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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:19 pm
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I just recently started sewing as a hobby, and I've decided to join up with a friend of mine who crochets to rent a booth at our local annual craft fair. It's in October and with limited free-time (I have a one-year old who is ALWAYS keeping tabs on me) I'm trying to get a lot of things done. It lasts for three days so that means I'll need to make plenty of inventory for those three days!
Do you think people prefer to buy things in sets/pairs? I plan on making some sets for nurseries (pillow pair, curtains and blanket) and bedrooms, and maybe even sets for dining rooms (placemats, runners, napkins) and such. Plus, I'm going to make just seperate pieces for fun. I'm even considering sewing up a few Halloween costumes because Halloween items are huge sellers at the craft fair! I want to keep things fairly simple, though, at least this year. If it's a success, I may go again next year.
Do and of you have local craft fairs that you attend or even participate in? If so, what sorts of things do you look for and/or make? 3nodding
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:07 pm
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:04 pm
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damnatio memoriae Hey Loves! Thanks again for the sewing help. I switched out the thread and I'm sewing again! As far as sets goes, I like to have the option to purchase individually. Maybe you could sew sets and price them separately, or maybe you could sell like things together, i.e. 4 place mats could be sold together and sell the matching seat covers separately??? Try and read your customers. If they seem like they don't want to commit to a set then break the set up but charge them more for the individual piece. You could just price things like that too, like 4 for $15 or 1 for $5. Here's an idea for a Halloween item (modeled by my baby whee ). This one booth was selling these things like hotcakes to everyone who had a little girl. They look pretty easy to make, just some velvety cloth, stiff liner, feathers and ribbon. I bet you could make a pretty penny!
I want to sew some seperate pieces as well, but you do have a good idea. I'll keep that in mind when the time comes. ^_^
I would love to sew some Halloween pieces! If I get a better sewing machine, I'm going to try my hand at sewing a few costumes, because Halloween items are huge sellers. They sell so many of those princess hats at the craft fair, too! I've seen them for as much as $12 for really small ones.
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:07 pm
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:56 am
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:03 pm
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Silver Mist Another good idea if you enjoy doing stuff like curtains, etc, is to print off some decent business cards for the fair. Then, if people are redecorating, and want stuff made out a certain material you could hand out cards, and maybe get more work out of it off in the near future. ^^ I am also looking into setting up with some friends at an outdoor flea market sort of deal. One of my friends has visited the flea market the last 2 years and saw a ton of booths selling hand made items, so we figure its good place to start since booths are so cheap. So, good luck!
I planned on getting together a mailing list of addresses and e-mail addresses so that I could announce that I have new stuff for sale. I was going to get a cheap notebook and just have people write names and addresses in it. Business cards can get pretty pricey (well, for me they can, cuz I'm po').
I wished the craft fair wasn't the only local event around here that did stuff like this, because I really think it'd be a lot of fun to make some extra money to support my hobby. I just hope my booth is a success!
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:05 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:25 pm
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