Green Options » professional crafting http://greenoptions.com/tag/professional-crafting Posts tagged 'professional crafting' Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Outdoor Craft Fair Vending: Salvaged Setups http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/06/14/outdoor-craft-fair-vending-salvaged-setups/ http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/06/14/outdoor-craft-fair-vending-salvaged-setups/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:00:55 +0000 Julie Finn http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/06/14/outdoor-craft-fair-vending-salvaged-setups/ Dressmaker's Dummy DisplayI don’t have a natural affinity for interior design, so it’s taken years of work to keep finally coming closer and closer to a craft fair display that is pleasing, unique, manageable, and effective.

Two long tables with all my stuff piled on? Nobody could see anything from outside my booth, and thus didn’t bother to enter. Two big hinged display boards for vertical display? People could see them, but they were hugely heavy to haul and couldn’t actually hold much. Store-bought displays? I don’t buy new things, and I don’t pull enough profit to spend that kind of money, anyway.

And thus, over time, I’ve come to my trifecta of craft fair display requirements: 1) It must be made primarily of recycled, salvaged, or scavenged materials (just like the items I sell). 2) It must be a VERY effective display, ideally taking up little space and able to display more than one item. 3) It must be AWESOME.

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