{"id":302191,"date":"2025-12-28T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlslife.com\/?p=302191"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:18:15","slug":"turn-your-crafty-hobby-into-a-side-hustle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/life\/302191\/turn-your-crafty-hobby-into-a-side-hustle\/","title":{"rendered":"Make It Happen 2026: Turn your crafty hobby into a side hustle"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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What’s on *your* vision board for 2026? Maybe it’s starting a side hustle (hiii, Etsy bracelet biz), auditioning for the spring musical or finally publishing your poems for the world to see.<\/p>\r\n

Dreaming big is one thing, but actually taking the leap? That can feel…kinda intimidating.<\/p>\r\n

So we’re here to help: Welcome to Make It Happen 2026<\/strong><\/span>, your guide to glowing up your goals this year. All week long, we’re sharing real advice from GL<\/em> girls who decided to go for it\u2014whether that’s growing an online platform, writing a book or turning a creative hobby into actual income. Ready to get majorly inspired? Thought so!<\/p>\r\n

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Meet Gabby G., 18, who turned her bright idea into a budding biz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\ud83c\udf80 The Biz: <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI started Gabby Bows<\/a> when I was just 5. My barrettes kept falling out\u2014they weren\u2019t designed for thick hair like mine. So my mom and I brainstormed accessories that could work. We connected with engineers and manufacturers, and it took two years to bring our idea to life. Over a decade later, we\u2019re still going strong.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\ud83d\udcb0 The Bucks: <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cMost of what I make goes back into the business, but I do have enough left over to go shopping or grab dinner with friends.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u2b50 <\/mark>Your Turn: <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Ask yourself: What do you wish existed but doesn\u2019t? Once you have your idea, figure out the steps to get your business off the ground\u2014and calculate the initial costs. Once your product is ready, use social media, Etsy and booths at farmers markets to start selling, selling, selling!<\/p>\r\n

Hey, girl! Just to let you know, this originally ran in our June\/July 2025 issue. Read our print mag for *free* today when you click HERE!\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Want more life inspo? Check these out<\/strong>:
\ud83d\udc5a How to sell your clothes on Poshmark and *actually* make money<\/a>
\ud83d\udc5a How to turn your clothes into cash<\/a>
\ud83d\udc5a EXCLUSIVE! Liliana Mijangos is making history as a teen fashion designer<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Top image: Karly Santiago<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s on *your* vision board for 2026? Maybe it’s starting a side hustle (hiii, Etsy bracelet biz), auditioning for the spring musical or finally publishing your poems for the world to see. Dreaming big is one thing, but actually taking the leap? That can feel…kinda intimidating. So we’re here to help: Welcome to Make It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":626,"featured_media":302207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[283,304,305,289],"tags":[524,24274,18724,14587,15543,61680,73],"class_list":["post-302191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-diys","category-get-inspired","category-make-it-cute","tag-crafts","tag-depop","tag-etsy","tag-jobs","tag-making-money","tag-reselling","tag-summer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}