Few things are more fun than finishing a really cute stuffed horse and having a grown woman squeal when she sees it on your table. She picks it up, snuggles it and digs for cash to get it then walks away hugging it to death. Makes me smile just remembering.....

You could be your own worst boss. You would work under conditions most bosses could get fired for allowing you to work under.

Also if you work at a public market be the best and most honest you can be. This will serve you best in the long run.

I would not keep up with the inventory side of jewelry making at first. I would just make items and wait until it sold then had an awful time finding invoices that said what a string of beads and clasps and such had cost. I learned to do it as I went along then could just check it off inventory as sold and could write down the correct cost of goods then let my computer total it up for me at tax time.

Having a mom with camp kids come up to my table to order 50 sets of macrame necklaces and matching bracelet and wanting them for pickup the following day.

I wanted to see if I could make it as a self employed artist. During the late 80s through 2005 I did just that and made a good living selling my handmade jewelry, stuffed animals and various other arts and crafts in consignment shops, online and in my own booth at a local art market and a small mall. I may go back to it someday but was glad to go back to a guaranteed paycheck when my husband's life went into a tailspin and after he died a short time ago.