Everyone has it...that hobby or thing you like to do in your spare time. Sometimes we keep it a secret (especially if its searching for metal with a metal detector on the beach)!! Although scrap metal is a money maker... :-)
For me, its music, painting, any type of arts and crafts and photography (I'm just getting into). Even though I never imagined in my wildest dreams I'd ever rely on these for income, the time has come to start thinking about how I can make extra cash from these passions while we're on the road.
The magazine, All You, featured a great article in their April issue with great ideas on making cash from your passion. You can find some of the info by clicking on this link.
http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/money-shopping/starting-home-business-00411000071735/
For the next week or two I'm going to highlight a craft/hobby/passion per day and discuss ways you can make money from it. I'd love to have your comments and feedback on these as I will learn and I'm sure you all will too.
Today
If your passion is cooking:
Become a personal chef (who delivers meals to customers), caterer, cooking class instructor, baker, or candy maker. Consider older people who can't cook for themselves anymore or working moms.
A Little Real Life Example:
I remember as a junior high student I worked with my Aunt Yvonne making pralines for her business, "Vonnie's Best," everyday after school. We'd set up in her outdoor kitchen and slave over her homemade sweets for hours. I would sneak anything from pralines to her sugared pecans any chance I got. One day a week we'd build baskets filled with her goodies and the next day we'd deliver to places like gas stations, small grocery stores or other regular customers. She also handled orders for birthdays, Christmas, Easter, etc. My aunt was married to a doctor and definitely didn't need the extra cash but she did this because she loved it. I'll never know if she became financially independent of my uncle but I do know that having her own money gave her great pleasure, but the greatest gift of all was that people enjoyed her goodies and she was actually being paid to do what she loved most...make pralines!!
Happy Tuesday Everyone!!!
For me, its music, painting, any type of arts and crafts and photography (I'm just getting into). Even though I never imagined in my wildest dreams I'd ever rely on these for income, the time has come to start thinking about how I can make extra cash from these passions while we're on the road.
The magazine, All You, featured a great article in their April issue with great ideas on making cash from your passion. You can find some of the info by clicking on this link.
http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/money-shopping/starting-home-business-00411000071735/
For the next week or two I'm going to highlight a craft/hobby/passion per day and discuss ways you can make money from it. I'd love to have your comments and feedback on these as I will learn and I'm sure you all will too.
Today
If your passion is cooking:
Become a personal chef (who delivers meals to customers), caterer, cooking class instructor, baker, or candy maker. Consider older people who can't cook for themselves anymore or working moms.
A Little Real Life Example:
I remember as a junior high student I worked with my Aunt Yvonne making pralines for her business, "Vonnie's Best," everyday after school. We'd set up in her outdoor kitchen and slave over her homemade sweets for hours. I would sneak anything from pralines to her sugared pecans any chance I got. One day a week we'd build baskets filled with her goodies and the next day we'd deliver to places like gas stations, small grocery stores or other regular customers. She also handled orders for birthdays, Christmas, Easter, etc. My aunt was married to a doctor and definitely didn't need the extra cash but she did this because she loved it. I'll never know if she became financially independent of my uncle but I do know that having her own money gave her great pleasure, but the greatest gift of all was that people enjoyed her goodies and she was actually being paid to do what she loved most...make pralines!!
Happy Tuesday Everyone!!!
this is so true, I am still searching for a passion that could generate income.
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