Hello! The warm weather is finally and you know what that means, it’s craft show time! I have a couple of craft shows that I am going to be doing throughout the summer. I figured I would share a little recap of what I brought in the hopes that it will give you some ideas in case you want to do some craft shows. I had quite a bit of inventory from last year since I made a ton and so I brought back some of the items that I have lefts.
For this show, it was inside and I had an 8-foot table for my display. This was the first time that I had ever done an inside event before and I wasn’t sure what to expect. So I got there and set up my table. I have to say I’m pretty proud of how it was set up, you can see how it looked below.
I’m not going to lie in terms of sales I was rather disappointed by this Fix. That said I was in a really small country town and there wasn’t really that much advertising and was just a small sign out front of the community center. That said, though, it showed me that I can transport, set up, and run a booth by myself. I was able to beta-test an idea that did work out well. Most importantly, it was a good beginner show for the season. It’s been 9 months since my last show and I was so nervous. Really what I lacked in traffic in the venue and sales, I learned that I needed to remember that there were a lot of positive things too. I’ll make a separate blog about that later but for now, I want to break down my setup to maybe give you some ideas if you are doing a craft fair this year.
Since I only had a limited space, I decided to only use one of my peg that I made last year and combine my lanyards and wristlet. These have a swivel clip that makes it great for keys or even ID cards/badges. I love these because it adds some height to elevate the look.
For the middle section, this was wear I put a variety of different items. I have some lower priced items in the front and then have some of my higher and middle priced items in the back. I have learned how important it is to have some higher priced items as it shows your items have good quality even if the larger ticket items don’t sell.
As you can see now, on the other side I’m adding more height with a tiered display for my scrunchies. I also like to add some bags for convenience for those who are planning on buying a lot. One of things I added new this year was grab bags. I’m not going to lie, I’m a sucker for a good grab bag. I had two different kinds one that was $5 and the other was $10 and this was actually my best-selling item. Needless to say I’m going to continue to make those this year. The bags came as a 3 pack from Dollar Tree, and I loved the pink color went well with my brand.
I hope this gave you some ideas. If you have any other suggestions on how you set up your craft show display, be sure to let me know in the comments. Have a great week!
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