| DATE |
EVENT |
| 02-1995 |
Started working as a Volunteer with Family Services at
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. |
| 04-1995 |
Created the first Braille Birthday Card for Shadows in the Dark. |
| 09-1995 |
Created Christmas, Easter, Valentines Day, Get Well and Friendship cards. |
| 11-1995 |
Patent Search submitted for Braille Pictured Greeting Cards. |
| 01-1996 |
Started sales of Braille Pictured Greeting Cards to the public. |
| 01-1996 |
Submitted Application for Copyright Protection for Braille Pictured Greeting Cards. |
| 01/1996 |
1st article in the Shreveport Times newspaper. |
| 09/1996 |
Purchased State Trademark for Shadows in the Dark. |
| 01-1997 |
Television interview with local Community College. |
| 10-1997 |
Found supplier for quality gift items to sell. |
| 01-1998 |
Began accepting credit card payments with Card Service International. |
| 02-1998 |
Retires from Volunteer work from Family Services upon completion
of 3,000 hours. |
| 08-1998 |
Television interview with Channel 8, West Monroe, Louisiana. |
| 01-1999 |
First online support for CATCH XXII, Youth Football Program. |
| 02-1999 |
Purchased shadowsinthedark.com domain name. |
| 02-1999 |
Started online sales of Greeting Cards and Specialty Gifts. |
| 04-1999 |
Started using Quickbooks Accounting Software. |
| 01-2002 |
Started using UPC Codes for Products. |
| 06-2002 |
Started adding Foreign languages to the line of Braille Greeting
Cards. |
| 05-2003 |
Began accepting credit card payments with Innovative Merchant Services. |
| 06-2004 |
Added Braille playing cards to the line of products. |
| 05-2004 |
Started doing Braille Business Cards. |
| 11-2004 |
Moved to the state of Maryland. |
| 05-2005 |
Started Using Paypal.com for Merchant processing. |
| 12-2005 |
Moved back to the state of Louisiana. |
| 01-2006 |
Celebration of 10th year in business. |
| 11-2006 |
Added Uno Cards to the assortment of Braille Playing cards. |
| 02-2007 |
Resubmitted State Trademark for another 10 years. |
| 03-2007 |
Added, Spades, Pinochle, Bridge, to the assortment of Braille Playing
cards. |
| 07-2007 |
Placed UPC Bar codes on backs of Braille Greeting Cards. |
Timeline of Events