Although this article isn’t directly related to being a work at home mom, it still offers great advice on how to find a way to work from home. After all, many people have started a business simply by selling the products created out of a part-time hobby.
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What used to be thought of as online hobbies are turning into important sources of income for families hit hard by the economic downturn.
We learned that using something as simple as your hangers can turn into a product you could sell — and have fun doing it. And a designer light fixture that sells for $660 at a popular design store could be made with a ball of string and some glue. Think of the possibilities.
“I’d say any hobby you’ve had where people have said ‘I can’t believe you can make that’ – you can turn that into a business,” said Shoshana Berger, Ready Made editor-in-chief.
n this unstable economy – it might be time to reinvent yourself, but instead of feeling down about the times — the folks at Ready Made Magazine in Berkeley say think of this as an opportunity to turn your hobby into cash. And if you don’t have a hobby — that’s ok, their magazine and others like it shows that ideas come from unlikely places – all the time.
“People are constantly tinkering, constantly coming up with something new,” said Berger.
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