I am participating in my second ever craft fair Saturday, at St Lukes in Alexandria, VA.  Last year's St Lukes craft fair would be my first craft fair experience :-)  and while it was pretty positive, I didn't sell tons.  This year I am a little more organized, have my Etsy shop full of all my inventory and plan to hand out little fliers on where to find me after the fair.  I have a cool new banner from Vista Print that arrived today and we have a new canopy (wicked summer storm destroyed the last one!).  Emma is fired up to be my assistant, and there is a BBQ and pony rides as well, so I am sure it will be a fun day. 

Many of you have lots of craft fair experience - what's your best advice?


5 Comments

  1. Good luck at the craft fair. I too ordered a banner for my shop after reading about it on the ABS blog. Can't wait to read all about your Saturday. Enjoy!

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  2. Good luck! I haven't even started making enough to sell so more power to you!

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  3. Having flyers with where to find you after the fair is very smart marketing. Be sure to ask for email addresses and/or mailing addresses, too, in case you want to start an email newsletter or mail postcards!

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  4. Just a couple days away!! I'll be thinking of you this Saturday..I hope you have many customers, and a lot of FUN! And then I'll be seeing YOU next weekend!

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  5. I hope you had lots of sales! I've only done a few and, honestly, it's not worth it for me. Lots of folks have great experiences though. Can't wait to hear.

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