I'm sure some of us probably do different things to supplement our main security incomes and thought we might swap ideas. We (well, my wife was the main one, really) tried that SMC thing for awhile but it didn't work very well because she kept tripping over everyone else in the area that was doing the same thing! Plus, some of the merchandise was just the same kind of junk you find at garage sales for 50 cents. 
Now she's helping native American artists in our area sell their crafts on the auction sites (I helped her with the small amount of technical knowledge she needed like how to take good digital photos, but anyone can learn to do this kind of thing). She gets a small but reasonable commission when they sell something. Since she really likes this kind of art, she gets a lot of enjoyment out of it, more than the money (although I admit, she has made a few bucks). She's thinking about helping a guy that plays the native American flutes get a CD recorded and sold. He's "electronified" the flutes in some way that I don't really understand, but it's knock-dead music I've never heard anywhere else, and I'm sure they'd sell. He's a typical broke musician, though, so she has to decide whether to front him the recording studio fees or not.
Anyone else doing something reasonably lucrative (or maybe just interesting) that you'd like to share?

Now she's helping native American artists in our area sell their crafts on the auction sites (I helped her with the small amount of technical knowledge she needed like how to take good digital photos, but anyone can learn to do this kind of thing). She gets a small but reasonable commission when they sell something. Since she really likes this kind of art, she gets a lot of enjoyment out of it, more than the money (although I admit, she has made a few bucks). She's thinking about helping a guy that plays the native American flutes get a CD recorded and sold. He's "electronified" the flutes in some way that I don't really understand, but it's knock-dead music I've never heard anywhere else, and I'm sure they'd sell. He's a typical broke musician, though, so she has to decide whether to front him the recording studio fees or not.
Anyone else doing something reasonably lucrative (or maybe just interesting) that you'd like to share?
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