Thank you all for so many great ideas and tips! At this point, I’m really trying to focus my merchandise by asking myself:
1. Is it practical?
2. Is it pretty?
3. Is it profitable?
In thinking of who I am as a person, as a maker, I think of my great-grandparents. What words come to mind that make me who I am?
From my dad’s side, Mennonite. Practical. Simple. Earthy. Modest. Self-taught. Laborers—Farmers, upholsterers, caregivers, amateur artists. Homebodies.
From my mom’s side: Jewish. Fancy. Aesthetic. . Higher educated. Managers—Business owners, teachers, nurses. world travelers.
So everything I make is going to be (in my view) practical, pretty, profitable.( That last criterion remains to be seen.)
This is a giant leap of faith, and I’m both nervous and excited about doing my first ever craft fair!