Craft Fairs Part One

This is the first part of a three part segment on craft fairs. I started doing craft fairs about four years ago. My mom had been doing them for years, so I was no stranger to the craft fair circuit, but this time I was joining her. We were sharing table space, equally displaying our handmade crafts. My mom is a fabric crafter and I am a paper crafter. She taught me her craft, and I taught her mine… but we each chose to stay with what we knew best. 

I started with handmade cards, gift tags, gift card holders, altered notepads, and a variety of other paper items. My display has changed over the years to what has become my display now. I have also eliminated items from my inventory that didn't sell, didn't display well, or otherwise just didn't flow with a clean and simple display that would be attractive to the eye. I had worked many years in retail, so I have some tricks to make my area very noticeable. 

You can have the best display and the best prices, but if you don't have what people are looking for, people won't buy. Stay tuned for my next blog post on “hanging in and hanging on” and why you shouldn't give up. 

Below is my current card display as well as my best selling Christmas card… four years running. 

Here are the supplies I used for the reindeer card:

Stamps:

Petite Pairs (Stampin Up Retired)

Paper:

Real Red (SU)

Very Vanilla (SU)

Early Espresso (SU)

Soft Suede (SU)

Crumb Cake (SU)

Old Olive (SU)

Ink:

Old Olive (SU)

Accessories:

Cricut Die Cut Machine

Create a Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge 

Scallop Oval Punch (SU Retired)

Oval Punch (SU Retired)