Funky Finds
I can hardly believe the Funky Finds spring fling in LESS than a month away. I feel so unprepared! This will be my first "show" and I am more than a little nervous! I have some things made but not nearly enough compared to what had wanted to have done. My goal is 200 items and I am not nearly there, I will not say what I have but it is fair to say it is probably less than half that.I still need to make my clothing tags to put the prices on and I need to set up my display area and figure out exactly how I plan to set everything up in my little space. I have bought a clothing rack, I have two dress forms but still need to get at least one child size mannequin or dress form and I would like to get a banner or nice sign but that is not a big must. I do have my cricut and some vinyl so most likely what will happen is a few days before hand I will panic and make a sign that will do. Oh.... do I know myself too well or what? I guess that is good because at least I will not be surprised when the panic hits huh? I could save myself the grief and work on one now but that would take away from making clothes and ..... writing this post.
I do have some cool new "everyday" styles for spring and summer that I am very excited about showing especially since a few of them are made with my own patterns. They keep with a modest girly look that I think is very important but are fun and cute at the same time. I have no idea where the notion came to try and make girls look so cheap, especially little ones who have no say in how they dress. I want to cry when I see these little girls dressed to look like Hollywood divas. They just look sad!I have two new historical outfits I am working on also that I plan to take in a couple of sizes and then hopefully take orders for others.
My biggest goal for this show is to get my name out and bring an awareness to our website. E-bay is making some more big changes and of course it means higher cost to sellers and they are doing away with stores so I need to get as much traffic going to my website before that happens as I can. Also I would not mind making some money at the show but that is not my main focus this year.
Have any of you been to shows before? Any tips you can give a newbie? Anything to watch out for or be sure to do/take?
Labels: etsy, Making Money At Home, Sewing
posted by Margaret at
8:50 PM
4 Comments:
Last year's funky finds show was my first one. I was so unprepared!! We were working 6 days a week at my day job and I had absolutely no time to pull anything together.
My booth mate convinced me to suck it up and go. I'm glad she did too. While I only made one sale and completely ate my costs for the show what I gained in experience was enormous.
If you don't get as much done as you wanted to or you don't have a booth plan ahead of time IT'S OKAY!
If you can do nothing more my advice is bring tons of business cards, get to know your neighbors at the show relax and have fun with it.
I understand where you are coming from totally! I have only done a handful of shows, but honestly I feel that way every time. However the push to be ready for an event is always nice after it is over.
You have more stock, you have met fun, cool, like minds and you have brought more awareness to your shop.
It is a win win all around.
It sounds like you are on the right track, you should give yourself a pat on the back!
Deep Breaths, Small Steps!
I agree with you about little girls looking cheap. I hate see a girl dressed like a grown woman. Thanks for heads up about Ebay. I was considering try them. I have never done a show, so I have no tips to share just encouragement. Can't wait to see you new items.
I'm sure you will do awesome! We look forward to seeing you next month. If you need high-quality custom biz cards, we offer those & other promo items through Right On! Graphics. http://funkyfinds.us/rog/
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