Advice re craft stall

lorriellah

Hi Everyone.
I'm having my own craft stall in a few weeks' time and would be grateful for any tips you can offer me.

I'm mainly selling handmade cards but also have a few handmade wooden gifts too.

I'm planning on decorating the table with bunting to make it look attractive.

Any other ideas? And what do I do about pricing? Do you make prices very clear or have them on the back/underneath etc? Would having a 3 for 2 offer be good or would it be best to just charge full price at least at first?

ANY advice I'll be very grateful for!

Giggle

1st thing i would say is have a table cloth i see tables without them and to me it doesn't look nice the bunting sounds lovely. I always make my prices clear for people to see as some wont ask also is there anything you can put under a cloth at the back to make it higher then the rest of the table so things on the back stand out

lorriellah

I could put a box or something under the sheet at the back to raise it higher but I'm unsure of how to display my cards as they will not be in a stand so was thinking they would just be lying flat on the table...

Giggle

Could you not get some small cardboard boxes and put some nice paper over them and put the cards inside or just stand them up against the boxes so there not all flat

moonpenny

Could you hang some string of some sort and get those little wooden pegs and peg the cards out? (like a washing line) Or do similar but vertical.

Anglea

When I buy cards from stalls or in charity shops, I prefer to riffle through boxes of them as I find it easier to focus on each card.

The price could then be written on the front of the boxes. It will depend on how many cards you have made, whether this idea would be of any use.

How big are the wooden items?

LJM

do you have your cards in the cellophane bags ?just a silly thought just all those little fingers rummaging through the cards could leave marks and ruin your cards. what a bout a price list popped up somewhere clear so that everything is marked up on there i also like cards in boxes to rummage through maybe section them off into occasions and i also agree with raising up the back of the table i think it looks quite professional/eyecatching doing this x