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Selling Art and Crafts at Art Festivals,
Arts and Craft Shows,
Craft Fairs and Festivals
and Arts and Craft Fairs Online?
Know how to sell art and crafts at craft shows,
crafts to make, show displays, or how to sell art online?
by Shasta McLaughlin
Coast West
Pacific Beach, Washington
Don’t forget to to visit Coast West in Pacific Beach, Washington this Jun. 22 & 23, 2013.
Handcrafted arts and crafts festival vendors contact Jen at 360-591-2482 to reserve your show booth now. Remember to tell her thank you for listing his show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
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Did you hear the news … They finally caught me! I’m going to jail … but it’s for a great cause — MDA!
Shasta McLaughlin of Extravaganza Crafts has been asked to go to "LockUp" to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association on April 11, 2013.
Muscular dystrophy is a disease where the muscles of the body get weaker and weaker. The Muscular Dystrophy Association raises funds for research, medical treatments and therapy, wheelchairs, and for kids with muscular dystrophy to attend MDA Summer Camp.
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CHUN Capitol Hill People's Fair
Denver, Colorado
Don’t forget to to visit CHUN Capitol Hill People's Fair in Denver, Colorado June 1 & 2, 2013.
Arts fair and crafts festival vendors contact Nicole Anderson at 303-830-1651 to reserve your booth now. Remember to tell her thank you for listing this juried art and craft show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Colorado each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at www.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Artsfest '13 Fine Arts Festival
Dowell, Maryland
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Riverton Community Christmas Craft Fair
Riverton, Wyoming
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Art In The Park
Kalispell, Montana
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Boardwalk Arts and Craft Festival
Dillon Montana
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Jeffco Holiday Craft Fair
Golden Colorado
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Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artists Grant
Would you like to receive $7,500 dollars and public recognition that will further you handcrafted jewelry business?
Art Jewelry Forum supports contemporary artists by offering a grant, the Emerging Artists Award.
As well as receiving the grant their handcrafted jewelry will be shown at SOFA NY or COLLECT in London. The jewelry artist will participate in a lecture series and be featured in an Art Jewelry Forums advertisement.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Point of Purchase Displays
Sell Handmade Crafts
What are Point of Purchase Displays?
According to about.com point of purchase displays are:
"Definition: Marketing materials or advertising placed next to the merchandise it is promoting. These items are generally located at the checkout area or other location where the purchase decision is made. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Show Booth Display, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Vendors, Craft Trade Show Booth, Fairs, Festivals, Handmade Arts and Crafts, How to Make Art Shows Better, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Jewelry Booth Displays, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Marketing Handcrafted Jewelry, Other Ways to Sell Arts and Crafts, Selling Handcrafted Jewelry at Art and Craft Shows, Table Display Ideas
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Blackberry Arts Festival
Coos Bay, Oregon
by Shasta McLaughlin
Autumn Festival-An Arts and Crafts Affair
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
by Shasta McLaughlin
Tigard Festival of Balloons
Tigard, Oregon
by Shasta McLaughlin
Made In Montana Marketplace
Great Falls, Montana
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Under the Big Sky Arts & Crafts Festival
Missoula, Montana
by Shasta McLaughlin
Art of Gardening-Anacortes, Washington
Visit Art of Gardening in Anacortes, Washington happening April 27 & 28, 2013.
Contact Nicole Johnson at 360-299-1967 to reserve your booth for this Juried Art Show now. Please thank her for listing this show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Washington each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at
by Shasta McLaughlin
Art and Craft Show Display Risers
Looking for portable risers to add height to craft show displays?
 
by Shasta McLaughlin
Craft Show Booth Displays
Retail Success Secrets Revealed
Your art festival and craft show booth display is your brick and mortar retail store. Don't guess at art show booth displays hoping to increase sales. Don't hire professional retail designers to create show booths that sell crafts.
Now learn from professionals trained in displaying crafts for sale. Every vendor can have professional art and craft festival booths that sell handmade crafts and increase profits since retail layout secrets are available online and in books. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Show Booth Display, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Vendors, Craft Shows, Doing the Art Show Circuit, Fairs, Festivals, Homemade Trade Show Displays, How to Make Art Shows Better, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Selling Handcrafted Jewelry at Art and Craft Shows, Table Display Ideas
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Sell Crafts Using LinkedIn Profiles
 When my LinkedIn profile wasn't complete and was full of generic information everyone else had it did nothing for my Art and Craft Newsletter and Small Business Consulting. I bought a $47 product from Kristina Jaramillo and Eric Gruber of
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Power For Craft Booths
With No Electricity
 Should I pay show promoters for power for craft show booths?
Do you need power in your art show booth? Need cash registers, electronic displays, laptops, or cell phones, extra lighting to highlight handmade crafts or handcrafted jewelry, a fan or heater?
Extra lighting increases sales by attracting the eye to craft show booths and allowing craft buyers to see quality and details of your craftsmanship. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Show Booth Display, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Art and Craft-Tools and Product Reviews, Craft Show Booth Supplies, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Vendors, Craft Shows, Doing the Art Show Circuit, Fairs, Festivals, Handmade Arts and Crafts, How to Make Art Shows Better, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Packing for Art Craft Shows, Selling Handcrafted Jewelry at Art and Craft Shows
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The Big One Art & Craft Fair -Fargo ND
Visit The Big One Art and Craft Fair in Fargo, North Dakota happening Oct. 19 & 20, 2013.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Stacy and Lisa Frank at 701-837-6059 to reserve your booth now. Please thank them for listing this show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
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The Big One Art & Craft Fair -Bismarck ND
Don’t forget to to visit The Big One Art and Craft Fair in Bismarck, North Dakota on Nov. 23 & 24, 2013.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Stacy and Lisa Frank at 701-837-6059 to reserve your booth now. Remember to tell him thank you for listing his show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
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The Minot Big One Art & Craft Fair
Minot, North Dakota
Visit The Minot Big One Art & Craft Fair in Minot, ND happening Nov. 1 & 2, 2013.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Stacy & Lisa Frank at 701-837-6059 to reserve your booth now. Please thank them for listing their art and craft fair with The Extravaganza Craft News.
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Christmas Moment Gift Fair -Kennewick WA
Visit Christmas Moments in Kennewick, Washington happening Nov. 16 to 18, 2012.
Contact LaVette Mehess at 971-600-3281 to reserve your booth for this Un-Juried Art and Craft Show now. Please thank her for listing this show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Craft Fair Tips
by Wendy Hitchins of On-line Venue for Handmade Arts & Crafts, and Invention group on LinkedIn
I use a custom fitted black cloth that completely covers the table to the floor that I made. Then I cover that with a white organza cloth. I find the white really picks up the ambient light and makes it all easier to see.Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Show Booth Display, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Show Vendors, Craft Trade Show Booth, Doing the Art Show Circuit, How to Make Art Shows Better, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Jewelry Booth Displays, Table Display Ideas
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by Shasta McLaughlin
How to Display Crafts at a Craft Fair
The secret to displaying crafts at a craft fair are shared here by Erin Proctor Herb of LinkedIn group Handmade Jewelry. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Show Booth Display, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Promoters, Craft Show Vendors, Homemade Trade Show Displays, How to Make Art Shows Better, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Jewelry Booth Displays, Selling Handcrafted Jewelry at Art and Craft Shows, Table Display Ideas
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Pricing Crafts Correctly Sells Crafts
As far as pricing your handmade crafts go you need something called a loss leader.
A loss leader is a handcrafted item or a few items sold at a loss. They get buyers of art through the door to your craft show booth or online craft store and getting out their wallet. After they've gotten out their wallet they are easier to sell to.
Keep a few items as loss leaders, adjust some of your prices to be more inline with the real market price (for crafts similar to yours) but not at it, and adjust the majority of the items to be real market price. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Arts and Crafts, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Vendors, Handmade Arts and Crafts, How to Make Art Shows Better, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Marketing Handcrafted Jewelry, Pricing Crafts to Sell
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Ever had a craft show that seemed like a total failure, like you had totally wasted your time and money attending it?
Ensure every art festival will be a roaring success.
8 easy things you can do are listed below.
- Send out information about the festival you will be attending by mail, email, blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn to your friends, family, and acquaintances. Send an occasional reminder.
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Packaging Your Craft Show Products
Need ideas for packaging crafts at craft fairs?
Packaging crafts has always been a simple concept to me it never occurred to me to share. This wonderful post inspired me to share this packaging idea. Most scrapbookers and rubber stampers probably use this concept already. How many of you have thought to use it to package your handcrafted arts and crafts for sale?
by Shasta McLaughlin
Visit Fair Market in Broadus, Montana happening Aug. 10 & 11, 2012.
Contact Sarah McGill at 406-436-2778 to reserve your booth for this Un-Juried Art & Craft Show now. Please thank her for listing this show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
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Research Art Trends Using Social Media
Wondered what arts and crafts are selling well at craft fairs this year? Need to know what colors are in style this season? Want to know if one neckline is more popular now than another, for your jewelry or clothing festival booth?
Facebook and Pinterest can help.
They have derived ways to make people tell them exactly what they like. With some research on your part on Facebook or Pinterest you can also know what crafts people like.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Is Facebook and Social Media Selling Art?
Social media is working for my art business but...
I have gone to where my customers (artists and crafters) are on Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. and that is where I post.
Search keywords related to your product in the Facebook search box.
Want to know how many people like fine art? Type in fine art in the Facebook search box and go to fine arts-interests.
Check out your competitions pages from the search above. Advertise a Craft Show, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Promoters, Craft Show Vendors, Facebook, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, LinkedIn, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Marketing Handcrafted Jewelry, MySpace, Other Ways to Sell Arts and Crafts, Sell Crafts Online, Twitter, Using Social Media Sites to Sell Arts and Crafts
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Inexpensive Craft Show Booth Display Ideas
I found these inexpensive craft show booth displays ideas while researching my blog. I thought you might want to see them.
http://blah-to-tada.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-craft-fair-ideas.html
Thanks blah to TADA! for sharing.
by Shasta McLaughlin
The Big One Art & Craft Fair
Fargo, North Dakota
Don’t forget to to visit the The Big One Art & Craft Fair in Fargo, North Dakota this Oct. 20 & 21, 2012. Also reserve your booths for the shows in Minot, ND on Nov. 2 & 3, 2012 and Apr. 5 & 6, 2013.
Handcrafted arts and crafts festival vendors contact Stacy or Lisa Frank at 701-837-6059 to reserve your show booth now. Remember to tell them thank you for listing their show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Are You Pricing
Your Original Art Too Low?
 Price your original art too low-You are doing yourself and others a huge disservice.
Pricing handmade crafts too low implies low quality decreasing sales. Don't wrongly assume if you sell crafts for what they are worth you wouldn't sell any. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Booth Money Management, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Vendors, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Pricing Crafts to Sell, Sell Crafts Online, Tools to Save Time or Money
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Simple Inexpensive Ways to Collect Art Festival Customers Contact Information
 Are you collecting contact information of people who buy your one of a kind works of art, why not?
Collecting customers contact information is simple and makes it easier to make sales increasing profits.
Here's how:
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Get Jewelry Buyers to Purchase at Craft Shows
 Found this fun idea for getting customers to buy jewelry (or any art or craft) at craft shows.
How to Get Your Jewelry Customer Buy at Craft Show Event.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Why Add Art and Craft Buyers
to Mailing Lists
Are you collecting the contact information of the people who enter your Art Festival booth and buy your one of a kind works of art? If no, why not?
Collecting a customers contact information is simple and makes it so much easier to make sales increasing profits greatly. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Customer Service, Craft Show Promoters, Craft Show Vendors, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Other Ways to Sell Arts and Crafts, Sell Crafts Online, Selling Handcrafted Jewelry at Art and Craft Shows, Tips for Craft Show Promoters, Vendors for my Art Festival
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by Shasta McLaughlin
How to Add Art and Craft Buyers
To Mailing Lists
First read Why Add Art and Craft Buyers to Mailing Lists.
Collect Art Buyers Contact Information
Decide what information you need to mail and email your customers useful information that will encourage them to buy your one of kind handcrafted art work. Information that is generally collected includes:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Address
- City
- State
- Zip Code
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Birth Date
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 Today while working on my site I came across this information that will help artists and crafters be more aware of tactics thieves use when stealing our one of a kind works of art.
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 You need to be a great salesman to make money selling arts and crafts. The problem is how do I become a great salesman without becoming the pushy salesman?
I have to admit I haven’t been the best example of a good art and craft salesman. Why, because I was always afraid of being too pushy. Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Show Customer Service, Craft Show Vendors, How to Make Art Shows Better, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Marketing Handcrafted Jewelry
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Advertising Art Festivals is Everybody’s Business
I struggled as craft show promoter figuring out the perfect mix of advertising for shows. Nothing is guaranteed with cable TV, internet, and satellite radio advertising has become more difficult. My advice to vendors and art festival promoters alike is this:
Advertising craft shows is everybody’s business.
Artists and crafters remember the more advertising promoters do, the more festival booths cost.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Visit Summerfest in Evergreen, Colorado happening Jul. 21 & 22, 2012.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Becky Guy at 303-674-0056 to reserve your booth now. Please thank then for listing this show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Montana each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at www.extravaganzacrafts.com.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Are Art and Craft Show Reviews
Worth Their Weight in Gold?
 Attending an art fair a few years ago I visited with artists and crafters. We discussed if I should include art and craft show reviews in The Extravaganza Craft News.
The positive to artist and crafter show reviews is craft show vendors don’t get suckered into bad craft shows where the promoter is not doing their best to advertise.
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One day I was riding in my sisters car. The roads were slick and the car slid off the road into a deep snowbank. The car was very stuck and trying to drive it out did no good. Along came a car with 5 guys in it. They couldn’t pull the car out using their car. They all got out and stood at different points around my sisters car then lifted up her car and put it back on the road.
One guy couldn’t have lifted the car alone, but together the 5 of them easily moved it.
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Found this great article containing 6 Simple Tricks to Make Money and Beat the Economy when selling your arts and crafts.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Art and Craft Show Booth Etiquette for Artists and Crafters
From the perspective of both a show promoter and artist one thing craft vendors at art and craft shows do that bothers me is not including the legs of their displays into the size of their booth.
Having legs of art festival displays sticking into the aisles and booths next to them is hard for show promoters, dangerous for customers and inconveniences craft show vendors in booths nearby.
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Don’t forget to to visit the Ridgway Arts & Crafts Rendezvous in Ridgway CO this Aug. 11 & 12, 2012.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Kentee Pasek at 970-318-0056 to reserve your booth now. Remember to tell her thank you for listing her show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Colorado each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at www.
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Recently I’ve been working to make my craft business more profitable each and every day. Today it occurred to me that I should share with you how I plan to do that.
Week one I worked on catching up on left over unfinished crafts and business projects from previous weeks to prepare for my 30 days of greater profitability. As usual I accomplished some of the things I intended to do, did some things I planned to do later early, and didn’t accomplish some of the plan.
Week two I learned new things about my email marketing to keep my messages from being flagged as spam. Advertise a Craft Show, Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Craft Show Promoters, Craft Show Vendors, Documents and Craft Business Forms, Handmade Arts and Crafts, How to Make Art Shows Better, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Marketing Handcrafted Jewelry, Organize an Art Workshop or Studio
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Visit CHUN Capitol Hill People's Fair in Denver, Colorado on Jun. 2 & 3, 2012.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Andrea Furness at 303-830-1651 to reserve your booth now. Please thank her for listing
her show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in South
Dakota each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at www.extravaganzacrafts.com.
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Looking for wholesale tradeshows for selling finely handcrafted art? Want your works of art displayed and sold at fine art galleries and museums?
The Buyers Market of America is scheduled for Feb. 18-20, 2012 in Philadelphia and NICHE: The Show is scheduled for Jun. 1-3, 2012 in Las Vegas.
Fine craft exhibitors get more information at:
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Want to get your Art or Crafts noticed and mentioned by Celebrities?
You know those swag bags that celebrities get at The Oscars, Emmys, and The Golden Globes?
Artisan Group helps you by getting your handcrafted artwork into them.
Be sure your work is high quality as you wouldn't want a celebrity to pick up your piece for pictures and have it fall apart. Make your packaging exquisite as presentation can make a big impression.
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Difference Between Creating Interest in Your Arts and Crafts
and Getting People To Buy Your Crafts
To have a successful full time business selling arts and crafts (defined as making enough income to support yourself or your family without having a part time job) two things must happen.
- There must be enough people interested in buying your arts and crafts.
- You must be able to persuade people interested in your art to buy.
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Producing Vegetables and Crafts
For Farmer's Markets
For all of our Farmer's market vendors who love to have all the books on gardening but don't have space to keep every one there is a new solution.
There are tons of free Gardening Books for Kindle
by Shasta McLaughlin
Are you committing the Seven Deadly Sins that kill sales for artists and crafters? Are they actually deadly sins?
Find out at Handmade Lives.
What do you think are you committing these sins? Are they deadly?
by Shasta McLaughlin
Recently I’ve been working to make my business more profitable each and every day.
Week one I worked on catching up on left over unfinished projects from previous weeks to prepare for my 30 days of greater profitability. As usual I accomplished some of the things I intended to do, did some things I planned to do later early, and didn’t accomplish some of the plan.
Week two I learned new things about my email marketing to keep my messages from being flagged as spam.
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Recently I’ve been working to make my craft fair business more profitable each and every day. Today it occurred to me that I should share with you how I plan to do that.
Well last week I worked on catching up on left over unfinished projects from previous weeks to prepare for my 30 days of greater profitability. As usual I accomplished some of the things I intended to do, did some things I planned to do later early, and didn’t accomplish some of the plan.
Here is what I did accomplish.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Don’t forget to to visit the Commonwheel Artists 38th Annual Labor Day Arts & Crafts Festival in Manitou Springs, CO this Sep. 1 to 3, 2012
Handcrafted arts and crafts festival vendors contact Julia Wright at 719-577-7700 to reserve your show booth now. Remember to tell her thank
you for listing her show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Montana each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at www. Advertise a Craft Show, Art Show Vendors, Call for Artists Qualifications & Applications, Call to Artists, Craft Show Promoters, Craft Show Vendors, Craft Shows, Fairs, Festivals, Finding Places to Sell Arts and Crafts, Handmade Arts and Crafts, Press Releases for Crafters, Vendors for my Art Festival
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by Shasta McLaughlin
101 Reasons Your Customer Should Buy Handmade
Customers at craft shows often balk at the price of handcrafted works of art. One reason is they are used to going to Walmart and buying imports at half the price.
Help your customers realize the value of buying arts and crafts by sharing this article 101 Reasons to Buy Handmade.
by Shasta McLaughlin
I have an account on Twitter with 800 followers mostly artists and crafters. Each of them has several to several thousand followers mostly people who buy the arts and crafts they produce.
What does this mean for your Fair, Festival or Craft Show?
If you are not on Twitter you are missing a huge opportunity to build a loyal following of artists and crafters who are potential vendors for your shows as well as missing the potential customers that buy those crafters products.
What is Twitter? It is a place people get together and share bite size bits of information about themselves, their business, and things they find interesting.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Recently I’ve been working to make my business more profitable each and every day. Today it occurred to me that I should share with you how I plan to do that.
- Day 1-Set a goal to do something to make my business more profitable each day for 1 month.
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Reasons Art Festival Customer Won’t Buy
Customers won’t buy art from you if:
- They don’t know where to find your handmade craft.
- They aren’t prepared to buy now. For instance they weren’t expecting to see a handcrafted product they wanted so they don’t have money right now.
- They don’t know what you are selling.
- You aren’t selling what they want.
- Your handcrafted art is hard to get, the wrong price or poor quality.
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by Shasta McLaughlin
Press releases are informational articles sent to the press. They are meant to inform the public of things happening in the area. They are free and will be printed in most publications as space allows (so send them early and often).
Press releases are a great way to advertise your art festival schedule and your craft product. A
by Shasta McLaughlin
Rocky Mountain Arts & Crafts Festival
Don’t forget to to visit Rocky Mountain Arts & Crafts Festival in Billings, Montana this Mar. 10 & 11, 2012.
Handcrafted arts and crafts festival vendors contact Doug at 406-696-6585 to reserve your show booth now. Remember to tell him thank you for listing his show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Montana each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at
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Make Your Craft Show Display
Stand Out From The Crowd
By Amrendra Singh
If you have decided to try your hand at setting up at craft shows, festivals, or flea markets, then you’ll need to have the right craft show display to make your wares stand apart from the rest. This is especially important if you are selling something like jewelry or any other staple craft show item. Art & Craft Show Booth Display, Art Fair Booth Etiquette, Canopies Tents for Art Shows, Craft Show Booth Supplies, Craft Show Vendors, Craft Shows, Handmade Arts and Crafts, Homemade Trade Show Displays, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Jewelry Booth Displays, Weights for Canopies & Tents for Outdoor Shows
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by Shasta McLaughlin
There are many benefits to hiring your children to work in your art or craft show booth. Your children will learn responsibility and business skills while your craft business will reap the tax benefits. You can teach your child about scheduling, work ethic, entrepreneurship, setting goals and accomplishing them to the best of your ability.
Give your child clear tasks and hold them accountable for accomplishing them.
The law is simple treat your child like an employee :
- Have your child do tasks that are appropriate for their age.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Buyers at art and craft shows love to hear the story of the person creating the crafts. They love to feel that they know person they are doing business with and that they are doing business with a real approachable person. This is an important part of the trust building process that must go on between a buyer and seller.
A craft blog (short for weblog) is a great inexpensive way to share your story with buyers at the markets, both before and after they attend craft shows. There are many different providers of free blogs including WordPress.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Use LinkedIn to Build Your
Art or Craft Show Business
LinkedIn connected me with many professional artists and crafters.
I love when artists ask questions I never thought to ask, I learn from the answers they receive. It’s a great place to learn from those who are successfully selling their arts and crafts.
I checked out LinkedIn this morning and came across this article on using this professional networking tool effectively. Advertise a Craft Show, Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Craft Show Promoters, Craft Show Vendors, LinkedIn, Marketing Crafts, Organize an Art or Craft Show, Other Ways to Sell Arts and Crafts, Sell Crafts Online, Tips for Craft Show Promoters, Using Social Media Sites to Sell Arts and Crafts, Wholesale Art Shows
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How to Price My Art or Craft Show Product
 Pricing art or craft show products is more science than art. Don't just set a price you think is okay and expect to sell a lot of your handmade crafts for profit.
Cost to Create Crafts
What does it costs to make your crafts? Include costs of supplies used to create your product plus a little more to buy extra craft supplies.
by Shasta McLaughlin
The Extravaganza Craft Productions would like to thank Montana Arts Council for publishing the article “Grow Your Business During Tough Economic Times” by Shasta McLaughlin in their November/December issue of State of the Arts.
The article contains suggestions that help you cut costs at craft shows and market your business to grow your craft show business during tough times.
View the article at http://svcalt.
by Shasta McLaughlin
7 Habits of Highly Successful Crafters
1. Take risks-Highly successful people know you can’t get any where without some risk.
2. Make quick decisions. They know that you can start out in a direction and if they don’t like the results they can correct their course and head for another destination.
3. Don’t pass up opportunities. Successful crafters know opportunities don’t disappear they are snapped up by others.
by Shasta McLaughlin
Winterfest Arts & Crafts Festival
Evergreen Colorado
Don’t forget to to visit Winterfest Arts & Crafts Festival in Evergreen, Colorado happening Nov. 12, 2011.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Becky Guy at 303-674-0056 to reserve your booth now. Remember to thank Becky for listing her show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Wyoming each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at
by Shasta McLaughlin
Holiday Happenings Craft Show
Great Falls, Montana
Visit Holiday Happenings in Great Falls, Montana Nov. 19 & 20, 2011.
Arts and crafts festival vendors contact Nanc or Rachel at 406-590-0042 to reserve your booth now. Please thank then for listing this show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Montana each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at
by Shasta McLaughlin
Made In Montana Marketplace
Great Falls Montana
Don’t forget to visit the Made In Montana Marketplace in Great Falls, Montana this Mar. 23 & 24, 2012.
Handcrafted arts and crafts festival vendors contact Paul Davies at 406-455-8510 to reserve your show booth now. Remember to tell him thank you for listing his show with The Extravaganza Craft News.
Want more information on this and other art and craft fairs in Montana each month subscribe to The Extravaganza Craft News at
by Shasta McLaughlin
Reasons to Stay In Touch With Your Craft Show Customer
 Happy Independence Day! I’m grateful for this nation and all the freedoms that we enjoy.
I was writing to my customers, artists and crafters, wishing them Happy 4th. I realized I should write a quick note for every holiday and include them in my auto-responders (I can set the day they go out so they will deliver automatically). Advertise a Craft Show, Art & Craft Business Tips, Art & Craft Vendor Hints and Tips, Art Show Vendors, Art Storage Solutions, Craft Show Businesses, Craft Show Promoters, Craft Show Vendors, Improve Sales of Arts and Crafts, Increasing Profits from Handcrafted Arts & Crafts, Make Money Selling Arts and Crafts, Marketing Crafts, Marketing Handcrafted Jewelry, Selling Handcrafted Jewelry at Art and Craft Shows
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