a place where no first names are used, and any subject is game.
BigZabba has always enjoyed art. Lately she has become quite good at drawing and painting. The other day she drew a picture for her teacher. She posed her animals, and drew what she saw. I don’t think I could have done as good job as she did. She is becoming a true artist.
Maybe we could convince Uncle D to do some art lessons for us. Maybe…
There must be something in the genes that Auntie A and I didn’t get, because Cousin G is quite the art lover too!
AllyZabba hasn’t always been a trendy baby blanket designer. Her favorite food growing up was mac & cheese. When she tired of playing with her Barbies, she priced them with a black marker and sold them at pretend yard sales. Entrepreneurial? Perhaps. Trendy? No.
AZ has spent most of her life surrounded by kids. From her formative years helping out with Sunday School to her graduation day at Biola University where she majored in Liberal Studies she has been “about” kids. Immediately after graduation, she began teaching in a local elementary school and continued to enjoy the classroom for several years. It wasn’t until her own kids were on the way that she paused her career for the position of full-time Mom.
That’s when things started getting a little more trendy.
Once her daughters were born, AZ started sewing custom blankets for her daughters and friends. Every time she’d go out with a new blanket she got compliments from people asking where she got such cuddly and trendy blankets. The same spirit that was inspired to write 50¢ on the faces of her Barbies was beginning to get an idea.
Later that year, AllyZabba.com was born. The online store, named after a strange combination of her two daughters nicknames, immediately became a success. Sewing blankets, working with resellers and designing new products for the site occupied all of the kids nap time and often late into the night. Hearing the great feedback on the products has been the biggest rewards and keeps AZ inspired.
AZ still keeps mac & cheese stocked in the pantry, but her oldest daughter already has her own favorite food that indicates a more trendy taste—Edamame.
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This is a sorta silly bio that we sent out once to an online product review site. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.