I was wondering how you hobbyists say no to friends and acquaintances mostly. I have gifted a few small things and others just know that I do leather work.
I am getting inundated with requests and some are just way too much work. Of course they offer to pay but my time is limited and really I can’t even ask for a real hourly rate without out being prohibitively expensive. Especially when I have to design from scratch it takes me a ton of time.
I also would like to keep it a hobby and make when and what I want and not fulfill orders! I already have a side hustle I don’t need another one.
I was wondering how your experience is and how you handle this.
if they’re anything like my friends and family, just say something like “sounds like a good birthday/christmas gift idea” and give it about 24 hours, they’ll forget they even asked. at that point you can either make it or not.
I’ll try it for sure. Nobody has changed their mind that quickly but for now I tell them “when I have time sometime”