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Make It Pop: Engraving Acrylic for Maximum Impact

Chelsea Sauder, Co-Owner, Houston Acrylic Originally presented July 10, 2025.
Chelsea Sauder is a co-owner of Houston Acrylic, where she leads product development and creates educational content to empower and inspire fellow makers. Since co-founding the company with Courtney and Patrick Boren in August 2020, Chelsea has played a key role in establishing Houston Acrylic as a trusted material supplier—built by makers, for makers. For the past five years, she and her team have been dedicated to supporting a vibrant and growing community by providing high-quality materials and valuable resources that help makers thrive. Chelsea’s passion lies in educating and inspiring laser crafters through hands-on tutorials, product testing, and creative projects. When she’s not working on educational content, she enjoys fabricating custom props and cosplay pieces using laser-cut materials. With a catalog of over 600 unique acrylic styles and laser-friendly materials—including MakerStone, Dichrolam, and more—Houston Acrylic offers everything makers need to bring their next project to life. Choose Houston Acrylic and join a community fueled by creativity, innovation, and quality.

Have you ever struggled to achieve bold, high-contrast engraves on your favorite acrylics? Join Chelsea Sauder of Houston Acrylic as she shares expert tips and creative techniques for engraving on a variety of acrylic styles, from classic two-tone to eye-catching iridescent. Learn how to elevate your laser projects with dual engraves on fluorescent acrylic, paint-filled mirror pieces, and more.

Whether you're looking to refine your engraving process or try something completely new, this session will give you the tools to make your acrylic designs truly stand out.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to prepare different types of acrylic for optimal engraving results

• Techniques for engraving specialty acrylics, including iridescent and confetti styles

• Creative methods to add depth, contrast, and visual interest to your engraving designs

The Ultimate Personalization Duo: Combining UV Printing and Laser Engraving for Next-Level Customization

Susan Cox, CEO and Founder of LogoJET Inc., Originally presented May 29, 2025.
Susan Cox is the CEO and Founder of LogoJET Inc., a business she founded 20 years ago, currently located in Lafayette, Louisiana. LogoJET was named to the Inc. 5000 for five years and is also a three-time LED Growth Network Winner. LogoJET’s award winning printers serve a wide range of industries including promotional products, manufacturing, trophy and awards, signage, home décor, online gifting, industrial labeling and packaging. Supporting over 1,000 customers worldwide, LogoJET is known for their incredible 5 star support, backed by a 3 year warranty on their printers.

Susan is an active volunteer member for the Award and

Personalization Association, recently served on the Board of Directors and currently volunteers on the Tradeshow committee. She enjoys sharing some of her business experience in growing successful teams and has a passion for working with other entrepreneurs.

If you already have a laser and UV printer, this is the webinar you don't want to miss! Join us for an engaging online session where we'll explore how to combine these two powerful technologies to take your personalization offerings to new heights. "The Ultimate Personalization Duo" will provide you with fresh ideas and practical applications to enhance your work in the awards and personalization industry.

Understanding PDFs: A Guide to High-Quality Vector PDF’s for the Engraving Community

Megan Raymond, Raymond's Trophy and Awards; Originally presented on March 6, 2025
Megan Raymond has been in the Awards Industry since 1996. Raymond’s Trophy and Awards was opened by her father-in-law (Randy Raymond Sr.) in 1994. As the company grew, he needed an engraver and graphic designer. When asked to come on and utilize her background in art, she never hesitated. She works side by side with her husband Randy Jr. and they have now owned the business since 2013.

Just because the extension says PDF, does not mean it’s a Vector PDF.

Think of a vector image like a sheet of instructions: it tells the computer how to "draw" the image every time it is displayed. In contrast, a raster image is like a completed jigsaw puzzle. We’ll breakdown why the extension doesn’t mean Vector…..and how to use what your customer sends.

Tips, Tricks and Safeguards to Engraving Your Customers Items

Megan Raymond, Raymond's Trophy and Awards; Sara Thompson, JDS Industries. Originally presented on May 5, 2022
Dive into the tips, tricks, and safeguards used by Raymond’s Trophy and JDS to ensure the best possible result when engraving a customer’s item. Megan and Sara will discuss what items you can and cannot engrave, is it cost-effective for your business, and understand the possible risks of engraving an item. 

Engraving Photographs – Beginner & Intermediate

Jason and Deanna Ramm, Centex Laser Engraving. Originally presented on March 31, 2022.
Laser engraving is ever changing - but engraving photographs remains THE HOTTEST trend!

This session will explore the next steps, in engraving on new mediums and how to help your customer choose the medium that best fits their needs. We will delve into the best types of photos to engrave and discuss how to convert the artwork for each specific medium (processing tips and techniques). Join Jason and Deanna Ramm of Centex Laser Engraving who will have you engraving pictures in no time.

Can my LASER system engrave that?

Megan Raymond, Raymond's Trophy & Awards. Originally presented on April 29, 2021.
Join Megan Raymond, owner of Raymond’s Trophy & Awards, for a deep dive into the common and not so common items that you can laser engrave. Take a walk in Megan’s shoes as she explains the products that she laser engraves on a day-to-day basis.
No matter what type of products you have in stock, this session will cover all the unique products that your laser system can engrave to take your business to the next level:

• Steel, Brass, Aluminum, Anodized Metal
• Plastic / Flexi
• Raw Wood and Piano Finish Wood
• Acrylic (Cast)
• Leather
• Cermarking (on customers items)

Get more value from your inventory and expand your customized products to your customers. We invite you to watch now to find new inspirations in personalizing your existing products.

Using Jigs to Hold Odd Pieces in Your Engravers

Lori Champagne, Champagne Engraving. Originally presented on February 4, 2021. Not all things we engrave are flat and fit perfectly in our engraving beds. Often, we have to get creative when we need to engrave odd shaped pieces. Lori Champagne will explain how to use jigs to hold those more unique objects. She’ll cover what materials to use to make your jigs, the hold strength needed and the mobility they’ll need to engrave successfully.

Tips, Tricks, and Techniques to get the Most from Your Laser Investment

Craig Nelson, Epilog Laser Originally presented on June 4, 2020 Are you looking for the best way to use your laser system? Or are you thinking about adding laser technology to your business? This session is a great way to see how you can use features of your laser system to take your business to the next level. We’ll walk through some of the processes and features of the laser that you could be using to save yourself time and to increase your profits. We’ll also discuss finding new lines of business through niche markets, choosing the right laser system and much more.
This webinar will cover the following topics and more:

• Engraving and Cutting Tips
• Making Customization Manageable (and Profitable!)
• Discovering New Market Opportunities
• What's the Ideal Laser Size and Wattage

Laser Hacks by David Stevens, Trotec Laser Inc.

David Stevens, Trotec Laser Inc. Originally presented on April 23, 2020 This presentation will provide a series of time and money saving laser processing tips and tricks, and best practices to help you maximize your productivity and laser processing results. Topics include:

• Laser efficiency hacks such as fixturing, nesting, and fast part removal techniquesK/li>
• Laser cleaning hacks such as engravers plastic, wood, acrylic and powder coating
• Tricks for boosting laser processing quality including masking, paint fill and rotary hacks

The Laser Clinic

Mike Fruciano, LaserBits Originally presented April 22, 2015 Mike Fruciano of LaserBits discusses techniques for beginning-to-intermediate laser owners. Mike shows how to add value to laser projects using color filling, decorative add-ons, wood embellishments, and inlays. You will learn about production techniques and proven methods to increase sales and productivity in your business.

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