I'm writing to invite you to attend Embroidery Mart in Nashville July 26-27. As an embroidery expert with years of experience helping embroidery and apparel decoration professionals, I can tell you there is no event that delivers the same value as Embroidery Mart. And now more than ever, the value you get is critical to…
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Register for Embroidery Mart by June 15, 2013 to be entered in the drawing for one of three free nights at the Renaissance Hotel, which is connected to the Nashville Convention Center! Three lucky attendees will get a free night. You must be registered to attend Embroidery Mart by 6/15/13 to be in the…
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If you are interested in improving your embroidery digitizing skills, then this announcement is for YOU! Lee Caroselli of Balboa Threadworks is hosting a 3 Day Embroidery Digitizing Class in CA June 13-15. For those of you that do not know Lee, or know OF Lee, let me give you a bit of background info about this truly talented lady.…
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We (embroidery professionals, screen printers, apparel decorators) design, create and sell t-shirts - by the millions, literally! It is all to easy to take those t-shirts for granted. I think we can show a bit of respect to these t-shirts and here is why: Our logo'd and decorated t-shirts fill and even shape the lives…
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Congratulations to NNEP members Jay Fishman and Jane Cibulskas - They have the May 2013 issue of Stitches magazine covered! The design on the magazine's cover was digitized by Jay Fishman, Wicked Stitch of the East. Jay has been a preferred vendor with NNEP since 2002, providing digitizing services to NNEP members and embroiderers of classic…
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I am not that much of a "foodie." I enjoy a good meal out as much as the next person. But will I wait in a line longer than 15-20 minutes for a seat at a restaurant? Not willingly. I would rather go find something a little more off the beaten path. Do I eat…
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We just emailed NNEP members the details about an opportunity to do embroidery for 18,000+ safety workers in Harrisburg, PA this spring! You could be receiving notices about these sorts of opportunities too, if you were a member of NNEP! Here are some members' testimonials on why they are members - I just wanted…
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Another Day, Another Dollar... How MANY dollars - that is the REAL question! It is 5 PM and you are done working for today. As it is the end of the day, you are now off to the grocery store, to the ball field to watch one of your kids play, you are stopping to…
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I just learned what a "spangle" is. Do you know? A spangle is a sequin without a whole in the center! It is applied to the sticky side of transfers, and then heat applied to apparel, just like rhinestone transfers. Check out the new spangle machine in action in this quick video by NNEP preferred…
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Rat holes? Yes - rat holes! Trust me - you want to AVOID them. What are rat holes, you ask? That is a very good question. Rat holes are the things that you spend time doing - with no results. Even worse, you have taken time away from doing things that DO generate results. Let me give you an example to better explain the toxicity…
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