| If you are trying to think of ways to make money with | | | | If you can draw, paint, or do other art, you can |
| no money to start with, consider anything you can do | | | | monetize it in many ways. If your paintings are rather |
| with your hands. Whether it is handicrafts, arts, home | | | | expensive, you can make digital greeting cards or |
| repairs, or any other handy skill, you can think of ways | | | | prints to appeal to a wider range of pocketbooks. If |
| to make money with it. | | | | you can do portraits from photographs, you can tap |
| Handicrafts | | | | into the market for personalized art. |
| I know a woman who hates to have her hands still. | | | | Take a look around your community and see if you |
| When she is watching television, or when she is a | | | | can find a niche that would suit you. Visit crafts fairs, |
| passenger in a car, she crochets. She loves to | | | | art galleries, and consignment shops. Is there an annual |
| crochet, and of course her materials cost her very little. | | | | studio tour that you could take part in? What about |
| Mostly she crochets long tubes, over two feet long | | | | selling your art further afield, like online or in galleries in |
| and about 4 inches wide, with a handle on one end. | | | | other areas? |
| These can be hung on a kitchen wall, where you can | | | | Home Repairs |
| put your used but clean plastic bags in at the top and | | | | If you can fix things, you can find people who need |
| take other bags out the bottom. The crocheting keeps | | | | things fixed. Whether your skills are with appliances, |
| bags from falling out the bottom. She also crochets | | | | vehicles, or things around a house, there are always |
| dish clothes. Then once a year, before Christmas, she | | | | people who don't know how to fix them. If you |
| sells her year's output at crafts fairs and to friends. | | | | advertise for odd jobs, say "No job too small." Even |
| This is one example out of hundreds that could be | | | | though some jobs may only take you a short time and |
| listed, where an everyday handicraft becomes a | | | | may not seem worth it to you, the person who hires |
| means of income. Knitting, embroidery, beadwork, | | | | you could have a lot more work for you. Or they could |
| sewing, woodworking, and many other hobbies can be | | | | tell others about you. Word of mouth is very useful in |
| turned into income. | | | | building up a business like this. |
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