Joe,
It's funny that you bring up this topic now.
I've just signed up to do my first craft show on July 2nd & 3rd in Chetek, Wisconsin. They have a large community festival over the 3 day weekend and I'm told it draws quite a crowd. I've never even been to a craft show before now. My sister goes to craft shows regularly and will usually bring $200-$300 in cash and intends on spending every penny.
As somebody else stated earlier, she also says I'll need to make some generic signs that folks can buy on the spot. Even though my real intention is to promote my "Custom Carved Signs", I'll take her advice and make a pile of inexpensive generic signs.
"welcome" "welcome to our cabin" "gone fishin' " gone fishin'... be back for huntin' " "wipe yer paws" "liquor in the front... poker in the rear" (well maybe not that one) anyways... you get the idea.
I've already got my 10'x10' easy-up canopy, 6' folding table with a nice cover, and I've figured out how I'm going to display my signs. I'm going to hang lattice from the canopy frame and will hang the signs on the lattice.
As long as you're interested, I'll do a series of posts of everything I'm doing to get ready for the craft show. I'll also follow up with how the show goes and what sells and what doesn't, and what I did right and what I'd do different for the next one.
Eric Erickson
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