Although I am a SAHM, I have acquired some skills over the years that I use to help support my family. If something were to ever happen to my husband (Lord forbid) where he couldn’t work, I would be able to use my skills to temporarily hold up my family. I grew up in a home with hard working parents that always made ends meet. I watched my mother sew for clients and my father who is now a retired electrician, always picked up side jobs for extra income. I have always been an entrepreneur at heart.

My eight year old daughter watches me pretty closely. When I’m selling my crochet work, doing photography events or my little online gigs she is always asking questions. Little did I know she was gathering intel for her own experiment.

Last month she came to me and asked

Momma, can I sell my artwork to people to make money?

It took me a minute to answer, I just looked at her with this puzzled grin...kind of waiting to see if she was serious or just wanting a reaction. Finally I said

Well if people are willing to buy them I don’t see why not.

She had already been working on her collection of drawings, it was just a matter of asking us if it was okay. That very same day she sold the drawing above named ’Girls’ to her Nana for $2.00. This wasn’t her “asking”’price. Let me share with you how this went...

Daughter: (shows picture to her Nana) Hey Nana do you like this picture?

Nana: Awww yes I sure do! It’s so cute, you did a good job on this!

Daughter: Would you like to have it?

Nana: Of course I would. You’re giving this to me? Thank you!

Daughter: (puts out her hand) That will be $5.00 please. 😂

Nana: 😲 $5.00?? You’re charging me? You’re not even a known artist yet.

Daughter: What’s a known artist?

Nana: A popular artist where everyone is familiar with their work. You can’t charge that kind of money yet. How about I give you $2.00?

Daughter: I’ll take it! 😁

I am so tickled at my daughter, she is determined to sell her work.

Business Rolls In

It’s funny that she started this business venture during the holiday season because we had a lot of family visiting. Hmmmm did she plan that out too? 🤨🧐🤔 Knowing her she probably did lol! These three drawings were sold to her brother, auntie and uncle. She approached her auntie the same way she did her Nana. She was so shocked when my daughter asked her for $3.00. She couldn’t help but laugh and show how proud she was of her for being confident in her work. She gave her $3.00 for ‘The Man’ drawing. My sister in law chose that picture as an inspiration to get back in shape. 😄

Her seven year old brother liked ‘The Fox’ picture. She said this fox had been working out to be the strongest in the woods. He paid her $1.00!

When her uncle came over she brought down her drawings and laid them on the table. Before she said a word he pulls out $1.00 and says I’ll take ’The Family’ pic! He’s an entrepreneur himself so maybe he just knew the language. 🤷🏽‍♀️ She gave him a big hug and a thank you and ran to add her earnings to her savings box. He picked that picture because it represents him, his mom and two siblings.

Clever Selling Strategy

Later on this same day of business, my mother was going to stop over. I told my daughter her MaMa was coming and she gives me this clever grin, rubs her chin and says

I know just what MaMa would like.

She was gone a second later. She ran upstairs to get to work on a “custom” drawing that her MaMa couldn’t resist. My eight year old daughter is customizing drawings according to what people like to make sure she gets a sale. Wow, at this point I’m mind blown.

So my mother comes over and she presents the first picture on the left. She tells her about the picture (she drew herself and my mother outside...my mother loves being outside) and then gives her the price...$5.00. Once again another surprised reaction! My mother laughs and says

Okay I love your drawing but the colors make it look dark and eerie. If you make me something brighter with more color I will give you your $5.00.

My mom was gonna make her work for that amount. She was her toughest customer yet. 😅 The remake is the picture on the right. Her MaMa was a happy customer! She even added her PaPa in the picture who is complaining about how hot the sun is. My father really doesn’t like the heat.

Momma’s Pick

This one is very special because it is mine! 😊 I watched her draw this one from beginning to finish. When I first saw the ninja I knew I wanted this one. She said the ’Ninja’ found the secret scroll and awakened the city, thus the lights in the buildings are all turned on. Then she added that he stepped in a puddle of water. 😆

You’re probably wondering how much I paid. We rarely keep cash on us so I had to be clever. I went to my husbands computer desk and grabbed $0.30. I handed it to her and said

Here baby, this is all momma has but let’s add in the everyday love and care that I give you. 🤗😉

She looked at me, smiled and said

Sure mama, here ya go! ❤️

Oh yea! Nothing like a mother’s touch, we’re so special. ☺️

She sold a few more to her Nana’s hair clients as well. Her auntie told her to keep making more and she will be back to get them! Here are two more she has stashed away...

’The Dragons’ which were inspired by the movie ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. Our family loves that movie!

She didn’t name this one but it’s inspired by her desire to have a dog one day. If we ever get one it will have to be hypoallergenic because of her allergies.

Our Teaching

We are so proud of our daughter. Seeing how brave and bold she’s been to sell her drawings to family and friends of the family has been a real treat. She struggles with her confidence in certain aspects so to see her motivated and driven gets us excited.

We don’t know what the Lord has in store for her. As a woman she may be single, she may get married and be able to stay at home with her children (she told me she wants to just as I have). Either way we want to encourage her to be able to accomplish what she puts her mind to. We want her and all of our children to be able to have skills that could make them a living and/or support their families. So if we see interests or natural skills we will help to hone them so that they can be masters of them over time.

We are currently teaching them about being smart with their finances. They are learning how to save, spend wisely and give according to their hearts. My daughter decided to do this so she can have more money to do such things. We didn’t want to wait until they were teenagers to start teaching them about money, it needs to start now for better understanding and practice.

She decided to give her drawing business the name Daisy Arts named after her favorite doll Daisy. I later found out that this name is already used by another organization. We will work on another name or put a spin on this one so that it can be original just in case she decides to further persue this venture.

Thank you so much for reading!

All photos are of my daughter’s drawings and were taken by my iPhone!

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