Participated in a scrapbook crop sponsored by Memories in the Making. Shannon and Monica were wonderful hostesses, the event was well planned and well executed.
It was more of a get-together, rather than a festival, as the public was not invited. A group of scrapbookers registered for a two-day get together to make and add pages to their scrapbooks. There were maybe 8-10 vendors, about half dedicated to paper products and scrapbooking supplies and such.
We had a Tupperware dealer, a purse lady, and one or two home decor ladies.
The point, apparently, in having vendors at this type of event (other than the ones dedicated to scrapbooking) is to simply be there when the ladies need a little break from cropping and want to browse around the perimeter of the room and do a little shopping.
We had browsers, sniffers, and a few shoppers... Each vendor provided a door prize giveaway... we gave away two baskets filled with a variety of our soaps, lotions, and lip balms. The ladies who won them seemed genuinely happy with their gifts, but they were free so what's not to like huh?
We didn't make a huge amount of money or sell a huge amount of soap and lotion... but we sold some and we made a little money... and we made some contacts, gave out a LOT of business cards and product brochures and talked to a lot of people... which was the reason we decided on participating in this event, something small and sort of intimate to learn.
And learn we did!!! We learned that much of what we took for props and such were correct, we learned that we forgot a lot of things, like signage. Since it was a two-day event we were able to remedy that for the second day. We learned how to pack and unpack the car and we learned to bring something to do for the down times.
All in all it was a very good experience... we're not giving up that's for sure! And the next event will probably be a REAL festival with the public invited... I hope we're ready! I think we are!
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