{"id":713,"date":"2019-12-03T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigbeeapplique.com\/blog\/?p=713"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:35:11","slug":"facts-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigbeeapplique.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/facts-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You may or may not find this post interesting, I promise to keep it short though! I was told by a very wise person in the sewing industry that she loves my work and my social media and website, but there was something missing.  She said she didn&#8217;t see me. My response was, I know, I want you to see my work, no one cares about me!  But I started thinking about it and thought maybe, just maybe, someone might be interested in the person behind the designs.  So as hard as this is for me, here you go&#8230;a few facts about me, the designer of Big Bee Applique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I was born and raised in Amite, a small town in south Louisiana.  I currently live 15 miles north of that town, still in LA with my husband.<\/li><li>I have 3 kids.  1 son (32) and 2 daughters (28 and 30).  I also have 3 granddaughters.<\/li><li>I lost my middle child (daughter) 2 years ago to an unexpected death.  I currently raise her daughter (my grandaughter).  She calls me mawmaw but calls my husband Daddy! It makes her happy so I am okay with it.<\/li><li>My faith in God is what got me through the tragedy of losing my daughter.  I believe that God is first in all things and He always has a plan for me, and no, I can&#8217;t see it, but I trust Him.<\/li><li>I named my design company Big Bee Applique after my papa.  He owned a western store named Big B Western Store that I was raised in.  The B comes from my father&#8217;s name, Baiamonte.  My name is Melissa which means honey bee, and I really do think bees are cute!<\/li><li>I don&#8217;t have curtains on my bedroom window because&#8230;.wait for it&#8230;I can make them better than what I can buy them for!  I&#8217;ve been in this house for almost 20 years! It&#8217;s okay because I live in the country and my window faces the woods.  <\/li><li>I have 5 horses too many! I love them all and can&#8217;t find a way to part with any of them.<\/li><li>I have chickens, lots of them.  I won&#8217;t eat an egg from the store&#8230;.refuse to do it!<\/li><li>I have a full time job outside the house that doesn&#8217;t involve being creative in any way.  It&#8217;s a great job with great benefits so I can&#8217;t leave it.  I do the majority of my digitizing at night and on weekends.  <\/li><li>My ideal vacation is sitting on a mountain staring at nature or sitting on the beach staring at the ocean.  Notice the pattern&#8230;doing nothing!<\/li><li>Before I went to college, right after high school, I went to beauty school.  I did hair to support myself and kids through college.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There you have it&#8230;.a few fun and not so fun facts about me! By the way, the guy in the picture is my husband, Brad and the little blonde is my oldest granddaughter, Alayna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melissabryandesigns.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"www.melissabryandesigns.com (opens in a new tab)\">www.melissabryandesigns.com<\/a> to shop for your favorite embroidery designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"989\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigbeeapplique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Melissa-Baimonte-Mini-Sesh-0025-2-989x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-716\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigbeeapplique.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigbeeapplique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BIGBEEBANNER-1280-1024x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may or may not find this post interesting, I promise to keep it short though! I was told by a very wise person in the sewing industry that she loves my work and my social media and website, but there was something missing. She said she didn&#8217;t see me. 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