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Today's blog is slightly different to the previous ones in this series.  Lynne from 'Look After Me' did not turn her hobby into cash when she became a parent, but turned her parenting skills themselves into an income stream.             1) What is your hobby? It's not really applicable to my business, but traveling is my hobby/passion 2) Was this a hobby you started ...

 We hope you've been enjoying our Friday guest post series on how to turn a hobby into a business.  This week's comes from Maria Ingram on her handicrafts business. 1) What is your hobby? My hobby is anything handicrafts based, such as sewing, knitting, embroidery etc. But for the most part it's crochet based. 2) Was this a hobby you started when you ...

We hope you've been enjoying our weekly series on 'Turning your hobby into cash'.  Today is part 8 and is provided by Fiona Lewis who turned her creative hobbies into businesses. 1) What is your hobby? Making jewellery, using sterling silver and semi-precious stones, pearls and glass beads. I also knit, sew, and crochet, but not to sell! 2) Was this a hobby ...

Welcome to part 7 in our series of inspiring mums who have turned their hobby into a business.  Today Carol Smith tells us how an idea to log her journey with her baby daughter became a successful business for her. 1) What is your hobby? Blogging 2) Was this a hobby you started when you became a mother or something you have always ...

Today's guest post is part 4 in our series on monetising your hobby.  It is provided by  Hannah Ablett from Fairyknowz. 1) What is your hobby? I make cuddly toys called 'Poplins'. I’m not really sure if I would have called it a hobby, I’m not sure I had time for a hobby. I’ve always loved design and making things but found ...

After the success of our 'Flexible Working Mums' posts that we ran last year, we thought we would run another blog series featuring inspiring Mums who have monetised their hobbies to enable them to do something they love.  the hobby has been turned into a fully fledged business, or whether they are just making some pocket money or covering costs, ...

We'd like to introduce you to our latest venture here at More than a Mum.  After holding our 'taster' sessions earlier this year (which included some free pampering for mums) the feedback from those who attended overwhelming told us that not only do mums have very little pampering or 'me-time' for themselves but, they feel guilty if they do.  It ...

If you have been inspired by the stories of Emma and Erin in our flexible working series, but neither cooking nor jewllery are your thing, you may be interested in Jenny's story.  She too is a Mum who looked for something different to fit around family life.  We met Jenny when we did a review of me&i products earlier in the ...

Having written last week about being a Mum and working flexibly around your family, I have been thinking about the term “Mumpreneur”.  I know that the term made it into the OED at the end of last year and that this caused a bit of a debate to arise.  There are many who seem to find the term derogatory, and ...

One of our aims and commitments as More than a Mum is to not only help you to be a brilliant mum but to help you rediscover your identity as a woman too.  We want our posts to be practical as well as informative, constructive as well as inspiring. I’m conscious we could easily neglect the identity issue as it is ...