Category: craft fairs
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Procrastination for the Win?
The past year has been so stressful with one thing after another I find myself completely derailed. I find no appetite for doing what needs doing, so I am procrastinating by doing things that really aren’t very high on my to-be-done list, but need doing at some point. So today, instead of firing up the…
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Adieu, Vancouver
Parting is such sweet sorrow… Circle Craft’s Christmas Craft Fair is pretty big, something close to 300 exhibitors. Over the space of five days I managed to walk the show several times, and each time saw – or missed – something or someone. During the slow times the crafts people can chat, but of…
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Hump Day
“ Today was day three of a five day show. It was also the longest day of the show at 12 hours. Saturday we close at 7 pm. Sunday we close at 5, but then follows pack up and out. We will be lucky to be back in the hotel by 9 pm. Every…
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Hump Day
“ Today was day three of a five day show. It was also the longest day of the show at 12 hours. Saturday we close at 7 pm. Sunday we close at 5, but then follows pack up and out. We will be lucky to be back in the hotel by 9 pm. Every…
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Hump Day
“ Today was day three of a five day show. It was also the longest day of the show at 12 hours. Saturday we close at 7 pm. Sunday we close at 5, but then follows pack up and out. We will be lucky to be back in the hotel by 9 pm. Every…
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#fairfiberwage
There was a lot of discussion about fibre instructors getting a #fairfiberwage over the Labour Day weekend and a few weeks afterward. But there is another aspect of getting a decent wage from fibres and that is from selling textiles. I chose to become a professional/production weaver about 41 years ago. I have been doing…
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Challenges
One of the challenges with trying to sell on line is getting good photographs of textiles. This is a lot harder than you might think. First of all – accurate colour. Colour on the internet is difficult because it may look perfect on my monitor – and vastly different on someone else’s. There is also…
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Show Time (Again)
About one hour into the set up process One view Another view Since my neighbours were still setting up it was hard to get photos of the booth without other people in the shot. Or carts and cartons. But here it is – so far. Did a quick and dirty inventory count and I should…
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One Down
The first show of the year is done. Turns out my suspicion that I didn’t have enough place mats was correct. Sort of. All of the matching table runners plus the stand alone runners all sold. Every single one. Another case of a cloudy crystal ball! Today I am struggling to get back to the…
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The Drape!
One of the things that people find appealing is a textile that feels good ‘in the hand’. A textile that bends and flows. That drapes lovingly around the body. I have been working with various forms of rayon for quite a few years, now. Rayon was developed to mimic silk, without the price of…