Our Story

Once upon a time, long ago . . . (1994) in a faraway land . . . (Dallas, Texas) there lived a fair young princess whose name was Valerie. Now Valerie had been assigned by her teacher to make two posters and bring them to school with her the next day. (Even princesses had to do homework assignments!)

As was her habit, Princess Valerie appealed to her mother, Queen Mary, to help her by preparing the poster boards. For in those days, poster boards throughout the kingdom were very primitive with no guide lines at all! Those who created posters without first measuring and drawing light pencil lines had lettering that ran uphill or downhill. So, the queen stayed up late preparing two poster boards with a fine pencil grid so that the young princess could create beautiful posters.

Alas! Just when the queen had almost finished the second poster board, the princess let out a cry of dismay! She had misjudged her spacing and spoiled the first board. Now the queen had to start all over and prepare yet another poster board for her. The queen missed the entire Jay Leno show while preparing the boards for the princess.

Upon finishing the grid on the last poster board, the queen retired to her chamber and fell into a deep sleep. In the middle of the night, she was jolted awake by a vivid dream. In her dream, Queen Mary saw a poster board with a "ghosted" grid printed upon it. "Why haven't I thought of this before?," she cried. "This is the answer!"

Early the next day, the queen called upon her sister, Princess Barbara, who lived in the same kingdom. "We must invent this poster board," she said. "Every man, woman and child in the kingdom needs it. We shall call it "Ghostline®. " Her sister agreed, and they set off together to invent this wonderful new poster board.

When "Ghostline®" poster board was presented, all the subjects in the kingdom came out to see it for it was "magic!" The lines were clearly visible, allowing even small children to create beautiful posters all by themselves. But, once the drawing or lettering was on the board, the lines seemed to disappear! "Ghostline®" was soon presented in different sizes, colors (even neon's!) and on foam boards, project boards and make-a-poster kits. It was decreed that all other poster board would now be obsolete.

Queen Mary, her sister, Princess Barbara and all the loyal subjects in the kingdom lived happily ever after with "Ghostline®," the poster board that takes work out of making posters.