Scrap Your Trip Adds 121 + K&Co Pre-Order

Like many of you, as a parent, I try to shelter my kids from a lot that goes on in the world. I know they will have to grow up and learn about it eventually, but while they are 8 and 5, I want to try to protect their innocence as long as I can. Unfortunately, they are about to learn a tough life lesson this week that makes me very sad. We adopted two kittens from the humane society as Christmas presents for them. Today, we are going to have to put Panther to sleep. He has a fatal cat disease called FIP. More than likely Tiger has it too, but we’re not 100% sure yet. They were both sick when we adopted them as 8 week old kittens and we have spent countless hours and LOTS of money getting them healthy. Looking back, I think the “kitty colds” we thought they had when we got them was really the early symptoms of the disease. Most cats that have been in “catteries” are exposed to the virus, but only about 5% get the disease. Statistics were not on our side this time. Logan has never been exposed to death at all and he really doesn’t understand. Both of Lauren’s fish have died, so she understands, but she has gotten so attached to this cat and she is heartbroken. I know they have to learn about life and death, but I was hoping they had a few more years. On a happier note, my favorite new collection of all time is here! K&Co released a collection at CHA called “Blue Awning” and I think it’s the most beautiful collection I’ve ever seen in the entire time I’ve been scrapbooking. It’s such a classic look and I just love it! We have the entire collection available for pre-order. It has just been released from K&Co and will be shipping to us in about 2 weeks. We also have another collection from K&Co available for pre-order called the “Mira” collection. It’s almost the opposite of the Blue Awning collection – very bright, vibrant colors. I think you’ll like both of them. We matched Bazzill colors to both collections and they are available in individual sheets or by the pack. Click here to see: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/kacpreorder.html. We also have over 190 new products this week in lots of very specific categories. We’ve added the entire John Deere line from Creative Imaginations, along with a new line of FFA papers and embellishments. They have also created some new Sea World products, along with a 8X8 Instant scrapbook. They have a new Busted! line which is adorable and a line from Marah Johnson called “Intentions”. I just love Marah’s style – it’s very unique. We have a new line of graduation papers, along with SYT designed cuts. As usual, I have to brag on our designers, Tiffany and Jill. They have designed some great die cuts this week to coordinate with the graduation and Sea World lines and they also focused on Mexico, Las Vegas and pets. They designed a really cute dog house and dog collar tag that we can customize with the name of your pooch. They even designed die cuts for birds, ferrets and iguanas! Click here to see them all: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/41608.html. I hope you are have a wonderful week! As always, thanks for your business. Julie Swatek, President Scrap Your Trip® www.ScrapYourTrip.com http://blog.scrapyourtrip.com ‘cuz life is a trip worth scrappin’®

16 comments April 16th, 2008