Sorry about missing
last week’s Working Wednesday post! Life has been a bit hectic and stressful,
for reasons I can’t go into here, but I promise to try to be more reliable in
the future!
Our first craft show
is coming up in just about a month, and we’re realizing there’s a lot more to
having a successful show than having lots of great products to sell.
I’ve been soaking up
the wisdom of the Craft Fairs...It’s A Living team on Etsy, and making my list
of things to remember to bring along.
Although many folks
say they rarely are asked for bags, they recommended we have them anyway for
those who want them. I had already bought a custom-made stamp for our logo, so Ellie
and I got busy stamping onto the small bags that will fit our work. (We’ll be
getting some larger bags for Scott’s woodworking pieces!)
Don’t they look great?
We also need to figure
out our display. It’s an indoor show (which is good, considering it’s generally
cold and wet in Portland in December!),
and we only have a 6-foot table. Although we have some items to use for
display, including a cake stand with three different-level surfaces that I
intend to use for Scott’s bowls, we haven’t entirely figured out the best ways
to display other items. We will definitely be practicing our display setup at
home to try to get the best looking table we can manage.
In the meantime, Ellie
and I are busy making gift boxes out of scrapbook paper for my dragonfly magnets and maybe even some of the fabric flowers. And I have a new batch of
dragonflies in holiday colors that are in process. Can’t have too many of
those, right?
If you've sold at craft fairs, we'd love any advice you might care to share. Just leave us a comment! Thanks!
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