New Catalog Cover Revealed!!!

Hey gals, long time no post! The holiday season has been a little crazy around here but I just had to post this breaking news... Uppercase has pre-released a picture of the new Spring Catalog cover! Here it is:



Pretty, huh? They also have a few other announcements:

Decorative Prints
We’ve taken removable and repositionable vinyl a step further and created Decorative Prints: a hot new, printed product that can be applied, removed, and reused in all your favorite spaces. We offer whimsical designs for kids and teens, and elegant designs for any home or office, so you’re sure to find something to enhance your home and showcase your style.

Grande Format
What if Uppercase Living classic vinyl designs were available at double the size? Now it’s possible, through our Grande Format product line! We’re offering oversized versions of 6 brand new designs and 1 current design, and every design comes in our traditional solid-color vinyl so you can create a bold visual statement on any large surface—without the mess and hassle of paint.

Brand New Exclusive Colors
Shimmer Vinyl is here to stay, and we’ve got several new colors to expand the options even further! New Shimmer Vinyl includes Shimmer Pink, Shimmer Red, and Shimmer Blue. We’re also offering vibrant new spring colors, including Peach Sorbet, Pumpkin Spice, Cotton Candy, Lilac Bouquet, and Dusty Blue.

New Accessories
Complement a favorite UL expression with our newest accessories. We’ve got two exclusive Foundations™ products to show you: a Vintage Embossed Metal Board and a Vintage Round Embossed Metal Charger. In addition, you’ll find a stunning white version of our Frameworks™ Frames and a beautiful silver easel. You can also trade out your Frameworks™ Frame acrylic inserts for a new magnetic galvanized steel insert!

All these new products, accessories, and colors will be available beginning January 6 at noon (MT).

Wahooo! Merry Early Christmas to us :)

What are your ideas for the new Holiday shimmer words?

I'm calling for any ideas you have for cute make & take projects or Hostess gifts using the new shimmer words...

hohoho, peace, joy, and believe

This weekend I helped a friend make some gifts with the peace and believe words. She had some really cool mirror ornaments in the shape of stars. I helped her apply the shimmer words in gold and silver and they looked beautiful! (Wish I would have had my camera with me!)

Here is a cute idea I found on the myfamily site... just buy a glass mug at the dollar store and apply the red hohoho, add some hot chocolate, some festive ribbon, and voila! A great make &t ake, booking incentive, or hostess thank you for your next open house.


What are your ideas? Please post them or email me pics, and I'll add them to the blog for all of us to see :)

Price is Right tomorrow morning!

I just found out that our "Price is Right" episode is airing tomorrow morning... on CBS. I think it is 9 am but check your local listings. A group of demonstrators went to the show in July before Convention. Michelle Wahlin, on my second line in Washington, was called up from our group at the very beginning of the show. Look for our group in cute white shirts with bright pink flowers :) We had so much fun and loved seeing Michelle up on stage with Drew!

Conference Call Tonight!

I would like to invite you to join a conference call tonight! Tara Tanner and Trish Francis will be giving you some ideas to get you started or RE-started in your business! Lots of ideas for open houses, growing your customer base, learning about UL Express, getting the financial part of your business organized, and more! A great way to kick off your Holiday UL Season! Content for the call will be posted at: http://ulcalls.blogspot.com

Tuesday October 13th
6 PM Pacific
7 PM Mountain
8 PM Central
9 PM Eastern
Call in number: 218-936-4700 (your normal long distance rates will apply)
Access code: 479813

This call will NOT be recorded.

The information presented on the call will be about 45-50 minutes. Afterwards, they will stick around to answer any questions you have. Don't miss it!

MyDesign Suite Training

Join us tonight for training on the new MyDesign Suite. We are going to be working with the features of the MyDesign Suite in depth, show several examples, and answer questions. Be in front of your computer since we are using a cool feature where you can see what we are doing on our computer during the call. This call is for any current demonstrators. We'd love to have you join us!

Date: Tuesday September 15th
Time: 7:00 PM Mountain Standard Time/8:00 PM Central/9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 PM Pacific
Call in number: 1-218-936-4700 (normal long distance rates apply)
Access Code: 479813

You will need to cut and paste this link into your browser to join in the computer stuff that will be happening during the call.
http://www.freeconfe­rence.com/SharePlusCo­nnect.aspx?E=283d7762­bf4afb941d5135f270948­4f6&B=7717415&AC

If you are sending this information to any of your team, make sure they get this link. Hope you can all make it!

Cool Date

Can you believe we're almost halfway through September? It's kinda cool that today's date is 09.09.09. That won't happen again in my lifetime! Here are some other important dates that I want everyone to remember:

DATE #1
September 10th (that would be TOMORROW)
The very last day of our Buy 2 get 1 FREE special. (That includes EVERYTHING in the catalog PLUS custom items!!!) Get the word out to your past customers, hostesses, friends, family, coworkers. This is a great way to get some quick and easy sales.

Also, I am using this great deal to offer a discount on my projects if they sign up by tomorrow- here is my craft night website....
http://projectnight.shutterfly.com/
Let me know if you have any questions about doing a Project Party. The new holiday catalog has some GREAT projects already put together in it!

DATE #2
September 15th
The first day that our new Photo Vinyl is available for customers to order!! This is a great new way to build your customer base. Coaches, dance teachers, parents, photographers - so many people who would love these new options. Have you used the feature yet? Even if you don't plan to purchase it - you should see how it works - so you can answer questions for your customers. Also, we as demonstrators can order NOW - so we can showcase these as soon as possible. Plus any order that you place counts towards your sales too. I recommend if you only get one thing - try the portrait vinyl - you get a 24x24 print for $30 - you can decorate your home and advertise at the same time!

DATE #3
Sept 30th
The LAST day of the quarter. I know I know - everyone loves that day! Please take a look at your sales for the quarter to see where you are at.

These are the required minimums:
Associate Demonstrator: $300
Senior Demonstrators $600
Director: $1000

Uppercase should be closing the month of August by the end of this week. After that happens it will give you a "Projected Status" if your title could change. Please let me know if you have any questions about this. I am happy to answer them!

Enjoy your cool day (9.9.9) and call me or email me if you need anything!

We can order the Holiday Catalog TODAY!!!

Hopefully all of you have received your preview of the mini Holiday catalog in the mail... isn't it great? If you haven't, go check your mail box right now!

I love all the kits they've given us! These are perfect for project parties, or just great gift ideas for our customers for Christmas. Anyway, UL has decided to let us order our catalogs early, so starting at NOON today we can order them as a Supply order. It is $7.95 for a pack of 25!

I can't wait to get mine!!!

Conference Call Tonight!

Don't miss tonight's Conference Call on how to do a successful Project Party. Tara Tanner will be presenting information from Beth Holm's session on this topic at Convention. Beth's was UL's top saleswoman this year, and her project parties are one of the tools she has used to get there. There will also be time for Q&A, so we can share what has and hasn't worked, for those of us who have already done a few project nights.

Time: 7:00 PM Mountain (please adjust for your time zone.)
Call in number: 1-218-936-4700
Access Code: 479813

If you can't make the call, Tara's presentation outline and project pictures will be available later this evening at: http://ulcalls.blogspot.com/

I think they will also be recording tonight's call, so check back for a link to the recording. Hope you can make it!!

Project Nights - Part 2

Here is a follow up on my last post with a few suggestions for doing a Project Party.

When you are planning a project night, make sure you cover all your costs in the projects... so if you're planning on serving refreshments, include a little extra in the project price to cover your expense. Everyone is different as far as what they charge for the projects. I usually just charge the retail price for what I need to purchase from UL, and then I give them 10% off any order they want to place that night as an extra incentive. If I need to order any UL paint, Mistik, vinyl effects or other accessories that I use as supplies, I just figure in the amount at my cost (I don't make anything on these items.) Also, it is good to have an order form for your guests to complete when they RSVP for the event. Include the prices for each item, and they will fill in quantity, color (if you are offering them a choice) and total cost. Then always collect the money BEFORE the event!! If someone can't make it to the event, I try to provide a package of their supplies and instructions so they can complete the project at home. I'm going to post a sample flyer/registration form that one of our team members has done. Thank you to RaeAnn Collins for creating this flyer!

Project Night Ideas...

I've been brainstorming ideas for my next project night, and I just wanted to share what I'm doing, as well as a few cute ideas I've found from other demonstrators. If you have any ideas to share, PLEASE POST A COMMENT!!! If you have any pictures, email them to me and I'll post them up for everyone to see.

The more the merrier! I love seeing what you all come up with. When I get my stuff from UL and have my projects done, I'll post my pics too. Let's get our creative juices flowing!

Here are some things I'd like to do:
- The Halloween 12x12 board in the catalog (pg. 135). Everyone who sees this in the catalog loves it, and it looks even cuter in person with the Vinyl Effects on the letters!

- A Mud Room board with hooks for keys, jackets, hats, etc. I'm using our new pre-drilled MDF board, the antique hooks, and expression #16389 (The Mud Stops Here). I think I will paint it in Whipped Creme and order the lettering in Hot Cocoa or Chocolate Brown.

- Kitchen Canisters with the chalk "tags & tidbits" for labels. I saw this idea at convention and I LOVED it! You could use them to store pasta, rice, dried beans, or even use one as a candy or cookie jar. The great thing is, you can erase the "label" and change out what's inside as often as you want. I'll use the tall glass canisters or whatever I can find for a good price :)

- Give Thanks trifle bowl. Order one of our Give Thanks 6x6" expressions in Etched Glass, and add to a glass trifle bowl for a beautiful gift or holiday serving dish.

- 6x6 expression on our new artichoke or cream punched tile... I haven't quite decided what I want to do for this one yet. People always love my 8x8 sign with the "Please Remove Your Shoes" so I might go with that one, but it would be fun to do something custom for the upcoming holidays. Look at what Jacqueline Cason (an amazingly artistic demonstrator) has done with these tiles in our new MyDesign Suite!!




This inspires me to get in there and start working on a design for these cute new tiles! They also had a really cute recipe book made from 2 of the artichoke tiles at Convention. That would be a good holiday gift - A book of family recipes!

Does anyone else have ideas for these?

Please share!

Welcome to our Blog!

I'm so excited to finally have a place where I can communicate with each one of you and share ideas, pictures, inspiration, recognition and more! With all that is online now, I know you have a ton of sites, blogs, facebook, etc. that you try to keep up with. I'm not trying to replace any other UL resources you may currently use, but just trying to provide a single place that I can get the word out to the members of my team.

As you know, we just returned from an amazing week in California for our annual Uppercase Living Convention. It was great to connect with all of you who were there, and I want to keep that connection going througout the year so I hope you guys will use this blog!

Also, for those of you who are in my 4th or 5th levels, you probably have team members who don't get any of my emails. There is no way for me to access any information beyond my 5th level so I'm looking to you to get that information out to your teams. Please send them a link to this blog so they can feel like they are in the loop and part of our group. I don't want anyone to feel left out!

Please share your comments on any of my posts, and if you would like to contribute your own post, idea or pictures with the team, just send it to me in an email: jacksmama@gmail.com and I'll post it up right away with your name as the contributer.

If you become a "Follower" of this blog and have "Google Reader" or another reader list, you should be notified when I post something new. Or, just check back periodically for new annoucements, upcoming events, ideas and pictures. I plan on posting something at least once a week on Mondays, and maybe more throughout the week. For those of you who aren't quite blog-saavy, I would LOVE to help you and walk you through it so you will be able to come back often.

Let's have fun this fall and start LIVING Uppercase in all that we do!

Love, Holly