Making your craft stash into cash 2026

elly68

You can sell your art/craft to clear debts or book a holiday or just to help with the declutter.
Just before xmas my art supplies were moved to a storage unit to allow us to floor the studio so i can move in 
Absolutely horrified i could open a shop mainly gifts or cheap buys but either way need to get it cleared so plan to sell unwanted supplies or create art and do markets ,theres also destash markets you can attend .
lets make our glitter into magic money dust x

ThriftyPrincess40

I’m going to give this a whirl as quite crafty and do birthday and Xmas gifts but peeps keep telling me I should sell them, so here goes. I’ve multiple projects going with sewing, knitting and others and do get a tenner for taking trousers up and curtains odd jobs for friends 👍

elly68

hi thrifty you should check your local area for artist co-ops .depending where you live you could have a look at stitched by gillian for some ideas x

elly68

day two and im off out but ive updated my ellies' art gallery with a lovely post to my customers thanking them for appreciating my art i keep being told its all in the marketing .will speak to hubby re next steps to finishing studio so i can get properly set up and organised . ill but shelving and storage from marketplace/gumtree and local bootsale x
happy days my glitter will become cash x

elly68

spent all day watching make it to market looking for inspiration might have to start doing videos .

elly68

I went to storage unit with hubby yesterday im putting an entry date to studio at feb 28 im picking up storage shelving on market place .Hopefully first market soon . Going to list on facebook wish me luck x

ellenvan

elly68 said:

I went to storage unit with hubby yesterday im putting an entry date to studio at feb 28 im picking up storage shelving on market place .Hopefully first market soon . Going to list on facebook wish me luck x

Wishing you lots of luck!
Let us know how it goes.

elly68

Cheers ellenvan i'm toying with having a charity day with my paintings given away at entry for the ticket value .Thinking selling tickets for £20 quid and you get to take a painting away all different sizes shapes or use up some of the stash to do new tiny paintings and frame them .
seems a good way to clear some paintings and raise my profile as an artist . 20 x 200 is 4000 buffet and a band would be 1500 so charity would get £2500 .
gonna pass it by a friend see what she thinks do you all think i'm mad lol 
cant wait to get in the studio clocks ticking .
Markets will be delayed to March for post op recovery but happy to start then x

Deb4

I really need to do this as I have loads of craft stuff, I have set up a Facebook and Instagram page but haven't posted on them really need to change that.

My problem is that instead of crafting I'm doing other things which aren't very constructive, so I need to be more proactive

elly68

Hi Deb4 Can't wait to see how well you do xx

Deb4

Jwondering how everyone is getting on