The Vogel Family Blog

  • My favorite thing has a quirk… (with update)

    For Christmas last year in 2020, my husband bought me a knitting machine. I was so excited to finally have one and the moment I saw it I was instantly thinking of all the fun things I could make with it! There were so many videos on YouTube that I had watched and envying them…

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  • The Hardest Decision I’ve Ever Made

    I had scheduled an appointment for our ”house lion” Fester, our large in-home cat, to visit our local pet hospital in Sartell, MN a week ago Friday, July 30th, 2021. We just finished celebrating our 9th Wedding Anniversary with celebratory tattoos for Eston and myself that Friday. We had the whole week off to celebrate…

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  • 5 Key pieces for creativity and life

    Have you ever thought about all those links you click on that market big ideas and plans to boost your creativity, but they all want you to pay for their publications? Or signing up to be bombarded by a series of emails to your inbox everyday… doesn’t that just irk you that you can’t just…

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  • Back to the Swing of Things

    Every now and then we all hit that low spot where we don’t allows follow up on a blog post or work in progress. Projects can take a long time and losing interest is a very real thing. It can be hard to if the projects or things you want to accomplish seem overwhelming or…

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  • It Arrived for Curbside Pickup!

    I was so excited to see the missed call from “Ann Jo” to find a voicemail from Joann Fabrics that my local store had finally received my new Sewing Machine! I placed my special order for the sewing machine as they were SOLD out of inventory in store but luckily shipping was free. I got…

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  • Social Distancing and Crafters

    As a crafter and Mother to 4 kids, I know the most productive crafting time is after they have all gone to bed. I’ve been doing this long before Covid-19 came along. I have found things that help the quiet (or a quiet a sewing machine can be) time pass alone not feeling so alone.…

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  • I Ran Out…

    I Ran Out…

    I can’t believe it almost, my first set of face masks all sold out! There were not too many of them but enough that they sold quickly. I have more supplies on the way to make more, shipping is the longest part. My Etsy shop has received many many views and I hope other items…

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  • My First Sale(s)

    My First Sale(s)

    I have had myEtsy shop now for a couple of months and it finally resulted in its first actual income! Now it is all related to face masks as they are priced cheap and it’s a high demand item. But, hopefully soon aight more foot traffic and other items sell also!

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  • Avacadooo!

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