Scrap Your Trip Adds 251 Items + 251 S*A*L*E Items

When was the last time you cried?  Why is it that we are often ashamed of showing our emotions?

I was at a birthday party for one of Logan’s classmates this weekend.  One of the moms was talking about how great it was that the kids were starting to get so independent.  A few examples were shared and I said “You know, I am in a different situation than most of you.  Most of Logan’s classmates are your oldest child, but he’s my youngest.  Lauren just turned 10 and let me just tell you.  You think its awesome now?  Just wait!  You have NO IDEA how much better it’s gonna get!”

I started telling them how proud she is to make lunches in the mornings.  And how responsible she is.  And how helpful she is to me.  And how, finally, after 10 years, my daughter is becoming old enough for us to become friends as well as mother-daughter.  And as I shared this, I started to cry.  Heck!  I’m even starting to cry as I am sitting here typing this!  

And then one of the moms looked at me and said, “Look at you!  You’re getting so emotional!  I liked you before, but now I REALLY like you!”

I thought that was such an interesting comment and I have thought about it a lot.  And here is what I think she was trying to say.

I was being real.  Not normal, superficial, birthday party chatter.  But real.  And authentic.  And human.  

And don’t we all crave that kind of interaction?  Especially us women?  

A friend told me that if we are truly alive, we are only ever one thought away from tears.  

I must be really alive then, because just about anything can make me cry these days.   Sometimes tears of sadness, but just as often tears of joy.  Every day I say “Today is going to be a no-cry day!”  But maybe every day SHOULD be a cry day.  Because I like feeling alive instead of trying to stifle my emotions and feeling ashamed of them.

So, give yourself the gift of a good cry.  Don’t just leak.  Cry.  You’ll feel better.  Now, can someone please pass the tissues?

Creative Imagination products are on sale through Friday at 20% off AND it’s goody bag time again!  Now through Friday (03.26.10) with a purchase of $59 or more you receive free shipping AND a goody bag.  Use coupon code FREESHIP59.

I’m so excited – this week we have We R Memory Keeper 12×12 Classic Leather Albums AND they ROCK!   These are interlocking D ring, top quality, highly requested albums.  We LOVE them! (…and I say “we” because my staff has already purchased many of these albums.)  

Why do we love them?  I’m glad you asked! We love them because of the quality (of course), the fact that the pages can be moved around without taking the album apart, the divided page protectors that can be added into your album AND the colors are just YUMMY!

We have several new collections for you this week.  We have "Kioshi" by Basic Grey which has a beautiful spring color palette perfect for your Easter and Spring photos, "Mamarazzi" and “Sophie” by Bo Bunny which are (in Tiffany’s words)  “to die for”, "Easter" by Moxxie,  and don’t forget about the We R Memory Keeper 12×12 Albums that I was just raving about!  

The SYT Designers have been hard at work, as always – they have brought to you the following AMAZING designs: Prom, Graduation, Easter, Spring, School, Europe, France, Mexico, Egypt, Hawaii, Texas, General Travel, Camping, and Special Olympics.  We also have lots of new custom items for you to choose from:  a Custom Graduation Cap And Year Laser Die Cut and Prom Fun: Limo, General Travel (Aircraft 12 x 12 Paper) custom papers.

Oh and for all of the kind words about our first complete paper collection – THANK YOU!  Wait until you see our Prom Fun collection (which includes a custom paper) this week!   Click here to see all the new items:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/3242010.html    We also have 251 overstock items on sale at 25% off.  Click here to see:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/3242010sale.html   Don’t forget to check out projects for this week’s collections down the right-hand side of the website.  You can see all our projects on our Shop by Layout section.  Click here to see:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/shopbylayout.html


  And remember, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, we can always make a custom title or paper 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
  As always, thanks for your business.   Julie Swatek, President
Scrap Your Trip®
www.ScrapYourTrip.com
‘cuz life is a trip worth scrappin’®  http://blog.scrapyourtrip.com
www.facebook.com/julieswatek
www.facebook.com/scrapyourtrip
www.twitter.com/julieswatek

7 comments March 24th, 2010