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Company Background
After lending her husband note cards for the past seven years, creator and founder, Kara Magrin was tired of parting with her paper boutique note cards. She searched for note cards for her husband, but couldn't find a good selection that were both masculine and casual.

Being instilled with an entrepreneurial spirit, a dash of marketing geekiness, and a love for life, Kara decided to create them -- not only for men to send, but for women to send to men. "A handwritten note is powerful, especially coming from a man," says Kara. She recruited her husband, Michael, to design the cards; and with the help of talented thoughtful gents, graphic designers, web developers, and many supportive friends, Thoughtful Gent, Inc. became a reality.

As for the name? She credits divine inspiration.

---To many handwritten notes of thoughtfulness.

Product Fact Sheet
ManCards offers a masculine-casual collection of folded note cards and envelopes that may be sent to family, friends, colleagues and potential business clients. ManCards strives to encourage thoughtful notes written by men and for women to send to men.
 

ManCards
The note cards may be purchased as sets.  The sets include 10 note cards and 10 white envelopes packaged in a sleek sliding embossed tin, 6" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4" tin.  Suggested retail $14.95.

Original:

The Original Series personifies the masculine-casual feel.  It includes four note cards. Three have a brown background and each has either a blue, green or orange strip running vertically on the front. The special edition note card features an urban stag painting by Michael Magrin.

Line in the Sand:

The Line in the Sand Series embodies a light and easy going feel. It includes five note cards with white lines running vertically and one running horizontally. The colors include lava rock, sunrise, stone, sand and sky.

Lion:

The Lion Series features illustrations by Michael Magrin.  It was inspired by traveling in Europe and the unique way of mixing old (lion) with new (urban feel).  It includes five note cards with lions throughout: big red, lil’ lions, midnight, crouching blue and crouching tan.

Warmly Lined:

The Warmly Lined Series embodies a nautical feel. It includes five note cards with a strong white vertical line and two thin lines running horizontally. The colors include gray, tangerine, nautical blue, lime and sea blue.

Classic:

The Classic Series, well, it speaks for itself. It includes five note cards with blue and white diagonal lines.  The colors include blue, green, orange, pink and yellow.

Doing our part:

Our original note card paper stock collection started at 10% post consumer waste (pcw) and we have increased our new collection to 100% pcw made with wind-generated electricity and it is FSC approved. We choose envelopes that are not only FSC approved but Green-e Certified.  Our local printer only uses soy based inks. Our tins are reusable for change holders, candy stashes, tackle boxes, and even for the occasional holding of nuts and bolts. Our shipping boxes are 100% recycled medium. We will reuse packaging materials whenever possible.

Media inquiries:

To interview the creator and founder, Kara Magrin,  feel free to contact press@thoughtfulgent.com.