Brightwells Craft Market

 

Back in May I put my hand up and said I'd like to join the Farnham Creatives' Network Craft Market as part of Farnham Craft Month.

I've never done a craft market before, although I have been to many.  I love to look round at everyone's work - so many talented people out there! 

So for the past 6 months I've been working towards the market - not just making things to sell, but also thinking about what my table might look like and how I want to present my glass.

 

Once I knew the size of the table I bought one of those stretchy white table cloths.  You just hook it round the legs of the table and it does the rest.  I liked this and it worked well, however it does make it hard to hide things under the table as you get a gap at the bottom.

I also bought a table runner with my logo on.  I love this so much!  However, although I ironed it, it still got a crease in it from rolling it up to transport it.  I'm going to have to work out how to stop this happening, although I imagine most other people didn't notice.

 

On top of my table I wanted a little height, so 'im outdoors built me a cabinet with moveable shelves and LED lighting round the edge so it lights the glass up.  It was great - the lights really made it!  I used it mainly for vases, but I think you could put anything in it.

He also made me some stands for my bubble earring studs.  The stands worked really well, however, I think it was hard for people to see the details so the earrings didn't really sell.

I feel like I need lights on all parts of my table to show the glass off at its best.

 

I had a selection of vases, necklaces, earrings, paperweights, coasters, bangles and loose beads.  I have to say my berry beads were best sellers with the bee beads not far behind.  I must remember this for the future.

The market went well, I sold some things and got some lovely comments from people about my items.  It was so nice to hear, as selling online you don't often get this sort of feedback.

 

I also surprised a few people when admitting it was my first market as everyone said my table looked really professional, so that was another positive. 

All in all the weekend was a success I think.  I'm not sure I'd want to do it too often, but I wouldn't say no, if I found a market that felt like a good fit. 

If you missed it you can find many of my items on my website.