Scrap Your Trip Adds 163 Items + Photos on Blog
I’ve always wondered something…On what part of the female DNA strand does the “I’m not good enough” gene come from? Why is it that we can do something 98% right, but we focus on the 2% we didn’t?. This was really evident to me in a conversation I was having with my mom yesterday. We were talking about my memories from my childhood. She said she’s always amazed when I send her Hallmark cards about what a great mom she’s been to me. She said she felt like she was always too busy and wasn’t around much. “Are you kidding me?” I asked. “I have so many memories of us together!” They usually involved some sort of craft – my Mom is very crafty (must have skipped a generation!)
I told her I felt like I wasn’t being as good of a mom to my kids as she was to me because I don’t feel like I do enough with my kids and that 30 years from now they are going to be sitting in a therapist’s office saying “She was so unavailable – she was always working!” “You do so much with your kids!” she said. “They have traveled all over the place, you take them to Disney World, out to restaurants…It seems like you are always going somewhere with them. Any child would be lucky to have you two as parents!” It really struck me that we both thought the other one did such a good job, but we didn’t extend that same kindness to ourselves. That’s what it really boils down to for me…kindness. We should treat ourselves with the same (or more) kindness that we extend to people we don’t even know.
Speaking of people I don’t know, I got to meet a wonderful customer yesterday. One of the things that I don’t like about being an online store is that we don’t get to meet our customers face-to-face and learn about why they scrapbook. It’s always so nice when people stop by the warehouse. She is a pilot and had a layover in Orlando and came to visit! (Our picture is on the blog). She was telling me about the scrapbooks she has made and the things she has used some of our products for. Her daugher is in the Air Force and she makes her homemade cards with the Memories In Uniform die cuts when she graduates from training on a certain type of aircraft. As I sift through the thousands of scrapbook products available, looking for unique things for our store, it’s always a challenge to choose things that will help people with their scrapbooks. Thank you Karen for inspiring me!
We have over 160 new products this week. We have lots of travel, including some international, some USA and laser die cuts inspired by our long plane ride to California for CHA. We made a large title page die cut that says “The Travels of Julie Swatek.” (Of course, we will customize with your name instead of mine!). We have some new cruise from Sandylion, along with some “Muster Drill” die cuts, inspired by my recent cruise. There are 3 new lines from Reminisce: Family, Jungle Safari and Dance. We also have a Tiffany designed SYT kit for ballet dancers. Click on the link to check them out: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/22708.html.
I downloaded a bunch of pictures from my camera this weekend and thought I’d share a few – scroll down to see them.
As always, thanks for your business! Be kind to yourself today
Julie Swatek, President
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Tony & I at the “Sponge Docks” in Tarpon Springs
Mommy Loves Logan
This fishing boat was cleaning fish and throwing the scraps to the pelicans. I’ve never seen so many pelicans before!
I took Lauren to see the Hannah Montana Concert Movie. Can you tell how excited she was?
Our newest family addtions at 4 months old – Panther and Tiger. They are very sweet when they are not clawing everything in sight!
How I felt when I had the flu 
Me, Becca, Tiffany and Lani at I at the Creative Imaginations Sneek Peek Party at CHA
Tony & I went to the Hoover Dam when we were in Vegas for PMA.
It was REALLY windy!
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