• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Subscribe
Program Guide
Watch Live

CCX Media

Skip NavigationMenu
  • News
    • Close
        • CCX News
          • CCX News Home
          • News Stories
            • CCX Daily Newcast
          • CCX News Special Reports
          • CCX Media Schools
        • Feature Segments

          • Business Matters
          • School Spotlight
          • Standout Student
          • Weekend Showcase
          • Newsmakers
        • News Tip

          Send us a story idea or news tip!
          Facebook Instagram Twitter
          Watch Live
          CCX1 | CCX2 | CCX3
        • Apple News
    • Close
  • Sports
    • Close
        • CCX Sports
          • CCX Sports Home
          • Sports Tips
          • Hall of Fame
          • Upcoming Event Coverage
          • Play of the Week
        • Sports Coverage

          Adapted SportsAdditional SportsBaseballBasketballFootball
          GymnasticsHockeyLacrosseSoccerSoftball
          Swimming & DivingTennisTrack & FieldVolleyballWrestling
        • Social Media

          Facebook Twitter Instagram
          Watch Live
          CCX1 | CCX2 | CCX3
          Shop/Order
    • Close
  • Cities
    • Close
        • CCX Cities
          • CCX Cities Home
          • The Connection
          • In The Community
          • Our Town’s Story
          • Community Resources
          • CCX Media Schools
          • City Meetings
        • Your City

          Brooklyn Center Local News and Events
          Brooklyn Park MN Local News and Events
          Crystal
          Golden Valley
          Maple Grove
          New Hope
          Osseo
          Plymouth
          Robbinsdale
        • Social Media

          Facebook Twitter
          Watch Live
          CCX1 | CCX2 | CCX3
    • Close
  • Create
    • Close
        • CCX Create
          • CCX Create Home
          • Channels
          • Resources
          • Meet The Create Team
          • CCX Create Virtual Tour
        • Get Creative

          • Make Your Own Show
          • Free Classes
          • Contact Us
          • Polka Spotlight
          • Diversity Minute
        • RueShare

          • Member Login
          • Member Guide
        • Social Media

          Facebook Twitter Instagram
          Watch Live
          CCX1 | CCX2 | CCX3
    • Close
  • Subscribe
  • Program guide
  • Watch Live

Wayzata High School Student Turns Entrepreneur

3:20 PM | Monday, March 15, 2021

Annabelle Winkel is an industrious and imaginative young entrepreneur.

“I love like being creative and taking things and making things out of anything,” Winkel said.

The real genesis for Annabelle’s entrepreneurial endeavors began last year. Anna started ninth grade at Wayzata High School and joined DECA. It’s a club designed to encourage and promote young entrepreneurs and leaders in business.

“So it was first going to DECA and like, I love it so much,” remembers Winkel. “How can I just use what I learned in my own life? And so then it just went hand in hand.”

Ellebanna features custom tie bags and designer pendants

Annabelle Winkel started Ellebanna on Etsy

Upcycling and Recycling


During the summer and the pandemic, Anna found herself with time on her hands. But those hands didn’t remain idle.

“I love being busy. And that’s what I totally lacked over quarantine. So it’s like creativity and being busy,” said Winkel.



Her creativity led to her making bags out of men’s ties she reuses. And she makes the pendants from designer buttons she takes from garments she finds second-hand.

“So then we’ll find like new buttons and sew those back on. And then donate it to homeless shelters or things like that,” said Winkel.



Going nationwide

Annabelle created an Etsy site and brand with a catchy name.

“So that’s where we got Ellebanna …Annabelle backwards. My dad thought of that one,” said Winkel.


She made a how-to video last fall when she entered the Plymouth Arts Fair.

“Starting off with making the tie bags it all begins with choosing three to four ties that work well together,” said Winkel in a how-to video.

This helped in marketing and exposure. Throughout this, Anna has become a pretty good seamstress. Remarkably, when she started she didn’t even know how to sew.

“I’ve gotten better. I’ve gotten better. The lines are straighter,” laughed Winkel.



Between the Plymouth Arts Fair, her Etsy site, and a boutique where her bags are for sale in Anoka, sales have been brisk.

“Actually during the Texas snowstorm we had a ton of sales then, because people were online shopping. And then New York, Florida, just kind of all over the place,” said Winkel.
 “It’s not just about the product you are selling. It’s about the experience.”

Winkel is finishing up her sophomore year at Wayzata High School.

Neil Pursley, reporting
Wayzata High School

Plymouth

Standout Student

Related Stories

Plymouth Celebrates ‘Pie Day’:  The city of Plymouth held its annual Pie Day fundraiser in person… Read More
Wayzata Student Creates ‘Sparkway Learning’ to Share Knowledge:  Pratishtha Praveen says she got… Read More
Standout Student: Cooper High School’s Yelitza Hernandez Guitron:  Yelitza Hernandez Guitron is one… Read More
Maple Grove’s North Metro Range Expansion on Track:  Relief will soon be on the way for law… Read More
Wayzata Students Help Fill Cafeteria Staffing Void:  On any given day, roughly 2,800 students make… Read More
Wayzata HS Senior Named U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist:  A Wayzata High School student is on… Read More

Footer

NAVIGATE

  • CCX Media
  • NEWS
  • SPORTS
  • CITIES
  • CREATE
  • Job Opportunities
  • Meet the CCX Media Team
  • ABOUT CCX MEDIA
  • Annual Programming Reports
  • CABLE COMMISSION

SUBSCRIBE

Get email updates for daily story previews. “Week in Review” video links, and programming previews.

Subscribe Today

CONNECT

HAVE A NEWS TIP? CALL OUR TIPLINE AT:  763-533-1710
Send us story ideas and comments!
Get in touch with us
               
 NEWS   SPORTS
 SHOP/ORDER

LOCATION

CCX Media
6900 Winnetka Avenue North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55428

Main Phone:  763-533-8196

CCX Media serves the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota, including Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.
Copyright © 2022 CCXMedia | All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Statement
Web Design and Development by CEL Marketing PR Design and BizzyWeb | Log in