Arts & Crafts Business

If you're beginning a small business to sell your handmade crafts, chances are you'll participate in many craft shows. Creating enough work to stock your booth is challenging, but for a successful...

Annual neighborhood or city art festivals provide artist's with repeat exposure and the opportunity to gain a local following. Look for festivals that require a short drive, reasonable booth cost...

There is a major difference between making jewelry for fun and making jewelry for profit. It is easy to make jewelry as gifts; convincing strangers to part with hard cash for your creations is a...

Christmas craft show season is never too far away to begin planning. Here are some tips to help you achieve greater notoriety, more business, and an increase in craft sales.

Art shows are wonderful venues for many different types of artists to showcase and sell their work. An art show is different from a craft fair, in that an art show is usually juried, meaning an...

If you are considering participating in your first arts and crafts show, you may be nervous, stressed, and lost! Calm down, I am here to help!

For many people, craft making is a hobby engaged in as a means of relaxing. Some of these craft makers sell their crafts on a small scale, some might make crafts for family and friends, and others...

So, you have worked all winter on beautiful creation and now it's time to get out there and start selling them, but how? Well, I've come from a family that before the internet was on it's way to...

Thousands of people go to craft shows every year to sell their homemade or small-business products. But you can't just roll in to a craft show and start selling and expect to make cash hand over...

So you made a mistake and wound up at a craft show where the market's all wrong and nobody's buying your stuff. Spending the next two days sulking in your booth isn't the answer. Here's how to...

A great way to sell items is to a rent a space at an indoor flea market or consumers mall. These are places that have employees who watch your items for you. Then once a month you collect a...

A craft fair is a gathering of multiple sellers, called vendors, who are showing and selling their handcrafted items. These days, handcrafted may also include technology assisted items. If you...

There are two different types of sellers at a craft show. There is the vendor who views her booth at the craft show as an ongoing effort and her goal is to make money. She is willing to...

Craft shows are usually held annually or seasonally but there are so many that you could work a craft show every weekend all within a day's drive from your home no matter where you live in the US....

You need to make money quickly when you sell jewelry at festivals. The expenses of the booth, the actual pieces and your time all add up. Plus, you need to make money to eat too! These days...

Renting a booth at a local fair is a great way to gain some exposure for your growing business, or as a launching off point for a new idea or craft. There are a few rules you need to know before...

Congratulations on making the decision to turn your love of crafting into a business! Now that your mind’s set, you’ll need to learn how to sell crafts so your business will be a...

If you attend craft fairs, you know you need to make your booth accessible and appealing enough to make customers stop and look, smell or feel your wares. Having an attractive craft fair booth is...

Going to a craft show and creating a display for the craft show that you are attending can seem like a big task, but it doesn't have to be. With a little planning and creativity you can have a...

Have you ever made something at home that you want to sell? Are you starting a small business with home made products or products that are sold by homemakers such as creative memories? Why not go...

Setting up a craft show booth is challenging but fun. You need to create an inviting space that has visual appeal and is easy to navigate. Get the dimensions ahead of time if possible for where...

You can advertise and promote your products at craft shows to reach a wide, vast audience. The majority of people with crafts businesses rely on these shows to sell their merchandise. Follow these...