How a Hobbie Became a Business?

I was a stay at home mom. I had no education! My education level was tenth grade. I came from a very poor back ground.

So I acquired a lot of skills. Simply because my family was to poor to just go out to buy things. I loved to bake cakes. I had a natural ability to decorate cakes. I made amazing cakes for all my kids' birthdays. Cakes you could never buy in stores.

One year I made a cake. Every mother that brought there kids to my son's birthday party couldn't get over my creativity. Not long after that I was baking cakes. I never intended to profit from my creations. But I did!

I also made my school clothes. I remember one dress I made that was two dresses in one. All you had to do is turn the dress inside out. Instantly you had a different dress.

I thought that was the neatest thing. I showed everybody in school. My idea caught on quick. Everybody wanted one! The first few dresses I didn't charge anything because I didn't think I could make money. Then I ran out of material. I felt bad to ask for money but realized nobody had a problem paying.

I had so many requests I couldn't keep up. I had to pay someone to do my house work.

I made as much money if not more then my husband. That was the happiest I have ever been

Then we moved! No more dress making! No more cake making! I was lonely and bored. So I went to the craft store. I seen some oil paintings and thought to myself. I bet I could do that. That day I purchased my first kit.

I come home from school one day. I was painting a picture of me and my horse. My husband came home from work. The first thing he said when he walked through the door. What's that smell? Paint I said! He looked to see what I was painting. He's like I didn't know you could paint. I said I didn't know it either. Before I knew it I was painting portraits.

The point is I never intended to make a profit. I never advertised! My exposure was from word of mouth. My work was unique! My work sold itself!

Today with the internet I might have gotten more exposure. The truth is you can't see the quality and uniqueness of my work with a picture.

I may have made some money from the internet but nowhere near what I made from word of mouth