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“I have to say I love Mississippi because my roots go deep here. It is my home. I love to travel, but I love coming back to the familiar.” smiles Meagan Babb, owner of Novel Paper. “I feel Mississippi makes for not so much distraction and leaves more time for creativity to thrive.”
Meagan has always known that she was gifted with the ability to draw. She recalls her mother, a high school art teacher, nurturing and developing her gift from a very early age. Meagan went on to graduate from Mississippi State University with a degree in Graphic Design.
Meagan’s first job after college was with Cellular South as their in-house graphic designer. Through this experience, she gained great knowledge of working directly with printers. “I was unofficially designated as the greeting card creator while there for employee birthdays, always looking to make them laugh though creatively I did not feel as fulfilled.” says Meagan.
Meagan has always known that she was gifted with the ability to draw. She recalls her mother, a high school art teacher, nurturing and developing her gift from a very early age. Meagan went on to graduate from Mississippi State University with a degree in Graphic Design.
Meagan’s first job after college was with Cellular South as their in-house graphic designer. Through this experience, she gained great knowledge of working directly with printers. “I was unofficially designated as the greeting card creator while there for employee birthdays, always looking to make them laugh though creatively I did not feel as fulfilled.” says Meagan.
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“And this is where God opened another door.” smiles Meagan. Meagan was having a late lunch at a local coffee store when she overheard interviews taking place. In between the interviews, Meagan struck up a conversation with the interviewer and ended up landing the Display Coordinator position at a brand new store coming to Ridgeland, Anthropologie. “I knew I had googled Anthropologie’s home office graphic design positions 100 times a day previously dreaming and wishing I could move to Philly and now Anthro was coming to Ridgeland. Eeek!” says Meagan. She became the sole creator of in-house displays at the local Ridgeland store and later, the Visual Manager. “Anthropologie taught me so many things about business, people, design, creativity, and everyday it challenged me to be better than I was the day before,” says Meagan. “I still used my graphic design skills often and never stopped creating invitations or odd-and-end jobs on the side. In the back of my mind, I knew one day I wanted to do my own thing.”
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Anthropologie ended up recruiting Meagan to open up t-shirt shops in college towns across the SEC. She relocated one store and opened up two more before the company decided to halt store openings. Meagan was offered a t-shirt design position that she just ultimately couldn’t say yes to. “I had grown too much to back to point A. I knew it was time to do my own thing, so Novel Paper was born.” smiles Meagan.
Novel Paper is a small two person business, Meagan and her husband, Todd. Meagan is the designer, illustrator and idea brain-child and Todd is the business and financial guru. Novel Paper offers illustration services, custom designed luxury paper products for our clients and a growing product line of stationery such as greeting cards, notepads, pencils, etc. “Whatever the design challenge, we will come up with a visual solution,” laughs Meagan. “With our new greeting card line, it is build around my love of puns, food and fashion.”
Novel Paper is a small two person business, Meagan and her husband, Todd. Meagan is the designer, illustrator and idea brain-child and Todd is the business and financial guru. Novel Paper offers illustration services, custom designed luxury paper products for our clients and a growing product line of stationery such as greeting cards, notepads, pencils, etc. “Whatever the design challenge, we will come up with a visual solution,” laughs Meagan. “With our new greeting card line, it is build around my love of puns, food and fashion.”
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