Craft Show Preps

Only NINETEEN days left until the street fair!  Whew... crunch time.  I'm working on stuff for the street fair nearly every one of my little monkey's sleeping minutes- aka nap time and after 9pm.  I've even pulled a few 1 am-ers in a row.  Let me tell you, I definitely prefer the late nights of my younger days- when I could sleep until 10...11...12 instead of 6-7!!!  :)  Though the hubby does generously allow me some sleep in mornings!

Of course I'd end up with some extra hours at my two part time jobs over the next few weeks as well, so I apologize in advance for my (even worse) lack of posting.


Here is some of what I've been doing...


Sweet little stamped tags for my tutus.....

I stamped the tags (and the project below) with my custom stamp that I ordered from rubberstamps.net (not getting paid to share them at all!) it was pretty reasonable, 3.95 for that size and I could customize it completely.  Their other sizes are pretty decently priced too, with free shipping on a $20 order (usually).  Great thing is you can do artwork stamps there too, so if you have a logo you could upload it and get a stamp of it!



A small freebie surprise for booth visitors.....well the first 100ish (hopefully I'll see at least that many if not more)

These will be clothespin magnets, I just gave them their matte clear coat this afternoon, next up I will be spending a lot of time with my glue gun!

Tiny tulle flowers for use on some new items geared for adults....  Hey kids shouldn't be the only ones to get cute stuff from amgcrafts!

Of course, tutus tutus & more tutus!  And tulle garlands...

I still have a bunch of things to get done... signs... some product... some packaging but I'm super excited at how its coming together!  I'll be doing my first set up in less than a week to start figuring out placement of things and what I still need for display... maybe I'll share a few more little peaks over the next couple weeks- but now onto my list!






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Craft Show

My first ever craft show was on Saturday May 19th. It was a small outdoor show combined with a salon's cut-a-thon to help raise money to benefit a cancer non profit. The fee was minimal with additional requirements to donate 10% of sales and also to donate a baked good for the bake sale so I figured it was a good first show- Minimal cost but an opportunity to set up a display etc. I had just over a month to prepare but coupled with working two jobs and my March for Babies stuff I didn't get quite as much done as I wanted. I did make plenty of tutu's in a variety of colors but I didn't get very many flower clips done and I had hoped to add in a couple other items but just ran out of time.

I used my brand new Inkadinkado alphabet stamps and $1 ink pads to finish my color card and to make some signs.

I have seen a couple of displays around the internet using luggage.  I happened to find a piece that is in perfect condition and used it in my display.  I tied some twine around the top and used mini safety pins to hang several tutus up.  I have picked up a second piece of luggage but it needs some TLC before I can use it but for 30 cents at a garage sale I couldn't pass it up!

I used a mug tree to display some of my (few) clips by stretching a headband between the pegs and clipping three flowers to each side.  I also clipped a couple flowers to the twine clothesline.

The day started off just slightly breezy but soon some gusts had my tutus flying away.  So I rearranged my display using a basket I had brought just in case and making more of a twine clothesline.  

                                      

I also used some mini clothespins to pin some of the tutus right to the table. 

I was pretty happy with the display.  Although, there are definitely a few things I'd like to fine tune, plus a few more items I'd like to make. I was also happy that I had a nice neighbor next to me on one side (an empty space on the other) who was nice to chat with.  I certainly didn't have a spectacular day sales wise but I'm considering it a learning experience and hopefully the next one will be better!






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