Saying goodbye is a very difficult thing to do. I find myself in tears when I have to leave a loved one. Parting and not knowing when I will see my family or friends again leaves me melancholy. Sometimes I feel silly being so sad but the times I spend with family is so important to me. The year is full of times I have to say goodbye. When my extended family gathers together for Thanksgiving we have such a fun time talking about old times and loved ones that have passed, sharing stories of things that have happened over the year and musing about how big the kids have gotten! Playing games and sharing meals brings such joy – simply spending time with each other! Enjoying Christmases shared around the tree giving presents and laughing about the White Elephant items people are fighting over always leaves me wanting to spend more time together. The joy found in connecting with loved ones is something everyone needs but those good times make leaving more difficult! While saying goodbye to friends and family is the hardest, saying goodbye to other favorites are also difficult!
If you’ve been a customer of Stampin’ Up! for a significant time, you know that goodbyes are a part of business. About every four months we say goodbye to the fun products in a seasonal catalog with the hopes they will reappear in the new annual catalog. Each May we say goodbye to stamp sets, ribbons, Designer Series Paper, punches, and dies that we have loved all year. There are always those ribbons and papers that I have a hard time saying goodbye to when May closes it’s door. This year one of the hardest goodbyes was to some of my favorite colors. Stampin’ Up! introduced their Color Revamp in the Annual Catalog. Some of my very favorite colors were retired in May. Wild Wasabi, Temping Turquoise, Marina Mist, and Always Artichoke have been some of my favorites for years! Wild Wasabi has been a go-to color of mine and I’m going to have to take time to find it’s replacement!
As hard as it is to say goodbye, it is exciting to welcome new items when the Annual Catalog comes out in June. So, while I had to say goodbye to these favorites, it opens the door to find new go-to colors that might just become favorites! Here are the colors I’ve been drawn to:
