Craft Fayre Step By Step

Giggle

If you look on my blog you will see some photos of my stall i do loads of fairs a year i love doing them
http://jkhcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-stall-that-i-had-on-weekend.html

Claire_Bear

That looks lovely giggle, so clean and simple, yet the cute colours of the products stand out against the white. I imagine my stall would look like a big chaotic jumble of stuff :rotfl: How do you get the raised up bit across the back of the stall, is it just boxes covered with the tablecloth?

SallyUK

Hiya Rainmac, Rusty and Mary

Thanks so much for the encouragement, I need it! lol

And thanks too for all the ideas, I'd forgotten about some of them to be honest!

It's 7 weeks away, so I guess I have got enough time if I get my finger out now.

I emailed them back today and apparently they charge £35 for you to have a stall, but they said as it's the first weekend when the ice rink opens and the particular place where it's being held is very busy, hopefully there should be a lot of people.

I'll think about it some more over the weekend - lol (coward, ain't I! lol)

Sal
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rainmac wrote: »

Sal, first of all, you are absolutely good enough to do it, your stuff is always fab

I have just replied on another thread about crarft fairs so sorry for repeating but this is what I said plus some bits...

I did a craft fair in the summer selling things I'd made and found that the cheaper, smaller items sold much more that the larger items. So people seemed happy to buy a couple of bits for £1-£2 each but once you hit £4, money mostly stayed in pockets!!!

I am using this as a basis for what I make for the 4 Christmas fairs I'm going to do and am making...
snowman soup
snowman poop
reindeer food
decorated peg magnets, these... http://rainmacsplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/bags-and-pegs-to-show-you.html
post-it note holders
coaster calendars
jars of nothing
box of hugs
sweeties in handbags, like these... http://itsallfiddlefart.blogspot.com...-handbags.html
Teabag card with poem
Bag of snowflakes (punched from vellum) with a poem
Santa magic keys
Christmas survival kits - if I have time
Wrapped loo roll with funny verse
I haven't worked out all my costings yet but most items will be between £1-£2.

I may take a couple of pots of gold and a couple of nappy cakes but on my stall in August I found people didn't look at anything wrapped in cellophane, they went for the bits they could easily see and pick up.

So long as you are organised, you will be fine and I bet you enjoy the fair:D. Make sure you take a tablecloth/sheet to cover your table. For my craft fair in August I bought some cheap boxes from Ikea to sit underneath my sheet at the back of the table so I could display items at different heights, this worked well and I am going to empty and re-use the boxes for my Xmas fairs. Get some business cards or flyers printed up with your details so people can take one and contact you after the event (can get them cheap online). Things like nappy cakes or towel cakes may not sell on the day (only if someone comes along needing to buy a baby/wedding gift) but having them on your stall look fab and people can see them and take a card to contact you when they are looking for something.

I certainly don't have a wealth of experience as I have only done one fair but please let me know if you have any questions x

Good luck

SallyUK

Hiya Rusty

How are ya! Sorry to hear about all your car trouble, you're sure having a time of it lately!!

Hope things improve for you soon.

Would you mind letting me have ideas for the survival kits please???

And the flannel cupcakes, are they just made from face cloths?

Thanks again, you're a star!

Sal
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RustyFlange wrote: »

Survival kits - cost pennies to make but sell for £'s .. I can give you ideas if you need them (PM me)

Flannel cupcakes ... again cost pennies to make approx 50p and you could sell for £1.50 I have a few cases spare if you would like them PM me your address

irishgirl62

Sally you are good enough I have seen some of your work and they are fab!!!

I am in the same boat as you never done a craft fair would love to tho!

I am doing a craft display at mums senoir citizen club to see if it would give me confidence to do a craft fair.

my worry is how many of each do I bring?

jpwhittle

SallyUK wrote: »

Hiya Rusty

How are ya! Sorry to hear about all your car trouble, you're sure having a time of it lately!!

Hope things improve for you soon.

Would you mind letting me have ideas for the survival kits please???

And the flannel cupcakes, are they just made from face cloths?

Thanks again, you're a star!

Sal
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i have seen the survival kits before but cant find them again can you tell me waht you put in them please? thankyou

im struggling to find any craft or christmas fairs that dont cost £100 for a stall, none of the schools round here seem to want to talk to me wich is gutting to say the least, making all my stock up in the vain hope ill find something and figuring the more i have the better hopefully

SallyUK

Thank you so much Irishgirl, that's really appreciated!

I think that's a great idea doing a craft display, especially at a senior citizen club, good luck with that!

Sal
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irishgirl62 wrote: »

Sally you are good enough I have seen some of your work and they are fab!!!

I am in the same boat as you never done a craft fair would love to tho!

I am doing a craft display at mums senoir citizen club to see if it would give me confidence to do a craft fair.

my worry is how many of each do I bring?

SallyUK

Morning jpwhittle, blimey £100 per stall, that's extortionate! I've been asked to pay £35 for the stall at the hospice Christmas Market, so I can't complain about that now! lol

Have you tried writing to the school, as opposed to just ringing them? (I'm assuming you rang them before, when you say they didn't seem to want to talk to you?)

Sal
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jpwhittle wrote: »

i have seen the survival kits before but cant find them again can you tell me waht you put in them please? thankyou

im struggling to find any craft or christmas fairs that dont cost £100 for a stall, none of the schools round here seem to want to talk to me wich is gutting to say the least, making all my stock up in the vain hope ill find something and figuring the more i have the better hopefully

jpwhittle

no havent wrote ill try that though thanks, just presumed i was running out of time with it being october but then thinking the kids have only just gone back to school.
how did you find out about the hospice market? if you dont mind me asking sorry

irishgirl62

jpwhittle wrote: »

i have seen the survival kits before but cant find them again can you tell me waht you put in them please? thankyou

im struggling to find any craft or christmas fairs that dont cost £100 for a stall, none of the schools round here seem to want to talk to me wich is gutting to say the least, making all my stock up in the vain hope ill find something and figuring the more i have the better hopefully

you can find survival kits for every occasion here, I hope it helps
http://www.sawyers-specialties.com/survival-kits/index.php