Hi Everyone! I am new here and new to beading professionally. I just opened an online store of crocheted beaded jewelry and accessories. It is located at
I use foam board that I get from computer and other electronics shipments at work. Most of it is white, but sometimes it comes in oher colors. For storage as well as sometimes display I use soda trays with folded origami paper boxes (the lid of a bankers box holds 5 by 6 folded from 7" square paper), and 'spiral chrstmas trees' for some of the earrings and pendants. Before I got those spiral christmas trees I have a some point put earrings on a Norfolk Pine. (some of this can be seen in the enormous pictures on my 'gallery' page - which I will crop tomorrow if I can at all get around to it). I have a wire CD-rack that I haven't used yet but could (standing on end). I have seen people use clothes drying racks, window screen (for earrings), artificial Christmas trees (OK, that was before Christmas).
BTW I consider $50 for a craft fair relatively cheap.
Aloha,
Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi
I don't know what you mean about the displays being minis. But, you should eventually have some tables. You can make your own using legs specifically made for banquet tables. The surface can be whatever you choose. We chose plywood, which is heavy, but works. The legs are available at Home Depot. You need table covers. I think something dark would compliment what you make. Put some boxes of varing size under that fabric so that you can showcase some of your nicer pieces and create visual interest. The first shows you do are learning expereinces. Keep your eyes open and see what other people are doing. Be sure to have some sort of mirror so if people try things on they can see how it looks. Keep a list of ideas for later shows and things you wish you had or feel you need.
. Shows are very unpredictable. If is helpful if you look busy and engage people but don't be pushy. Don't ask people if they would like help. Say "if you need anything, I'm right here". And then straighten a display or whatever. That IF makes them feel less pressured. The worst thing you can do is sit there and stare at them. Good luck. Have fun!
Kathy H
Thank you for the ideas. I will keep my eyes open. And the $50 was just for the jewelry display necks, etc. I have spent way more than that on supplies.
Thank yo for the ideas, I hadn't even thought of the mirror! My "mini displays" are jewelry "necks" and such to show the necklaces. I didn't read the fine print. One is 6 inches tall and the other is 3 inches! Live and learn!
Love your designs! Hope you do well Cyndi
Supplies will always be more than that :-)
Having written about using those spiral Christmas trees, somebody else at the craft fair I just got through came over (Hilo is nice in that, fellow crafters usually help one another out as nobody's craft, even if it's jewelry is quite the same, so it's not really competition.) and said that it didn't really do my pendants justice. Sooo, sitting there with nothing much to do (didn't sell much, but learned a few more things, made what may turn out as some good contacts, and may actually cause the neighbors to finally cut their overhanging hedge (that alone is worth the money I spent for the booth)) I redid my pendant display on a foam board, and while I didn't sell any people at least looked at them - they hadn't really before. The old display was cluttered to the point that you couldn't see some of the pendants, and so it's better that way anyway.
And after 3 days of craft fair I'm beat. Report some time later (not going to the farmers market tomorrow. I need at least one day to do other stuff like cleaning house, weedwacking yard and such - and maybe report on craft fair. At the moment my shoulder hurts and so I'll get off the computer.
Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi
my jewelry this weekend without speding another $50. ``````````````````` $50 is a *small* investment when it comes to display. (BTW, I am no help at all)
depends on what you're selling and where you're selling it. so far I have been (not) selling inexpensive stuff in mostly inexpensive places. People buy some things, pretty much independent of display because they want just that. Had two "I want earrings matching my lei" (this is Hawaii), one of which I had and one of which I didn't. I completely re-did some of my displays, but that didin't make a difference (sold nothing from the redone displays, didn't sell anything from the old displays of the same things either - anybody want kukui nut earrings? -
I very much doubt that ....
Maren
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