“Cruise To Embroidery Success”

It is time to plan for your next vacation and join us on Royal Caribbean’s “Mariner of the Seas” for a fantastic time on our 3rd annual “Cruise To Embroidery Success”.

On January 23, 2011 we will be departing from Los Angeles, California for a vacation of a life time to the Mexican Riviera!  This past cruise to the Caribbean was such a great time and I am really looking forward to the one coming up January 2011.

I had the opportunity to meet some of the most wonderful people that I have ever met in this industry. These  embroiderers came from all walks of life. We had embroiderers that were just starting out in the business as well as embroiderers that had been in the business for over 15 years.  There were young embroiderers and others that started their business’ after retiring from their life long careers!  We had a grand time networking and sharing all kinds of information about our personal lives,  embroidery, heat transfers, digitizing, and whatever else was on the minds of the embroiderers that would help to grow their business!  This was networking at it’s best!

Visit the ISS Show Before The Embroidery Cruise

This year the cruise will be held in conjunction with the  “ISS Show” in Long Beach, California. This is the largest ISS Show held during the year!   This is a great opportunity for  you to see all of the new equipment and products that are available and have a chance to talk directly to your suppliers.  The show starts January 21 and we are leaving for the Mexican Riviera on January 23rd.

This is an opportunity of a lifetime that you do not want to miss!

Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach

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Sunday, February 28th we get on the ship for our Embroidery Cruise.  This is such a busy an exciting time for me, preparing the lessons for the cruise and, finalizing my book and getting it to the printers, just in time for the cruise!  I am busy preparing the lessons that I will be teaching on the Embroidery cruise and  I am really looking forward to sharing what I know with my students.  Some of the embroiderers will be new to me and I am so anxious to meet them.   My daughter Kathleen will be joining me for this spectacular event!  7 days of fun, relaxing, sharing with my daughter, networking with other embroiderers and teaching my favorite subject!  Life does not get any better than that!

I will be teaching the following courses:

• How To Work With Stock Designs
• How To Save Time In Design Creation
• How To Work With Small Lettering
• How To Create  Pricing Structure That Will Create A Profit For Your Embroidery Business
• How To Market Your Embroidery Business -Including Marketing Your Business On -Line

I finished writing my book and I will have some copies  with me on the cruise.  My books will arrive just in time for me to leave!  The title of my book is “The Truth About Embroidery Business Success”  and the sub title is “7 Elements To A Profitable Home Based Embroidery Business”.  I have been working on this book for several months but it is finally finished.  As soon as I am back from the cruise, I will be creating a website for my book and I have some exciting plans for the future that I will be sharing with you shortly!

Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach

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I want to wish you a very special Merry Christmas.  You only have a few more days for preparing all of your Christmas presents and finishing up all of the embroidery for your customers presents!  This has really been a busy time for all of us embroiderers!

It seems like December goes by faster than any other month of the year!  There are so many necessary preparations for our own celebration and yet this is the busiest month of the year for most embroiderers.  And then there is the coming new year!  You are bombarded with so many tasks that need to be finished by the end of the year in preparation for starting the new year.  The bookkeeping needs to be all caught up with, the taxes have to be paid and much organization and planning is a must for the coming new year.

Even though you have so much to do, please do not forget to take time out to celebrate our season and the reason for the season.  Enjoy your family time; those children are grown and gone way too soon.

I want to give you a special present for this holiday season.  It is a beautiful embroidery design that I created and it has been very popular for me.  I have embroidered this design on pillows, blankets and even the neckline of a blouse.  It is a large design, measuring 8.5 inches wide by 6 inches tall.  It really works out great for a corner placement.  Here is a picture of the design.  I can only offer it in a .dst file.

This design is 15,500 stitches with a lot of open areas.  It has 10 color stops.  I have embroidered this design using all white thread and I have embroidered it using the pinks, reds, yellows, purples and blues.  All of the color combinations work out very well.  I wish that the .dst design would show up in the correct colors, but this never happens.  When you  bring up the design in your software, you can view this picture and change the colors that will work for you and the item that you will be using it on.

Click on this Large Rose Bouquet design to download it and use it for your own, but you cannot sell it.  What I mean by that is, you can use the design for your customers items, but you cannot sell the design to anyone else.  This is my design that I created and I am allowing you to use it.  I hope that you enjoy it and have a wonderful Christmas!

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I just want to wish all of my embroidery students and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving.

This is such a beautiful day and I just wanted to stop and let you know how much I appreciate you being in my life.

Today we have a special holiday, Thanksgiving, but actually we need to be thankful for everything that we have and all of those special people that are in our lives every single day.

This past few months have really been a busy time for me.  I have my foot surgery in June that has taken such a long time to heal, but for that I am very thankful.  This past week I was in Morris, Ill working with 2 new students and they were such a blessing.  It is so much fun and I get such a great deal of satisfaction working with new people, especially when they are so eager to learn.  I love to share what I know and see how excited people get when I show them shortcuts.

I would not have been able to do that if I had not had my surgery. Walking through the airports was tough, but I can do it!  I have to travel for 3 more Digitizing trainings for new students before the end of the year and again, without that surgery, I would not be able to even attempt going out to do any embroidery trainings.

We have so many people in our lives that we have touched or we are been touched by them and for that we all need to be extremely thankful!  We do not realize how many people are affected by our daily actions in our business and in our personal lives.

Mixing our business and personal life is sometimes very hard, especially trying to create a perfect balance in both areas.  I am still working on that one!

I am doing a lot of the cooking today and then my husband Dale and I will be taking it to my daughter Carolyn’s home for our family dinner.  It is so good to have family to be able to share these holidays with.  Unfortunately my daughter Kathy and her family will be unable to join us this year.  They are now living in Florida and have their own commitments.    My son David will also be joining us.  We need to be thankful for each and everyone of these family gatherings. It is very exciting watching how all of the grandchildren have grown and changed over the years.

I am in the process of writing a book, “The Truth About Embroidery Business Success” and I am trying to concentrate on it for this weekend, but I just wanted to stop and tell you how much I appreciate you for being there and for being understanding when I am not always on top of my game,so to speak!

I love my students; they are all like family to me and it is so great to be able to share with them the knowledge that I have gained over the past 32 years that I have been in the embroidery business.

Thank you again for being there,

Love,

Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach

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I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas.  I hope that you have had a super successful embroidery selling season during this busy time!  Make sure that you take the time out for your family and friends and don’t forget to remember the “Reason For The Season”!

I will be sending you a special Christmas present, something that  you can use when you are creating your monograms.  This will be sent to you in a separate email.  Enjoy all of your holidays!!!

Joyce Jagger
The Embroidery Coach
EmbroideryTIpsAndMore.com

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