I'm getting serious - seriously serious about the stuff I make and the interest I have to turn this hobby into a small business that I will grow until I can retire and turn it into my full time second career.
What the heck?
Yes. I'm going to do it. How - I am asking myself- really this post is for my own edification but if you would like to ramble down this road with me, I'm fine with it if you are. *How's that for a run-on sentence?*
I have made some significant investments of a crafty nature in the past decade. I've blogged about a few of them. The 1" button maker. The laminator. The brewing equipment. But I've also added a few more weapons to my crafting arsenal. A spinning wheel, an embroidery machine, a paper/vinyl cutter and many leatherworking tools. I also have a knitting machine that's been collecting dust for 16 years that I need to bust out and oil and determine if its still working.
What that equipment does for me and my crafty business idea is to give me the wherewithal to make bespoke nerd objects for folks. There's a market for this stuff and I need to figure out how to break into it in a way that is reasonable and legal. I'm not a sweatshop worker. I'm also not a person who really wants to be breaking copyright law. So I guess this means I either get really good at coaxing permissions out of nerd companies/franchise owners or I get good at creating my own nerd art.
Some things I've done:
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| In process, a leather Hydra patch |
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| Nearly completed Hydra patch |
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| An embroidered patch for a heroic librarian |
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| Team Valor Pokemon GO patches |
