Showing posts with label craft fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft fair. Show all posts

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Craft Fair Conundrum

A couple weeks ago, I did a craft fair.


I hauled most of my stuff there, 


and sat down and waited for the money shower to begin!


I mean, I had holiday stuff.


I had tissue holders for stocking stuffers or Hanukkah gifts.



I had quilts that ranged from tiny...


to big.


Unfortunately, the money shower was only a trickle, 
and I made (after my table fee) only...



...$39.00.


However, my booth mate?


Yeah, the patrons made it rain for him 
like he was a girl in music video.


So I think that's my last craft fair for a while.
It was a lot of work to make just $39.00.

Instead I'll keep focusing on my Etsy shop.
The beauty of Etsy is someone can type in the search engine, for example,


and there it is, in my shop!


People don't usually have something so specific in mind when they hit a craft fair.

But through the beauty of the Wide Wide World of Web,
someone who needs exactly the right quilt for a 
friend/sister/co-worker
can find that online.


"Omigod!  A Kawaii Kitty Quilt!"

So I'll be doing virtual craft fairs for the foreseeable future.




Saturday, June 2, 2012

Craft Fair! Worth It, or No?

I did a craft fair today, for the Granada Hills MOPS group.

Last year, I had quite a good haul, money-wise...


... but this year?  Not so much.



Still, in retrospect, it was a good experience.

I got to meet some lovely people...


...such as the Pampered Chef ladies behind me,
who helped me with my set-up and didn't complain about my spillover.

Across the way, the lovely Shannon from Random Sacks of Kindness
showed me an awesome new way to make primitive pennants.


Thanks, Shannon!  I'm totally doing these for my Etsy shop!

And having the fair as a deadline made me finish up my A-MA-ZING
Harry Potter "Snitch" quilt!


I love it!  As soon as I get it photographed, it's going to be in my Etsy shop!