Made in Cbus: Local mom’s small biz brimming with success
Brim Papery is a made-by-hand stationary and gift company based right here in Columbus, Ohio. The face behind it is one boss mom-trepreneur.
Jolie Ankrom began Brim after leaving her job as a Spanish teacher and deciding to stay at home with her newborn daughter. In a personal statement on Brim’s website, she writes that she loved being at home but was longing for a way to develop something that was completely hers. Ankrom first began creating simple hand-written greeting cards but quickly expanded her product offering as the brand grew in popularity.
[elfsight_instagram_feed id=”94″]“Every product at Brim has been designed and lettered by hand by me, either on paper or with my stylus! I make things to empower and unite women,” she wrote. “Ok, also to make them laugh.”
Since 2013, the brand has grown from e-commerce, to brick and mortar store shelves all over the US, and boasts 24.8k followers on Instagram. Ankrom now works out of a studio at3763 N High St. in Clintonville where she hosts creative workshops.
“I wanted to always remember the season of life that this business was born out of – a season where my cup was filled to the brim with new life and new opportunity,” wrote Ankrom. “I hope for it to be a constant reminder of how lucky I was to be able to have both motherhood and creativity, coexisting together.”
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