How to Have a Successful Craft Show

Instructor: Catherine Winter, Sailorgirl Jewelry

Course Overview: The house has filled with your creations? You sneak beads in the door when your family isn't looking. You race to the mailbox to get to the visa bill first. You've sold to your friends, family, co-workers. Now, you're starting to wonder if maybe you can sell at a craftshow?

Craftshows are certainly one possible venue - but there is lots to learn. How to set up? Which shows to do? How much inventory to take? What will sell? You can spend the first couple of years learning slowly, show by show, or you can get a headstart with this class. Learn from Catherine Winter — whose aggressive show schedule has taught her everything the hard way!

Whatever the reason, if you are considering doing a craftshow to sell your jewelry — you owe it to yourself to take this course.

Instructor Bio: Catherine Winter successfully makes and sells jewelry using her own handcrafted lampwork beads and silver components. She spends her summers working the craft fair circuit in Ontario, and wrapped the last two seasons with a booth at the presitigious One-of-a-Kind Craft Show. She spends her winters sailing in the Caribbean.

This course will cover:

• finding the shows
• judging if a show is appropriate for you
• the application process
• you’re accepted. Now what?
• A discussion of inventory, how much should you make
• Display, display, display
• Sales and marketing tips and tricks
• show follow up

Price: $45.00 + HST. payment in full at time of registration

This is a 3-hour class (with a 15 minute break) - Includes worksheets and handouts.

To enroll in this class, please call 416.701.1373

or toll free 877.473.2323

(877.473.BEAD)