I’m not an "in the moment" kind of gal.  At any given moment, I have a running list a mile long in my head.  Did I remember to get everything in the kids’ backpacks that morning?  What can I make for dinner?  How am I ever going to get through all the emails in my Inbox?  Either I’m thinking about something I should have remembered or something I should be doing.  Always in the past or the future…never in the moment.  Except here in Vermont.  It sneaks up on me.  We’ll be driving along and I’ll be looking with awe at a brilliant orange tree and how the dark brown branches look like something in a magazine photograph.  Or I’ll look at my kids, hiking down a path, laughing and running and having the time of their lives.  Or we’ll all be sitting by a stream, listening to the sound of the water.  And all of a sudden, I’ll realize that I wasn’t thinking about anything.  For a few brief moments, I wasn’t thinking about the business or the Dow or if the kids get enough fiber in their diets.  I just am.  Totally in the moment.  And just like that, it’s gone and my brain goes into overdrive again.  But for a few minutes, surrounded by so much natural beauty, there was so much peace and contentment.  How do you do that in everyday life?  Anyone got any ideas?  Leave me a comment on the blog. 

 

A little over a year ago, we started making custom die cuts so that we could help you personalize your scrapbook pages.  Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have a new way to help you personalize them even further – custom scrapbook paper!  It’s edge-to-edge 12 x 12 printed on Bazzill cardstock.  We’ve started with four designs, and welcome any suggestions for additional designs.

 

In the face of the economic roller coaster we’ve all been on lately, Scrap Your Trip is happy to do our part to stimulate the economy with the "Scrapbookers Economic Bailout Plan"!  Just enter coupon code BAILOUT at checkout for 20% off your order.  It expires at 11:59 pm Eastern Time, tomorrow, Thursday, October 16th.  (It is not valid on prior purchases, nor able to be combined with any other offer.)  Use it to make some frightfully good scrapbook pages with our 64 new Halloween items from Scrap Your Trip, Moxxie, EK Success and Cloud 9 Designs.  We also have some pink ribbon diecuts from the SYT Design Team and four pink ribbon papers from our newest designer, Rene.  He has a very artsy style that I think you’ll like.  Click here to see all the items:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/whatsnew.html

 

As always, thanks for your business!

 

Julie Swatek, President

Scrap Your Trip®

‘cuz life is a trip worth scrappin’®