I am looking for a show the last 2 weeks in March and didn't see much in the show reviews about either, I'd love it if anyone could give me some feedback or suggest another one for this time period in March in Florida. I also wondered about "Mayfaire by the Lake" in May, it looks very interesting. I,m a potter live in FL so none of them are all that far for me. Thanks in advance, Jackie
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I'd love some feedback from anyone, everyone! My husband and I set up at the Sylvania, Ohio Chamber of Commerce's Art and Craft show on Sept 11th, 2011. Our first show!! Obviously exciting for me and he was a great supporter / helper!
I selected this for my first show because it's small and would be a great learning adventure. It was that and more. I didn't know there were that many things to learn.....
One learning is that people want to see what you have to sell without having to work at it! I need to revamp the displays to make sure I don't overwhelm people with too many items that don't stand out much when someone is waltzing past the booth. Other learning is to have more focus. I think I had too diverse of an offering.
People didn't even browse the earrings, somehow those got lost in the shuffle. Although they're not my main focus, I do make them to match the pendants! I received plenty of comments about how clever, cute, unusual, blah,blah my items were but darned if we barely sold enough to cover the cost of the show! Midway through the show we moved the smaller tables out further into the walkway so that people could look without entering the booth. Also near the end of the show I lowered prices (even tho they're very reasonable already) just to see if that was a contributor to the low number of purchases... it didn't have an impact.
Ideas I've had since include featuring matching sets of pendants and earrings on a pedestal, listing the components used to construct the jewelry (as in Swarovski Crystal), and then offering the pendants separate from the chains so that people look at the item more closely and the clutter of the chains would be eliminated.
Would love your comments, thoughts, see attached pics! Thanks!
