Who am i?
My name is April Garwood.
I am married to Daniel Garwood, and we have four talented, intelligent, beautiful daughters that I love dearly. I home-educate them and love doing it!
I have yarn in my hands as often as possible. I crochet proficiently, and knit and spin somewhat less-proficiently. I have a weakness for high-end luxury fiber and anything colorful. I am happiest designing accessories, children's items, and garments in natural fibers, but design the occasional eye-catching home decor item as well.
I blog almost weekly and share free patterns, tutorials, and other articles and ramblings about crochet, knitting, and spinning.
I have designed professionally since 2010 and have published with various yarn companies, and in Interweave Crochet, Love of Crochet, I Like Crochet, Crochet! and Crochet Today!. I also have a collection of self-published patterns that are available in my site store, as well as on Etsy, Ravelry, and Craftsy. I am recognized as a professional by the Crochet Guild of America.
I have a BS in Microbiolgoy from The University of Oklahoma. Loved learning about all that life science, but clearly, it doesn't have much to do with my current vocation, although it comes in handy when teaching my girls.
My faith in God is very central to my life and who I am. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you are interested, you can learn more about that at mormon.org.
I am married to Daniel Garwood, and we have four talented, intelligent, beautiful daughters that I love dearly. I home-educate them and love doing it!
I have yarn in my hands as often as possible. I crochet proficiently, and knit and spin somewhat less-proficiently. I have a weakness for high-end luxury fiber and anything colorful. I am happiest designing accessories, children's items, and garments in natural fibers, but design the occasional eye-catching home decor item as well.
I blog almost weekly and share free patterns, tutorials, and other articles and ramblings about crochet, knitting, and spinning.
I have designed professionally since 2010 and have published with various yarn companies, and in Interweave Crochet, Love of Crochet, I Like Crochet, Crochet! and Crochet Today!. I also have a collection of self-published patterns that are available in my site store, as well as on Etsy, Ravelry, and Craftsy. I am recognized as a professional by the Crochet Guild of America.
I have a BS in Microbiolgoy from The University of Oklahoma. Loved learning about all that life science, but clearly, it doesn't have much to do with my current vocation, although it comes in handy when teaching my girls.
My faith in God is very central to my life and who I am. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you are interested, you can learn more about that at mormon.org.
Where did "Banana Moon Studio" come from?
I contemplated a lot of ideas and was very instrospective for awhile to come up with a brand that would be interesting and true to my personality. While I was doing all this soul-searching I remembered one of my favorite memories. When Drama Queen was maybe 18mos old we were driving home from my parents' house late one evening. There was a yellow crescent moon in the sky. Drama Queen was sitting in her carseat in the backseat of our little Toyota Carola, which we no longer have. She pointed out the window at the moon and said, "Beena", her word at the time for banana. It wasn't in a really excited voice, she was just calmly pointing out that there was a banana in the sky. When I remembered that, it hit me that "Banana Moon" was a perfect name! I thought at first "Banana Moon Stitches" or "Banana Moon Stitchery", but after an hour or so of thinking on it, I had it, "Banana Moon Studio"...Perfect!
I LOVE my logo! I actually painted the colors onto a banana and then pressed it onto a sheet of paper. The kids thought this was very funny. Mommy doesn't usually do such silly things. Then I was able to scan it, and add the text.
What does my brand mean? Current, stylish, beautiful, and sometimes just a hint of quirkiness.
I LOVE my logo! I actually painted the colors onto a banana and then pressed it onto a sheet of paper. The kids thought this was very funny. Mommy doesn't usually do such silly things. Then I was able to scan it, and add the text.
What does my brand mean? Current, stylish, beautiful, and sometimes just a hint of quirkiness.
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