City girl or country girl?  I’m sure you’ve heard this question before, but this past weekend, I realized that there is a third part to this question.  City girl, country girl or suburb girl?  I am definitely a suburb girl!

 

I just got back from Philadelphia.  There was a user group meeting for the software we use to keep track of all your orders and I brought one of my employees Nicole (the one who keeps our website running and looking so great!). 

 

Now first, let me say that although Philly is known as the "City of Brotherly Love", I didn’t notice any love going on there.  Lots of horn beeping, yelling out car windows, cussing and finger-waving, but not a lot of love.  (Of course, I’m sure none of them were scrapbookers!) :-)

 

Neither of us had ever been to Philly before, so we took an early flight so we’d have a few hours to see the sites.  We had a Philly cheesesteak taste-off between rival restaurants Geno’s and Pat’s (I liked Pat’s – Nicole liked Geno’s) and I can now say with personal experience that it is my opinion that Cheese Whiz does not belong on a sandwich. 

 

We visited the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and Chinatown.  We saw the house where Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag and took the bridge to New Jersey.  It was just across the river and neither one of us had either been there either.

 

Driving inside the city nearly gave me a heart attack.  Narrow roads…people walking everywhere…cab drivers honking and cutting people off…people on bicycles coming out of nowhere.  It was driving overload!

 

Saturday night, a friend of mine from the conference, Steve from www.AmericanMuscle.com invited us out to Malvern (45 minutes NW of Philly) to visit his warehouse.  I always like to see how other people do things so I can figure out how to do what we do better.  

 

As we were driving out there, I started noticing things around me.  A grocery store…a chain restaurant…a strip mall!  Finally, I felt like I was home!  At that moment, I knew it…I am a suburb girl.  Give me a Walgreen’s every mile, a TGI Friday’s and a strip mall with the same stores no matter where in the country you are and I feel a sense of peace.

 

However, this has been my third trip in three weeks and it finally caught up with me.  I spent all day Monday home in bed (but the strep throat culture came back negative).  I never thought I’d say this, but I’m tired of traveling for awhile.  No more business trips until June, so I can unpack my suitcase now.

 

Wherever you’ve been traveling, we have the scrapbook supplies for you to make your pages shine!  We have a new travel collection from American Crafts and two new collections from BasicGrey are here!  Lime Rickey and Wisteria (don’t you just love the name Lime Rickey?).  We also have three collections from Carolee’s Creations:  Easter, Aunt Mame (cooking) and Dance, along with two collections from Reminisce: Graduation and Good Dog.  A second round of Painted Pages from Jennan, Fairytale Princesses from Creative Imaginations and stickers from EK Success are also available in our new items this week.  Layouts for the graduation and travel  collections are in the Shop By Layout section.

 

The SYT designers were working on the following themes this week:   Beach, Wine, Cruise, Youth Group, Kids, General Travel, Puerto Rico, Greece, China, Belize, Antigua, Mythology, Scrapbooking, Construction, Dogs, Prom, Spring, Dance, Drama, Baseball, Music, Baton Twirling, BMX, Cycling, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Maine, Anniversary and Engagement.  Wow!  When you list them all out, they’ve been really busy!

 

We have a four custom options this week:   Many of you asked for the writing in the sand without the hearts…it’s here!  We have a Custom Words in Sand Border, customizable with your favorite beach, along with a Custom Spotlight paper, a Custom Baseball Page Frame Laser Die Cut and a Custom Dog Bome Laser Die Cut. 

 

Click here to see all the new items:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/4222009.html.

 

 

Creative Imaginations is one of my absolute favorite vendors and boy oh boy have they got a special!  All products released prior to CHA2009 are 50% off!  Of course, we are passing the savings on to you.  There are over 350 products at 50% off!  Wanna take advantage?  All the products are listed here:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/creativeimaginations50.html Enter coupon code CIHALFOFF (Cannot be used on previous orders. Only one coupon per order. Coupons cannot be combined. )

 

And remember, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, we can always make it custom just for you!  Click here to see all our custom options:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/custom.html. 

Julie Swatek, President
Scrap Your Trip®
www.ScrapYourTrip.com
‘cuz life is a trip worth scrappin’®