Handmade with love!
Hello, my name is Stephanie and I am the owner and creator at String Cheese & Bandaids. I live in a quiet little town in Wyoming. Probably not like the town you have heard about in books though, it's like any other small city with big buildings and lots of people and not so much the wild west anymore but it is beautiful and I'm surrounded by mountains, lakes and prairies all across my state.
My office is over run by stuffed bunnies and other unique toys and dolls, seriously this place is filled with some really neat toys! I started sewing when I was a child after my grandmother taught me to hand stitch and my passion for bringing imaginative characters to life has been growing ever since. I love seeing the little creatures I think up come to life as a cute stuffed toy and my seven children are always throwing crazy ideas my way to try. Some of my greatest.. and favorite products have come from me throwing a random sketch onto paper and creating a pattern from there. I've always had a love for heirloom and vintage items and I'm inspired to keep that look alive throughout my toys.
I have a passion for creating, I have always been an artist ever since I could first color. I have dabbled in sketching, painting, paper craft art, needle art and sewing. So far sewing seems to be my niche for creating and it makes my heart happy!
Running my shop from my home has been an adventure to say the least, I really enjoy having the opportunity to stay home as a work at home mom and do what I love. Being a small business in a smaller community has been great, I love being a vendor at our local farmers market and getting to know fellow shop owners and support local. I hope that as my children grow my business will continue to grow as well and maybe even open up some new opportunities for my children to express their creativity in the future.
I have worked hard to make sure String Cheese & Bandaids is a proud CPSC compliant small business that takes pride in knowing our products are made safe for all ages and meet the latest CPSC safety requirements in the United States.
