Wife turned her hobby into a business. She started crocheting just to see if she could still do it, and people started asking her to make stuff for them. Later, this semi-famous world touring musician bought one of her hats, and at a Q&A session, someone asked him where he got his hat, and the floodgates opened! Now, she makes a large number of hats for him to sell at his merch stand. We went to see him perform, and he shouted my wife out. Funny thing was everyone that bought a hat wanted a pic with Greg Koch (artist) and my wife. The lead singer from Tower of Power also bought one of hats.
That’s the type of come up my wife is looking for. Her biggest issue is HER. She just will not put herself out there because she’s afraid of criticism and is highly sensitive. That perfectionist mentality gets the best of her every time.
She makes clothes, jewelry, paints, draws, and whatever else crafty and artsy. But she will not get on Etsy, run a social page, or even do tutorial videos.
She wants other people to do it for her. I told her that isn’t authentic wanting other people to do it for you. It’s your art work, and nobody can talk about your artwork better than you.