Getting Ready for the Christmas Craft Fayres
Summer is over, day trips are limited by the weather so my spare time turns to preparations for my Christmas Fayres.
Last year I did 1 Fayre at the end of August and 2 Christmas Fayres.
For some reason for the August fayre I took a few cards I had made and sold a few. I have been selling my bags for a couple of years now and not really trying to sell cards, as they had not been selling well. So it was a pleasant surprise when I sold a few cards and had some commissions for cards from friends, this led to renewed interest in designing my Christmas cards. A couple of designs came to mind and I started to get excited again about card crafting. With a huge stash of card dies and card craft items I soon had a good pile of cards to take to the fayre in November. The designs were unique and one incorporated a gift while the other was a card and embellishment in one. These sold better than ever, and so I decided to have 2 tables at this years fayre, one for bags and one for cards and gift ideas. The same thing happened to the fayre booked in December, the cards sold well alongside the bags and gifts, and again I decide to book 2 tables for this year, which I have just done.
First job is decide which bags I am going to sell on Table 1 and which cards and gifts for Table 2.
Second job is stock check and decide on the items I need to make to get the stock levels up to cover the 2 fayres.
Third job is labelling and pricing the items.
As I get prepared for the Christmas season I will share my progress on the blog.I will tell you what I have made and how I priced it, and then after the fayres I will report back on how each item sold.
Happy Crafting
Dee