Today was my first day of music class and when my teacher asked me that what is your favorite hobby,I said calligraphy and in my mind I was so proud of you because you taught me how to do calligraphy😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤
I wish someone had asked me questions 4&5 when I started my first side hustle as a teenager. I made clothes for myself for fun and I never wanted it to be a business but my family and friends were always on my case about wasting my talent and how much money I could make. I listened and monetised it but now I absolutely hate doing it and closed my business last year after making hundreds of masks at the start of covid. I'm at the point where I can't even sew for myself and this thing I once loved is now a source of anxiety for me. I studied art in college and recently started doing digital portraiture and the pressure has begun to monetize again. I love art a lot more than I ever did making clothes but I'm afraid to lose it. This is my biggest hinderance in taking that step toward turning it into a business.
Wow, talk about getting Real! Thank you so much for these experience-based smart tips (and kick-ass wake up calls to right action), Becca! 😂 😘 Appreciate YOU.
My first side hustle was making jewelry. But then I didn't enjoy it as a business. Now with drawing, I like doing it and I'm starting with POD as a side hustle. Also exploring the other types of media out there too. Like lettering and watercolor just to name a few. Can't wait for the next video 😊
As a 'retired' potter I totally agree with your #5 question! I thought, at one time in my life, that I could not breathe if I did not have my hands in clay. My creative love and my business were one and the same. And one day it just stopped. Today I can look at other artists' clay work casually. I haven't had a love like that ever since. I thought I would be doing that into my retirement years. Anyway, I'm currently casting about for the answers to #1. Since I've done the whole hobby to business drill in the past I am a bit more cautious. Currently exploring painted shoes. Have made a whole 8 pair for family so far!
I started about 8 months ago by selling custom design butter dishes. Using my calligraphy and drawing of florals. I also like to paint on canvas, custom clipboards, chalkboards and window decor. It’s been busy with teaching full time on top of it, but I’m excited to see where the road takes me.
what I've realized about myself is that I love teaching and mentoring. I'm always drawn to creative activities, currently calligraphy and watercolor. I would LOVE to become really good and teach classes. Last night, I was dreaming that I was creating craft projects. It is always on my mind. I'm currently in retail buying and I'm an analyst and work with numbers and analysis of merchandise and store sales and not to mention I've been doing this for over 30 years. I would love the latter part of my life to be creative and something I'm in control of. Becca, I LOVE your channel and I love that you basically give free, really good information like this. I hope all of your followers really get how much you offer for free!! Thank you!!!
I hope you make it. Never lose sight of your dream(s). Life really does feel different when creativity rather than money is the driver. Not saying it's easy but it's nice to be able to do what you love. I know a hobby as a job can become onerous but I think there is still a way forward. Good luck to you.
This is absolutely a honest and realistic talk about important decisions to take. I will seriously take the questions into consideration and wait for the next videos! Thank you Becca❤️
I love both water color and calligraphy which I would like to combine them. At this point I don’t feel confident enough to make it into a business. In the meantime it is a hobby which I enjoy!
YES! I love this. I was asked why I don't sell my cards or products to big stores, and my answer was simply that I don't want to take the joy out of doing calligraphy! Looking forward to Part 2. (And that rain was crazy loud!)
Point 5 is soooo true!! I always loved gardening but now that I do garden design as a business I can’t enjoy my beloved garden magazines or shows in the same way - I always feel I should be taking notes 😅 I’m currently expanding to drawings and art and know exactly that once it’s a business it will change for me. Luckily there’s so much to art that I know I will keep some part of it as a hobby.
I have been taking your calligraphy classes for the past 16 months and I love Show Me Your Drills and all the specific courses - miniscules, majescules, etc. But my love is Watercolour House Portraits and I've been making a small amount of money by custom painting homes for the past 3 years. Each year my business has doubled in volume and earnings and I'm looking forward to it becoming my retirement hobby/business. I'm looking forward to this series along with the Lawless to Flawless summit. Your RUclips videos have been an inspiration and support. Thanks Becca!! xoxo
I have had a million side hustle ideas 😂 cardmaking, handwritten thank-you notes (like the messages in them), baking, lettering/calligraphy, Etsy printables- the list goes on. It's nice to know that the love changing is so ubiquitous! It's honestly kind of depressing to think about, but I'm going to try to reclaim some of that joy where I can. Can't wait for the next video 😊
I am good at drawing and painting and I'm learning calligraphy from you thank you. I have been thinking about lettering wooden plaques with bible verses. Probably just as a hobby and as gifts.
I really don't know Becca. All that you said makes perfect sense. I started a proofreading business and hated it. I thought it was my dream job, but nope! I just didn't enjoy, and I spent a lot of money setting it up and for professional development, courses, etc. Then I started calligraphy, which I've always wanted to learn. I would love to monetize on this, but I don't know what my niche is. I can't seem to hone in on anything in particular because I feel that I need more development in my skills. At the same time, people say, just start 🤷
Mindy, this is exactly! how I feel! Right now I feel like I have to watch someone make something and then I feel like I can't think of anything on my own.
@@charlenefloyd5566 I'm sort of like that. I do try to create things on my own, but I don't feel they are the near the calibre of what I see online. Some art pieces that I have done get positive feedback, but it take so long to complete them 🤷 How do you make a profit on projects that take so much time 🤔
All these questions were Fabulous. #1 You asked this in a previous lettering video. At the time I answered envelopes and place cards but since taking in the workshop recently I discovered I am Much better at Flower Doodles, frames Floral Ink drawings, and working on Brush Pen/Watercolors of Floral designs of my own With a BIT of hand lettering. So I am narrowing down my Hustle. As I am retired medically I have time just figuring everything out. Thank you.
I love hand lettering! I did several signs for my own wedding, and made handwritten coasters as the place cards/favor. They turned out so well and everyone loved them! I’ve been thinking a lot about doing a side hustle related to hand lettering. 🤔❤️
Mine is hand lettering, painting and poetry. I designed custom journal covers and sold them a while back and LOVED it. I stopped when I got pregnant 2 1/2 years ago because it took so much time to make each product and the profit was decent (hardly any investment/overhead), but i didn’t know how to grow it or take it beyond just a tiny side hustle. I sold a few hundred of them, but I started to see that it wouldn’t progress into anything. I got stuck. Im really hoping this series can help me figure out how to return and revamp that project!!
Hmm I think about this a lot. I'm good at and love making cakes but I think I would find that stressful as a business especially from my home kitchen which my family need to use too. However my favourite part is making the cake toppers. The characters and ornaments (hand lettering comes in to that) and I have a dedicated craft room for that and would love to start that as a business and I would still have my hobby of clay ornaments for myself and gifts as well as my chalkboard signs. . .it's just daunting
Cake toppers are a really good niche! If you're not comfortable starting with making cakes you can start with cake toppers until it becomes sustainable enough to get a dedicated space for baking cakes as well. Then you can become a sort of one stop shop
That "you lose your hobby" part is SO true. It happened to me when I became a full time makeup artist. I had a regular job and got an interest in makeup, and I got good at it. 5 years ago I quit my job and became a full time makeup artist. I don't even do my own makeup anymore, it's not something I do for fun anymore. That's why I took on calligraphy, and it will remain a hobby, thanks!
My penmanship is stellar, I was once told my handwriting was as good as a printer or computer. I also like lettering, coloring/palette creation, poetry, video editing, and organizing things. Not sure if there's a market for any of those though. Shalom
Your 5 questions are brilliant. 2 things I am good at in my life are nursing and art (currently teaching nursing in a local college), but I love art. I do watercolor, card making, scrapbooking, anything in designs, and of course calligraphy (I finished all your books and love them). So how could I bring these 2 loves of my life into a side hustle? Thank you, Becca. Big fan of yours.
Question #5 resonated well with me and Cassie me to stop and think for a bit. I’m still ready to continue to proceed with calligraphy and milestone photography as my brand! Thank-you for this video!
I made the decision as a teen not to make being an artist my full time job because I didn't want to lose my love for it. I have been painting and drawing since I was small, and I couldn't imagine doing it on a deadline or for other people. Fast forward to now and I have struggled to find time for that hobby as an adult. I have started to get back into it but I've realized that I love paint mixing and color theory a lot, a lot. I am rolling around ideas for working with pigments, making watercolors, and doing little projects with lettering and watercolors that I can sell. I'm obviously still figuring it all out but this video series is right on time. Thanks Becca!
Question 5 totally happened to me with photography!! I thought it was just me and something was wrong with me. This was actually very encouraging to hear. Thank you Becca
I used to love gardening and flowers and then I was lucky enought to find a job as visual merchandiser for a flower company. Today I love my job more than anything. Everyday I have the chance to express my creativity and be around beautiful flowers and plants, but I honestly fell like chucking half of the plants I have in my house in the rubbish. Taking care of plants in my house feels like work and its not something I want to do in my time off anymore. I lost my hobby but I'm ok with it. Today I'm thinking about working on a side hustle with dried flowers arrangements. My idea is not very defined yet.
This is something to think about. I have really beautiful handwriting, and I was looking up ways to make extra money from it. I thought of calligraphy. I used to do calligraphy when I was younger, but just for fun. I suppose I need to do more research to make this work for me. I just want it as a side hustle for additional income. But I want to enjoy it, too.
Thank you so much Becca. I'm into miniatures and I got asked for years if I sell and always said no, it's a hobby, because I didn't feel ready to 'lose the love' and also because the logistic and burocratic side always frightened me. Now that I have worked for a while in a Company and I learned a bit about POs, invoices, logistics and other stuff I think I'm ready to try it as a side hustle. Your videos really help me a lot, I've watched all the business side of things series, you are truly wonderful ❤️love from Italy
This is so true and for now its my hobby but thinking about the next step. I feel very positive about it and so true and realistic are you words that I definitely take to heart and think it clear noe.
I’m not a letterer persay, but I want to do art licensing. I’ve been designing stickers and mugs for the town I live in, which is a tourist town. And there is a market for that! Woohoo!
I retired in December 2019, from being an elementary school administrator, and have been dealing with too much free time, feelings of uselessness, & cabin fever from the pandemic. I HATED being an administrator. It sucked all of the creativity and energy out of my body. I needed to find something to fill the emptiness in my soul. I have always wanted to learn calligraphy (I am taking your course & a pointed pen course), but never thought anything about doing it as a side hustle until a few months ago. Now I am trying to gather information on what that would entail, because I think I want to give it a try.
Fantastic video! Thank you! I’m about to watch 2 and 3 but wanted to say that I appreciate your honesty and warning about the side hustle taking your hobby from you. I wondered that about the artists I follow who have monetized their “thing”. Anyway, love your content and wish you the best!
I already run an event decor business but I am adding even signs to my services! Right now I’m doing vinyl on acrylic but would love to offer a hand lettering option too which is why I am taking your course :)
Please keep your eye on quality. So many Christian based "side hustles" and even business products are garbage. They count on Christians buying anything with scripture on it. I won't. I've been burned too often. I subscribed to a Christian monthly box program thinking they would vet the products. They didn't. I still got junk. God is not glorified by junk.
Thank you as always Becca for your business advice. A LONG time ago I used to have a business making handmade greetings cards (sold to shops through an agent in both the UK and US) It was a side hustle until I got a very big order for the US. The stress of scaling up so big for a very small profit took the love away (alongside the agent then selling the business to a company who bankrupted it and owed me money!) I tried to start up a small wedding stationery business afterwards but my confidence was dented big time and has never really bounced back…..although there is still a REAL longing to earn a living from my creative endeavours. I love baking and decorating cakes (but only for my kids- way too stressful) sewing (kids costumes, bags etc) and working with small children. I HATE marketing and client interaction 🤦🏼♀️ I find my perfectionism cripples me a lot too. 🤦🏼♀️ Uphill struggles.😉🤣
I have learned Calligraphy from your course. I enjoy random calligraphy writing. I have transitioned into writing Greeting Cards & calligraphy on windows. Thank you. Please rely with any suggestions.
Thank you for this video series! And I honestly don't know. I went to college for graphic design & hated it, but got to take some studio art courses my senior year & I found both joy and stress in acrylic painting. From the number of projects I did & how fast-paced my schooling was, I lost my love for art by the time I graduated. BUT it has now been 3 years since then & I am dying on the inside working an office job. I think even if it takes the love away, I will never feel fulfilled if I am not doing something creative as my job. So I think I am willing to lose my love of calligraphy, it just sucks. I wish there was a way to not lose it. I started learning calligraphy as a way to feel connected to my creative side w/o feeling the intense pressure I felt when sitting down to draw or paint post-college. Idk.
I do watercolor and calligraphy. Would like to figure a way to sell cards. Possibly by printing the watercolor and hand lettering the inside, sort of on demand, as well as the envelope.
I really want to sell home decor. I have already made some wooden signs with cute phrases or quotes, but have been unsuccessful in marketing most things I've made. I really hope that I can have a successful shop some day and start making custom home decor for people. I did make things for my mom and for my mother-in-law that they each paid me for.
I have learned calligraphy from you and I enjoy it. How could I do market research to see if my ideas would sell? I have an interest in watercolor and inspiring quotes. Thank you for your excellent videos. You are always inspiring to me and a breath of fresh air with your authenticity. Thank you!
I particularly like to create presonal greeting cards and calligraphy pieces for my realtives and I think I would like to create some for the relatives of my clients. I could include inside jokes or lyrics of a song that they love, etc. I still have to calculate everything but the thought of making something more personal and adding my own touch to it is something that I think could be really nice! I also like the thought that it does not have to be something really big at the moment. Just having fun with the ideas of my clients and selling them something that'll make their relative smile:)
I am a truck driver. Right now we are looking to moving in the future. The plan is to stay home and run our dog breeding business. When this happens I want to do woodwork using calligraphy and wood burning. I am so lost on how to do social media and editing videos
I’ve considered making door signs for kids rooms after making several of them for friends and family. I don’t know if I love it enough to make it a side hustle though and now I have a baby so I have even less time to spend on it. A part of me wants to wait until she is older to see if it is something we could do together.
I am retired and really only want to do something nice for others. Maybe get paid but maybe not. I have that luxury of doing it for fun and doing it for others if they ask, and as gifts. I took part of the poem that Amanda Gorman recited for Biden's inauguration and might frame it and offer it for raffle at an organization I belong to. I have that luxury. I copied two sayings for my dad's funeral urn table and thought I did pretty good.
So for me, I am actually really good at window art, and canvas signs. I'm kinda funny and vulgar so I think I could do a great job of making funny seasonally relevant signs locally or do chalk/window ads for a few of the local businesses here in town. I have done some hand lettering for envelopes, but I just don't think there's a huge market for that need here tho I do love addressing a good envelope.
I take your advice very seriously always, but I have a problem. As you mentioned for the side hustle "you need to live and breathe " that passion. I love doing art and calligraphy, I am passionate about it and I can do it all day and every day but I am a student I need to focus on my studies but I really want to earn with my passion. what should I do?
I really want to start making invitations a side hustle but with the pandemic going on… the government shuts down gatherings… so maybe I’ll put this in the backburner😥
Hiii I’m staring up my calligraphy Business Prettylittleletterings ! You have helped me soo much since the start and I just want to thank you soo much for that 💖! In having a more open mind about what to expect when starting my business 🥰!
Today was my first day of music class and when my teacher asked me that what is your favorite hobby,I said calligraphy and in my mind I was so proud of you because you taught me how to do calligraphy😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤
I wish someone had asked me questions 4&5 when I started my first side hustle as a teenager. I made clothes for myself for fun and I never wanted it to be a business but my family and friends were always on my case about wasting my talent and how much money I could make. I listened and monetised it but now I absolutely hate doing it and closed my business last year after making hundreds of masks at the start of covid.
I'm at the point where I can't even sew for myself and this thing I once loved is now a source of anxiety for me.
I studied art in college and recently started doing digital portraiture and the pressure has begun to monetize again. I love art a lot more than I ever did making clothes but I'm afraid to lose it. This is my biggest hinderance in taking that step toward turning it into a business.
Wow, talk about getting Real! Thank you so much for these experience-based smart tips (and kick-ass wake up calls to right action), Becca! 😂 😘 Appreciate YOU.
My first side hustle was making jewelry. But then I didn't enjoy it as a business. Now with drawing, I like doing it and I'm starting with POD as a side hustle. Also exploring the other types of media out there too. Like lettering and watercolor just to name a few. Can't wait for the next video 😊
As a 'retired' potter I totally agree with your #5 question! I thought, at one time in my life, that I could not breathe if I did not have my hands in clay. My creative love and my business were one and the same. And one day it just stopped.
Today I can look at other artists' clay work casually. I haven't had a love like that ever since. I thought I would be doing that into my retirement years.
Anyway, I'm currently casting about for the answers to #1. Since I've done the whole hobby to business drill in the past I am a bit more cautious.
Currently exploring painted shoes. Have made a whole 8 pair for family so far!
I started about 8 months ago by selling custom design butter dishes. Using my calligraphy and drawing of florals. I also like to paint on canvas, custom clipboards, chalkboards and window decor. It’s been busy with teaching full time on top of it, but I’m excited to see where the road takes me.
what I've realized about myself is that I love teaching and mentoring. I'm always drawn to creative activities, currently calligraphy and watercolor. I would LOVE to become really good and teach classes. Last night, I was dreaming that I was creating craft projects. It is always on my mind. I'm currently in retail buying and I'm an analyst and work with numbers and analysis of merchandise and store sales and not to mention I've been doing this for over 30 years. I would love the latter part of my life to be creative and something I'm in control of. Becca, I LOVE your channel and I love that you basically give free, really good information like this. I hope all of your followers really get how much you offer for free!! Thank you!!!
I hope you make it. Never lose sight of your dream(s). Life really does feel different when creativity rather than money is the driver. Not saying it's easy but it's nice to be able to do what you love. I know a hobby as a job can become onerous but I think there is still a way forward. Good luck to you.
@@TT-fn1xb Thank you!!
I do appreciate this video. Especially the section that your hobby will no longer be your hobby. So realistic and helpful. Thank you
This is absolutely a honest and realistic talk about important decisions to take. I will seriously take the questions into consideration and wait for the next videos! Thank you Becca❤️
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I love both water color and calligraphy which I would like to combine them. At this point I don’t feel confident enough to make it into a business. In the meantime it is a hobby which I enjoy!
YES! I love this. I was asked why I don't sell my cards or products to big stores, and my answer was simply that I don't want to take the joy out of doing calligraphy! Looking forward to Part 2. (And that rain was crazy loud!)
Point 5 is soooo true!! I always loved gardening but now that I do garden design as a business I can’t enjoy my beloved garden magazines or shows in the same way - I always feel I should be taking notes 😅 I’m currently expanding to drawings and art and know exactly that once it’s a business it will change for me. Luckily there’s so much to art that I know I will keep some part of it as a hobby.
I have been taking your calligraphy classes for the past 16 months and I love Show Me Your Drills and all the specific courses - miniscules, majescules, etc. But my love is Watercolour House Portraits and I've been making a small amount of money by custom painting homes for the past 3 years. Each year my business has doubled in volume and earnings and I'm looking forward to it becoming my retirement hobby/business. I'm looking forward to this series along with the Lawless to Flawless summit. Your RUclips videos have been an inspiration and support. Thanks Becca!! xoxo
I have had a million side hustle ideas 😂 cardmaking, handwritten thank-you notes (like the messages in them), baking, lettering/calligraphy, Etsy printables- the list goes on. It's nice to know that the love changing is so ubiquitous! It's honestly kind of depressing to think about, but I'm going to try to reclaim some of that joy where I can. Can't wait for the next video 😊
I am good at drawing and painting and I'm learning calligraphy from you thank you. I have been thinking about lettering wooden plaques with bible verses. Probably just as a hobby and as gifts.
I think that's a great idea
This is exactly what I want to do. Combined with wood burning
I really don't know Becca. All that you said makes perfect sense. I started a proofreading business and hated it. I thought it was my dream job, but nope! I just didn't enjoy, and I spent a lot of money setting it up and for professional development, courses, etc. Then I started calligraphy, which I've always wanted to learn. I would love to monetize on this, but I don't know what my niche is. I can't seem to hone in on anything in particular because I feel that I need more development in my skills. At the same time, people say, just start 🤷
Mindy, this is exactly! how I feel! Right now I feel like I have to watch someone make something and then I feel like I can't think of anything on my own.
@@charlenefloyd5566 I'm sort of like that. I do try to create things on my own, but I don't feel they are the near the calibre of what I see online. Some art pieces that I have done get positive feedback, but it take so long to complete them 🤷 How do you make a profit on projects that take so much time 🤔
Just love the fact that u said truth
Like saying this 8:44 without self doubt ir guilt saying out loud take some guts
Love u becca
Really great video, Becca! Your advice is spot-on and well articulated. Thank you!
All these questions were Fabulous. #1 You asked this in a previous lettering video. At the time I answered envelopes and place cards but since taking in the workshop recently I discovered I am Much better at Flower Doodles, frames Floral Ink drawings, and working on Brush Pen/Watercolors of Floral designs of my own With a BIT of hand lettering. So I am narrowing down my Hustle. As I am retired medically I have time just figuring everything out. Thank you.
I love hand lettering! I did several signs for my own wedding, and made handwritten coasters as the place cards/favor. They turned out so well and everyone loved them! I’ve been thinking a lot about doing a side hustle related to hand lettering. 🤔❤️
Thank you so very much Becca! This is so very informative!
Mine is hand lettering, painting and poetry. I designed custom journal covers and sold them a while back and LOVED it.
I stopped when I got pregnant 2 1/2 years ago because it took so much time to make each product and the profit was decent (hardly any investment/overhead), but i didn’t know how to grow it or take it beyond just a tiny side hustle. I sold a few hundred of them, but I started to see that it wouldn’t progress into anything. I got stuck.
Im really hoping this series can help me figure out how to return and revamp that project!!
I have seen the "I hate doing this" part of the beloved craft turned into a side hustle so many times. Great tips! Thank you!
Hmm I think about this a lot. I'm good at and love making cakes but I think I would find that stressful as a business especially from my home kitchen which my family need to use too. However my favourite part is making the cake toppers. The characters and ornaments (hand lettering comes in to that) and I have a dedicated craft room for that and would love to start that as a business and I would still have my hobby of clay ornaments for myself and gifts as well as my chalkboard signs. . .it's just daunting
Cake toppers are a really good niche! If you're not comfortable starting with making cakes you can start with cake toppers until it becomes sustainable enough to get a dedicated space for baking cakes as well. Then you can become a sort of one stop shop
@@GothiQhaQer thank you for that lovely reply it's very encouraging. I think a lot of it is about having the courage 😊
That "you lose your hobby" part is SO true. It happened to me when I became a full time makeup artist. I had a regular job and got an interest in makeup, and I got good at it. 5 years ago I quit my job and became a full time makeup artist. I don't even do my own makeup anymore, it's not something I do for fun anymore. That's why I took on calligraphy, and it will remain a hobby, thanks!
My penmanship is stellar, I was once told my handwriting was as good as a printer or computer. I also like lettering, coloring/palette creation, poetry, video editing, and organizing things. Not sure if there's a market for any of those though. Shalom
Your 5 questions are brilliant. 2 things I am good at in my life are nursing and art (currently teaching nursing in a local college), but I love art. I do watercolor, card making, scrapbooking, anything in designs, and of course calligraphy (I finished all your books and love them). So how could I bring these 2 loves of my life into a side hustle?
Thank you, Becca. Big fan of yours.
Art therapy?
Wow Becca, you have poised some interesting questions and yes I will certainly be sitting down with some serious thought thinking going on. Thank you.
Question #5 resonated well with me and Cassie me to stop and think for a bit. I’m still ready to continue to proceed with calligraphy and milestone photography as my brand! Thank-you for this video!
I made the decision as a teen not to make being an artist my full time job because I didn't want to lose my love for it. I have been painting and drawing since I was small, and I couldn't imagine doing it on a deadline or for other people. Fast forward to now and I have struggled to find time for that hobby as an adult. I have started to get back into it but I've realized that I love paint mixing and color theory a lot, a lot. I am rolling around ideas for working with pigments, making watercolors, and doing little projects with lettering and watercolors that I can sell. I'm obviously still figuring it all out but this video series is right on time. Thanks Becca!
Question 5 totally happened to me with photography!! I thought it was just me and something was wrong with me. This was actually very encouraging to hear. Thank you Becca
I used to love gardening and flowers and then I was lucky enought to find a job as visual merchandiser for a flower company. Today I love my job more than anything. Everyday I have the chance to express my creativity and be around beautiful flowers and plants, but I honestly fell like chucking half of the plants I have in my house in the rubbish. Taking care of plants in my house feels like work and its not something I want to do in my time off anymore. I lost my hobby but I'm ok with it.
Today I'm thinking about working on a side hustle with dried flowers arrangements. My idea is not very defined yet.
This is something to think about. I have really beautiful handwriting, and I was looking up ways to make extra money from it. I thought of calligraphy. I used to do calligraphy when I was younger, but just for fun. I suppose I need to do more research to make this work for me. I just want it as a side hustle for additional income. But I want to enjoy it, too.
Thank you so much Becca. I'm into miniatures and I got asked for years if I sell and always said no, it's a hobby, because I didn't feel ready to 'lose the love' and also because the logistic and burocratic side always frightened me. Now that I have worked for a while in a Company and I learned a bit about POs, invoices, logistics and other stuff I think I'm ready to try it as a side hustle. Your videos really help me a lot, I've watched all the business side of things series, you are truly wonderful ❤️love from Italy
This is so true and for now its my hobby but thinking about the next step.
I feel very positive about it and so true and realistic are you words that I definitely take to heart and think it clear noe.
Excellent advice for those thinking of turning a hobby into a moneymaker.
I’m not a letterer persay, but I want to do art licensing. I’ve been designing stickers and mugs for the town I live in, which is a tourist town. And there is a market for that! Woohoo!
I retired in December 2019, from being an elementary school administrator, and have been dealing with too much free time, feelings of uselessness, & cabin fever from the pandemic. I HATED being an administrator. It sucked all of the creativity and energy out of my body. I needed to find something to fill the emptiness in my soul. I have always wanted to learn calligraphy (I am taking your course & a pointed pen course), but never thought anything about doing it as a side hustle until a few months ago. Now I am trying to gather information on what that would entail, because I think I want to give it a try.
Fantastic video! Thank you! I’m about to watch 2 and 3 but wanted to say that I appreciate your honesty and warning about the side hustle taking your hobby from you. I wondered that about the artists I follow who have monetized their “thing”. Anyway, love your content and wish you the best!
Question five is getting real man!!
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I already run an event decor business but I am adding even signs to my services! Right now I’m doing vinyl on acrylic but would love to offer a hand lettering option too which is why I am taking your course :)
I am a pastor and I would love to combine Scripture and hand-lettering - stickers, wall art, inspiration cards, bookmarks, etc
Ooh what a lovely idea
Please keep your eye on quality. So many Christian based "side hustles" and even business products are garbage. They count on Christians buying anything with scripture on it. I won't. I've been burned too often. I subscribed to a Christian monthly box program thinking they would vet the products. They didn't. I still got junk. God is not glorified by junk.
This is a great series. Thanks a lot
Thank you as always Becca for your business advice. A LONG time ago I used to have a business making handmade greetings cards (sold to shops through an agent in both the UK and US) It was a side hustle until I got a very big order for the US. The stress of scaling up so big for a very small profit took the love away (alongside the agent then selling the business to a company who bankrupted it and owed me money!) I tried to start up a small wedding stationery business afterwards but my confidence was dented big time and has never really bounced back…..although there is still a REAL longing to earn a living from my creative endeavours. I love baking and decorating cakes (but only for my kids- way too stressful) sewing (kids costumes, bags etc) and working with small children. I HATE marketing and client interaction 🤦🏼♀️ I find my perfectionism cripples me a lot too. 🤦🏼♀️ Uphill struggles.😉🤣
This is a really good video
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Thank you :)
Thank you so much for sharing this!!
Thank you
I have learned Calligraphy from your course. I enjoy random calligraphy writing. I have transitioned into writing Greeting Cards & calligraphy on windows. Thank you.
Please rely with any suggestions.
Thank you for this video series! And I honestly don't know. I went to college for graphic design & hated it, but got to take some studio art courses my senior year & I found both joy and stress in acrylic painting. From the number of projects I did & how fast-paced my schooling was, I lost my love for art by the time I graduated. BUT it has now been 3 years since then & I am dying on the inside working an office job. I think even if it takes the love away, I will never feel fulfilled if I am not doing something creative as my job.
So I think I am willing to lose my love of calligraphy, it just sucks. I wish there was a way to not lose it. I started learning calligraphy as a way to feel connected to my creative side w/o feeling the intense pressure I felt when sitting down to draw or paint post-college. Idk.
I love the topic💕
I do watercolor and calligraphy. Would like to figure a way to sell cards. Possibly by printing the watercolor and hand lettering the inside, sort of on demand, as well as the envelope.
Great advice there!
I really want to sell home decor. I have already made some wooden signs with cute phrases or quotes, but have been unsuccessful in marketing most things I've made. I really hope that I can have a successful shop some day and start making custom home decor for people. I did make things for my mom and for my mother-in-law that they each paid me for.
Love this
God bless!!!
I have learned calligraphy from you and I enjoy it. How could I do market research to see if my ideas would sell? I have an interest in watercolor and inspiring quotes. Thank you for your excellent videos. You are always inspiring to me and a breath of fresh air with your authenticity. Thank you!
I particularly like to create presonal greeting cards and calligraphy pieces for my realtives and I think I would like to create some for the relatives of my clients. I could include inside jokes or lyrics of a song that they love, etc. I still have to calculate everything but the thought of making something more personal and adding my own touch to it is something that I think could be really nice! I also like the thought that it does not have to be something really big at the moment. Just having fun with the ideas of my clients and selling them something that'll make their relative smile:)
I am a truck driver. Right now we are looking to moving in the future. The plan is to stay home and run our dog breeding business. When this happens I want to do woodwork using calligraphy and wood burning. I am so lost on how to do social media and editing videos
I’ve considered making door signs for kids rooms after making several of them for friends and family. I don’t know if I love it enough to make it a side hustle though and now I have a baby so I have even less time to spend on it. A part of me wants to wait until she is older to see if it is something we could do together.
Calligraphy is my passion hobby. My side hustle is writing.
I wish someone told me about question 5 too😞
I am retired and really only want to do something nice for others. Maybe get paid but maybe not. I have that luxury of doing it for fun and doing it for others if they ask, and as gifts. I took part of the poem that Amanda Gorman recited for Biden's inauguration and might frame it and offer it for raffle at an organization I belong to. I have that luxury. I copied two sayings for my dad's funeral urn table and thought I did pretty good.
So for me, I am actually really good at window art, and canvas signs. I'm kinda funny and vulgar so I think I could do a great job of making funny seasonally relevant signs locally or do chalk/window ads for a few of the local businesses here in town. I have done some hand lettering for envelopes, but I just don't think there's a huge market for that need here tho I do love addressing a good envelope.
Nice!
Sounds like Ikigai
Good at?
Does it pay ?
Love it?
I am good at calligraphy
I'm not sure how tp combine - calligraphy, drawing, craft with photography/photo editing, animation.
I take your advice very seriously always, but I have a problem. As you mentioned for the side hustle "you need to live and breathe " that passion. I love doing art and calligraphy, I am passionate about it and I can do it all day and every day but I am a student I need to focus on my studies but I really want to earn with my passion. what should I do?
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I really want to start making invitations a side hustle but with the pandemic going on… the government shuts down gatherings… so maybe I’ll put this in the backburner😥
The last question felt like a hit 😶
Hiii I’m staring up my calligraphy Business Prettylittleletterings ! You have helped me soo much since the start and I just want to thank you soo much for that 💖! In having a more open mind about what to expect when starting my business 🥰!