So instead of a summer vacation this year, we decided to do three weekend trips instead.  (Yes, I know I just got back from Utah – I’m a travelin’ gal!).  The first trip was over 4th of July weekend.  I traded a portion of our timeshare for a timeshare unit here in Orlando, near Disney.  This is what I learned…if you don’t get outside of about a 50 mile radius of your house – it doesn’t count as a vacation.  I thought it would be really cool to be so close to home.  Think of the drive time we would save (not to mention the gas).  However, my plan backfired.  Since we weren’t "really" going anywhere, we didn’t get around to packing on Friday and just came back home after fireworks (let’s just sleep in our own beds tonight – we’ll just get up early on Saturday and pack…of course we will).  It was lunch time by the time we got on the road for the long 20 minute drive (let’s stop at Costco since it’s on the way).  I drove home on Sunday to work since I didn’t have internet access in the room.  Even the nearby restaurants were one’s we normally go to anyway.  Orlando may be the number one vacation destination – just not if you live here! August’s trip is a 4-hour drive to the beach – it will be much better.

 

Beach season is in full swing and we have lots of new beach scrapbooking supplies!  We have a new vendor this week with some gorgeous hand-painted designed papers that I think you’re going to love.  The colors are really brilliant – no pastel scenes here!  We also have a new Retro Tropical line from Creative Imaginations and lots of family and friends papers and embellishments from Masterpiece Studios.  We have some new sports collections from Sandylion, along with a customized soccer jersey from the SYT design room.  We even made hamburger and hot dog die cuts, to help scrapbook all your summer BBQ’s.  Over 250 new items this week – click here to see:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/70908.html.

 

We have pre-orders from three different companies this week:  Five collections from Cosmo Cricket, six collections from Jenni Bowlin Designs and a retro line called Tangerine Twist from Sandylion.  As always, we have matched to Bazzill cardstock for you and have every piece of each collection for you to choose from.  Our estimated shipping date is August 6th.  If you want the other items in your order sooner, please place them in a seperate order, as we will not be shipping orders containing pre-order items until the products arrive in early August.  Click here to see all the pre-order items:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/preorder.html.

 

As always, thanks for your business!

 

Julie Swatek, President

Scrap Your Trip®

‘cuz life is a trip worth scrappin’®