We are your very own print, copy, design, bind, fold, bounce ideas around, have lunch at our neighboring deli, tell us a good joke for a discount, have us proofread your brochure, order some neat promotional items, show us photos of your pets & grandchildren, have us design and print your latest book, friendly, come smell the flowers, local, very independent shop. Serving interesting businesses and cool people like you since 1976. Call soon.

SERVICES: Event Planning • Printing: 1 to 4 Color • Carbonless Forms • High Volume Copying • Color Laser Copying • Fiery Color Laser Prints from PC Files • Labels • 24in to 42in Wide Inkjet Printing for Banners/Posters • Laminating, up to 40 inches wide • GBC Plastic or Metal Comb Binding • Graphic Design • Logos • Web Art • Wedding Accessories • Promotional Items • Business Cards • Letterhead • Envelopes • Photo T-Shirts, Bags & Mouse Pads • Short-run Perfect Binding (soft-cover books) • Invitations • Rubber Stamps • Booklets • Flyers • Post Cards • Silk-Screened Apparel & Bags• Buttons • Matchbooks • Pens & Much More!!! www.MiracleTime.com

Miracle Workers:
Sarah ~ Marketing, Artist, Designer, Idea Generator, and the owner since 1995
Mandy ~ Advertising Specialties ~ Your "Promotional Goddess", Graphic & Web Designer, Client Relations
Italo Graphic Designer, Client Relations, Production Manager. Native Spanish speaker.
Nunzio Graphic Designer, Client Relations, Outside Sales Representative. Over 25 years of experience! Make your appointment today.
Albert ~ IT, Fixes everything. In charge of software, sign installations and silk-screen production. Sarah's Dad
Eileen ~ Sales, support, office plant care! Sarah's Mom
Juliet ~ Sales, Customer Service, Production. Summer intern, just graduated from Brookfield High School & attending college in the fall. Big help with setting up our new office in Brookfield.

Occasional Miracle Workers:

Cathy (AKA Cricket the Clown) ~ Yes, we have a professional clown on staff! She can make loads of balloon animals as well as being a swell marketing and production assistant.
Heather ~ Former Office Manager, guest appearances as "Mandy's Sister" and fun event coordinator. Has a snazzy job at PepsiCo. Started working at Miracle for college credit while a Business student at Western Ct St Univ.
JD ~ Outside Sales. Thinks way outside the box.
Randy ~ Mac & software IT Specialist. Prolific photographer. Installed newest Mac G5 at Miracle 9/23/06. Big help with setting up our new office in Brookfield, 2007.
Scot ~ recently spotted working at Sarah's desk. (2005) Writer, giver of advice through questions. Used to stuff envelopes for us when we did more of that sort of thing. Feel free to send us that kind of work & we'll call Scot.
Armando ~ Head Chef & Baker Extraordinaire (Owner of Armando's Restaurant in front of our shop) We put his menu on the web at www.Armandosmenu.com so people could check it out. We also made him nice full color magnets to give away. Hopefully you have one on your frig rght now so you know who to call for catering, dining in or a pizza. My favorite: chicken + broccoli pizza! My mom's favorite: fresh vegetable soup.
Nick~ The Breakfast/Lunch Chef (Owner of Nick's Deli next to our shop) & Diane who will always listen to me vent about whatever is going wrong in my universe. Our favorites: breakfast borritos, mac & cheese with sliced chicken, homemade soup... yum. Miracle made Nick really cute calendar magnets - so customers could remember when it is Tuesday - Nick's "sweet tooth day" - which is when there are free freshly made brownies with your lunch! Don't forget!

SOLD JULY 2007: Our other company.
MGM, LLC DBA Arts & Flowers of Stony Hill, Now called Bethel Flower Market.

We were just across the street from each other. We were on the web at www.NiceFlorist.com, until company was sold. Former staff:

Eileen ~ Manager ~ Florist ~ Sarah's Mom
Albert ~ Accounting (both offices) and deliveries. Works for H & R Block. Sarah's Dad.
Sarah ~ owner ~ beginning floral designer, sales/marketing
Shannon ~ Florist ~ Management
Laura ~ Florist, she is just charming on the phone! Call soon! 203.790.1111
Marty ~ Our Head Driver
Thank you to all of you! Good luck to the new owners.

Partial list of Former Miracle Workers who have moved on...
(If you should be on this list, just send me an email - I just started to write this section, Sarah)

2006 Cathie & Zachary. ~ Accounting, Shipping, Designer, Deliveries, Sales, anything you can think of - she is good at it.
2005 Joann~ Helped with everything, Graphic Designer, direct mail targeting, WE MISS YOU! Joann recently left us (too long a commute from Westport!) Started working at Miracle while a graphic design student at Western Ct St Univ (graduated 2005).
2005 Michael, Danbury High School student who helped with everything. Races his truck on weekends, wow!
2005 Roseann ~ Our Resident Chemical Engineer! (and marketing assistant), Moved to Boston but stays in touch!
2004 Dan~ Production, 1" Button Specialist, Left us for college! Good luck!
2004 Vickiann~ Former Office Manager, Freelance Designer, PhotoShop expert and sales. Big help when my daughter was born (Sept 2001) - became "Aunt" Vicki. Also very cool about sharing her talented parents. Now working at Pepsi! Congradulations, Vicki!

More former Miracle Workers - when Miracle was on Federal Road (original location):
2000? Jay ~ Production and in charge of bringing in very cool CDs to share with everyone. (Now I know all the words to some South Park masterpieces! haha, Sarah) Very much missed here at Miracle, he was here on and off for over three years - around some of his longer traveling adventures. Jay and Brian helped so much with the move to Bethel in 1998-99 and worked at both locations. Great guys.
1999 Brian B~ Very cool Graphic Designer, stolen by a client! Musically talented & fun.
1999 Sharon ~ Office assistant and helped so much after my son was born (Feb 1998). We love you! Hope you are doing well!
1998 Sondra~ Presswoman from Abbot Tech. Your mom is cool, too. Nice seeing you both during the after-Christmas sales at the Danbury Fair Mall (Jan 2006).
1998 Joel ~ Accounting & looking dapper. Best dressed Miracle worker. Left us to earn his masters degree. He's probably doing wonderfully. Hey! Call us and let me know if I'm right, eh?
1998 Dave A ~ Pressman. Now works for the Danbury News-Times. Go Dave!
1997 Christine B~ Office Assistant - brought "baby" Matthew with her (he's not a baby anymore!). This worked out ok until she got pregnant... with triplets! Now a mother of 4 beautiful children (I know this from her Christmas photo cards!) Christine visited Miracle recently (Feb 2006) which was very nice.
1998 Jennifer ~ Office Manager. Stolen by a bigger company! Jen is so cool - she has called in numerous times over the years to send us jobs and check folks here at Miracle. Mother of 2 now.
1998 Cindy ~ Silk Screen Production, nice smile. Where are you now?
1998 Shannyn D ~ Designer/Production. Daughter of a nice client. Left for California!
1997 Shannon ~ Designer. Currently owns her own daycare center (2006) & is a mom now! Yeah!
1997 Donny ~ Designer, smiled a lot. Worked at Miracle for credit while at Westcon. Where did you end up?
1998 Kirsten (spelling?) ~ Office assistant & mom.
1998 Mark ~ Head Pressman.
1995 Rena~ Production, artist. Stopped by to visit in 2006 with a printing project, yeah!!
1995 Jennifer ~ Office Manager. Very smart cookie. Could speak Spanish as a second language.
1985 - 1995 Kurt ~ Pressman, designer, talented zine writer. Original co-owner of Miracle and responsible (I think?) for the name change (from Rapid Graphics). Left the company for new adventures in 1995.
1995-2006 Several Western Ct St University students and one RIT student worked for college credit. Also, various high school students were placed in our office through the "Doors" program for troubled teens. I hope you learned something from working with us! I certainly learned from all of you.

Bring us your tired old forms, letterhead, logo, brochures, business cards... and we will make them look new, stylish and professional! Carbonless forms, medical forms, menus, anything that you think could be improved--- Miracle Graphics will make your business look great. Miracle Graphics & Marketing, LLC One Garella Rd, Bethel, CT 06801 203-744-4212

Miss our last website? Its still here for a little bit. Click the time portal HERE.

Some random company history, 1976-2005:

1976
Company founded as "Rapid Graphics." At one point there were satellite offices in Sandy Hook and Bethel, with the bulk of the offset press and bindery work done in the Danbury building.

April 1, 1995
Company changes ownership. Corporate name changed to Miracle Printing, Inc.

1998
Miracle Graphics & Marketing, LLC born. New office opens at the corner of Stony Hill Road/Rt 6 and Garella Road in a building that was previously used by a local church (just off I-84 Exit 8 at the entrance to the Berkshire Corporate Park). As Addessi Jewelers of Danbury was closing, we bought their beautiful cherry front counter for our new lobby. The benefits of the Bethel/Danbury line office include nice neighbors, especially the deli now called Nick's (formerly Dave's Nook), Pride Cleaners, Triumph Personal Training and Armando's Restaurant. Our customers are pleased by the new office and convenient parking. There's even a handy stop light to re-enter Route 6, yeah!

1999
Miracle grows! Miracle Graphics & Marketing, LLC leases the second floor of our building, doubling our floor space.

August, 2003: Miracle Graphics buys local florist.
MGM, LLC purchased the remains of Wild Iris, LLC, formerly known as Balloons and Flowers, of Brookfield as it is closing. Supplies and a former employee of the company are moved to a stylish new location on Stony Hill Road (just up from Target, across the street from Miracle Graphics) and the new shop is named "Arts & Flowers of Stony Hill." The display area includes an art gallery and locally handmade gift items for sale surrounded by fresh flowers. MGM becomes perhaps the only print/design shop with florists on staff. It's all design, just different media. Both shops deliver!

October, 2003
MGM, LLC and subsidiary Arts & Flowers of Stony Hill expand further by acquiring the equipment and hard goods of Messina's Flower Shop of Danbury as Sam Messina retires. His phone number, with a sixty year history, now rings in our floral studio. Sam brings his years of experience and comes to work for Arts & Flowers. We also hire Sam's driver, Marty, to deliver flowers, fruit baskets, and balloons as well as printing jobs and customer proofs. A&F and Miracle, although in separate buildings across the street from each other, continue to share resources and grow together.

2003
MGM, LLC and subsidiary Arts & Flowers of Stony Hill join DBE, The Danbury Business Executives, a professional networking group.
DBE website

Early 2004
MGM, LLC and subsidiary Arts & Flowers of Stony Hill launch www.NiceFlorist.com which links to our on-line flower ordering website: www.bethelflowers.com. The site is promoted on the internet and with co-op advertising through Teleflora.
Visit NiceFlorist.com
Visit BethelFlowers.com

December, 2004 - January 2005
MGM, LLC and subsidiary Arts & Flowers of Stony Hill expand again by acquiring the 3-bay floral cooler and hard goods of a flower shop in Monroe as they lose their lease after 15 years. This expansion was made possible by Miracle workers Shannon, Karl, Al and Eileen.
Photos to come soon!

January 2005
MGM, LLC finally has its second floor office repainted. Wow, that looks better! Thank you to Michael Seri, painter, artist and Miracle client.
Michael called 9-25-06 - he's doing well, needed more business cards.

June 30, 2007
With the assistance of Frank of Eagle Realty, MGM, LLC sold its flower shop, Arts & Flowers of Stony Hill, to Kim T. who changed the name to Bethel Flower Market. Best of luck to you.

August 2007
With the assistance of Frank of Eagle Realty, MGM, LLC leased 12 Old Rt 7, Brookfield CT as our second office and home of new company C2NP.org.

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Mission statement, August 2007
This is a people business as well as a printing business. The majority of our clients are small businesses, many just starting out with so many questions and misguided ideas. They need some handholding and listening time, and we can do that. As we have matured as an organization ourselves, this being our 31st year as a company, the level of consulting we have been able to perform has grown exponentially. We have out-lived clients who did not heed our advice! In an increasingly complex marketplace where the pace has increased daily, there is less and less time for costly marketing and printing mistakes, and many of our clients appreciate our opinions and insight.

Technology has brought decent color printing to many desktops, but the costs are still generally higher to "do-it-yourself" versus outsourcing to a print shop like Miracle Graphics & Marketing, LLC. When printing in varying volumes, it is important to utilize the most efficient machinery and methods, e.g. you do not run low quantity business cards on a 40" offset press and 250,000 postcards are far too many to produce on a digital toner-based device. We know how to keep costs down - that is one of our primary objectives for our clients. This is an important fact as most, if not all, of our clients are very price sensitive. Maintaining a high level of service in what can be perceived as a commodity industry is a daily challenge. It is somewhat disappointing to be the winning bid for a project strictly on price, we prefer to be recommended to others for our creativity, innovation, resourcefulness, range of services and the fact that we really do care about the success and well-being of our clients. But many times we are less expensive, due in part to our low overhead, efficient production equipment, ASI trade affiliation (Advertising Specialty Institute), and of course our inventive employees.

Our advertising specialty/promotional product department has driven the growth in our company. Far more money and time were invested in that product line, so this is not surprising. We have attended major industry shows in Las Vegas, Philadelphia and New York. We have invested thousands of dollars in training materials, workshops, new software and custom catalogs. We practice what we preach by handing our own promotional items with our logo on them daily and with enthusiasm. This has definitely increased sales. Stop by right now and you will be gifted with a bright lime green Miracle logo totebag with any purchase (or just because you asked for one). Several other interesting self-promotions are in progress, with more ideas always in the wings.

Miracle Philosophy, August 2007
Our ads in the phone book used to proudly declare "We're Friendly!," an attitude that has continued without the need to include the fact as ad copy. No matter how strange the request or the clients' product line may be, we will do our best to help promote their cause. We hope to be the phone number (or email, or fax, or mail, or website…) our clients contact first, identifying Miracle Graphics & Marketing, LLC as their personal copy editor, printing, graphic design, event planning, technical support & marketing department.

We value our suppliers and strive to treat them with respect and hold them responsible for completing our purchase orders accurately and timely. We have partnered with several of our "competitors" by sharing resources and equipment, thereby increasing our confidence to get virtually any job completed for our clients in an efficient manner regardless of scale. Much has been learned from these friends in our industry and this in turn creates more value for our own customers.

Miracle remains committed to white paper recycling through our special blue bins throughout the office, which are gathered into a special green tote that is picked up by a recycling company, at no charge. This has resulted in cost savings (we do not even need an expensive dumpster in our Bethel office because most is recycled). We collect aluminum cans and glass bottles in a special bin for recycling and/or bottle returns. Miracle has invested in low-waste production technologies to increase efficiency and reduce waste of all kinds. Many of our refurbishable (is that a word?) or refillable parts are sent back to our manufacturers instead of being thrown out.

Miracle has been involved with many non-profit clients over the years and we are known for our generous in-kind contributions and discounts. We have received several awards from the American Red Cross of Western CT including the Champion Award trophy and the honor of presenting an award at this year's Hero Award breakfast. Supporting education, we have donated printing, graphic design time, paper and/or excess materials to Henry Abbott Technical School, Stadley Rough Elementary School, Western CT State University, New Fairfield High School, Bethel High School, the Brookfield school system, Naramanke Elementary School (Norwalk), Country Kids school, day care centers, and others. Amos House, the Shelter of the Cross, Danbury Children First, Greater Danbury Soap Box Derby, Newtown Choral Society, various art associations, and so many other non-profit groups have received something extra from Miracle. We sponsored a "stranger danger" educational event in Bethel earlier this year in partnership with one of our clients. We have donated raffle & door prizes to many charitable events for organizations such as The American Red Cross, DAWS (pet shelter), several local schools, and others. We are part of the community and enjoy helping. Giving is certainly part of our corporate culture.