Premier Designs National Rally 2007

Here is my new friend Donna, from North Carolina. We were able to spend Wed. together which was fantastic! Donna and I had just signed up to tour Premier Manufacturing (where they make most of the jewelry sold through Premier) when she approached me about going there together. What a great idea! We ended up having lunch together and talking a lot about our lives! It was a great time and a great way to spend Wed! I'll definitely be looking her up next year at Rally!!! Thanks for a great time Donna! :)

These are my Premier Grandparents - Dan and Diane Duren, also from Lincoln, NE. They were a joy to meet. Dan was kind enough to give us rides to the convention center from our hotel in a nice white Expedition instead of taking the shuttle bus to and fro. He also got us water and was just a very kind man to us ladies. Diane is the one who got Teresa into Premier and then Teresa signed me up, therefore Diane is my Premier Grandmother as they call her. Its so neat having such a great "family" in Premier! Everyone is so kind to each other and they all just want to help one another out so their business can be a success too.

This is Melissa and Tess from my training group in St. Peter, MN. Both Melissa and Tess are from Le Sueur and are a great help to me in selling Premier! I roomed with these 2 crazy gals on Sat. once Teresa and Shelly left for home.

This is my Premier Mom, Teresa on the right side and Shelly, my Premier sister in the middle. Shelly just joined Premier in June and is very excited about selling such great jewelry! Teresa is from Lincoln, NE and Shelly is from St. Paul, Nebraska. You're probably wondering how I got hooked up with Teresa? My friend Julie Harder, originally from Mt. Lake is a teacher in Lincoln, NE and Julie would have jewelry shows with Teresa. Julie would always send me a book and I would order jewelry from her. Eventually Teresa and I got hooked up and the "rest is history"!

Well, I just got back from Dallas TX where Premier Designs had their National Rally from July 11 - 15th. It was a blast - an exciting way to meet other jewelers and get their ideas on selling Premier. We had great entertaininment - Joni Erickson Tada, SQuire Rushnell, Dr. Mamie McCullough, Dr. Charles Lowry and others were there to cheer us on in our ventures!

Premier is all about being based on Biblical principles. Did you know that the JC in JCPenney stands for Jesus Christ? And that Lord and Taylor, the man starting that company is named Taylor, and wanted the Lords' name in his business and be first so he named his business "Lord and Taylor". Interesting huh? Premier stresses how important it is that we as jewelers know what Andy and Joan, the founders, they stand for. They stand for Biblical principles. They stressed that they don't care who we are or what we believe, but they believe in us and they love us for the people that we are - unconditionally - the same as God loves us. Premier can never be sold to any Fortune 500 company, nor will Premier ever be sold on the internet (professionally) - it will always stay the way it is today - caring about all the jewelers.

Premier is a life changing company!