I am not a craft-show-kinda-girl.
I hate the packing. I loathe the unpacking. Comet didn't mind it.
And I hate the super long day. All I can think about is all of the other things I could be doing. I don't mind the customers or the odd people that ask stupid questions, and I like talking to the occasional person who is craft savvy and is interested in my work.
I hate the packing. I loathe the unpacking. Comet didn't mind it.
And I hate the super long day. All I can think about is all of the other things I could be doing. I don't mind the customers or the odd people that ask stupid questions, and I like talking to the occasional person who is craft savvy and is interested in my work.
Yesterday I weathered the craft fair in a slow dribble of people that had seemingly wandered in from someplace. "Vendors" as the sellers are called are a real cult - at least the ones that are regulars. Many of them know each other - come from farther away than I had, and are seasoned setter uppers. The ladies who were behind me were very friendly and definitely good sales people. We commiserated about the lack of buyers.
People
somehow assume that if you are a potter that you do a lot of craft
shows. I don't. In fact I have now done one - not including the Farmer's
Market last summer which was a brief stint 5 minutes from home. Here
on long island there are unfortunately not a lot of good "shows" for
people like me. Oh, and they need to be geographically desirable - AKA
close to home.

From
a business perspective - craft fairs are NOT an efficient method of
moving wares and making money. I did give out a ton of business cards
and pushed the idea of people going home and shopping at my Etsy store.
They liked that idea, in fact many people said 'Oh I love Etsy'. I will
see if I get any orders from that. But based on a per hr. earnings -
you would make more with my kids lemonade stand on a bad day.
I've been re-evaluating doing fairs myself when I'd rather be at home making new work! Nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks that way
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