Over the years at craft fairs and art shows, many people have approached me with questions about how to get started selling their own creative artistic creations. Since I have sold over two million dollars worth of my woodwork at 350 shows in 30 states, I thought I might be able to help.Here is everything you need to succeed with your handmade crafts. Includes the following: 1. A guide to selling your crafts directly to the public at craft fairs and art shows, selling wholesale to galleries and stores, and making sales on the internet. 2. 200 tips for finding and getting into craft shows, surviving them, and making money. Learn how to make your own display, anchor it, travel to shows by road or ir, take credit cards, prevent theft, make more sales, price your products, make your own web site, and do your own photography for web images and show application slides. 3. Complete addresses and ratings for the best 850 craft fairs and art shows in the United States. 4. 1,100 top craft galleries that are seeking new contemporary crafts to sell. 5. Contact information for everything from canopies and display cases to wholesale craft trade shows, product photographers, credit card terminals and craft fair guides. Includes addresses of over 100 show promoters who produce multiple shows around the country. 6. 14 spreadsheets and forms you can download and use with Microsoft Excel and Word, with instructions and examples for a craft pricing calculator, inventory tracker, mail list manager, business plan, invoice, show calendar, a form to organize your application deadlines, show expense and profit recorder, and legal agreements for consignment, sales representatives, and more. With all the craft fairs and galleries, you are guaranteed to find people who will appreciate and buy your craft work. If you supply the necessary irresistible handmade products and lots of self-discipline, you will be successful

You can make very good money selling your crafts with the information in this book. It will provide you with hundreds of tips for finding and getting into craft shows, surviving them, and making a profit. You will find contact information for over 800 of the best craft fairs in the United States, rated from A+ to B-, and over 100 promoters who promote multiple shows. There is information for jurying into the shows, taking your own photographs, which canopy to buy and how to keep it from flying away, travel safety, taking credit cards, preventing theft, and making more sales. There are descriptions and free downloads for using excel to price your craft, organize your applications, make a mailing list, and find out how much money you really made. There are also addresses for photographers, credit card terminal providers, and display case makers. To make money with your arts and crafts, all you need are beautiful irresistible handmade products, lots of self-discipline, and this book.

Product Description This is a collection of marketing tips by and for artists and craftspeople to help you sell what you make. If you want to make money with your crafts, these solutions might save you many hours of time or thousands of dollars. This book includes hundreds of tips about how to find craft fairs, how to get into them, and how to survive them and make money. Also covered is taking credit cards, avoiding theft, taking your own photographs, making your own display and anchoring it, and traveling to shows by road or air. If you want to wholesale there are suggestions for designing your trade show booth and marketing your crafts to craft galleries and other wholesale markets. There are tips for selling on the internet, putting your crafts on a web catalog, making your own website, and selling on ebay. There is also advice for pricing your crafts, bookkeeping, selling, advertising, promotion, packaging, copyright, health, computers, taxes, sales reps, etc.

This step-by-step resource will help you make your first show and every show a lucrative event It is a guide for everyone who wants to "do it themselves." individuals, fraternal organizations, churches, community organizations, and other groups will learn how to succeed at promoting their own event All the information you need to organize an exciting crafts fair or art show is here: 1. planning the event, 2. identifying purpose and goals, 3. one-day vs two-day show, 4. outdoor shows and indoor shows, 5. formulating a budget, 6. setting fees, 7. exhibitor guidelines, 8. application forms and letters, 9. photos and slides, 10. entertainment, 11. food and drink, 12. advertising and publicity, 13. layout and marking the site, 14. cancellations and no-shows, 15. evaluating the event... and much more

Turn your woodworking skills into a full- or part-time business. Here is everything you need to succeed with your woodcraft creations. You get 250 tips with advice about how to find and get accepted into craft shows, survive them, and make a profit. Learn how to take credit cards, be safe on the road, make your own display and anchor it, avoid theft, travel to shows by road or air, sell to anyone, make your own web site, and do your own photography for web images and show application slides. Included are addresses and ratings for the best 900 craft fairs and art shows in the U.S. and addresses for over 1,000 top craft galleries that are seeking new contemporary crafts to sell. Instructions are included for 15 easily downloadable spreadsheet templates and forms for use with Microsoft Excel and Word, including an easy monthly bookkeeping system, a product pricing calculator, an inventory tracking template, a mail list manager, a business plan, invoice, marketing plan, organizers for your application deadlines and show schedules, legal agreements for consignment, sales representatives, and more. Contact information is included for everything from canopies and display cases to trade shows, photographers, craft fair guides, and credit card providers, including over 100 show promoters who produce multiple shows around the country.