Have you ever had one of those moments in life where you just feel like something is missing and maybe, just maybe, there’s more on the horizon? Well, that is exactly the place I found myself. Last year, I took a leap of faith and felt the Lord was leading me to leave what was my routine and a comfort zone finically, to focus on some other areas of my life. I resisted with the best of them! But finally, I surrendered and went through a whole wave of emotions. But I did feel peace as I could sense God was near me. The verse that says “The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.” from Isaiah 58 kept replaying in my head. I knew this, now it was time to live it.

As a busy mom of three, and a wife to a farmer, I found myself plenty busy keeping up with life and them, but I also made plenty of time to dedicate to my relationship with God. Fast forward quite a few months, and I just felt like I couldn’t take not helping with providing at least some for my family. (Because, let’s be honest, this world has become a place where families need two incomes to live comfortably. Gone are the days of stay at home moms!!). I laid all of this out for God, and lots, and lots, of conversations with my husband. I felt conflicted as I felt that I needed to be home with my kids and my husband, but I was struggling feeling like I personally was at a stand still. And I don’t sit still well…

Well, January 2021 happened. And oh my did it take me by storm!!! All in amazing ways, but it was all very overwhelming. Things that I had been laying out for God for months, and maybe even years, just seemed to be getting answered in one way or another. My husband and I had talked about getting into a local tshirt business and seeing how that would play into our lives. We were ready to pursue something and I had a lot of my own boxes to check if we were going to commit to something! So as we were looking into that, my husband came home one day and said, “how about printing canvas? Look at this machine.”

And here. we. are. In April 2021 we launch my printing business!! Yikes! Talk about things escalating quickly! But Yikes! This has been one of the most peaceful things I have ever been apart of. One thing just lead to the next, and the next, and the next. And you know what? It’s not lost on me. I surrendered to God and I know he is the peace in the center of it all.

As far as how the name came about, one day, we were driving, trying to come up with a business name. I wanted something simple. A one word type of name. We rattled off a bunch of words. I’d say something, my husband would say something, and back and forth we went. Until I said Fine. He asked if I said Vine. Which I clearly did not… But I LOVED it! And more things just felt peaceful. And the verse of John 15:5 came to me “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” I want to dedicate my life and all my work to the creator of me. He is the one who has gifted me the talents I have. I want to use them to bring glory to Him, the One and the Only. So Vine stuck, and we became Vine Print Studio.

As far as where this goes, and what will come of this…. I have no clue at all. But whatever path is in front of me, is because of God and His plan for my life!

So there we have it.

The Vine Story.

Glory be to God!