Laurén Ettinger
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min read

How to Turn Your Creative Passion into a Business

What’s in Today’s Episode:

Amber has been living and working on the road for two years. She shares with Laurén how she came to vanlife, getting hospitality industry jobs on the road, and how she turned her jewelry making hobby into an income generating business.

“I know where I want to go, but I don’t know how I’m going to make money there, but I’m just going to go to that place and I’m going to figure it out from there…I knew what I wanted and when I get to that point, I just go for it and figure it out as I go.”

What Amber and Laurén Chat About:

What led her to vanlife
How she found her Sprinter van and turned it into her home
Transitioning into vanlife
Living on the road and working in the hospitality industry
Arriving in Sedona and figuring out how to find a job
Discovering the van community and making friends
How the coronavirus pandemic affected her
Starting her own business selling jewelry
How she is selling the jewelry she makes; Etsy and art festivals
Marketing her business on Instagram

“I’m just going to fully lean into this, I’m going to try it and if it doesn’t work out, I can always go back and get a job somewhere or do something else, so I decided to start my own jewelry business.”