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Focus - Software applications to create personalized gifts at point of sale.
Locations - 200+ active licensee locations, many more part time locations open Oct.-Dec.
Target markets - Personalized Gifts, Awards, Fine Art;
Amusement parks, Hobby industry, Party Caters, traditional Gift, Award, and Specialty shops.
Regions/Areas - Australia, Bermuda, Canada, England, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, and the United States
Current customers/ locations -
* Major Amusement Parks: Disneyland, Marine World, Paramount Parks, Sea World, Six Flags.
* Casino Hotels: Circus Circus Properties
* Wal-Mart: Outside vendors
* Malls: many licensees have permanent store or Kiosk in many of the major malls
* Weekend craters, swap-meets, county and state fairs
Value-added services -
* Names Meanings and Poem software, “Names & Faces”.
* Graphical Personalization Software, “Adventures In Art” (Fall 99)
* Licensor of “Adventures In Art” Fine Art CD libraries for custom printing and sublimation.
* Unique methods of personalization such as Foil Printing on Glass, Art, and other substrates.
* Publisher and major distributor of overprint art, over 200 art prints available for overprinting.
* Names research services, origin and meaning ( not genealogical).
Data available . . .
* First Names, their origin, and meaning, in both English and Spanish, over ½ Million spellings.*
* 180,000 last names, their origin, and meaning.
* 70+top breeds of dogs, origin, history of the breed, traits, with full color art of each breed.
* 400+ poetry, most exclusive, for all occasions.
Gift areas . . .
For all occasions, Birth to Bereavement, Weddings to Baptisms; Awards, Success, Motivation, Inspiration, Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister, Family, even Mother-in-Law!
Training: Regional and National workshops, as well as Video Workshops.
Supplies for personalization businesses:
Sell: Art - Over Print Art (over 200 images), Foil Art, ( license Fine Art libraries on CD)
Acrylics - frames, key tags, mugs etc. hundreds of Acrylic and related items.
Foil - universal application foil for most foiling applications, Art, Glass, etc..
Foiling Overlays (for printing over Photos, Foil Art, Mats, Mirrors & Glass.)
Foil Printing transfer papers (for printing on Glass, Art, etc.)
Frames - fine quality wood frames, putted corners, quick load.
Mats - standard and Custom; 5 X 7, 8 X 10, 11 X 14, 10 ½ X 20,;
Sublimation Supplies - Glass, Mouse Pads, Mugs, Plastic, Wood, etc.
Porcelain Plates, Trays, Ornaments
Promote, but do not sell: Apparel, T-shirts, Canvas Bags, etc.
Hardware & Equipment
Sell: Foilers/Laminators, Dye Cutters, Heat Presses
Promote, but do not sell: Digital Cameras, scanners, Ink Jet printers, Laser printers, Computers

Specialties:
Personalization & Customization...
Personalization & Customization is what our software is all about. In 1991 we started the “First Names Meaning” software craze with our release of “Names & Faces”. During the height of that craze we had over 500 active “Names & Faces” licensees world wide.
Digital Graphics . . .
Gifts With A Heart is one of two "Over-print Art" publishers, over-print is not stationary. Over print art is art which is created for the specific purpose of providing an area in which the end user can print custom verse or text in with a laser printer. We are the major distributor for the other publisher, as well as for most overprint art published by traditional art publishers. We publish over sixty “over-print” art prints of our own.

In our newest software release "Adventures In Art" (Fall 99), we have licensed and are preparing over 300 professional quality art pieces for an accompanying CD art library. "Adventures in Art" is a Next Generation Personalization Graphics Software and Fine Art Library featuring art-on-the-fly capabilities .
Graphics and Personalization Applications:
We license our own software applications “Names & Faces” and “Adventures in Art”, on royalty per use basis, for use in kiosks and shops, most any personalization business.

History
1991 - Names & Faces” was released. The first “names meaning”data base, software application.
1992 - Poems, verses, and quotes database was added to the software.
1993 - Opened locations in Disneyland, Sea World ( San Diego, Orlando), Knotts Berry Farm
1994 - Over 500 active “Names & Faces” licensees world wide.
- Released first name, meaning, origin, and traits in Spanish.
- Added 160,000 root names to our data base of first names*
- Released our Surname database with over 140,000 last names, meanings, and origins.
1996 - Release of Dog Breeds origin software and accompanying art and transfers.
- Development of Foil printing on Art
1997 - Mother Poems & Display Book, over 100 poems for Mother, Grandmother, etc.
- Father Poems & Display Book, over 100 poems for Father, Grandfather, etc.
- Graduation Poems & Display Book, over 40 poems for Graduation, Success, etc.
- General Poems & Display Book, over 100 poems for miscellaneous occasions: Adoption, Aunts, Babies & Birth, Bereavement, Brother, Daughter, Family, Friendship, Home, Sister, Son, Special People
1998 - Love & Romance Poems & Display Book, over 100 poems for Love, Wedding, etc.
- Inspiration Poems & Display Book, over 100 poems, hymns, verse & scripture
- Rainbow of Colors” Art, a new generation of high definition (300 line screen, waterless printed) overprint art.
1999 - Development of Foil Overlay printing
- Development of Foil printing on Glass
- Development and licensing of “Adventures In Art” Graphical Personalization Software, and Fine Art CD library, for custom printing and sublimation.

* . . . allowing our software to print the accurate meaning and origin of over one half million name spellings. This still represents the largest database of first name origins and meanings in the world. It is over six times larger than the closest runner up which has a healthy 30,000 names.