Discover 44 hot craft ideas to sell in 2023 that'll have your creativity soaring! Unleash your inner artist with these trendy and profitable crafts to make and sell, perfect for adults looking to cash in on their talents.
Do you want to make money selling handmade items? Check out this list of the best sellers at craft fairs so you don't waste time or effort!
If you're selling handmade products at a craft show, you're probably wondering; what sells best? Because, who doesn't want to make more money at an event?
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A list of current craft trends and trend predictions for 2024 that handmade business owners can make and sell on Etsy or at craft shows.
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Craft fair tips for your first craft market including craft fair display ideas and other great craft fair ideas!
Discover 44 hot craft ideas to sell in 2023 that'll have your creativity soaring! Unleash your inner artist with these trendy and profitable crafts to make and sell, perfect for adults looking to cash in on their talents.
One of my most popular articles details the types of products that sell best at craft shows; you can read that here: What Sells Best at a Craft Show? This article explores the other side: Types of products that don’t tend to sell well, or that can actually harm the sales of best-selling products. I’ve created...
Fall of 2012 marked our first experience as an art vendor, at Cooper Young Festival in Memphis, TN. Over the years, we’ve padded our resume with quite a few more shows and experimented with a LOT of trial and error on our vendor booth layout and setup. We’ve learned a lot, both from our own experiences and from looking to other vendors for inspiration. Today, we’re going to share with you our top 16 ideas for selling at art festivals, craft fairs and indie markets. These tips can be summed up into three key categories: Booth Display, Signage/Décor and—the most important—Branding. FIRST, LET'S DIVE INTO VENDOR BOOTH DISPLAY. 1. Plan out your booth space BEFORE the day of your festival. Before we set foot at an art festival, our vendor booth is completely laid out. We measure all our display pieces (shelves, tables, etc.) and configure the space to help speed up the set up time. Plus, not all shows have the same options for booth sizes (because that would just be too easy). This year, our Cooper Young booth featured a 10’ x 15’ space, while some of our holiday shows ranged from a 6’ x 8’ space to a 10’ x 20’ double booth. It helps to lay everything out beforehand to know what will or will not fit in the allotted space. Once everything is measured, we use Adobe Illustrator to plan out the booth space, with everything to scale. We print out copies to take with us during set up, as well as email a copy to ourselves in case we lose the paper copies (it happens). Here's a look at my Adobe Illustrator artboard for our most recent Cooper Young Festival vendor booth: And here is our finished vendor booth, based on that original mock up: 2. Display vertically. When potential buyers pass your vendor booth, they’re not seeing product that is flat on tables. At least some of your work needs to be in their line of sight. One way we add height to our booth display is with these adjustable white metal shelf units we found at IKEA (shop them here). The shelves are completely adjustable and IKEA sells individual shelves, so you can add to the original four included. We switch it up depending on what art we need to display at each festival or market. In the past, we've used these custom built white-washed wood displays on rollers, which our brother built for us. We love how they look in our booth, as they mimic a more retail-style setting. However, these are rather heavy and bulky to transport. Looking for something a little more transport friendly, this year we commissioned a custom white wood peg wall. The unit breaks down into four separate pieces, so it's easy and convenient for traveling. Everything hooks together via large bolts and wing nuts, with the shelves and pegs packed separately. It's also completely adjustable, as the pegs can be configured in various ways. This wall unit is great for displaying our larger 5 panel wood pieces, which serve as great eye catchers for potential buyers walking by our vendor booth. For smaller shows, we take just two of the four wall panels, usually paired with one of the white IKEA shelf units. Bonus: extra pegs are great for hanging ornaments! Clear acrylic risers are also a great way to subtly add height and levels when displaying artwork on a table. Because they're clear, they don't take away from your displayed art. We use combinations of this 5 piece set from Displays2Go. 3. Choose display colors that will make your work pop. As you can see, for our larger display pieces (shelves, walls), we incorporate as much white as possible. Because all sides of our wood art is stained in a dark finish, the white background helps it pop. We also prefer how clean the white and neutral hues look. 4. Store and display multiple art prints. We have ALL-CAPS-STRUGGLED with how to display and store our art prints, other than stuffing them in baskets for browsing. We recently discovered these gold wire baskets from IKEA that slide on perfectly to our white IKEA shelves. They are great at storing stacks of prints! To actually display the prints, we chopped up a 4” x 4” piece of lumber and sawed angled grooves down the top. We stained them to match the color of our wood art. The art prints stand up perfectly in the grooves of the wood, which we then prop up above the wire baskets. It’s easy for buyers to see the print displayed and simply pick it up from the basket underneath for purchase. 5. Use slim Christmas trees to display holiday ornaments. During our holiday shows, our Christmas ornaments are HUGE sellers. While we use our peg wall for some ornament overflow, ornaments look best hanging on an actual Christmas tree. This also better demonstrates to potential buyers how it will look on their own tree. However, for those smaller booth spaces, a full Christmas tree takes up too much valuable real estate and just isn't practical. And some of the smaller, table-top trees aren’t known for being sturdy. Because our ornaments are on the heavier side, we've had issues with the smaller trees tipping over ... especially when buyers are trying to take the ornaments off the trees to purchase. We found a great slim Christmas tree from our local At Home. It measures only 18” in diameter but can still can hold quite a few ornaments. We re-stock throughout the show to keep the tree looking full. NEXT UP, WE HAVE BOOTH SIGNAGE/DÉCOR. 6. Emphasize your business name for potential buyers with branded signage. We have our friends over at Ella Jude to thank for this easy DIY pop-out booth sign idea. For this sign, we painted a thin piece of wood white, then transferred our logo (with our image transfer process) to both sides, though we've seen others hand paint their logo. We bought two pieces of copper pipe and an elbow joint and glued them all together to form an L-shaped corner. To hang the wood sign from the copper pipe, we spray-painted loose-leaf rings to match the copper pipe. We then use clear zip ties to attach the sign to our booth or tent. We're hoping to make an even larger version this year. For additional branded signage, we bought a large white vinyl banner with grommets and designed it to include our logo, website and social media handles. We use this when we have space available. For our outdoor art shows, such as Cooper Young, we hang the banner on the back of our tent so buyers walking down the sidewalks behind the booths can see our name. 7. Tell your story with signage. We sell handmade image transfers on wood and marble tile. The most common question we receive from customers during festivals and shows is,
Craft fair tips for your first craft show including craft fair display, what to products bring, how to price products and more!
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole the other day, researching a local craft show. That led me to read its reviews on Yelp. Then I started reading reviews for other craft shows in my city. And then I moved on to big craft shows outside of my city. I ended up scanning...
You’ll never attract every shopper at a craft show. And attempting to can do more harm than good. As Marie Forleo says: If you’re talking to everybody, you’re talking to nobody. You need to define your target market and focus on building a business and products for them. However, a few mistakes can repel even your...
To share the lessons in this article, I’ve replicated a craft show display I saw online that I thought could use some improvement, and have explained what I would change and how. Does the “before” display work? Yes. Could it use some improvement? Also, yes. I chose this display to replicate because it illustrates the...
This autumn season, dig into these simple Fall crafts to sell and make some extra money – all from the comfort of home! These creative fall crafts are easy and inexpensive to make while presenting stunning results. Fall time is a great time of year to get crafting! Something about all the beautiful autumnal colors makes Fall the decorating season of dreams. To take advantage of this time of year, I have 25 of the best Fall crafts to sell, so you can earn some extra money from home. This list includes how to make tasteful Halloween crafts, thanksgiving
Best dollar tree crafts to sell in 2024 for extra money. Try these dollar tree crafts to make and sell for extra cash.
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Do you want some easy crafts to make and sell? This blog post is the perfect resource. You'll find 72 different crafting ideas for all ages. Perhaps one of the most appealing side hustle ideas for creative people is selling crafts online. I've met many women making hundreds to thousands in extra income per month by selling crafts
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I know many moms who making extra money every weekend selling handmade items at craft fairs, flea markets, and even on local Facebook buy/sell/trade pages. You can make DIY projects at home (at night, on the weekend, as you have time) and sell them for profit! The best part about doing crafts for profit is that the time from idea to production to sale is very fast - I'd say you can start earning extra cash from these simple projects within a month if you start today and get your supplies then choose a selling avenue. I thought it would
I hear it all the time... I'm doing my first craft fair and I have no idea what to do. What do I make? How ...
I know many moms who making extra money every weekend selling handmade items at craft fairs, flea markets, and even on local Facebook buy/sell/trade pages. You can make DIY projects at home (at night, on the weekend, as you have time) and sell them for profit! The best part about doing crafts for profit is that the time from idea to production to sale is very fast - I'd say you can start earning extra cash from these simple projects within a month if you start today and get your supplies then choose a selling avenue. I thought it would
Craft shows can be intimidating for introverts & selling is a skill that can always use improving. These tips will help you silently sell handmade products
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If you sell at enough craft shows, markets, and events, you’ll eventually run into shoppers who think your prices are too high. They’ll tell you they could make it themselves, get someone to make it cheaper, or find the item at the mall for less. Yet they still want the item and are asking for...
A list of current craft trends and trend predictions for 2024 that handmade business owners can make and sell on Etsy or at craft shows.
One of my most popular articles details the types of products that sell best at craft shows; you can read that here: What Sells Best at a Craft Show? This article explores the other side: Types of products that don’t tend to sell well, or that can actually harm the sales of best-selling products. I’ve created...
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Updated in January 2022. Does the thought of earning extra money on the side selling handmade crafts at flea markets or even on Etsy or a Facebook page appeal to you? It's a great way for moms to make extra money from home. I've been collecting craft projects ideas to sell for years. Just this weekend, I visited a local flea market while on vacation and I was blown away by all the creativity at each booth. With some extra time on the weekends or in the evening, you can make DIY projects that sell for a
I know many moms who making extra money every weekend selling handmade items at craft fairs, flea markets, and even on local Facebook buy/sell/trade pages. You can make DIY projects at home (at night, on the weekend, as you have time) and sell them for profit! The best part about doing crafts for profit is that the time from idea to production to sale is very fast - I'd say you can start earning extra cash from these simple projects within a month if you start today and get your supplies then choose a selling avenue. I thought it would
When you hand your business card out at a craft fair, 80% of them end up in the trash. Here's how to make your business cards more effective.
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One of my most popular articles details the types of products that sell best at craft shows; you can read that here: What Sells Best at a Craft Show? This article explores the other side: Types of products that don’t tend to sell well, or that can actually harm the sales of best-selling products. I’ve created...
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Updated in January 2022. Does the thought of earning extra money on the side selling handmade crafts at flea markets or even on Etsy or a Facebook page appeal to you? It's a great way for moms to make extra money from home. I've been collecting craft projects ideas to sell for years. Just this weekend, I visited a local flea market while on vacation and I was blown away by all the creativity at each booth. With some extra time on the weekends or in the evening, you can make DIY projects that sell for a
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A list of current craft trends and trend predictions for 2024 that handmade business owners can make and sell on Etsy or at craft shows.
Not all of these points are red flags telling you not to sell at a particular craft show. However, they may be signs to proceed with caution. Craft shows can be labor intensive and come with several expenses. So you want to be sure a craft show is the right fit for you and your...
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