Six Craft Ideas For Extra Income
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With the cost of living going up, it is always worth looking at sources for extra income to help you out. If you have a passion for crafting, you may just be able to gain an extra income by selling your crafts!
We’ve broken down our top crafts below which could make you a bit of extra income this year.
Cards and stationery
For those that enjoy design or illustration, you could actually be making a small profit from your creations. Card selling sites such as Thortful do the hard work for you. SImply create an account and upload your artwork ready to be sold. As soon as a card with your design on is sold, you’ll receive payment. It may not be a lot, but it’s a small amount of income to your pocket.
Some sites also offer different stationery products such as notebooks and journals for you to upload artwork for. A great site for this is Redbubble, which allows you to upload your artwork or patterns on multiple items ranging from phone cases to pillows and bedding.
Once you have established your style and brand you could make a fair bit of extra income for yourself.
Resin
Resin has gained a lot of popularity in the past few years, especially in the jewellery sector. Popular items include earrings due to the fact they can be fully customised with different shaped moulds, dried flowers, gold flakes, letters and even colours.
Not only do customers love buying pieces for themselves, but for their furry friends too. Pet tags have become sought after, with more and more people investing in pet accessories. If you wish to go down this route, you will have to make sure you are able to complete orders on request as collar tags often include the pets name and some decorative elements.
Resin has become somewhat a saturated market so you will need to think of ways to make your brand stand out against the crowd.
Cosmetics
More and more customers are demanding cosmetic products which are both gentle to skin and the environment. If you’re a keen skincare enthusiast, with a passion for natural ingredients, why not look into making natural cosmetics such as body moisturisers, face masks or even bath bombs.
There are guides online on how to start a bath bomb business, which would help you to establish your target market and where to sell your products. Bath bombs are relatively easy to make and a lot of the ingredients you need can be found in supermarkets, making the core ingredients budget friendly. Prices may be higher if you wish to use specific scents or essential oils, but you should start to see profit quite quickly.
Press on nails
If you are a nail technician, or are a dab hand with nails yourself, you could make a profit from selling custom press on nails. Since the lockdown, many people resorted to buying press on nails online since they couldn’t go to actual nail salons. Since then, the market for press on nails has drastically increased due to customers finding it easier than visiting the salon every month.
Popular options include hand painted acrylic nails, which are typically made from scratch to fit the customers nail size. You can charge anywhere from £20 upwards depending on the complexity of the design.
Cake making
If you are a keen baker, you could be using your talent to actually make an income. Custom cakes have become increasingly popular over the past few years, with more and more customers requesting unique cake designs for special occasions.
This could simply be weekend projects for you, making one cake a week which could bring you a nice bit of extra income if you charge for your services correctly. You want to ensure you make a profit, so always include the price of your ingredients and time spent into your overall cost for the cake.
DIY kits
Instead of making the actual DIY yourself, you could make small kits for DIY projects such as pottery kits for kids, knitting sets or even paint by numbers.
You don’t really have to craft anything yourself, other than the kit. So if you’re not exactly the most crafty person, this option could be perfect or you. You will need to consider what DIY craft you wish to sell and what audience you will be targeting first, and from there you can start building your own kit ready to sell.
Alternatively, if you are a bit of a crafter yourself, you could make the core of the kit and add other elements inside for your audience to customise. For example, if you love pottery, you could create your own pottery mugs and sell them with paint for customers to paint their own mugs.
If you do decide to sell any of your crafts, it’s always worth remembering who your target market is and establishing the best ways to connect with them. The last thing you want is to waste your time creating products and no one is interested in them.
With that being said, if you have a passion for crafting, it is always worth putting yourself out there as your hobby might just become a business.
Disclaimer: If you’re earning more than £100o net per year from your side hustle (excluding matched betting, cashback and selling your own items) then you’ll need to register with HMRC and fill out a tax return. This includes buying items from charity shops or Vinted to resell for a profit.
