The excitement of selling at a real life craft fair was was one of the reasons I became really hooked on craft and being involved with the crafting community, with Etsy and Folksy - selling face to face is a great feeling and it's a great place to give out business cards with your blog address!
I spent ages preparing my craft stall and arranging my display! When I was writing for Folksy, I wrote a series of posts called 'craft fair secrets', looking at various of aspects of how to sell a craft fair. None was more popular at the time than the huge list of websites I put together containing craft fair display ideas and craft fair advice - it took ages to find all these great websites! In case you missed it first time, here's an updated and tidied up version of my original list of craft market display ideas (love my lists!)
You may need a few weeks to look through all these, but you will probably find some lovely handmade sites while you're at it! :)
I've also just written a book which is available in September 2014! It's called - "Online Marketing for Your Craft Business: How to get your handmade products discovered, shared and sold on the internet" you can pre-order on Amazon now.
Craft Fair Advice :
- 14 Craft Show Display Do’s - IndieFixx
- Etsy Craft Fair Tips - Etsy Storque
- How to make a great Craft Fair Display - Folksy Blog (written by me!)
- HandmadeNews Craft Show Tips - Handmade News
- Craft Trade Fair Do's and Don'ts - UK Handmade
- Preparing for your first Craft Fair - UK Handmade
- Craft Fair stalls and Displays - The Crafty Network on Facebook
- Craft Show Checklist - Victoria Case
- 7 Common Blunders - Craft Show Tips
- Craft Show Booth Ideas - Craft Show Success
- Thoughts on Craft Show Display - Namoo
- DIY and Vintage Display ideas - Ivory Bird
- Craft Show Display ideas - Leafy Treetop Spot Blog
- Collections of Show Displays - Oh Hello friend
- Craft show display blog - Blog dedicated to craft show displays
- Eye Catching Craft Shows - Lifetime Tips and Solutions
- Displays for your Craft - Meylah
- How to Set up a Craft Booth Customers Cant Resist - Meylah
- Booth Layout at a Craft Show - The Crafts Report
- DIY Craft Displays - The Indie Craft Show Directory
- The Craft Business Guide - The Craft Business Guide
- Effective Display tecniques for Craftsmen - Smart Frogs
- Craft Show success Tips #1 - How to sell Crafts
- Make Your Craft Show Display Stand Out from the Crowd - ezine articles
- Creating the Perfect craft Show Display - ezine articles
- Craft Show Display ideas - e-how
- Make Your own Jewelry Displays for Craft Shows - Squidoo
- DIY Jewellery Display ideas - Yiskah Knits
- Show me your booths - Flickr Group
- Craft Fair Tips - Handmade Jane
- Craft Fair Tips and Advice - The Crafty Network
- Displaying Cards at a craft fair - Papermilldirect
Useful Searches!
Find some inspiring images. Looking at how others have approached their displays can give you so many ideas. - Flickr Image search – Craft Fair Display
- Pinterest search - Craft Fair display
- Google Image search – Craft Fair Display
- You Tube search - Craft Fair Display
Please let me know if you have seen any great websites with tips for setting up your stalls - it would be excellent to add to this useful list.
x Hilary :) .
