Welcome!

Welcome to M. by Designs BOWS (and more) blog!

This is where I'll be posting my bow images along side of my instagram account.

First up the the WHO and WHY, followed by my FAQ.

WHO is M. by Design bows?

M. by Design is a single person business - Just Me!

I'm a freelance graphic designer who also LOVES crafting, All Star Cheerleading and Irish Dance.

What a combo!

Basically, I love designing.

I love new creations and love to dabble in many aspects of crafting from my first love of Hair Bows to personalizing many objects ranging from cups, wine glasses, key chains, scarves, plates, t-shirts, hoodies and well - just about ANYTHING!

Having two daughters, I have been involved in the "cheer world" since 2002.
From coaching Pee Wee football cheer to All Stars, my girls have been a part of it all. School cheer, Rec and All Stars.

For my cheer bows - I have extensive knowledge in bow making from speciality fabrics, proper adhesive materials, folding and cutting techniques, proper use of rhinestones, rhinestone designing, custom template design and I keep current styles and popular designs as well as creating my own.

I have been making cheer specific bows since about 2003 starting out at the very basic of bows!

Since then I have been perfecting my craft and adding my love of digital design and creativity into my crafting work.

Technology is AMAZING!

This is where I took my love of playing in photoshop to putting those skills into making crafts.
It's completely changed everything about what I make :)

Irish Dance?

Recently, of my daughters branched out into the world of Irish Dance and I found yet another outlet for my BLING and crafting addiction.

RHINESTONES!
I love them. All shapes and sizes. I love anything that glitters!

While I currently create my own templates for Rhinestone Cheer bows, I have slowly come up with a few designs I've used in headbands and fabric bows for Irish Dance. I also bling poodle socks.

I create all of my work from beginning to end. I am a one stop shop and will work with customers closely, emailing designs back and forth, creating and changing them until they are just right.
Complete custom work.

I do not use pre purchased templates, design stock cuts or pre bonded strips or any pre made designing products in any of my work.

My bows and T-shirts are personally designed by me in a photoshop type program and custom created as well as all of my rhinestone designs.