Background: From 1995 - 2010 I owned a print shop & graphic design studio that helped over a thousand small and medium sized business, non-profits and individuals with their marketing and day-to-day paperwork and forms, it was called Miracle Graphics & Marketing. It was a continuation of a commercial printing and office supply company founded in 1976 under a different name. For those 15 years, man
y customers would come in saying "I need a Miracle!" or "Do you sell Miracles here? " and in time it felt like we attracted miracles of all kinds. There were many adventures, good and not so good, in that quirky little storefront. I miss the human interaction, the regulars that came in with their unrealistic marketing plans, randomly overly done to juvenile graphic design, interesting business ideas, occasionally a normal request just for copies... all the creativity and optimism that comes with a free market based society. In the end, much of that human interaction, all those budding ideas and advice and buying from each other and laughter were replaced by... people ordering their business forms and cards ONLINE... some also seized the means of production and started buying increasingly cheaper color printers for their homes & offices... With a sad heart, I sold my company along with most of the manufacturing equipment and the newly constructed, 2-level, 24 ft ceiling industrial condo I had designed and decorated. So... I never gave up on Miracles. I still find them all over, in the least expected places. Sorry that at the moment you can't just walk into my store and try to buy one, but I'm here online, still ready to give out advice and encouragement. Running a small business is not easy; when you need a Miracle send me a message. You never know. ~sgb
