Hobbies and Crafts

Hobbies: Beading

 

Purple and wood drop earrings

It’s important to have something crafty you love to do for fun. For me, that means sewing and beading. It’s a lot of fun to create beaded earrings, and more than a few times, now, I’ve thought about selling the earrings I create on Etsy. Since I’m a full-time writer and editorial consultant, that would mean running a second business with a completely different product. It would also mean I took a second thing I really love doing and turned it into work.

Pink pearl and amethyst drop earrings

Nevertheless, when I see a sale on beads, walk into a beading store, or come across beautiful jewelry, I can’t help but think about how neat it would be to have an accessory design business as a side business. A few years back, I participated in a gift exchange with a CafeMom group, and I posted the pictures of my creations on Facebook. It was suggested that I might want to try opening an Etsy store.

The collection from the gift exchange

I took an accessories and design class in junior college…long ago…and I’ve been making (and sometimes selling) jewelry since I was a young teenager. It’s amazing how elegant a look you can create with a few basic supplies – needle nose pliers, ear wires, flat head pins, and beads.

What makes me hesitate is that I read somewhere that you shouldn’t turn every hobby into a moneymaking venture.

What do you think? Is it okay to profit from hobbies at a certain point or should hobbies be just that – something you do for fun? Post your thoughts in the comments field.

Black and white onyx and pearl earrings

 

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Ronda Bowen

Ronda Bowen is a writer, editor, and independent scholar. She has a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University and a B.A. in Philosophy, Pre-Graduate Option, Honors in the Major from California State University, Chico. When she is not working on client projects from her editorial consulting business, she is writing a novel. In her free time, she enjoys gourmet cooking, wine, martinis, copious amounts of coffee, reading, watching movies, sewing, crocheting, crafts, hanging out with her husband, and spending time with their teenage son and infant daughter.

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