selling crafts for a living?
i can knit, weave, crochet, macrame, sew, beadery, cross stitch, lanyards, upcycling of plastic bottles and straws, ect to make beads, bracelets and small accessory holders, i have a lot of: dryer lint, bottle caps, plastic bottle rings, plastic stars, and selling aluminum ans steel.
i also want to get into pottery, mosaics, soap making and candle making.
i can make over 50 items in total. what are the chances i can make a living off of crafting.
some pictures of what i make:
http://iceveela.deviantart.com/art/bracelets-162709774?q=gallery%3Aiceveela%2F5327058&qo=10
http://iceveela.deviantart.com/art/100-percent-recycled-bracelet-162709311?q=gallery%3Aiceveela%2F5327058&qo=11
http://iceveela.deviantart.com/art/100-percent-recycled-beads-162710534?q=gallery%3Aiceveela%2F5327058&qo=9
http://iceveela.deviantart.com/art/my-new-furry-doll-156530043?q=gallery%3Aiceveela%2F5327058&qo=15
http://iceveela.deviantart.com/art/my-crafts-2-146848344?q=gallery%3Aiceveela%2F5327058&qo=51
i also want to get into photography and sell rights to my pictures for like, 50 cents to a dollar a picture.
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If you can make a lot of it, and keep it up … I bet you’d do awesome on Etsy (.com)
That’s exactly the kinda stuff people on there buy up … especially the funky, upcycled stuff.
If you could trade some of your crafts for some logos/graphics, that’ll help your business look a little more higher end too. (Just a suggestion)
And if you can hit up some (modern) craft fairs, that would help too.
Another suggestion would be if you could teach other people how to put together the crafts, that can be profitable as well. Basically you would put together little how to guides with pictures of each step and little descriptions of what to do… or even how to videos and then put them on DVD.
I do that with candy wrapper purses and it does pretty good.
Hope that helps!
I did craft shows for several years. It is difficult to predict what people want. Also, with big box stores getting crafts from other countries, it is difficult to make money as you are competing with people who are paid below minimum wage.
I love to create and ended up with a direct sales business. I’m a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator. It satisfies my urge to create, gives me a discount on my craft items, has introduced me to many wonderful women. I love showing what I’ve created and teaching others too! Stampin’ Up’s products are fabulous. Once crafters understand the wide variety of what you can make with stamps, the products almost sell themselves.
My blog is doodlersink.blogspot.com and my website is http://www.cdobie.stampinup.net.
Good luck and have fun!
open up a store on eBay and sell it there
You might want to check out these pages at my site (my site is mostly about polymer clay, but the “business” pages there could easily deal with any art/craft):
http://glassattic.com/polymer/business.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/shows.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/teaching.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/start_a_business.htm
It’s actually pretty hard to make a living just from “crafts” unless they’re very high end crafts or a distributor of some kind wants to sell your things (often in bulk), etc. A lot depends on your business and marketing abilities, as well as the quality of things you’re making, and whether you’re selling them to the right people/markets. (Many crafters/artists try to make a full living, but few can actually do it).
There are things you can do that will help though (check the pages above), and don’t forget to include “teaching” some of the things you know in your own classes, which can often make more money alone, or supplement your items for sale.