I'd suggest looking over your property and see if anything looks like they could be sold to a place like a pawn shop or e-bay. Any spare jewelry, coins, scrap metal, antiques, old toys, anything and make an inventory. Even if you think right now you don't have anything like that, double check and research, you could very well have something valuable that you didn't think it was; doesn't hurt to look.

Also, I know you're busy, but you could also contemplate whether you want to do commissions for your art work here and see if that does anything for you. I'm sure a lot of us will pitch in to help with advertising your work or commissioning you. However, it just depends whether you want to take the chance and see how much you get, it can be kinda busy.

Even if you don't have things, even ask your parents or in-laws to ask if there is anything they'd be willing to put up like that to help to make up the shortfall.

Grey and I do not have much and I've never been one to really care for jewelry. The only toys we got are for Zoey and stuffed animals Grey n I had which are basically worthless to the world but priceless to us. The only thing we do have of value is video games. Grey has a couple that goes for $200+ since he kept the case n booklet for it and a few NES games that sell for around $50+ but I sure as hell won't let him sell it.

Commissions.... it sure as hell seems like that might be one of the few paths I can take but I do not feel comfortable with it yet (and may have to live with it) and since most people would prefer digital artwork compared to traditional.. kinda makes me feel on the bad end.