The Good:
It was my first experience doing one! I am now more prepared for future fairs.
Having a nice time with my mom and friend Nancy.
The weather was good!
I did sell some things!
I bought a wooden jelly cabinet sold by another vendor.
The Bad:
It was 90%(or more??) retirees. Florida retirees. A demographic not very interested in my kind of items.
I only sold a few things.
The amount of $ I made did not really make up the hours spent preparing.
But now if I do another craft fair, a lot of my ideas will already exist and it will take a lot less time getting ready. So I learned a lot in that way! So it was good and bad at the same time. :)
Setting up the table and also a bench with my pillows was fun.
So here is the general idea for set up while at home the past couple days:
And this is how it all looked today:
Our friend Nancy, who was there selling next to me, let me borrow this pretty bench from her house to display my pillows on. :) My mom helped me a lot. She made the little flag banners for me last night with paper, stencils, and a marker. She let me use something for displaying earrings too.It was a good day overall, despite not many customers. Next time, I'd like to find a fair with younger attendees. :P
6 comments:
Sorry to hear that :( Your booth looks absolutely fantastic though and I love the embroidery hoop idea for displaying the necklaces.
I did a craft fair about a year and a half ago in June- it was so hot that day!! My booth cost over $100, we went the night before and got a hotel so that was about $60 more - not counting gas, food... and I made one $20 sale! As you can see, I have not quite gotten over it yet.
oh and that $20 sale was on ProPay (the credit card service I signed up and paid for just for the show) I never could figure out how to get my $20 and this June - since I didn't renew my ProPay they charged "fees" every month until they got my $20 anyway :(
Oh and Ah...
I LOVE all the different pillows!
So cute:)
I love your set up! Hopefully you will have better luck next time =)
i have the same problem... my items don't necessarily match up with the people browsing. a bit disappointing... i'm hoping to go to more artsy fairs (currently, i only go to one fall fest a year(.... i'm sure you'll be able to find some too!
sorry you didn't have more sales, bummer! but sounds like it was a good experience and that will be invaluable when you get to one where you are crazy busy and selling like hotcakes :)
love the bunting and the bench with your pillows, great job on the display!
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