Isn’t a child’s memory amazing?  They can’t remember they are supposed to brush their teeth every night, but events from years ago (which is a large portion of their lifetime), they remember details just like it was yesterday.  This happened the other night with Lauren.  All three of the 2nd grade classes at her school put on a play yesterday – "Culture Through The Ages".  She wanted to rehearse with us the night before, but had a complete meltdown and cried for over 20 minutes.  When I finally got her to calm down enough to tell me why she was so upset, she said "What if the same thing happens that happened when I was in Kindergarten?"  At her Kindergarten graduation, she froze up, burst into tears and ran off the stage in the middle of the singing.  She cried backstage during the whole thing.  I had completely forgotten about it, but it obviously made a huge impression on her.  She said she was afraid it would happen again and "it was EMBARASSING!".  We had a long talk about it and I’m happy to report that stole the show (not that I’m biased or anything! .  I posted a few pictures below and on the blog.

 

I cannot thank you enough for your generosity in helping us to raise money for the American Red Cross!  There were 262 raffle tickets sold to 166 people.  We raised $2620 and adding the $2000 match from Scrap Your Trip, the total donation comes to $4620!  I know it’s just a drop in the bucket, but by working together, we made it a much bigger drop.  The winners are listed below – your box of goodies will be on it’s way! 

 

We have 240 great new products this week .  I know…I know…I always say that.  But I always mean it!  We have lots of products you’ve been asking for…Retro Travel from Creative Imaginations, Rusty Pickle (Island Summer, Family Reunion and the Picklelicious Family Collection), Field Hockey, Archery and Gardening.  We have new adheshive chipboards from K&Co,  Civil War and WWII papers from Sugartree (Trap & Skeet paper too), Military and National Parks from Paper Wizard, and lots of products for Memorial Day, picnics and family reunions.  We even have a customized family reunion plaque.  We also made a customized football jersey that you can get in your school colors.  Click here to see all the items:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/52108.html.

 

We also have a fantastic pre-order this week…Prima!  We have their new Artful Collage Flowers and 12 paper collections, complete with matching embellishments and matching Bazzill Packs!  Estimated shipping date is June 18 and remember, if you want your other orders sooner, please place two seperate orders.  Click here to see: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/prima.html Today is the last day for Basic Grey Euphoria and Cloud 9 Max’s Backyard and Sunrise Smoothie pre-order.  The orders will go in tomorrow and we hope to have it to start shipping by June 11.  Click here to order:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/pre-order.html.

 

I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.  We are headed to Utah for vacation on Saturday.  The last time I was in Utah six years ago, an idea for a scrapbooking business called "Scrap Your Trip" came to me.  Who knows what ideas I’ll come back with this time?!?

 

As always, thanks for your business!

 

Julie Swatek, President

Scrap Your Trip®

‘cuz life is a trip worth scrappin’®