Craft Fair Booth on a Budget

While going through the photos on my camera, I came across the ones of our booth at the small craft fair my mom and I participated in before Christmas.  I thought our little booth looked pretty good!

On the left side, I set up my tins and a couple frames:

In the center, my handpainted tags/ornaments and candle embellishments:

I have since sold all but two of the candle embellishments:

I also sold a few of the wooden tags/ornaments.  That’s my mom’s decorative tree from Pier One used to display them:

More frames on the right side:

I also sold some  handpainted personalized ornaments, I was able to personalize them with an initial while the customer waited:

Two tower displays of my mom’s glycerin soaps flanked the entrance to the booth:

We really put this booth together on a budget.  Since this was my first craft fair experience, I really didn’t know what to expect and didn’t want to spend a lot of money.  Here are a few of the things we did to keep costs low:

• Used plain white sheets for tablecloths, accented with fabric remnants from previous projects.
• Purchased wire ornament displays (not shown) from Dollar Tree.  I only ended up using two of the five that I bought because they were a little flimsy, but I plan on stabilizing them better if I use them again.
• Used our own purple tinsel trees (Christmas decor) to display ornaments.
• Used some of the boxes that we transported everything in underneath the tablecloths to provide height.
• Banners from Vista Print.
• Used my own picture frames to display price signs.

Overall, I would say the show was a success (except for one little speed bump, right, MOM?).  I sold enough to cover my booth costs and time, and I even got a potential wholesale client lead. In the future, I will only do shows much closer to home (this one was an hour away) and in larger towns, but this one was a great way to get our feet wet. 

Do you have any craft fair experience or advice to share?