Once again, I have found myself procrastinating when it comes to writing a blog. The new year has come and gone, the PPAI show was last week, and we are now heading into the regional shows and for us Northerners, more snow and cold.

I was in Toronto last weekend, and upon my return, was given terrible news that one of our customers, a young 30ish female, had unexpectedly passed away leaving behind 2 young children and husband. Her passing is tragic in many ways and very personal, because she was just establishing herself in our industry, called me often, with success stories and questions and was very close in age to my own 2 daughters. It makes me realize that life is short, and the issues we run across in this industry are trivial compared to what happened to her family.

I will be going on the road again starting next week for the New Product Showcase. The schedule is posted on the home page of our website, so if you are close to one of the cities I will be in, I would love to see you.

We are working hard at learning the ins and outs of the all over dye sublimation process and the heat transfer process and will be publishing pricing and tips shortly. I am posting examples of some of the projects we are doing to give you an idea of what can be done, but I assure you, we haven't touched the tip of the iceberg yet with techniques. We will be publishing a catalog of stock designs and the ability to create designs on-line shortly as well.

More information to follow soon,

Rob