Kwavela amagoda ezimbali emabhokisini asophahleni olunothuli, izinsimbi zebutho losindiso zazimi eduze kwamabhakede awo eqoqo, futhi isitolo somnyango sasigcwele amakhadi eholide nezimvilophu ezifanayo.
“Abantu abaningi bathi, 'Awu, angikwazi ukudweba umugqa oqondile,'” kusho yena. “Hhayi-ke, angikwazi, kodwa ngokusebenzisa imigqa eqondile yabanye abantu, ngingahlanganisa into engicabanga ukuthi ibukeka iyinhle futhi ebonakala ithandwa ngabanye abantu.”
Amafolda aqoshiwe kanye nezitembu zedijithali yizikhali zakhe eziyimfihlo, futhi ibhulogi eku-inthanethi iyindlela yakhe yokwabelana ngendalo yakhe nomhlaba.
U-Bostick uthe kuvele ukuthi umhlaba wobuciko awumelene nokukopisha imiklamo yamakhadi, ngakho waqala ukuthola ugqozi ku-inthanethi ngokubuka amavidiyo wokufundisa ku-YouTube cishe eminyakeni emibili edlule.
“Sengithuthuke kakhulu,” kusho yena. “Ekuqaleni ngadawuniloda amakhadi amaningi ngenza nekhadi elinobuciko bokunamathisela. Ukusuka lapho ngaqhubeka ngenza amakhadi ngobuhlakani bami.”
Uma engenazo izivakashi, igumbi lezivakashi ekhaya lase-Bostic's Marco Island liba yindlu yezandla. Ikhabethe seliphenduke indawo yokugcina enezibophezelo ezigcwele izitembu neziqukathi zepulasitiki zikayinki nephepha.
Ulanda izitembu zedijithali (azibiza ngokuthi “ama-digistamp”), aziphrinte zibemnyama nokumhlophe, azinamathisele ekhadini, futhi azipende emigqeni ukuze engeze isitayela.
Kuze kube manje, usekhiqize cishe amakhadi angama-250, amaningi awo okungamakhadi okubingelela, kodwa muva nje wonke anetimu yeholide.
Inzuzo enkulu yamakhadi e-DIY ukuthi u-Bostick uthanda ukuklama imilayezo yomuntu siqu yomamukeli.
"Kubenza bahluke futhi babe ngumuntu siqu," kusho uMessi, obuye abe nesitolo sezipho esibizwa ngokuthi "Between the Tides" eMaine ehlobo. “Ngicabanga ukuthi baningi abantu abangayiboni unyaka wonke. Kuhle ukuthola ikhadi elinomyalezo omncane obhalwe ngesandla.”
NjengoBostick, uMassey uphinde athole ugqozi kokufundiswa kwamavidiyo aku-inthanethi kanye ne-Pinterest. Uchaza idizayini yakhe ngepensela abese ewugcwalisa nge-watercolor.
Njengommeli osethathe umhlalaphansi emacaleni, uMessi usejabulela ithuba lokuqamba amanga ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi. Ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka, elinye lamakhadi awathandayo i-poinsettia, enongqimba lwegolide kumbala obomvu wamanzi.
Kulabo abafisa ukwenza amakhadi abo eholide kule sizini, uMessi uncoma ukuthenga amapende ombala wamanzi namaphepha ku-inthanethi. Isibonelo, e-Amazon, uthole iphakethe lamaphepha e-watercolor ayi-100 ngo-$20.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Natalie Duff wathenga izitembu zezinto zokwakha, amafolda aqoshiwe, iphepha kuJoanne's Fabrics, Hobby Lobby kanye nekaMichael.
U-Duff uthengisa amakhadi akhe ngo-$1 kuya ku-$3 embukisweni wendawo wezandla kanye nakuwebhusayithi yezandla ye-Etsy, ekhasini lakhe elibizwa ngokuthi “Natalie D Handmade”. Uphinde wasebenzisa umshini wekhilikithi ukuze asike izimo futhi azinamathisele ndawonye, wabe esenamathisela iphepha ukuze alenze libukeke licwebezela futhi linensimbi, okuyinto ethinta kakhulu.
“Yebo, ukuya e-Publix ukuze uthole ikhadi lesipho kuyashesha, futhi kunesikhathi nendawo, kodwa uma umuntu echitha isikhathi esikhundleni sokuthenga, cishe kubaluleke kakhulu,” kusho yena.
Ngamathuluzi okukhiqiza obuchwepheshe obuphezulu, okokufundisa ku-inthanethi, amabhulogi afana ne-Pinterest, i-Etsy, ne-Bostick, imisebenzi ye-DIY ibonakala iwumkhuba okhulayo.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi umhlaba wonke ubulokhu unobuqili,” kusho yena. “Kuwukuthi bayanda abantu abenza lokhu manje. Ngicabanga ukuthi akukaze kuphelelwe yisikhathi ngempela.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-18-2021