A Hobby for Profit?

July 21, 2009 on 11:48 pm | In Everything | 7 Comments

Seeing as my favorite hobby of bookbinding is an uncommon one, I have recently been tossing around the idea of whether or not to try selling them.  I mean, seriously.  If I made jewelry I could always wear it, but how many blank books do I really need?

Here are some pics of the most recent (and largest) book I made:

As you can tell, I made the book to be a picture diary.  I created it to write my Japanese journal in because, just in case I write a bunch of Japanese garble, the picture will put some meaning to it.  This was motivated by the intensive intermediate Japanese class I’m taking right now.  The teacher assigned the weekend homework to be journal writing.  And so…the book was made!

The only problem with it is that the teacher made such a big deal about it that I was highly embarrassed.  I never could remember how to deflect compliments in Japanese.

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  1. You can sell them on Etsy, it’s really easy and low cost to do. Just something to think about…

    Comment by Nicole — July 22, 2009 #

  2. Yeah, earlier today I joined Etsy. While I have my own site to sell things, I think the community is far better to get my stuff out and visible to the public.

    Do you sell anything on Etsy?

    Comment by Charity — July 22, 2009 #

  3. Indeed I do. I debated doing it for a while, then decided I’d just do it. It’s really easy, 20 cents to list an item, then 3.5% of the sale goes to Etsy. The item stays listed for 4 months and you have to decide/deal with the shipping.

    It’s a good community and system…

    ps…my store is nausicaadistribution.etsy.com

    Comment by Nicole — July 23, 2009 #

  4. I love your stuff, btw! Now I want a normal distribution plushie!

    Comment by Charity — July 23, 2009 #

  5. Or at least a coffee cozy <3

    Comment by Charity — July 23, 2009 #

  6. Well I was about to suggest Etsy, but I see that I am a bit late to the party.

    Comment by Ookami Snow — July 25, 2009 #

  7. i think that’s a masterpiece!

    you should really seriously consider making and selling them…

    try it out… who knows…

    ganbatte!

    Comment by Geotacs — August 12, 2009 #

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