Scrap Your Trip Adds 241 Items + 241 S*A*L*E Items

“When people show you who they are, believe them.” – Maya Angelou

This is one of the hardest lessons for me.  I struggle with it all the time.  See, I believe that people are inherently good…that given a choice they will do the right thing.  I take people at face value and believe that they are honest and truthful.

People will always show you their true character.  But we don’t want to believe.  That little nagging doubt starts in the pit of your stomach, but we don’t want to believe.  We make excuse after excuse, but we don’t want to believe.  We continue to give them the benefit of the doubt, because the alternative is too painful. 

But eventually, people can only put on a mask for so long, and who they really are underneath it all erodes the mask away. 

This theme of “when people show you who they are, believe them”, has been playing out both in my personal life and at work.  I just had to terminate a long-term employee because underneath it all, they didn’t have my (or my company’s) back.  Incredibly painful thing to do.

This is one of those life lessons that just keeps showing up for me.  I hope I can learn it soon…

The Inc. 500/5000 Awards Gala was an amazing night.  I was so honored to be in the room with so many successful business men and women.  Here are a few pictures:










We have 241 new items this week,  including "Autumn Bliss" by Little Yellow Bicycle, "Wicked", "Ghoulies", "Growing Up" and "Sea World Penguins" by Creative Imaginations, "Paradise Found" and "Queen of the Crop" by Moxxie, "Road Trip" by K&Co, and stickers from EK Success, including Peanuts Halloween.  We also have the limited edition "Think Pink" Slice by Making Memories. 
  The SYT designers were also working on the following themes this week:  Amsterdam, Austria, Baby, Basketball, California, Canada, Fall, Farm, Football, France, Gettysburg, Gymnastics, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Lake, Las Vegas, Love, Mexico, Michigan, Military, Ohio, Romania, School, Soccer and Travel.   We have two custom papers – Chalkboard (my fave) and Halloween Stripe and two custom die cuts – a monogrammed suitcase and a director’s chair.   Click here to see all the new items:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/9302009.html.
We’ve also got 241 items on sale this week at 25% off.  Click here to see all the sale items:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/clearance.html.   We have an awesome tool deal to pass along to you this week!  It’s a pink tool bag, pink Cutterpede trimmer, purple Vario Adhesive, Vario adhesive refill, and Cutterbee scissors.  The value of all these tools is $80.45, but we got a GREAT deal on them, and we are passing along to you for only $19.99.  Start thinking holiday gifts!  These would also make great teacher gifts.  

  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:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/custom.html.     See you on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/ScrapYourTrip

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