Surely you've heard of Curly Birdie. She only makes the most adorable crocheted baby/toddler mary janes known to man. But wait! She also makes cute tank tops, crocheted hats and MORE! She has had professional photographers take pictures of her products, which makes you want to buy them all the more. Great pictures of your products definitely makes a huge difference.
Let me introduce you to Maria. She is the mastermind behind Curly Birdie . . . here is a little bit about who she is:
I'm a Momma of 3 girls Isabella is 5, Havana is 3 and Mia is almost 1. I am married to my high school sweetheart. I still live 15 minutes away from my parents and I love it that way.
Me and my husband have a family owned donut shop (crazy....I know) so most of my mornings are spent there. I've been crafting ever since I was little, my grandmother would always make handmade cards or oil paintings or macrame. She was always making some sort of a craft. So really I didn't have a choice, it was always around me. Many of my clothes as a child were handmade. We even had our Barbie clothes handmade!
I started crocheting because I wanted to make a blanket for my oldest when I was pregnant (still to be completed, she is now 5). So I started playing with different patterns, and ended up trying to make shoes for my youngest girl and really enjoyed making them. I got a pretty good response from the shoes so several tries later, I decided to start an etsy shop with baby shoes. And what do ya know??? It became this little wonderful business!
Recently I've been trying to do a balancing act of Momma and Wife and Curly Birdie fits in between there somewhere. I'm stll trying to figure out some sort of balance. Right now it is spent up many many late nights.
I love making these shoes! Especially when customers contact me and they are buying a pair of newborn shoes to bring their babies home from the hospital, that's the best!
I usually start with several skeins of yarn and I'll put several combinations together to see what match I like best. Then the shoes are made. I do like to play around with flower size and placement. I'm always trying something new.
She is truly an amazing woman! I love meeting other creative mothers. Especially ones that have their own businesses. It's great to talk about how they do it all. You all always ask me how I do it all. :) We'll get to that at another time, though!
Want to know what Maria is giving to one lucky Shey b reader? I do too... let's find out now.
One lucky winner will receive 1 pair of Curly Birdie shoes! ANY STYLE! Now. If you don't have any kids or kids that will fit in these adorable shoes... surely you know someone that has a little girl that can fit in them! So, enter anyway!!
I am changing how giveaways work on Shey b as to make it easier and less time consuming for you all! Oh goody goody gumdrops.
Here is how to enter:
1. Go to the Curly Birdie shop. Come back here and tell me your favorite pair or pairs of shoes.
2. Follow Curly Birdie on Twitter.
3. Tweet and or Facebook about this giveaway for an extra entry as well.
If you're going to tweet, then you can cut and paste the following:
Win a pair of @curlybirdie's darling crocheted baby/toddler shoes over at @sheyb's blog! http://bit.ly/15ZU8g
( yes. I changed my twitter name from @shealynn to @sheyb - just FYI )
Good luck!!
Giveaway will end sometime next week!
