Six Business Tips for the Creative Hobbyist Is a Business the next step for you? Are you constantly working on your creative hobby, spending every spare moment creating fun new products? Craft people, artists, writers, and others who are creative find they are spending more time with their craft than they do anything else. Maybe it’s time to think about turning that sideline hobby into a business you can enjoy and profit from. I was one of those creatives. I would spend my spare time sewing, writing and creating beautiful things for my family and friends just because I enjoyed doing it. A  while back I was encouraged by several to turn my hobby into a business.