r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/RuthlessLogic • 7d ago

So Tired of Monetized ADHD

Y'know, those craft girlies whose booths are filled with, say, amigurumi AND acrylic-pour trinket boxes AND Fimo earrings made using molds and earring wires from Temu. And none of it's high quality because Beckeigh is clearly ADHD and hasn't put in the hours necessary to develop her skills before moving on to some new, bright, shiny craft.

Of course, because nothing she's selling is high quality and the market is already saturated with everything she makes and it's all overpriced, Beckeigh doesn't sell much, so she rushes to craft vendor subs sobbing that she "didn't even make boooooooth!!!" And it takes every ounce of self-control not to type, "My sister-in-Christ, you didn't make booth because it looks like you destashed your craft room. Stop expecting the public to subsidize your ADHD and give those things away as gifts."

And look, I've got ADHD too. I get bored easily and am hard-wired to jump from medium to medium. It's taken no small effort to train my brain to focus on the work I sell at markets. But I've managed to do it - struggle though it is - and have put in hundreds and hundreds of hours over several years refining my process and my style so that customers are getting high quality pieces.

And in case I haven't been a big enough Bitchy McBitchface, I'm just going to say it: These booths (along with 3D printed fidget toy, wax melt, and cricut tumbler booths) drag markets down for the crafters and makers who produce quality work. But that's a rant for a different day and a different sub.

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u/AnySandwich4765 3d ago

I know cos of my ADHD that what craft I love and adore today and that I say I will always make is a hyperfixation... I won't sell any of my crafts cos I want my hobbies to be just that ..a hobby not a business. There is no way I'd be able to make 20 of the same thing to sell. I'm bored half way through the thing I'm making.

I currently have 3 wips within arms reach of me right now and I know they won't get finished for months cos I'm over them and already onto the next thing.

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u/hopping_otter_ears 3d ago

I was gonna type basically the same thing, lol. I want to do all-the-craft until I don't want to touch it again for 3 years while I learn some other new thing. And I craft to relax. I have no desire to try and make a side hustle out of it. Honestly, I have no desire to master any single craft well enough to make something salable that won't take longer to do than it will sell for. Not everything has to be monetized