Craft Shows in a Financial Crisis
Posted on 26. Jun, 2009 by Rick Amorey in Arts and Entertainment
Life is so hard these days. Because of the recession, may people suddenly find themselves jobless and without a source of income. And it’s not because they lack the skills to, but simply because companies are hit hard and need to cut costs. If you lose your job, tough luck, but it also means that you now suddenly have all the time in the world.
What do you do, then, with all the free time you suddenly have on your hands? A lot of people will understandably use it to spend more time with their families. And a number of people will use their time and energy towards looking for a new job. But, let’s be sensible about this. Until we get away from the eye of the storm, so to speak, finding new work will be difficult.
Why don’t we set up small businesses instead? In all likelihood, it will be incomparable to the salary you used to have. But it’s something, at the very least. The cost of living will still continue to come, but it must be buffered somehow.
I have decided to go back to a hobby that I used to do as a teenager, for example. Back then, I used to make wonderful wood carvings, which I slowly gave up when I started becoming an adult. There were more important things, apparently. But now, with all my free time, I have decided to return to my hobby, and make extra income at the same time by selling them at craft fairs.
Looking for craft shows to sell my wares have never been easier in the Internet age. Helpful people have decided to archive ALL upcoming events online; and finding the next show is just a simple matter of surfing for information. Admittedly, it doesn’t give me too much income. But at least I keep the money flowing amidst the financial crisis.
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