Thursday, October 29, 2009

My First Craft Fair!!!

I just had my first craft fair this past Sunday, October 25th, 2009. I was a nervous wreck the week leading up to it, missing a couple nights of sleep and agonizing over countless details. I thought my nervousness would dissipate once I was there for a while, but in fact it did not... lol. It was a great experience, however, and I look forward to doing it again! I walked away with a nice profit as well as the contact info of some very nice local crafters that I met. The items of mine that did best were my needle felted items (sold some appliques, my ladybug, and my spooky cat mini-play-set) and my earrings. I also sold my first bracelet, a ring, some fabric-covered buttons, and some hair clips.

Some of the wonderful people I met included my "neighbor" Cathy Nichols of cathynichols.etsy.com. She does beautiful paintings including painting with wax! My other "neighbor" was Lisa Dalton of lmdalton.etsy.com. She makes adorable sewed kitty cats called "Travel Kitties" -- you can take photos of your Travel Kitty and write up stories and send them in to her to be published on her site! Fun! I also met a woman who knits with size FIFTY knitting needles -- she uses up to 10 strands of yarn at a time! Her husband makes the wooden needles and they sell them at a shop in Huntington, NY called "Knitting on the Lamb".

The craft show occurred alongside a screening of the movie "Handmade Nation", followed up by a Q&A session with producer and director Faythe Levine. The movie explores how young people have taken up crafting and the various reasons they do it, from helping the environment to fighting the take-over of the corporate world. As a vendor I got to see it for free!

All in all it was a very successful day, and I am so glad that I was invited to be a part of it. A great big thank you goes out to the show's organizer, Gabi Moisan of Sought.etsy.com!


Me at my table

Table shot #1


Table shot #2

Faythe Levine and Cathy Nichols

Lisa Dalton and one of her Travel Kitties


Size 50 knitting needles!!!


The room
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7 comments:

  1. Mia SophiaOctober 29, 2009 at 2:59 PM

    What a lovely, art-gallery-esk show! and what a great audience it must have drawn with that movie! Congratulations on your success.

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  2. NotSoShabbyChicOctober 29, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    Thank you so much!!! :D

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  3. paintingpamOctober 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    Wow to have a craft movie as the drawing card set up the perfect audience. Congrats

    www.paintingpam.etsy.com
    http://paintingpam.blogspot.com

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  4. NotSoShabbyChicNovember 2, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    Thanks!!! :D

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  5. Cathy Nichols ArtNovember 8, 2009 at 3:56 PM

    Hi Rebecca! Had SO much fun at the fair. It was wonderful to meet you. Great being your "neighbor." Looking forward to a Long Island craft night real soon. :)

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  6. NotSoShabbyChicNovember 10, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    It was great to meet you too, and I am also looking forward to a LI craft night!! Will be great to craft with other people for once!! :)

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  7. .·:*¨¨*:·.gm.·:*¨¨*:·.December 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    Hi Becca! Thanks for the Thanks. It was great! I sort of want to do another one. Your stuff is beautiful and charming and hope you are selling tons for the holiday!

    let me know if there's a craft night!

    thanks
    Gabi

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