stART on the Street

This past Sunday I participated in stART on the Street, in Worcester, Massachusetts.

This was my very first craft fair & it was amazing!  I did a fair amount of research & found Indie Craft Shows to be quite helpful & I read my share of posts in the Etsy forums gathering tips here & there, but in the end I did everything on a whim with the input of Rich & my mom {always good for their opinions & spell checking abilities}!

I had a spot on the side walk & decided to keep my table simple & sweet!  I used a thrifted sheet & handlettered a sign {trying to match the font I used for all of my work}. 

I built & painted this little holder the night before to hold notes, cards, & prints.  The shelving on the right consisted of two shelves from Rich's Ikea entertainment center that were no longer being used & had a perfect ridge on top to hold cards.  I tiered the shelves by placing one on a pink photo storage box.

It all came together quite nicely & once the fair got rolling it was steady business from then on!  I had the opportunity to talk with a lot of people & hear some wonderful comments about my work {which is always nice to hear in person!}.  I also had the chance to meet a lot of fellow artists & craftster including Sarah, one of the organizers of stART, who was so nice & did an amazing job of organizing such a big fair.  I met Angela of Ambient Designs. Her display was beautiful as were her cards {a fellow goccoer, yay!} & jewlery, which you can check out at her Etsy shop.  I also met Ginny of Bad Girl Designs {whose website I cannot find right now, but will post when I find her card I took} who creates super cute 50's inspired screenprinted cards. 

I love, loved the work of Kelly of Tulips to Kiss.  She creates beautiful etched sterling silver necklaces.  She had one of this fat little bird {I am a sucker for fat birds} & a tree that I think I need!  Twigs & Heather were there as well.  Their sterling silver necklaces are gorgeous.  I cannot even begin to decide what I like, but I like the third necklace in the twigs line & the ring from the birch line.  My neighbors were Suzanne of Fusion Ethos Fasion, who recycles everyday items into wearable art & Racheal Lochner who had wheel thrown pottery & screenprinted tiles.

I have to thank Rich for getting up with me at 6:30, setting-up, & sitting with me all day, my parents for coming down from Portland & sitting with us for most of the day & for sitting at my table while I walked around, &  Rich's mom {& and my mom, again} for bringing me change...the one craft fair newbie mistake I made!  It was a beautiful, sunny day with so many great people, great ideas & suggestions from shoppers, & great connections.  I cannot wait to participate again next year!

On to the next show!  Oh yes.  There is a next show.  More details to follow...

Comments

[mariss]

Congratulations on your first craft fair! How exciting. I'm more jealous of the letterpress class you mentioned earlier though :)

[Sarah - stART on the Street/Three Cat Nite]

Sarah - it sound like you had a great day!!! Your display looked awesome and If I didn't know better I'd think you were an old hat at doing shows!
Hope you can participate in our future shows!
-Sarah