My Buddy Rose and I did some crafty sales over the holidays to generate some craft money and we really had mixed results....really good results at a couple and a waste of time for others. I think it has given us a good idea of where to go for next year and some ideas of new sales to try. The other thing we worked on was our displays. We've gone from basically laying our cards out on a table at our first impromptu sale to having Rose's (Handy) Hubby create a peg board stand and a "clothesline" for us. Here's a couple of pics from our show(s):
At this sale we were in a school gym. We hated the clothesline, it looked MESSY. Perhaps no fabric in the background would have been a better option?
We also created a "Make and Take" table where people could use supplies to make some Christmas tags for a nominal fee (I think it was 50 cents). The plan was to donate the proceeds of this to the school, but we didn't sell ANY and towards the end of the day we were just letting some kids make some for free. I think there was some opportunity to improve signage overall, but also for the make and take table. Oh well, you never know unless you try eh?!
This next sale was AWESOME for us! I'm certain we will do it again next year. We got into it at the last minute! It was also in a school, but wasn't really FOR the school. Our table was in a classroom right by the only entrance to the sale and I thought it may not be good since the bulk of the people were set up in the gym...people came in anyhow! There wasn't a HUGE amount of people traffic, but the people that did come were set to buy and were prepared to pay the prices for the most part......except for one lady that wanted to pay $1! LOL
Until next time....................CIAO
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