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<p>Every last woman stationery maker you see today is building her brand upon the shoulders of the women who forged their paths before them — and the younger generation may not even know it. </p>



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<p>Bonnie Marcus has been a prominent figure in the stationery and gift industry for 20 years, snagging the prestigious American Express “Make Mine a $Million Business” contest for women entrepreneurs and counting celebrities like Cindy Crawford and Kathryn Heigl among her custom clientele. ;</p>



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<p>Yet it only appeared easy from the outside; as Bonnie was building the <a href="https://www.bonniemarcuscollection.com/">Bonnie Marcus Collection</a> of invitations, stationery, partyware and gifts, she was also raising three sons. For years at National Stationery Show, she would duck away from her booth while writing wholesale orders for baby shower invitations and announcements to nurse in the restroom next door. Such is the Mom-friendly spirit of our paper community that the booth space itself was implemented onto the show floor by management just to accommodate this new Mom&#8217;s needs! ;</p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-28209" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-28209 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-3 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix" data-id="28209" data-base="0"><div class="tipi-row-inner-style clearfix"><div class="tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap"><div class="block block-23 clearfix"><article class="tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-3 post-10013826 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-favorites tag-adult-note-writing-club tag-back-to-school tag-burundi tag-childrens-stationery tag-coral-blue tag-design tag-greeting-cards tag-sarah-schwartz tag-stationery tag-stationery-design tag-stationery-designer tag-thank-you-notes-2 tag-thank-you-stationery tag-well-noted-saratoga" style="--animation-order:0"><div class="preview-mini-wrap clearfix"><div class="mask"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/starting-snail-mail-love-early/" class="mask-img"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=120%2C120&;ssl=1 120w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=275%2C275&;ssl=1 275w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=372%2C372&;ssl=1 372w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=567%2C567&;ssl=1 567w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=882%2C882&;ssl=1 882w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=24%2C24&;ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=48%2C48&;ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=96%2C96&;ssl=1 96w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?resize=50%2C50&;ssl=1 50w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2742C534-7BF8-410F-9D81-F7D9A9AF88F1_1_201_a-1.jpeg?zoom=2&;resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></div><div class="meta"><div class="byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-4"><div class="byline-part cats"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/category/favorites/" style="color:#b79b0d" class="cat">Favorites</a></div></div><div class="title-wrap"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/starting-snail-mail-love-early/">Starting Snail Mail Love Early</a></h3></div><div class="byline byline-3"><span class="byline-part date"><i class="tipi-i-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date" datetime="2023-08-08T18:38:59+00:00">August 8, 2023</time></span><span class="byline-part likes-count"><a href="#" class="tipi-like-count " data-pid="10013826"><span class="likes-heart"><i class="tipi-i-heart-o" aria-hidden="true"></i><i class="tipi-i-heart" aria-hidden="true"></i></span><span class="tipi-value">0</span></a></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></tipimidc>



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<p>Today, two of those sons are college age, and Bonnie has shifted much of her wholesale business to the licensing model, but she still brings her unmistakable sense of style — to say nothing of hard-won wisdom and a surprise or two — to The Paper Fold. ;</p>



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Bonnie of the Bonnie Marcus Collection
