$2,000? Friends and family are your best option. Should be easy for you to save $1,000 in six months - that's about $40/wk - then get 10 family/friends to donate $100 each. Over six months that's about $5 per week each. I'm sure you love the project enough to save $40 each week until the end of the year. Start 2016 with you full budget! One of the issues with setting up a crowdfunding campaign is the website takes some of the money so you have to raise more than you need in order to meet your budget. But if that's what you want to do them make sure you have a great video and some great perks. Another issue is the perks cost money, too and very few complete strangers are interested in most perks you could offer.
$2,000? Friends and family are your best option. Should be easy for you to save $1,000 in six months - that's about $40/wk - then get 10 family/friends to donate $100 each. Over six months that's about $5 per week each. I'm sure you love the project enough to save $40 each week until the end of the year. Start 2016 with you full budget! One of the issues with setting up a crowdfunding campaign is the website takes some of the money so you have to raise more than you need in order to meet your budget. But if that's what you want to do them make sure you have a great video and some great perks. Another issue is the perks cost money, too and very few complete strangers are interested in most perks you could offer.
Agree with D Marcus. But if you go the crowdfunding route, Kickstarter or Indiegogo. Indiegogo allows you to choose between Fixed or Flex funding.