We have been the greatest of friends for years and years. We decided to go into business together. April has been selling on Etsy for several years under several different shop names. www.zoelodesigns.etsy.com has become the MOSt popular of all of the shops and is now our main focus.
WE NOW HAVE A NEW SHOP AT WWW.ZOELODESIGNS.ETSY.COM . The 309 may get shut down, or we may continue with a very limited inventory. We have not yet decided.
WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN NEWBORN ONLY OVER AT ZOELO BUT WE ARE UPDATING OUR SHOP TO OFFER SIZES FROM NEWBORN TO ADULT!
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND IT TAKES **FOREVER** TO UPDATE A VERY LARGE VOLUME SHOP, WHICH WWW.ZOELODESIGNS.ETSY.COM IS, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US AS WE UPDATE OUR PRODUCTS AND SHOP SECTIONS TO REFLECT ALL THE LARGER SIZES THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. WE NOW OFFER LOTS MORE THAN HATS! COMING SOON ARE FINGERLESS GLOVES, SCARVES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, BEAUTY PRODUCTS, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
****CONVO US AT ZOELODESIGNS AT ****ANY**** TIME FOR ANY CUSTOM LISTING FOR LARGER SIZES. WE WILL EVEN CUSTOM DESIGN ITEMS FOR YOU THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE LISTED! WE LOVE CUSTOM ORDERS AND LOVE OUR CUSTOMERS. YOU GUYS LITERALLY HELP RAISE OUR FOUR CHILDREN (WE EACH HAVE TWO WITH OUR HUSBANDS AND THEY ARE ALL UNDER THE AGE OF FOUR...YIKEES!). LIFE IS VERY BUSY BUT WE LOVE IT.
CONVO US FOR SCARVES, FINGERLESS GLOVES, ETC. IF WE DON'T OFFER IT IN OUR SHOP, SEND US SOME PHOTOS OR LINKS TO OTHER CROCHET ITEMS YOU LIKE. PLEASE DO NOT SEND KNIT ITEMS AS WE DON'T YET KNIT. SOMEDAY. :-)
APRIL MAGNUSON BARBERE WORKS WWW. ZOELODESIGNS.ETSY.COM FULL TIME *WHILE RAISING A 2 AND 4 YEAR OLD ON HER OWN WITH NO HELP!!** SHE DOES THE BULK OF THE CUSTOM ORDERS (99% OF OUR SHOP IS BASED ON CUSTOM ORDERS, NOT IN STOCK ITEMS---BE SURE TO READ OUR POLICIES ABOUT CURRENT PRODUCTION TIME). APRIL ALSO HAS A 20 HOUR PER WEEK NIGHT AND WEEKEND JOB. I CROCHET AROUND THE CLOCK. MY KIDS ARE TERRIBLE SLEEPERS SO I HAVE NOT SLEPT IN SERIOUSLY 4 YEARS LOL. BUT WHEN MY YOUNGEST (ZOEY--MY SHOP WWW.ZOELODESIGNS.ETSY.COM IS NAMED FOR MY TWO KIDDOS ZOEY AND MILO) WAS 6 MONTHS OLD I WAS LAID OFF WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. THE ECONOMY IS BAD SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO BECOME A QUIT-MY-DAY-JOBBER HERE ON ETSY AND MAKE THIS MY FULL TIME JOB!
BECKI BAILEY MALANDRINO OFFERS READY TO SHIP ITEMS AND HAS A FULL TIME JOB *WHILE* RAISING TWO KIDS WITH THE HELP OF AN AMAZING NANNY WHO STAYS HOME WHILE BECKI WORKS HER STRESSFUL JOB DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. SHE WORKS 40-60 HOURS PER WEEK AT HER DAY JOB, THEN COMES HOME TO TAKE CARE OF HER KIDS AND VISIT WITH HER HUSBAND, AND SHE USES ZOELODESIGNS TO MAKE READY TO SHIP ITEMS MOSTLY AS MEANS OF STRESS RELEASE AND HER STRONG DESIRE TO BE CRAFTY AT THE END OF A LONG AND BUSY WORK DAY. CROCHETING LETS HER UNWIND ONCE THE KIDS ARE IN BED.
APRIL WILL HANDLE MOST OF THE CUSTOM REQUESTS FOR CUSTOM ORDERS, AND MOST ITEMS THAT ARE CUSTOM MADE.
ZOELODESIGNS CARRIES 99% CUSTOM MADE ITEMS WHICH MEANS WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR ME TO CREATE IT AND SHIP IT FOR YOU. I AM RECOVERING FROM A VERY SERIOUS THYROID TUMOR AND A HUGE MESS OF MEDICAL ISSUES SO RIGHT NOW PRODUCTION TIME IS A BIT SLOWER THAN I WOULD LIKE. THIS WILL END SOON AS I GET CAUGHT UP ON A TON OF PAT DUE ORDERS.
I AM EASY TO WORK WITH. LET ME KNOW YOUR PHOTO SHOOT DATE OR DUE DATE AND I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO WORK WITH YOU. WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET OUR CUSTOMERS ORDERS TO THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION.
SO VISIT WWW.ZOELODESIGNS.ETSY.COM FOR OUR NEWEST SHOP!!!!!
LOVE AND CROCHET,
BECKI AND APRIL