Do you have a special talent or a hobby that you do which many people like and would consider purchasing your product that you make or services that you can offer? If you have something that someone will be interested in paying for then you have a starting of a home business. You can take your hobby or talent and make it into a business.

HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU CAN SELL:

Products for Children:

• Make Kids Clothing – or teach kids to sew
• Make Kids Hair bows
• Personalized books for kids (You can create them and have them printed from places like walmart or online as photo books)
• Scrapbook for kids – make those special
• Teaching crafts to kids
• Tutoring for kids
• Party Planning
• Teaching kids to train dogs – obedience classes for dogs
• Teaching life skills to teenagers – such as money management – savings – how to use a checkbook

Products – Services for Adults:

Organizers:

• Closet organization
• Garage organizers
• Storage organizers
• Jewelry creations
• Cooking
• Cleaning
• Yard Cleanup
• Lawn Service
• Gardening

Services you can Offer:

• Typing – data entry
• Tutoring
• Website design
• Flyer Design
• Yard Sale Organizer
• Bake sale organizer

As you can see there are many possibilities that you have to make your skill or hobby a business that you can do from home. You start out with word of mouth and it will take you far. No matter what your skill is, there is probably a market for it that you can charge for.

Taking a hobby to a business isn’t that big of a step – once people see your skill and what you can do with it, they may be willing to pay for it. Don’t be hesitate to charge for services that you offer, or to get top dollar for items that you create, after all it’s going to be a business for you, you will want to make money.

Take what you know and love doing and if you think about it you will figure out how to make a business out of it.

You can hold these meetings anywhere and teach your craft, and you can have bigger classes or one on one classes.  This will be up to you where you hold your meetings. Maybe you have a basement or a garage that you can teach your classes at. If you are doing this from home you will want to make sure that your home owners insurance will cover your business.

What are some of the things that you can make and teach?

You don’t want anything real techie to make, but something that most people will be able to make and learn a new craft. Maybe you can teach knitting, sewing, crocheting. Do you know how to make jewelry or rubber stamping? Maybe you are good with polymer clay. Usually no matter what your skill is and your craft is you will be able to teach it to someone and earn money. Make your hobby as your part time or fulltime business that you will be able to make money.

Where to advertise

Make flyers, when you go to local craft stores use business cards to hand out from your tables. You can also maybe put cards and flyers at craft stores in your area. Word of mouth is another great way to get customers and clients. Does your cable company have a community announcement channel that you can advertise on?

What you can expect to make with your arts and crafts business

It will all depend on how many people you get for your classes and how you charge for your time. You will be able to charge extra for material if you bring the materials. You probably can expect to make anywhere between $20 and $50 an hour.