Friday, July 24, 2009

Changes and Updates!

About every few years Scrap-To-It! gets a new look. Like a fresh coat of cyber paint. Its that time of year again. If you have been checking out the website and wondering what all the funky little characters are --- well now you know. Bear with us for a little longer and we'll have everything back in shape and pages loading correctly.

Along with all the updates that will bring my site into the current time (my wordpress was sadly behind) we will be linking our blogger to our main site. You'll now have two places to read all my crazy ramblings or to find the deals, coupons, product announcements, class ideas and schedules and any of the little things that go on at STI! Be sure to check both spots; www.scraptoit.com and www.scraptoit.blogspot.com for details. I dont always leave them in both places. I like to mix things up especially when we are running sales and specials. This past NSD we had a lot of fun doing this and those who checked the website were able to win the giveaways.

Using the blogs does help us too from blasting your inbox with too much e-mail.

Don't miss out on the fun -- get online and see what's going on at STI!

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Happy Birthday America!

Is it irony that we woke up today on the day we celebrate our independence to rain (tears from Heaven)? I wonder. I have always had a stong patriotic heart. I have studied and read the lives of our founding fathers and taught from primary sources the greatness of their lives to my students. It is always exciting to think about July 4th, but I wonder today, how far we have come from the freedoms that were intended for us to possess by those who were there at the inception of our country.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ~ The Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
Today I wish for all a day of celebration, regardless of what weather your day is met with, may all the important things, the experiences that really matter be celebrated this day. Celebrate the people in your lives; family and friends, young and old. And of course, don’t forget to capture a part of this on film to record for those who will come behind. Many of what was good from the days of our parents has been lost. What will our kids loose? I hope today is more than fireworks, hot dogs and hamburgers and as much about gratitude and prayers for our great country and those who are in office now as leaders. May they all be true to that stewardship.

Happy Birthday America. God bless you and all of us who hold this land dear.