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Archive for May 14th, 2008

Scrap Your Trip Adds 179 Items + BasicGrey & Cloud 9 Pre-Order

I think this was my best Mother’s Day yet! We decided to get our Disney passes back, and the kids “surprised” me with a trip to Disney. It was so cute to see them try SO hard to keep the secret! The weather was great, the lines weren’t too long and we didn’t have to push a stroller. It was all good.

I absolutely adore all the handmade gifts and cards on Mother’s Day. I can picture my kids making them and their love just shines through all their “treasures”. Pictures of them are below. Both of the kids filled out a “All About My Mom” page. I like Logan’s better…he said his Mom was 25.

It has been unbelievable this week to see the wrath of Mother Nature on the earth. The cyclone in Myanmar…tornadoes across Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia…the earthquake in China…the wildfires burning here in Central Florida. I feel so helpless when I see the images…so grateful that it isn’t me …so guilty for being grateful it isn’t me. I want to help…do something. So I had an idea. We have a lot of “extra” scrapbook supplies. Samples, freebies, things sent to us by mistake. We’ve boxed them up and we’re selling raffle tickets. There are over 10 boxes and they have a retail value of at least $100. The raffle tickets are $10.00 and we will choose the winners in a random drawing on Friday, May 16th. The entire amount of the money raised from the raffle tickets will be donated to the American Red Cross. Scrap Your Trip is going to match the donation up to $2,000 and we will also be donating the cost of the shipping. We’ve done this before and sent the funds to an orpahage in Africa. You get the chance to get some great scrapbook supplies…I get to clean out the storage room…the American Red Cross gets additional funds to help those who need it and we all get to feel good that we made a difference in the world today. Click here to buy a ticket: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/syt-raffle.html. We have 179 new items this week. Reminisce has a brand new line of embellishments called “Jet Setters”. They are 3-dimensional and are available for all 50 states and 11 countries. Creative Imaginations has two new collections for Italy and Alaska. We have more sports and games papers, stickers and rub-ons from Scrappin’ Sports & More – even a dartboard paper! The SYT Design Room focused on Australia, Swimming and Diving, Equestrian (for all you who have been requesting it) and Military. We even did Mother’s Day diecuts so you can scrapbook your day (hope it was as good as mine!). Click here to see them all: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/51408.html. BasicGrey released a new line on Monday called “Euphoria” and we have it this week for pre-order. I love the copy they wrote for it! “Slip into summer amid enchanting patterns splashed with sparkling amethyst, willow green, lagoon blue and verbena pink. Relax in happiness and well-being, while indulging in your own personal state of delirium.” We also have two collections from Cloud 9 called Max’s Backyard and Sunrise Smoothie. Estimated ship date on these items is June 11. Click here to take a look: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/pre-order.html. Today is the last day to order the Kimberly Poloson pre-order. The Blue Awning and Mira shipments were delayed to us from K&Co, but the boxes are supposed to be delivered today. Fancy Pants arrived yesterday, and we’ll be working to get those orders out to you as quickly as we can. As always, thanks SO MUCH for your business! Julie Swatek, President Scrap Your Trip® www.ScrapYourTrip.com http://blog.scrapyourtrip.com ‘cuz life is a trip worth scrappin’® BTW- Yahoo is doing maintenance on their servers tonight starting at 7pm Pacific and you may have trouble using coupons or gift certificates. If it won’t go through, just put a note in the comments section of your order and we will take care of it for you.