Hello there!
WiedMakers (pronounced Weed-Makers) is kind of a dual purpose name. It is combination of mine and my husbands’ last names, as well as a combo of my last name and me being a maker.
Allow me to introduce myself. First, I'm Rachel. I have a husband, two dogs, one cat and I spend most of my free time watching crime shows with my mom. My husband's name is Charlie, he is also a business owner, but his is not in sales or online; he primarily plows and cuts down trees, but he's handy and loves to work, so the possibilities are fairly endless. Now my boys... Remington Ronald (Ronnie) is an Australian Cattledog & Lab mix, he has about 20 different nicknames and cannot control his licker. Jameson Lucas (Luke) is a blue merle Australian Shepherd who was adopted at 3, he's recovered a lot from a not-so-pleasant first home and loves being attached to me. Granger Michael (KittyBoy) is a Maine Coon Mix that loves his grandma more than his FurMom, food and bolting out of the house that he likely considers a jail. Yes, they all have full names, they are my kids.
Now about me, personally. If you are taking the time to read this, you may have noticed that my working hours are third shift. The reason why is that I have Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. What that means is that my circadian rhythm (internal clock) is different than the average human. My body needs sleep between roughly 7 am and 5 pm, depending on the day. While everyone else is working, I'm sleeping and vice-versa. I have been this way my entire life, I tried living a normal life, which was miserable, until I was diagnosed with DSPS in 2010. Since then I have embraced my normal cycle and life has been much easier, except for when it comes to working a normal career, maintaining a normal social life or those dreaded days that I need to be somewhere earlier than 7 pm.
Before WiedMakers, I was happily self employed as a personal shopper - then Corona popped up and destroyed the market. Given my sleep disorder, I was fairly limited in what my next step would be. After a lot of thought and research, WiedMakers came to life.
While I hope to expand into items that include my husband in production, as of right now WiedMakers' is run solely by myself. You may notice that I have written most, if not all, of the listings and policies in "we" form. This is not meant to be misleading, its so that when WiedMakers does consist of more than just me I don't have to go back and edit everything. Also, with all of the roles that I take on, its like I am more than one person. (Haha) I make the products, write all of the listings, photograph everything, configure pricing, handle the marketing, shipping, recordkeeping and financial info. Because of this, I am expanding my product lines a little slower than I originally planned. So please, stay tuned for more to be added to the shop!
If you've made it this far, thank you for reading my story!