Embellish Your World

Have you seen our virtual tradeshow yet?  If not, click on the button on the top right hand corner of the home page and learn about our fantastic rhinestone buttons, buckles, and brooches!  We will show you a brief collection of the items and ways to use them in your fashion accessories.

We know that you can’t attend all of the tradeshows and neither can we, so we decided to bring the tradeshow to you via our Expo International Virtual Tradeshow!  You can view new episodes in the comfort of your office or home, review the actual products on the website and make your purchases on our shopping cart…how easy is that?

If you haven’t yet logged onto our site, just click on the “register here” button on the home page, fill out the required information, fax in your tax id number and soon you will have access to our pricing, discounts, specials, and promotions.  There are a lot of perks at www.expointl.com and many of those perks are designed for our registered customers only.

As I mentioned, the first episode was geared toward using the rhinestone buttons, rhinestone buckles and rhinestone brooches in fashion accessorizing.  We will shortly release the new episode in which we use the same items on home décor accessories.  Make sure to see the Expo International, Inc. virtual tradeshow on “Home Décor Jewelry”!   We are filming it as this blog is prepared!!!

Whether using the rhinestone buckles, buttons and brooches on Fashion Accessories or Home Décor Accessories,

remember to “Embellish Your World”!!!

Debi

Oooooh, it’s sparkly!  Everyone is attracted to shiny sparkly objects.

These new brooches and rhinestone accessories will definitely get attention…the good kind…the kind everyone wants.  Fashion accessories make us feel complete and put together.  Simply wear one of these Rhinestone/Gem Brooches on a jacket, sweater or to secure a fashion scarf.  Try pinning a brooch on a favorite hat or on a handbag for a new look. Use a rhinestone accessory as a fashion buckle or jewelry connector.  Change your embellishments with your changing moods!

The Rhinestone/Gem Brooches from Expo International, Inc. will even look wonderful as components in other fashion accessories…just collage several different brooches, feathers, fibers and appliqués on a headband or as a personally designed brooch.

For a new twist, attach a Rhinestone/Gem Brooch to a pillow, tassel, and curtain tieback or as a medallion on the end of your favorite table runner.

There are many different rhinestone products offered at Expo International, Inc.  Don’t miss our rhinestone barrettes and hairclips, rhinestone tiaras, rhinestone appliqués and rhinestone trims.

Embellish Your World,
Debi

Bridal hair accessories

With all the excitement surrounding the royal wedding, fairy tales and happily-ever-afters, we think of all of our customers and the bridal departments that need a little additional sparkle!

At Expo International, Inc. we are actively searching for new wedding accessories, bridal fashion accessories and special day final touches.  Please take some time to review our newest lines of bridal and wedding accessories, rhinestone barrettes, rhinestone brooches, rhinestone buttons and floral hairclips.

Help your customers to celebrate in royal style with quality products from Expo International, Inc., at fantastic prices.

And as we tip our hats to the newly wedded prince and princess, show your customers that you can make dreams come true too!

Embellish your world,

Debi

Fascinated with sequins? We all are…they hypnotize us with their depth, color and sparkle! Sequin trims make us happy, inside and out!

Turn mundane apparel into runway fashions; add sequin trims with just a few stitches or permanent fabric adhesive.

Some decorative sequin trims

Check out our fantastic collection of sequin stretch trims, sequin beaded fringe trims, sequin decorative trims, sequin flower trims, sequin chainette trims and sequin organza trims.

By simply sporting a headband and wristband of sequin stretch trim, you can feel like an Olympic athlete and the world is yours. Add sequin trim to your flip flops, baseball caps, handbags and t-shirt necklines for fashionable apparel and accessories. At Expo International, Inc., you will find single row stretch sequin trim to five-row stretch sequin trims in metallic sequins and hologram sequins.

Sequin Chainette Trims are available in 3”, 6”, and 12” lengths, great for handbags, apparel, and costumes.

Sequin Beaded Trims include small round sequins, large pailette sequins, and tusk shaped sequins accompanied by tiny rocaille beads.

Need a simple floral sparkling touch? Add a sequin flower trim or cut a few flowers apart for simple embellishments. Sequin floral trims are fantastic final touches for bridal fashions and special occasion gowns.

Sequin organza trims are very elegant sequin trims that combine sheer ribbons with sporadic sequins and beads. These classy trims are often found on high end fashions.

Purchase from our sequin trim collection and watch your profits add up!

Embellish Your World,
Debi
ExpoIntl.com

It’s a new year and we are excited to move forward at Expo International, Inc.! We are making improvements to our website every day and hope that it is helping you in your search for our fantastic products.

We have many other exciting changes scheduled for the Expo International, Inc., website and making your shopping online a relaxing and enjoyable experience is our goal!

We are also adding new products to our Fashion and Home Décor Collections. In fashion, we have recently added more feather and fabric brooches and hairclips. What an exciting collection full of color, imagination, dimension and movement! These items are great for all kinds of embellishment; use them in your hair, on a lapel, on a handbag…your imagination is your limitation!

Please check our out show schedule for January…we might be coming to your area or a show that you are attending. In January we will be exhibiting at the Dallas Fabric & Trim Show, the Dallas Gift Show- Finds, the Houston Halloween Show and our biggest show of the year- Craft & Hobby Association, (CHA).

Embellish your world!

Debi

We just wanted to share a photo from our booth at Quilt Market. The show was held over Halloween, so we decided to make it really fun and dress the part! In this group photo you will find our fearless leader- Sam, Dean as a pirate, yours truly as a good witch, and our newest member of the team, Louis- supporting his favorite baseball team. (Quite a gutsy move considering the show was in Texas!)
We just want you all to know that although we are very serious about our work at Expo International, Inc….we do know how to have fun!

The show was great and the quilts were fantastic as usual. We hope to see you all at shows in the near future! Our next show is Showtime in Highpoint, North Carolina. Please click the tab for trade shows at the top of our home page to keep updated on our exhibitions.

Embellish Your World,
Debi

Just a reminder that Quilt Market is October 30-November 1, 2010 at the George Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Since Expo International, Inc., is located in Houston, we will be over there bright and early and ready to go!

Quilt Market is such a beautiful show, if you haven’t ever attended, but you have the opportuntity, don’t miss it! The finished quilts, dolls and other artwork is spectacular!

Please stop by our booth #2207 and see all of the new trims, appliques and brooches!

We love visiting with our customers and look forward to having a frightening good time over the Halloween weekend!

Embellish your world!

Debi

If you have found this blog, you have found our website. YEAH!

We are working very hard to improve our website to make it as easy for you to find and purchase our fantastic products. If you haven’t already signed in to get your pricing turned on…what are you waiting for? Really, it is not as bad as filling out medical forms or insurance, its simple! Just fill in the basic info after clicking the REGISTER NOW button and then fax in your Sales Tax ID Certificate or equivalent document and we will turn on your pricing. IT IS THAT EASY! Please keep in mind that our office hours are Monday –Friday, 9am to 5pm, with the exception of major holidays. We can only turn pricing on when we are physically here.

Current customers of Expo International, Inc. must register and set up a website account if they would like to view the pricing and be able to shop online. Unfortunately our website does not know if you are a current customer, it is on a separate data base. Go ahead, register, you will find that ordering online is fast and easy!

Once you are a registered customer, you will not only have the pricing at your fingertips, but you will receive all the product blasts, special sales blasts, and discount coupons blasts! Why would you wait?

While you are on our website don’t forget to check this “BLOG” regularly, the “TRADE SHOWS” announcements, the “BEST SELLERS” list and “WHAT’S NEW”. Stay informed…we are always adding something!

If you have questions or comments about product or the website in general please call 800-542-4367 or email sales@expointl.com. You can also send a message through our “CONTACT US” button. We would love to hear from you.

So, step up and finish your registration if you haven’t already done it- you won’t be sorry!

Embellish your world!

Debi

We have a new member in the Expo International, Inc. family!

Louis Levy is our new territorial manager on the West Coast! He currently resides in Sacramento, California and will be caring for our customers on the western side of the United States. He will also venture out of his territory for intermittent national trade shows.

We are really thrilled to have him as part of our company staff! He has an extensive history in the Craft Industry that started in 1983 when he joined the team of Westrim Crafts. He has seen many changes in craft business over the years and can relate to the issues that face the all of us as we move forward in this creative industry.
Louis is excited to assist the existing and potential Expo International, Inc. customers in California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Washington to start.

Louis will be attending the International Quilt Market and exhibiting with us in booth 2207. Stop by and say hello or email him directly at louis@expointl.com

We are moving forward to bring the most beautiful trims and products to you! With our wonderful capable staff, we will succeed!

Embellish Your World

Debi

My favorite time of the year is autumn; I enjoy the cool days, cooler nights, crisp fall leaves crunching under foot, jigsaw puzzles and apple cider!

I haven’t been blogging because I drove to my hometown in Iowa to visit family and friends. When I came back to Houston, I had loaded the car with photos to organize, an old guitar and my two cats, Lance and Colby. Traveling 19 ½ hours with 2 cats was a frightening vision, so my sister Lori came along for a few days. Everything went well, the cats were fantastic to travel with and I got a little vacation to gather steam for the upcoming busy months.

I did have the opportunity to exhibit at a small tradeshow and get re-acquainted with customers that I worked with many years ago. I enjoy “catching up” with customers; how is everyone in their family? , what is new in their communities? , and how is their business? Networking is what business is all about…you can teach us so much!

When I returned to the office, we had added more and more new trims, appliqués and brooches……… so keep up to date with us and visit this website regularly. Type in “What’s New” for our newest items.
This week we exhibited at the Los Angeles Fabric and Trim show and it was a fantastic show. We were very busy which tells us that we are ON TREND with our products!!! Let us know if you see a new trend that everyone is missing, we need your input!

Time for a cup of spiced cider (cinnamon red-hots in hot apple cider) and a snuggle with the kitties!
Embellish Your World!
Debi