Marjorie Maxfield is a national wedding, etiquette and personal stationery expert, author, publisher, guest speaker and successful Texas businesswoman.
Her recently published book, The Write Stuff: A Modern Guide to Personal Stationery & Weddings, presents a witty, insightful and savvy view of wedding, etiquette and personal stationery for the today’s bride, in a changing society.
Wed-Etiquette, her signature brand and slogan, sums up her twenty years of experience and expertise in the stationery business. Since 1989, Marjorie has owned Tanglewood Gifts & Stationery, a retail icon known across the Lone Star State as the store of the rich and famous.
Her clients include past presidents and first ladies; astronauts; sports legends; rock and movie stars; celebrities, socialites and local legends, attorneys, physicians, clergy, and businessmen. One of her first brides was Olympic Gold Medalist, Mary Lou Retton.
Who am I to Conduct Bridal, Business and Religious Seminars?
Today, as a professional guest speaker at seminars, events and shows across the country, I present my signature topics: Wed-Etiquette,™ E-Business Etiquette,™ SignatureStyle™, Wed & Write Beautifully,™ and Live & Write Beautifully.™ Audiences include the National Association of Bridal Consultants, Wedding Showcase, and other business and religious organizations.
As an inspirational figure, I have spoken at St. Martin’s Church, the largest Episcopal Church in the United States, whose parishioners include former President George W. Bush. As a spiritual leader, I write The MMM Letter, and conduct classes for students in Atlanta, Georgia.
I have been interviewed on news and talk shows at ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC television. I am a columnist for Brilliant, a Texas luxury magazine. Often, I am featured in national magazines and newspapers. With a presence as the Wed-etiquette™ expert on the Internet, my advice can be found on WeddingWire, Facebook, Twitter, wed-etiquette.blogspot.com., and thewritestuffweddings.com.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she moved to San Antonio, Texas, fifteen years later. She received her BA in philosophy, in three years, from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas in 1969.
She then began her career as a professional copywriter for retail giants such as Foley’s, Joske’s and Sakowitz. She first joined Joske’s of San Anotnio as a specialty and hard-line copywriter, She wrote many of the store’s famous full-page ads, which often caught the attention of former first lady, Lady Bird Johnson. She also free-lanced with a local advertising agency as a television, radio and print copywriter and won several awards.
In 1970, she moved to Houston, Texas and joined the Foley’s advertising department as the lead copywriter for television, radio, print and specialty ad campaigns. Having established a reputation for her unique copywriting style, she then wrote for Sakowitz, an upscale retail store, as the store’s specialty writer.
In 1973, she established The Max Agency, a public relations and advertising firm in Houston, Texas. For eighteen years, she specialized in the real estate and financial industries. Marjorie built a national reputation as a leading real estate development public relations firm, and represented such industry leaders as Gerald D. Hines, one of the largest real estate firms in the world, and Wolff, Morgan & Company, the leading land development and investment firms in the southwest.
Marjorie was equally known for her public relations work for two prominent financial investment advisors, John Sosony and Bill Wood.
In 1980, Marjorie created one of the first radio and television financial shows in the country for Houston PBS, Channel 8, and Houston KTRH radio. Today, the financial talk show format is the programming centerpiece for CNN, Fox, CBS, NBC, and ABC. Dan Rather, the anchor of CBS News, recognizing the importance of Marjorie’s financial talk show innovation, did a television segment on her work in June 1980.
As a national wedding etiquette and stationery expert, Marjorie is a spokesman for Bridal Showcase, the leading bridal show production company in the United States. In 2009 and 2010, she will appear as a guest speaker at Bridal Showcase productions in Washington, D.C., Denver, Colorado, and her hometown, Houston, Texas.
Marjorie is a professional guest speaker, and has spoken to the National Association of Bridal Consultants, and will soon speak at St. Martin’s Church, the largest Episcopal Church in the United States whose parishioners include former President George Bush and first lady, Barbara Bush.
She has been featured on local and national network television, radio as well as in magazines and newspapers. She will begin as a monthly columnist for Brilliant, a luxury Texas magazine, in October 2009.
Marjorie recently launched her publishing company, MMM Signature Press, as well as her new book, “The Write Stuff: A Modern Guide to Personal Stationery & Weddings.”
She met her husband in San Antonio where they were married in 1972. She has one child, James, 26 years old. She resides in Houston, Texas where she has been active as a board member of many charitable and civic organizations including the Junior League of Houston. Friends and family are the central focus of her life, and her passion remains writing. She is currently writing a novel.
Marjorie exclaims and explains to today’s bride, in her book, The Write Stuff, why it is so important to wed and write from the heart.
Her advice is so simple, so timely: Wed and Write Beautifully!
