Quit Your Day Job: thedreamygiraffe
Kathy, the one woman powerhouse behind thedreamygiraffe, quit her day job without really having a plan B. While living off of the savings she had in mind for a down payment on a house, she discovered that her paintings were a way to bring in additional income while doing what she loved. Not too long after that …
Quit Your Day Job: HoboCampCrafts
Melissa of Hobocampcrafts was able to successfully quit her NYC office job to follow her passion and sell full time on Etsy. She has been able to contribute a steady income to her household along with her husband Zach, and they are now expecting a new little bundle of joy (any day now)! Melissa will be able to …
Quit Your Day Job: Follow-up with DennisAnderson
Just over 6 months ago, I did an interview you might remember, highlighting the fact that Etsy soap maker DennisAnderson was able to quit his day job in order to sell his bath and body products on Etsy full time. He had just taken the plunge and was both nervous and excited about his immediate future. With …
Quit Your Day Job: DownToTheWireDesigns
Chuck of Downtothewiredesigns is now selling full time on Etsy. His story is a little ironic; his day job continued to pay him more and more as he worked less and less (they held him in high regard and truly needed him to stay on). He finally had to listen to his heart, taking the plunge into making and selling his …
Featured Team: Full Time Etsy Crafters Team
We've always been inspired by those crafters who take the plunge to create full time! When we saw many of these brave crafters come together to form their own Team, The Full Time Etsy Crafters, we wanted to support them and show the rest of Etsy how they are helping each other. Sharing business tips, woes and …
Quit Your Day Job: StephanieFizer
Stephanie of StephanieFizer quit her day job back in 2006 to become a full time artist, but it didn't quite work out according to plan. She found that she wasn't truly following her heart (or game plan) with painting, and she eventually found herself back in a day job. The second time around, she had a plan and …
Quit Your Day Job: KatrinaKaye
Trina and Andy are a husband and wife team working together to run their full time Etsy business, katrinakaye, as well as raise their daughter Sienna. After relocating to Amsterdam, Trina just couldn't find it in herself to go back to a "proper" job, as she calls it, and just knew deep down she wanted to be at home …
Quit Your Day Job: roselabiche
Lucy of roselabiche on Etsy knew she wanted to leave her day job to follow her dreams of starting her own business. She set out with a business plan, left her job, began selling on Etsy and soon became successful enough with her sales to support herself and her new family. A day in the life of Lucy includes …
Quit Your Day Job: chocolateandsteel
After returning to work 4 months after maternity leave, Christine of chocolateandsteel knew it just wasn't for her anymore. She had a passion for working with her hands, and really missed her new son while back at her day job; so she made a plan. She took two weeks vacation from work and in that two weeks tested …
