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I just saw this in an industry newsletter here at corporate america day job and thought how perfect for AFI: "Every artist was first an amateur".......Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue

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Your Medium: fiber

Years in the Art Fair Business: 2

First show ever: Fyr Ball, Ephraim WI

What are the best things about art fairs: the other artists and customers who fall in love with your product

Best show ever and why: Fyr Ball, good crowd who spent $4

Worst show ever and why: Shanty Days Algoma WI; all locals (farmers), were not buying, at least not my products; had resale mixed in; will not return

Who referred you to ArtFairInsiders.com? Please be specific.: simply found on internet searches

What is one fun fact about yourself?: have lived in Wisconsin for over 30 years but still have some of my native Texas born accent

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Amazon new Handmade Marketplace

Posted on October 8, 2015 at 12:07pm 12 Comments 1 Like

Amazon launched today a new strictly handmade marketplace, basically to compete with Etsy.
Personally, I'm not an amazon shopper, but have to admit this is interesting.
http://services.amazon.com/handmade/handmade.html

Just sharing :)

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At 12:10am on January 24, 2017, Richard L. Sherer said…: I'm not taking on any new work

At 7:13am on May 14, 2014, Rod Melotte said…: Yea - more of a big party then an arts and craft fair.

At 10:28pm on February 4, 2014, Connie Mettler said…: Welcome to Art Fair Insiders, Tina. I'm pleased to see you here and look forward to having you as part of our community.

When you have a chance, please add a photo of yourself and stop by the "Discussions" area to introduce yourself to the rest of us. We all look forward to your participation here. Also, visit the "member map" and add your location. We have a lot to offer one another, experienced and newbie alike. Let's make this a dynamic site!

Many topics have already been discussed here before you joined us. You might like to try a search of your topic before you post your question. Just put your topic, canopy tents, jurying fees, Ann Arbor Art Fair, etc, into the search bar at the top of the right side of the page. You might be surprised that someone has already asked your question.

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Best wishes, Connie Mettler

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