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The Story of giftbandit.com™ and Traces of Heaven, Inc.

Mariette Fredericks owner, giftbandit.com When the giftbandit™ tag was created in 1993, by owner Mariette Fredericks, she had already been working in the print industry for 15 years. She married the tag idea to the invitation and stationery business, working diligently to bring quality products to her local customers.

Over the next several years, Mariette would continue to operate the business under the Traces of Heaven name, while working to cultivate the producing of the original giftbandit™ tags.

The name giftbandit™ came about after Mrs. Fredericks spent years cutting up a go-zillion greeting cards to make as gifts for family and friends. After a few were cut and fashioned onto some presents, inspiration came while “rubber banding” the tags around dozens of Christmas gifts.

The Traces of Heaven’s name, however was taken years before from a song title, by musician Bryan Duncan. The main lyric is strongly linked to Mariette's heart. "He keeps lovingly showing me ~ Traces of Heaven!” She concludes that none of this would exist without the close supervision of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

To read the lyrics of the song "Tracesf of Heaven" from the album Slow Revival, (CD 1994 Bryan Duncan), visit: http://klove.com/lyrics/lyrics.asp?248 or go to the KLOVE website http://klove.com/ for lots of other inspiring song titles.

The Company was named in 1998, incorporated in 2004, and trademarked the same year, with the website following shortly therafter. It was concluded that the name giftbandit™ was to be used because it was more closely related to the stationery industry.

Since its debut in the early 1990’s the giftbandit™ tag has been redesigned a few times. And even though it was introduced in 2004, the team is excited at the opportunity of re-introducing new designs by the end of 2009.

The giftbandit™ team truly enjoys bringing traces of heaven to every event they touch, which includes high levels of service, reliability, responsiveness, strong work ethic, each backed with solid industry experience. Furthermore each trace is carried over by energetic and creative partners that also enjoy a mutual love for beautiful stationery products and operating with integrity!

Our passion is to bring an elegent, yet fun and sassy ways for you to present unique and personalized gifts. We hope you enjoy our new website and that you check back often to see the next new product we have to offer!

Please tell us what you think by sending your comments to us. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Mission Statement:

Fueled with a passion for people, parties and paper products, we celebrate life’s moments with each new customer by striving to meet the invitation and stationery needs of the communities we serve. We cheer on “the handwritten word” by offering entertaining, playful and amusing products that build into and build up relationships.

To those who love to collect + read Mission Statements, here is ours:

Live with Integrity
Be Creative
Have Fun, and
Deliver More Than Expected

Everyday Task: Giftbandit seeks to spot happiness, practice happiness, and bring happiness with lots of color to everyday life! Because every event can be a happy and colorful event!

“Having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one's activities." Author, Speaker of “The Path” Laurie Beth Jones.

Vision:

To seek out divine guidance before serving each customer: We work with “passion and purpose,” “dedication and diligence” and “responsiveness and joy!” We offer merchandise and services that are uniquely original, well-dressed and colorful – complementing any event!

Values:

• We serve others as we would want to be served
• We serve each customers with integrity
• We serve with gratitude
• We serve with originality
• We serve with urgency
• We serve with experience
• We serve with pride
• We serve with passion

Value Added:

• To deliver products and services that say: “We value people and celebrate life”
• To bring excellent industry resources to customers and vendor friends
• To reflect wholesome values in each product and service offered

"Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Mt 7:12 The Msg.