Craft Season

The holidays are right around the corner... and you all know what that means... Lots and lots of craft shows! It's my second year doing craft shows and it has been an awesome experience. I think it'll take a while to get all the stuff I want to display my items the way I want, but you know...I'm working hard at being patient.

So far, I'm doing one every week for the next month of October and then I'll do one for November and one for December, and I wanted to get a little booth display design inspiration. 

Here are a few booths I found online that I am crazy in love with!

Celebrating Little Victories

I went to a local Art show last night (Henderson ArtsWalk) and had a lot of fun!  I met some really cool artists and got to show off my lovely creations.  This is my third month participating in the ArtsWalk and I'd never had as much fun as I did last night.

I also sold two of my hair bows!  It's so cool that total strangers came up and thought they were pretty or cute enough to take home with them!  I was a little discouraged because I didn't sell very much, but I talked about it with Devon and I've decided to be happy about it.  While I didn't make very much, I at least earned back what I paid for my spot and got to promote my store and items for 4 hours.  I can't wait for the bigger shows I'm doing this season!

Getting Serious

We've ramped up for big business, now!  Karla's busy working at her store, creating new items every day.  I try to get online and list something, at least one thing, on Etsy every day.  Karla has gone to a couple small craft shows locally and is prepping for a few larger ones as the Holiday season gets closer.

This is a crazy, crazy business!  Being a craft artist is hard work and takes a lot of dedication.  But, it's very satisfying when a piece sells.  Which, to be honest, sales have been sparse of late.  It's rough, putting your whole heart into a piece and then seeing it sit in your store month after month. 

Etsy is a wonderful platform, but we haven't gotten very much exposure there.  I'm scouring the 'net, searching for ideas and ways to promote.  If you have a method that's worked for you, let me know!