The Amazing Ways I Make Money While Parked in this Chair.

So, I have had a CafePress shop for a few years now. I began in the Fall of 2005. The whole thing started because I wanted a cute twin design for Asa and Addison and couldn't find what I was looking for. I drew up my own, stuck it on CafePress, and before I could even get my settings right on the shop I sold two! I quickly added other designs, and now I have 207 sections in my shop... with designs for twins, triplets, big brothers, big sisters, adoptions, and anything else that I could make work. I do a few custom designs a month, usually with a middle sibling or an international adoption needing different skin tones for different siblings. I don't know how long I can ride this out, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts!

In the past 3 months I have sold 325 items. I think that averages about 3.6 per day. I have a ton of designs (It takes four different designs to cover the triplet combinations... which I do for each skin tone... and 3 for each twin design. Heck, I even do quad designs! The mind boggles!) so it really is hard to get accurate tabs on what is selling best. But, the single most popular item by far for this quarter was the "I *heart* My Big Sister" shirt or onesie. It also amazes me the number of triplet orders that come through in a month. I had 43 of them over the quarter. The quads are rare, but have sold a few here and there.

We make a small but substantial little chunk each month, and I hope to be able to continue to put up more designs and stick around as long as possible. Sure, CafePress takes the vast majority of the earnings. But, I don't really do any of the work. I just sit and think of new ideas or answer emails and create custom designs, grow my shop, and get my check in the mail. Maybe baby #3 will inspire me once again and I can come up with a new line of silly baby attire.

By the way... my onesies for IVF babies that says "Second Mortgage" has had an excellent quarter this year. I'm glad to see that moms and dads who cashed it all in for that little bundle were still able to retain their senses of humor!

(You can reach the shop from www.cafepress.com/hollieshobbies or straight from www.hollieshobbies.net.)