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MARCIA AND FAMILY MOVED FROM THE BRONX, NEW YORK WHERE SHE IS A WORKING AS A TEXTILE DESIGNER TO A SMALL TOWN NAMED BEVERLY HILLS TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY MARCIA STARTS TO ADDRESS ENVELOPES FOR 25 CENTS PER ENVELOPE
MARCIA GAINS THE ATTENTION OF FAMED CATERER MILTON WILLIAMS WHO HIRES HER TO DESIGN AN INVITATION. THE LIMOS FOLLOWED... LINING UP IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING SHE LIVED IN PROMPTING A NEIGHBOR TO COMPLAIN. MARCIA APPEARED IN COURT WHERE THE JUDGE RULED "HEY LADY....GET YOURSELF A SMALL SHOP"
DANNY THOMAS AND FAMILY BECOME MARCIA'S FIRST CELEBRITY CLIENT WORKING FOR BOTH THE FAMILY AND THE BEGINNING OF A LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR WONDERFUL CHARITY ST.JUDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
MARCIA'S WORK LEADS HER TO BECOMING A EVENT PLANNER AND DESIGNER CREATING AMAZING EVENTS FOR HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY AND DIGNITARIES ALL OF THE WORLD INCLUDING RONALD AND NANCY REAGAN, HENRY KISSINGER, BARBARA STREISAND, JOAN RIVERS, DON AND BARBARA RICKLES AND MANY MORE
DIANE BIENSTOCK SETCHEN, OVERHEARD A CELEBRITY IN A HAIR SALON GOSSIPING ABOUT THE TALENTED WOMAN IN BEVERLY HILLS THAT WAS CREATING ONE OF A KIND PARTIES & INVITATIONS. DIANE KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO & CONTACTED MARCIA ASKING TO REPRESENT HER IN NY. MARCIA TURNED DOWN THE REQUEST, BUT BEING THE ENTREPRENEUR SHE ALREADY WAS AT A YOUNG AGE...SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT NO, KNOCKED ON MARCIA'S DOOR, THREW DOWN A SUITCASE STATING...FILL IT UPI DIANE WOULD GO ON TO PIONEER CUSTOMIZED PARTIES AND INVITES IN NEW YORK OPENING HER OFFICE AT THE PLAZA HOTEL BEGINNING HER ICONIC COMPANY FANCY THAT.
AS HER PLANNER AND DESIGNER MARCIA CREATED THE THEME 'FROM LOLLIPOPS TO ROSES" FOR THE BAT MITZVAH OF THEN 12 YEAR OLD MINDY WEISS
MARCIA IS HIRED TO DESIGN FOR THE WEDDING OF DEAN MARTIN TO CATHY HAHN
TOGETHER WITH BEST FRIEND HARRY FINLEY DESIGN AND INVITATIONS ARE CREATED FOR THE WEDDING OF LIZA MINNELLI TO JACK HALEY, JR IN A ELABORATE HOLLYWOOD EVENT ON SUNSET BOULEVARD
10,000 ELABORATE CUSTOM INVITATIONS ARE CREATED FOR THE OPENING OF CAESARS PALACE LAKE TAHOE... TO DATE THE LARGEST PROJECT EVER FOR THE COMPANY
ELABORATE BOXED INVITATIONS INCLUDING A 3-D RENDERING OF THE SINGER ARE CREATED FOR THE 40TH YEAR IN SHOW BUSINESS OF FRANK SINATRA
CLIENTS CANDY AND AARON SPELLING APPROACH MARCIA FOR A JOINT VENTURE OPENING THEIR LEGENDARY SHOP "LEHR AND SPELLING' ON CANON DRIVE IN BEVERLY HILLS RUN BY DAUGHTER ELLEN BLACK AND SON SOL LEHR
DUE TO MARCIA'S FAILING HEALTH ELLEN AND SOL START AN INVITATION AND DESIGN ONLY COMPANY ”LEHR AND BLACK” FOCUSING SOLELY ON ONE OF A KIND CUSTOM INVITATIONS AND EVENT DECOR
LEHR AND BLACK CONTINUES TO FLOURISH AND BECOMES THE GO TO COMPANY FOR HIGH END INVITATIONS AND DESIGN CREATING DESIGNS FOR WEDDINGS, BAR & BAT MITZVAHS, CORPORATE
EVENTS AND CELEBRITIES INCLUDING GWEN STEFANI, HEIDI KLUM, FERGIE AND JOSH, RIHANNA, LE BRON JAMES, SOFIA VERGARO, AND MANY MORE
A CUSTOM 3D REPLICA OF THEIR WEDDING MONOGRAM IS CREATED FOR THE WEDDING INVITATIONS OF GWEN STEFANI 8: GAVIN ROSSDALE
LEHR AND BLACK IS HIRED TO CREATE THE WEDDING INVITATIONS AND ACCESSORIES FOR BACHELORETTE TRISTA REHN AND RYAN SUTTER. THE WEDDING WAS BROADCAST AS THE FINALE OF A THREE-EPISODE SPECIAL CALLED TRISTA & RYAN'S WEDDING. THE MINISERIES, FILMED AT "THE LODGE LUXURY RESORT IN RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA DREW OVER 26 MILLION VIEWERS, MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST-WIDELY VIEWED EPISODES IN THE HISTORY OF REALITY TELEVISION
LEHR AND BLACK RELOCATES TO THEIR CURRENT LOCATION WITH OVER 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICES, SHOWROOM AND WAREHOUSE
A REGGAE THEMED FOILED INVITE IS CREATED FOR THE 23RD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR RIHANNA.
LEHR AND BLACK CREATES THE ELABORATE WEDDING NVITATIONS FOR THE TELEVISED WEDDING OF KIM KARDASHIAN
LEHR AND BLACK BEGIN TO OFFER THEIR CUSTOM INVITATIONS WITH A SATELLITE OFFICE IN NEW YORK.
PLANNED BY MINDY WEISS FOR THE ELABORATE BREAKERS HOTEL WEDDING LEHR AND BLACK DESIGNS THE WEDDING INVITATIONS FOR SOFIA VERGARO AND JOE MANGANIELLO
AFTER CREATING INVITES FOR THE DOUGLAS' 60TH ANNIVERSARY... LEHR AND BLACK TOGETHER WITH PLANNER CHARLEY BLUEBELL EVENTS CREATE A INVITE CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF THE ICON KIRK DOUGLAS
BUSIER THAN EVER LEHR AND BLACK CONTINUES TO SET THE STANDARD FOR THE ULTIMATE IN DESIGN AND CUSTOM INVITATIONS
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CASEY KASEM AND JEAN THOMPSON BURT REYNOLDS AND LONI ANDERSON LIZA MINNELLI AND JACK HALEY, JR. LONI ANDERSON AND BURT REYNOLDS JERMAINE JACKSON AND HAZEL GORDY ADAM SANDLER AND JACKIE TITONE SHAQUILLE O•NEAL AND SHAUNIE NELSON JESSICA SIMPSON AND NICK LACHEY ASHLEE SIMPSON AND EVAN ROSS EVA LONGORIA AND TONY PARKER GWEN STEFANI AND GAVIN ROSSDALE BRITNEY SPEARS AND KEVIN FEDERLINE |
KIM KARDASHIAN AND KRIS HUMPHRIES LALA AND CARMELO ANTHONY AVRIL LAVIGNE AND CHAD KROEGER FERGIE AND JOSH DUHAMEL TRISTA AND RYAN SURER NICOLE RICHIE AND JOEL MADDEN LEBRON AND SAVANNAH JAMES KHLOE KARDASHIAN AND LAMAR ODOM BRYIANA AND ROB DYRDEK LYDIA HEARST AND CHRIS HARDWICK SOFIA VERGARA AND JOE MANGANIELLO MIRANDA KERR AND EVAN SPEIGEL |