Show Me Your Hobby – Sarah from Western Maryland Shares Her Husband’s Blacksmithing Skills

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other people’s hobbies and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all find unique ways to spend our down time in creative and enriching ways.  Keep them coming!

Hello Mavis! This is Sarah from Western MD! I decided that I needed to share my husband’s Blacksmithing hobby with you! Reese is a Maryland State Trooper by day and you will hear the tinging of a hammer against metal in the evening!

It’s definitely more of a fun hobby for now, but he sells some bottle openers, dinner bells, hooks and handles at the moment.

The backstory is really interesting! His grandfather was a self taught blacksmith way back in the day. He was the type of guy to use his skills to create needed items. When my husband was helping his grandma clean up her yard, he came across his Pap’s anvil and that started it all!

Slowly he found a bunch of tongs, punches, hammers, vices and even handmade bending jigs all rusted and old and he brought them back to life! (His Pap would be so proud!)

Here’s the part of the story that gets really amazing: my husband, who had never laid a brick before, ended up building his own forge! It’s absolutely beautiful!

And, now he is completely self taught! (And, he could totally teach you how to blacksmith if you’re ever around our area!) He still has a lot to learn, but I’m sure he can figure out just about anything he wants to do.

Check our our blog where I share pictures of all kinds of things around our homestead, including Blacksmithing pictures! littlellewellynhomestead.com

Bracelet by Kathy from Artful Accents

If you would like to have your Hobby featured on One Hundred Dollars a Month, here’s what I’m looking for:

1. Your hobby has to be submitted as a well written post. A one sentence “I make homemade kites” will not do. Now, 4-5 paragraphs about how you got into kite making, how long you’ve been doing it and the different types of kites you make WILL DO. That’s what I’m looking for! How long have you been doing it? Do you make money off of it or is it just for fun? Can you teach me how to do it?
2. Be sure to include a little information about yourself, like your hobby’s backstory and how you got into it. Also, please include your first name and what state or country you are from.
3. Your submission MUST have 5 HIGH QUALITY photos attached. You do not have to be a professional photographer, but your photos do need to be clear and well lit or I won’t be able to use them.
4. All photos must be original, and they must have been taken by YOU. All photos you submit may be used on One Hundred Dollars A Month once submitted.
5. Sadly, I might not be able to use every submission if I am overwhelmed by responses. A $20 Amazon gift card will only be awarded if the submission is published.
6. If you have a blog and would like me to link back to it, please let me know, I’d be happy too.
7. Although you must submit at least 5 pictures per submission, you can always include more. The more the merrier just in case I do not select them all.
8. One submission per person.
9. Send submissions via email to onehundreddollarsamonth @ gmail.com {remove the spaces} and be sure and put Show Me Your Hobby in the subject line.

I can’t wait to see all of your fascinating hobbies! Might just encourage me to take up a few new ones.

Hobby on,
~Mavis