pro-hobby approach:
- safe and secure income from day job
- in the current climate, difficult to find job if you change your mind
- if you don't fancy beading for a couple of weeks, the world will not come to an end
- if equipment breaks down, the world will not come to an end
- you can experiment, even if it turns out rubbish, it doesn't matter, you don't *have* to sell
- you can price however you want (interesting one, this, see below!)
pro-pro approach:
- you do what you love, every day (but see point 3 above!)
- LOTS more time behind the torch = more ppp = better beads
- more time to build up customer base
- working from home, flexible hours
- time to do teaching, fairs, etc.
Concerns:
Flexible hours = lots of hours - but more than working full-time plus making beads and selling them as a hobby?
Pricing: interesting...I try not to underprice professional bead makers, but if I *was* a professional bead maker, wouldn't I have to lower prices, simply to sell more? A constant conundrum.
This is a rather convoluted ramble - which is, in fact, rather representative of the twists and turns inside my mind.
