Originally Posted by gramajo
Originally Posted by ptquilts
just a note on craft shows - if someone comes around while you are selling at a show and hands you a flyer about THEIR show coming up - I would stay away. IMO when they have to solicit crafters to fill their show, that means they do not have crafters coming back year after year, in other words, a dud.
A successful show does not have to go actively looking for crafters.
$50 sounds reasonable if they get a lot of people, and you have small items that you think will sell reasonably well. Think of it as a learning experience. Good luck!
Re: soliciting for a show. Maybe your products are different enough that they'd give another dimension to the show--not the same old same old. Or the show is only a couple of years old and they're trying to expand it. It wouldn't hurt to get in on the ground floor.
I do shows year round...and have done them for many years...
I do shows with promoters, too...1 of the promoters goes around to most of the other shows to hand out flyers to the crafters that she has in her shows, to answer questions, and to see if there is a crafter that would fit into her shows. She is very paticular about the quality of work in her shows, and if it isn't handcrafted by you...you are not in her show.