As a full time artist I am always looking for new revenue streams, especially reoccurring ones. Knowing I make all kinds of ornaments a friend asked about a custom ornament for a family member depicting a new house purchase. I worked up a prototype and came up with this.
While we were discussing the ornament we simultaneously realized these would make great gifts for realtors and MLO’s (Mortgage Loan Originators) to purchase for their clients. I started promoting them on social media and had a few instant hits. This morning I started on my first batch for a realtor.
After they are fired, glazed and then fired again, I attach a ribbon for hanging and package in a cellphone bag with a note regarding using essential oils on the back of the ornament. The final product looks like this.
As I’ve been sharing these to social media I have had many follower “share” the posts with realtors they know. Some are as far away as Florida. I am hoping this will prove to be yet another revenue stream for my little business. I guess the moral of the story is be careful before you turn down a custom order. Thank you Josh Amyot for the original order.
Book suggestions: Verity by Colleen Hoover and Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs