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Stickers by Mrs. Grossman's (Provided by Mrs. Grossman)

by PJ Bremier

Dogs and ponies, baseball bats and race cars, ornaments and Easter bunnies, fancy drinks and leafy vegetables - Andrea Grossman wasn't thinking of any of them when she got a request from a her client more than 30 years ago.

The graphic designer from Woodacre was envisioning hearts: Kitty Okamura, owner of Pine Street Papery in Sausalito, needed some to send out for Valentine's Day.

But when the label manufacturer sent back the roll of hearts, the two women decided to sell them instead, and with a yardstick and pair of scissors attached nearby, the stickers were an instant success and launched a new industry, says Barbara Marino who's worked for Mrs. Grossman's, the company, for more than a decade.

"The only stickers at the time were on Chiquita bananas," she says.....

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