Making a living?

[Bandia]

Ok, to be brief, I would both like to work from home. I am a new mom, and would like to spend as much time with my daughter as possible. I am very creative and have a few ideas, but I am also very limited with how much I can invest in any project for the time being. Can anybody toss a few suggestions my way on how I can begin to make a living from home doing something creative, something I would enjoy? It would be much appreciated.
Bandia

[treefae]

you could make homemade quilts or pillow covers.i'd buy em

[LisaT4P]

A friend of mine is a crafter. She paints and sculpts on jars and things (spaghetti jars, beer bottles, lightbulbs, etc.) to look like Santa Claus or Witches or Scarecrows and stuff. She basically turns them into nice candle jars (the lightbulbs are Xmas ornaments). If you eat spaghetti, can afford acrylic paints and a bottle of spray clear-coat, then you can get started. She sells them at craft fairs & stuff, but you could probably get started on ebay.

[Bandia]

Thank you for the suggestions. However, a situation has arisen where I am pretty much required to work through a company with a good benefits plan or go to school full time or my dearest daughter and I don't have insurance. Don't you love it when all options are removed?
:yikes: :yikes:

[Pandoras]

Here are some books that might help. Maybe you could start a small part time business, perhaps online. If you do well enough, you can leave your present job and afford to buy insurance on your own with small business status. I don't mean to pry about your personal life, but if you're married, doesn't your partner get benefits (like insurance) that covers you and your baby? (Keep in mind that I'm neither married nor do I have kids so I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I do have a full time job and trying to start my own home business.)

Mompreneurs Online: Using the Internet to Build Work at Home Success by Patricia Cobe, Ellen H. Parlapiano

The Stay-At-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money from Home: Choosing the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have (Stay-At-Home Mom's Guides) by Liz Folger

101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home by Susan Sweeney

101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd Edition : Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started on the Road to Success by Priscilla Huff

[KimberSly]

I know you may not LIKE taking care of another little one, but people pay good money for in home care instead of Day Care. Plus your little one would probably make a friend in the process. :)

[Bandia]

I love little ones...I don't usually get along with the parents too well, like when they expect me to be afraid of the children's tears or think a three year old should be permitted to walk all over me...
I wouldn't do very well in that field.
Also, while my baby could make a friend, not to be a pessemist but I've seen this too much, she could also learn too many less than desireable behavioral traits than I can correct. I've seen kids lure other kids (at 5 years old) into battering a poor dog, into the "kissing cousins" thing, into mistreating and excluding other children...I'm a mommy that most people hate. I've seen too many other children and have been through too much not to want to keep my child in a bubble. When she's older (8 or 9) and has already established goodwill and other positive character traits I will be more willing to let loose.
As far as the books though, they will be beneficial to my mother and I, and all of your opinions and advice are much appreciated.