Fall markets & shows: What we've done and what we've learned
Now that summer is upon us, we begin to get full sway into Halloween in our art, our imaginations, and our festival preps. In light of this "season", I thought it would be appropriate to finally share the blog that I ALMOST posted last year. haha! So here's a retrospective look at our some of our fall shows and what my current thoughts are about going into it again for this year. So, in September my husband and I did some really fun autumn shows together: First was Vintage Market Days, and then barely a week or so later was our local Giant Pumpkin Festival (SO many people at both...wow!!) . And honestly, the first thing I have to say is... S hows are hard work! Doing shows is a lot like a science experiment. You choose a show that you think your audience would attend and then you take the risk and pay your booth fees, which can sometimes be a lot! Then you hope you've designed an eye catching set up and bring a variety of price ranges to cast a wide net. ...
