Cindylee
Member
Hello,
Since I have been lurking in the shadows long enough I thought I would introduce myself and say thank you for all the advice I have gathered by reading through countless threads. The experience you all share is wonderful. All of the tips and tricks really save time and resources.
A little about me, I retired last year and started turning more. It has been a good way to make gifts and goodies for family and friends for a number of years, but once I retired there wasn't anything keeping me out of the garage. It brings my partner and I so much joy that we decided to start our own business with my turnings. We love to camp and RV and we thought doing some craft fairs would be a great way to see the country and make a little extra cash. We have a new web site and we are still working out the bugs on that, but our main goal is to travel and do some small shows.
I followed a number of threads and have tried to stick to the advice given in those in starting up. We did a number of local small craft fairs and we were fortunate that we made our table fee each time. Nothing earth shattering just a few dollars over each time. We felt lucky that we were getting our name out in the community and not losing money doing it. We recently signed up for a bigger event with our Community Redevelopment Agency. They are holding a downtown street market one Saturday a month for 6 months.
We again feel blessed that we made our table fee for the entire 6 months in the first show and made several contacts. We were invited to come to two more craft fairs that are being held in town through different organizations. One of them is a juried show and if we make it past the jury it will obviously be our first. So I would like to get some advice from some of the veterans about displays and amount of product and such.
I hope to get to know some of you. You all seem like a great group of folks.
Thank you,
Cindylee
Since I have been lurking in the shadows long enough I thought I would introduce myself and say thank you for all the advice I have gathered by reading through countless threads. The experience you all share is wonderful. All of the tips and tricks really save time and resources.
A little about me, I retired last year and started turning more. It has been a good way to make gifts and goodies for family and friends for a number of years, but once I retired there wasn't anything keeping me out of the garage. It brings my partner and I so much joy that we decided to start our own business with my turnings. We love to camp and RV and we thought doing some craft fairs would be a great way to see the country and make a little extra cash. We have a new web site and we are still working out the bugs on that, but our main goal is to travel and do some small shows.
I followed a number of threads and have tried to stick to the advice given in those in starting up. We did a number of local small craft fairs and we were fortunate that we made our table fee each time. Nothing earth shattering just a few dollars over each time. We felt lucky that we were getting our name out in the community and not losing money doing it. We recently signed up for a bigger event with our Community Redevelopment Agency. They are holding a downtown street market one Saturday a month for 6 months.
We again feel blessed that we made our table fee for the entire 6 months in the first show and made several contacts. We were invited to come to two more craft fairs that are being held in town through different organizations. One of them is a juried show and if we make it past the jury it will obviously be our first. So I would like to get some advice from some of the veterans about displays and amount of product and such.
I hope to get to know some of you. You all seem like a great group of folks.
Thank you,
Cindylee