Designer Digitals - E.I.E.I.O kit by Mindy Terasawa
Sunday was busy, and didn't have a chance to post as many reviews as I wanted. Here is another one from Designer Digitals
Title E.I.E.I.O
Designer Mindy Terasawa
Released March 2007
Price $6.99
Link Here
Cost Per Item 25c
How this kit was created without the designer going mad I will never know. All the time that I have been planning this review, looking at the kit and deciding what to say, I have had the Old MacDonald song going round and round in my head. I feel like screaming! This kit has obviously had a lot of work and time invested in it, if the designer had the song going round in their head the whole time, I think a quiet dark room must have been in order to recover!
Papers - As with the previous Lynn Grieveson kit, if you look at the CPI of 25c you might think that this kit doesn't offer value for money. It does.
The colours of the papers are muted without being "blaaah". The hand-drawn animals are very expressive - they are just the sort of thing you can print out and use to decorate a nursery, or bits and bobs connected with the baby (see - value for money!) The "doodled" paper looks very interesting, I'd like to see more of that. I love the brown - it doesn't overpower the rest of the kit. It's a strong colour for a children's kit but it fits in well. All in all, I don't see a paper here that I wouldn't want to use.
Elements - Another kit where there is no element bloat. They are all well judged, especially the fun ribbons (could do with one or two more, but I am greedy). Fans of alphas will like the alphas supplied with the kit. The stitched tags will find their way onto your layouts thanks to their lovely stitching.
Looking at the kit again as a whole, it's the animal drawings and the way that they are used, that makes this kit. They aren't cloying, just very lovable-looking. This is a versatile kit for both boys and girls, I can imagine using it in a LO featuring children and their soft toys, children and their pets, and of course those visits to the farm, zoo or petting zoo.
One sentence The friendly animals and great drawings in this kit will have you using it again and again.
