures and interesting patterns. Right now they are all 40% off.

I found some great photo frames/mats that I wish to share. Booklet Frames and Notices, Good Old Photo and Photo on Old Paper by Melgen Designs are great way to add some age to your photos! Right now they are just $1!

I also found some more great alphabets I wish to share:

Boutique Story Bits, by Laurie Ann, has so many different styles to give an eclectic look. Might work for children’s layouts or ransom letters.

Smudgy Fingersn Alpha, by Cori Gammond, has a classy, smudgy, newspaper look. This alpha could work with many different layout themes and styles.

I haven’t posted a Monday Pick Me Up in awhile, but I am glad I have the time (and internet) to start posting them again.  I regretted not posting about the Songbird Avenue August kit. It was very beautiful, but sadly it is no longer available. However I am glad to post about the Songbird Avenue September kit, Autumn Woods. Autumn Woods, designed by Two Sisters Designs and Jan Crowely, benifits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation! I love the colors and the asortment of autumn styles.

NitWit Collections came out with many great designs while I was away. I love them all and just wish to quickly share a few (well all) from August. First there was All Fired Up, great for those summer Bar-B-Que layouts. Then there was the Summer Splash Collection, which has so many great summer designs for those water related layouts.

The most recent kit by NitWit Collection, Live ‘n Learn, is so cute and perfect for my photos of my son starting Preschool (I can’t believe he is 3 already!). I love the school house, crayons and chalk board; so adorable. I can’t wait to start scrapping with this kit.

Also check out Live ‘n Learn Too, Live ‘n Learn Solids, Lil Bits - Live ‘n Learn and Alphawits - Learnin’ Curves.

The Bottom of the Toybox collab, by Jacque Larsen, Jenna Desai and Karah Fredricks, is so… so… AWESOMELY CUTE! I love all the toy elements and the designs and the colors… actually there is nothing I don’t love about it! You MUST check out the layouts made with this kit!!!

Well that is all I am posting about today. I really have been deleting most of my new product emails. I never had enough internet time to go through them. Now I will be able to get caught up.

I am finally back online. Starting next Monday I will be doing the Moday Pick Me Up’s again. I have a few new kits and a freebie to get online but it will have to wait until I get some unpacking done first (just moved in on September 1 in the midst of 2 birthday parties for my son, who turned 3 yesterday). Once my new kits are available I will restart my Featured Kits and Comments Contest.