I see your Anne Gedes and I raise you one Mary Englebreit for the slightly cooler 90’s mom.

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memilygiraffily@reddit

My cool mom definitely had this fridge magnet

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erinrachelcat@reddit

I was thinking of this after the Gedes post! My mom loved Mary Englebreit but had no interest in Gedes.

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sarcasmexorcism@reddit

this hung in our kitchen. my mom loved it. the nostalgia that just overtook me.....

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erraticcompendium@reddit

I never put together that the end of the goose border and M.E. was some sort of timeline but it tracks.

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VioletVenable@reddit

She’s from my hometown, so imagine how much Mary Engelbreit stuff your moms and teachers had and then multiply it by a hundred.

Her sweetness and ubiquity made me hate her for years, but it turns out she’s rather cool. She sells social justice-themed prints that benefit Planned Parenthood and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and also has an edgier “Engeldark” line.

So Mary comes for us all, sooner or later!

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rapscallion_pizza@reddit

My mom has been obsessed with her forever, too! We’ve had so much ME stuff in the house over the years. I really love how she uses her art for good stuff like you mentioned. My mom sends me posts every so often and I love how she’s not afraid to call out commenters if they give her guff about it. She’s definitely cool.

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loptopandbingo@reddit

Englebreit

Engeldark

I hate how much I like this lol

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VioletVenable@reddit

Same! I was like, “All right, bitch, you finally got me!” 😂

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CactusHide@reddit

I like the art style of the picture you posted. I’m going to have to check that stuff out!

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Sheschle@reddit (OP)

So lovely. Just the fact she used black and red as the foundation in most of her stuff made her “alt-mom chic” in the small midwestern town I grew up in. Glad to hear she’s still at it with a good cause. I’d gladly buy something from her.

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laurenishere@reddit

I had this poster on my wall! Gifted to me by my mom, of course, who bought it at the Mary Engelbreit store at the mall. Yes, there was a whole store!

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z_iiiiii@reddit

My mom was super into these! Memory unlocked!

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giraffemoo@reddit

Every year for Xmas I'd buy my mom a calendar/planner with this stuff on it.

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tessathemurdervilles@reddit

My aunt is the crafting queen and whenever I visited we’d do a Mary englebreit iron on sweatshirt and do a bunch of fun flourishes on them with puff paint! Such memories…

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_R_A_@reddit

My mom was firmly entrenched in goose motif. Today I learned something new.

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CactusHide@reddit

My mom was a manager at a Hallmark store and was absolutely psyched when ME did a signing there. I’m pretty sure she still has a few signed pictures, including this one, somewhere even if they aren’t hanging up.

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