Craft Show Partner

I am gearing up for craft show season.  It is my busiest time of year and I prep for next year starting in January.  

My first application for 2014 actually went out Jan 15 of 2014.

There are so many things to be aware of when applying for a show or a series of shows.

I will go into an in depth post about it at a later date, I promise.

For now I am excited to announce I will be teaming up with my good friend Bridget Norton from It's All Chic for most of my craft shows this year.   She and I get along great and our products go together so well.  It is a great match-up.

I have never had a booth-mate before.  I have always done my shows solo.  I like having someone there to talk to, to hang while I eat or run to the bathroom. But I really like bringing in double the people with a totally different type of craft.   Bridget makes hand painted signs from reclaimed wood.

Believe it or not running a booth for a day is exhausting, if you're lucky and busy.  I pray to be exhausted at the end of a show.  If it was s really good day I will have a sore throat from all the nonstop talking to customers.  It is a good problem to have.  

It also allows us both to enter a show we might not have been able to do alone.  Some shows are expensive to enter.  The Shopping Spree in Raleigh, NC is around $1300 to enter for a standard 10x10' space.  That is a lot of ching!  Too much for me even with a partner.

There are some shows that can be difficult to get into.  Smaller juried shows can be hard to get accepted to because they have a limited number of spots.  If there are two of us we can both apply for a show and hope one of us gets in.

Some people have friends stop in or family members help out but I have never. 

 I am excited about the joint venture this Fall.  I look forward to what the future holds for my business and the collaboration. Bridget is a blast and it can only help us both.