New Mommy Packets!

Today's project is a "new mommy" packet! I have several hostesses and customers that have had babies this past month. I can think of SEVEN in the last few months. That's a lot of new mommies! Several of these mommies have expressed the desire to me to stay at home. So I am making new mommy packets! :) The new mommy packets include:

1. A letter from me about Premier for new mommies. This is simply to congratulate, get the girl thinking about Premier, & explain what the packet is about. Here is the letter. 

2. A copy of My Last 5 Home Shows. If you have Hood & House, this prints with just the click of a button! If you don’t have Hood & House, you can create the exact same document using your CV report. 

3. An opportunity brochure. Make sure your label is on the back! 

4. My business card. I always include this in any mailing. It’s good for them to have around!

5. A greeting card. I buy greeting cards in bulk from the dollar tree. They are 2 for $1 there. I always keep on hand cards for weddings, birthdays, and babies. I try to always send a card for weddings and babies. It’s a good way to say “I care!” I don’t keep up with hostess and customer birthdays unless it’s significant (like one time I had a jewelry show as a girl’s birthday party). If you don’t want to include a greeting card, you could just include a handwritten note of some sort! I use these from Premier Incentives a LOT. I personally recommend writing in hot pink sharpie. :)

I package the whole deal in a zebra print envelope/bag from Premier Incentives. Then I use Hood & House to print labels. Flop it all together, and voila! 

One more note: I try to keep notes of how and when I contacted premier hostesses & customers. If you have Hood & House, you can enter the information in there. Before Hood & House, I just kept a Word document!

Hostess Appreciation Dinner

Here's an idea you might like in the future. Next month, our local training is pulling together to organize a hostess appreciation dinner. I've heard these trained on before, and have always liked the idea, but have never done one. Some jewelers do them by themselves - host a brunch or dinner at their house or a local restaurant. 

Our local Mexican restaurant (which happens to be owned by Diana's family!) is allowing us to have a banquet for only $8 per person. Our entire training is hosting together, so it will be a large group/party atmosphere. We are presenting each guest with the new catalog and a gift: a jewelry cleaning kit. Plus they will also get to order an item for 50% off from the new catalog. 

Here are my invites. I found the paper & matching envelopes at Hobby Lobby, but I've also seen similar stuff at the Dollar Tree or Walmart. 

I'm working on a assembling my gift cutely. When I'm done, I'll be sure to post a pic. If you are looking for cute gift ideas, the cleaning kit includes a cleaning cloth, toothbrush, piece of chalk, and a recipe for cleaning their jewelry.

We're Going to Disney!!!

The details for the disney trip are officially up! Make sure you go read them!! I am SO excited about this trip. In order to attend, you must be a DESIGNER with a minimum CV of 10,000 during the qualification period (now through March 29). Remember CV is wholesale - the amount you turn into Premier, so even your hostess half price items count toward that amount.  Your new jewelers you sign also count toward your CV! You earn 450 CV if they buy the silver package and 750 CV if they buy the gold package! So if you don't have ANY jewelers, and you sign the 7 you need to qualify for the trip, you're almost guaranteed to have at LEAST 3,000 CV (if they only buy silver) or 5,000 CV if they mostly buy gold! So. Set your goals, break them down by month, and you'll know what you need to do every month through March!


If you have your 7 jewelers and 10,000 CV, you qualify for Buy On. Which means you pay 1,200 for you and your spouse to go. Children under 3 are FREE an children/guests over 3 are only $100! After 10,000 CV, you start lowering the cost of your trip. The tracking sheet is a great way to print and track your progress! When you get to 20,000 CV, your trip (for you and your spouse/guest) is COMPLETELY FREE! :) And after that, you start earning SPENDING CASH!! You can do it! :)

2012 Fall/Winter Line!

Hey girls! So at rally, they have a boutique set up so that you can get ideas for different ways to wear the new line. It might help as you choose which pieces to order. The lighting isn't great in there, but I've put the pieces and names here so that you can check them out yourself and get ideas for the new line.

Some important reminders about our catalog:
- Everything is actual size.
- Our "Crystals" are Swarovski
- Fall/Winter detailed descriptions to use for your verbiage can be found on the website. Go to Jeweler Resources > Business Forms > Business Tools
- The pieces on the back of the catalog are intended to depict how much the average hostess receives in free jewelry. The items here add up to $283.

Heavy Metal, Page 8.

Heavy Metal, as shown in catalog.

Heavy metal, unknotted & twisted tightly

Heavy metal, unknotted & worn loose

Very Berry, page 17

Very berry, clipped in the center, & shown as a belt.

Doubled & layered with Moonlight (p15), doubled

Nightingale, page 19:

Doubled and enhanced with Golden Girl (p94)

Tripled 

Doubled and layered with Shake it Up (p 98), doubled

Clipped to Upscale (p44)

Tripled & enhanced with Notting Hill (p87)

Hot, Hot, Hot, page 20:

Left: Doubled & layered with The A-List (p54)
Right: layered with Pearly Drops (p34)

Layered with Urbanite (p16)

Easy Living, page 30:

Enhancer Removed & Layered with Night Life (p28)

Worn long, without enhancer.

Left: Metal accent twisted to back, enhancer on front
Right: With Romance enhancer (p22)

With metal piece doubled

As shown in catalog

    

 Passionista, page 79

Passionista, layered with Harmony (p24)

Layered with Opening Night (p37), doubled

Left: Doubled and layered with Fuchia(p77), doubled
Right: As Shown in Catalog

  

 Sedona, page 109

Knotted

Doubled & enhanced with Notting Hill (p87)

Doubled & layered with Shake it Up (p98), doubled

Twisted tightly with Barcelona (p105)

L & R: Paired with Resort (p102); Center: Layered with Promenade (p101)

Left: doubled and layered with Embellished (p90); Right: Enhanced with Luminous (p110)

      

Ritz, page 92:

Center removed & paired with Opening Night (p37), doubled & twisted tightly. 

Left: Ritz worn short & held with clip it.
Right: Ritz worn long and enhanced with Golden Girl (p94)

Left: Pearls removed from Ritz & chains worn with Tangerine (p88)
Right: Pearls removed & chain worn with Razzmatazz (p94)

Right: Pearls removed and worn as a choker. Remainder of necklace worn as a belt.

Left: Pearls Removed from Ritz and worn with Golden Girl (p94)

Left: Pearls removed & chain worn with Promenade (p101)
Right: Chains doubled with Upscale (p44)

Left: Pearls added to Daydream (p36) opened up & worn long.
Right: Pearls added to Daydream (p36)

 Bubble Bath, page 107:

Opened up & Worn Long.

RALLY!!!!

Well, we just got home from Rally and it was AMAZING, of course! There really is no understanding or experiencing the heart of Premier without attending Rally. We heard a ton of great training, awesome testimonies, and celebrated the accomplishments and hard work of hundreds of jewelers! We heard from inspiring speaker Nick Vujicic as well as many many of the missionaries that Premier supports. And of course, we were able to see and play with the beautiful new line! What an overwhelming week!

We missed any of you that couldn't make it, but Premier should post all of the training videos online. Make sure you watch them!

A couple of important notes:

- You have a couple of weeks to order the new jewelry. If you attended rally, you have 50% off, plus 30% off. If you did not attend rally, you have 50% off, plus 10% off. Keep an eye on the deadline (which I have not seen yet). You usually have a few weeks to place your new jewelry order. However you can only order the new jewelry (with your 10% or 30% discount) ONCE!

- You can start preparing for Regional Rally! The have announced a couple of changes for regional rally. In years past, there have been 7 rallies across the country, held on two separate weekends. Rallies were two days long. This year, it looks like Rally will be only one day long, and all of them will be on January 12. There will be 30 of them across the country, so there is sure to be one closer to you! Details will come out in  a couple months, but you can start preparing now! RSVP is one of the NEATEST ways Premier has vowed to help their jewelers. RSVP is just a savings account, but just by depositing funds to save for rally, you earn free jewelry! You'll get the entire amount back, in cash, for rally expenses, or if for some reason you can't go. Make sure to check it out!

- Another important announcement at Rally is the 2013 designer trip!! The trip will be June 12-16, and is for all Premier Designers!!! To promote to designer you simply need 7 jewelers under you and have had 36 home shows in the last 12 months. Check our the website for more details. I hope we all get to go together next year!

Quick Starters!!

Congrats to Krystle & Justin and Diana & Mario for achieving their Quick Start 6 and for their first stage recognition at rally!!! You Rock!