Izithsaba zavela kwiibhokisi ze-attic ezinothuli, iintsimbi zomkhosi wosindiso zazimi kufuphi neebhakethi zabo zokuqokelela, kwaye ivenkile yesebe yayizaliswe ngamakhadi eholide kunye neimvulophu ezifanayo.
“Abantu abaninzi bathi' kulungile, andikwazi ukuzoba umgca othe ngqo,'” utshilo. Ewe, andikwazi, kodwa ngokusebenzisa imigca ethe tye yabanye abantu, ndinokudibanisa into endicinga ukuba ibukeka intle kwaye abanye abantu babonakala beyithanda.
Iifolda ezikroliweyo kunye nezitampu zedijithali zizixhobo zakhe eziyimfihlo, kwaye ibhlog ye-intanethi yindlela yakhe yokwabelana ngendalo yakhe nehlabathi.
UBostick uthe kuyavela ukuba umhlaba wobugcisa awuchasani nokukopa uyilo lwamakhadi, ke waqala ukufumana inkuthazo kwi-Intanethi ngokubukela iividiyo zokufundisa kwiYouTube malunga neminyaka emibini eyadlulayo.
“Ndiphucuke kakhulu,” watsho. “Ekuqaleni ndakhuphela amakhadi amaninzi kwaye ndenza ikhadi ngobugcisa bekliphu. Ukusuka apho ndaqhubeka nokwenza amakhadi ngokuyila kwam. "
Xa engenazo iindwendwe, igumbi leendwendwe kwikhaya laseBostic likaMarco Island liba ligumbi lobugcisa. I-closet ibe yindawo yokugcina kunye nezibophelelo ezigcwele izitampu kunye nezitya zeplastiki ze-inki kunye nephepha.
Ukhuphela izitampu zedijithali (azibiza ngokuba “zii-digistamps”), aziprinte ngombala omnyama nomhlophe, azincamathele ekhadini, aze apeyinte kwimigca yokongeza isimbo.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uvelise phantse amakhadi angama-250, uninzi lwawo ngamakhadi emibuliso, kodwa mva nje onke anomxholo weholide.
Inzuzo enkulu yamakhadi e-DIY kukuba uBostick uyathanda ukuyila imiyalezo eyenzelwe umntu umamkeli.
"Kubenza bahluke kwaye babe buqu ngakumbi," utshilo uMessi, ophethe ivenkile yezipho ebizwa ngokuba "Phakathi kwamaTides" eMaine ngexesha lasehlotyeni. “Ndicinga ukuba baninzi abantu abangayiboniyo unyaka wonke. Kuyavuyisa ukufumana ikhadi elinomyalezo omncinane obhalwe ngesandla.”
NjengoBostick, uMassey ukwafumana inkuthazo kwizifundo zevidiyo ezikwi-Intanethi kunye nePinterest. Uchaza uyilo lwakhe ngepensile aze ayigcwalise nge-watercolor.
Njengommeli odla umhlala-phantsi, uMessi ngoku uvuyiswa lithuba lokuyila emva kokuthatha umhlala phantsi. Ngeli xesha lonyaka, elinye lamakhadi akhe awathandayo yi-poinsettia, kunye nomaleko wegolide kwi-watercolor ebomvu.
Kwabo banqwenela ukwenza amakhadi abo eholide ngeli xesha lonyaka, uMessi ucebisa ukuthenga iipeyinti ze-watercolor kunye nephepha kwi-Intanethi. Umzekelo, eAmazon, wafumana ipakethe yamaphepha e-watercolor ayi-100 ngeedola ezingama-20.
Kwangelo xesha, uNatalie Duff wathenga izitampu zemathiriyeli, iifolda ezikroliweyo, amaphepha asuka kwiJoanne's Fabrics, kwiHobby Lobby kunye nekaMichael.
UDuff uthengisa amakhadi akhe nge-$1 ukuya kwi-3 yeedola kwimiboniso yezandla yasekhaya kunye nakwiwebhusayithi yezandla ze-Etsy, kwiphepha lakhe elibizwa ngokuba yi-"Natalie D Handmade". Ukwasebenzise umatshini weqakamba ukusika iimilo azincamathisele kunye, kwaye emva koko wancamathelisa iphepha ukulenza libengezela kwaye libengezelelekileyo, nto leyo ebaluleke kakhulu.
“Ewe, ukuya ePublix uyokufumana ikhadi lesipho kuyakhawuleza, kwaye kukho ixesha nendawo, kodwa xa umntu echitha ixesha endaweni yokuthenga, lixabisa kakhulu,” utshilo.
Ngezixhobo zokuvelisa zobugcisa obuphezulu, izifundo ze-intanethi, iiblogi ezifana ne-Pinterest, i-Etsy, kunye ne-Bostick, imisebenzi ye-DIY ibonakala iyinto ekhulayo.
“Ndicinga ukuba umhlaba wonke ubusoloko unamaqhinga,” utshilo. “Kukuba bayanda abantu abayenza le nto ngoku. Ndicinga ukuba ayikaze iphelelwe lixesha, ngokwenene. ”
Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-18-2021