| Many people spend hours making various crafts | | | | 3. Jewelry - If you have a passion for designing |
| for friends and family and have naturally | | | | and making your own jewelry, turning your talent |
| wondered if they might be able to make money | | | | into a business might be the next logical step for |
| from them as well. The answer is yes if you | | | | you. Some designers stick with certain themes |
| have a product that people want, offered at the | | | | such as butterflies or roses, while others offer a |
| right price, and that you make available in places | | | | variety of styles for only a couple items such as |
| your likely customers will look. Here are 5 crafts | | | | bracelets, necklaces, or earrings. You may also |
| you can make at home that have the potential to | | | | decide you only want to work in certain mediums |
| become a moneymaking business. | | | | such as silver, gold, beads, or precious stones. |
| 1. Holiday Ornaments - Why not start a business | | | | Your choices are as endless as the designs you |
| making and selling holiday ornaments? You could | | | | can come up with. |
| spend the first nine months of the year making | | | | 4. Stuffed Toys - There are very few houses in |
| your products and the last three selling them. You | | | | America where you would not be able to find at |
| could sell on consignment with gift stores and | | | | least a couple of stuffed toys, and houses with |
| other retail establishments. Or, you could rent a | | | | children are likely to have dozens. Stuffed toys |
| kiosk at a shopping mall and sell them yourself. | | | | are bought by parents, grandparents, teenagers, |
| 2. Special Occasion Gifts - Weddings, baby and | | | | and children. They are bought as gifts for others |
| bridal showers, bar mitzvahs, anniversary parties, | | | | or to be kept by the buyer. If you can design and |
| and family reunions all have one thing in common - | | | | make a unique or desirable stuffed animal or toy, |
| they all have a need for little (or not so little) gifts | | | | this might be an ideal business idea for you. |
| that are passed out to the attendees. If you | | | | 5. Candle Making - Making candles is a specialized |
| have the imagination and design skills, why not put | | | | talent that takes practice and skill but can be |
| them to good use making and selling gifts to the | | | | profitable if you set yourself apart and offer |
| organizers of these events? Market your | | | | designs not available elsewhere. The number of |
| products on E-Bay, your own website, in wedding | | | | potential customers is enormous since many |
| magazines and catalogs, and by sending samples | | | | people not only buy candles for themselves, but |
| to those who cater to the same customers | | | | also buy them as gifts for others. You could offer |
| already. For example, a jewelry store that sells | | | | your own unique designs on consignment at gift |
| wedding and engagement rings might agree to | | | | and other retail stores, on your own website, in |
| pass out your brochure if they like what you | | | | catalogs, at art and craft fairs, or even on eBay. |
| offer. | | | | |