Craft Show Display
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If you're looking for craft booth photos to get inspiration for your next craft display, look no further than Flickr.com. If you haven't been to the site before, Flickr is a site where people upload and share their photos, and if you look patiently, you'll find lots of display photos there.
To get you started, I've favorited some trade show booth displays photos on Flickr. Not all of the photos show ideal booths. Some are great, and a few, in my humble opinion, could use a little work. It's helpful to see booths that are effective, and booths are still developing so you can get an idea of what works and what doesn'tI have not even come close to favoriting not all of the display booth pictures on Flickr. In order to respect and comply with copyrights, I've only linked to photos that are marked as being O.K. to share. If you search yourself, you'll find plenty more display booth photos. Here are some keywords to try:- craft booth
- craft show
- craft display
- art show
- trade show
- art market
- craft market
Also try Flickr Groups, where you'll find entire sets of related photos, and try the keywords.
Don't forget to respect the hard work it took for these crafters to design their booths and be sure to draw a clear line between looking for inspiration, and outright copying.For an in-depth look at some craft booth photos and why the booths work, take a look at Display Booth Photos and for more tips on creating a winning craft show display, see Craft Show Display.If you'd like to get tips on selling crafts delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe to the free Inspiri Craft Business Magazine.
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Craft Display Booth Tips
A great display booth can have a huge impact on your business.
Once you've put all of your efforts, skills and creativity into creating a product that is unique and highly appealing to your target market, you might feel that you're ready to hit the art and craft shows.Not quite.Your display booth can make a huge impact on your success. The difference between a mediocre craft show booth and a great craft show booth can mean the difference between craft show success - getting customers to enter your booth to see your fantastic products, and craft show disappointment - customers who just walk on past. It can also mean the difference between whether you are even accepted into the best shows. When you apply to many of the most competitive art and craft shows, you'll be required to submit a photo of your booth. If your display booth does not meet the standards of professionalism that are required by the show organizers, you may not be accepted into the best shows.Developing a great craft show display requires good research so you understand what resources are available for creating your booth, what industry standards and expectations your display will need to meet, and what it takes to stand out among your competitors.Smart planning for your craft booth display will help you to ensure your booth is efficient and easily portable. If, for example, your booth must fit in a vehicle that has a seven foot long interior, using an eight foot long pole that's not retractable as a part of your display just won't do. A modular booth design will allow you to fit your craft show booth into a variety of configurations. Although 10x10 spaces are fairly standard, they are definitely not universal, so you'll want a display that can change with your changing needs.Understanding the expectations of your target customers will help you create a booth setup that draws in customers. Consider what message and image you want to portray and how you will portray that message in your booth.Having your trade show booth professionally designed may be well worth the money spent; it really depends on your goals for your business, your available cash, the types shows you are targeting, and your skills related to creating your own display. While it's not the right solution for everyone, a professional design may be the most cost effective solution in the long run. You can save time and money by avoiding a lot of trial and error in your booth design, and you may bring in more customers and get into better shows with an exceptional booth.Don't underestimate the value of a well planned, well designed display booth. While a remarkable product should be the cornerstone of your craft business, an excellent presentation of that product can go a long way to building your successPrintShare it! — Rate it: up down flag this hub
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Robbi, it sounds like you already have your table, but just in case you don't, be careful about the width of the table when you purchase/make it. Most folding tables are about 30 inches wide. It can be hard for customers to reach to the back of a wide table to pick something up (which you want them to do) but if you put all of your items at the front of the table, that extra width just becomes wasted space. You can use all of the space on a narrower table.
When I was first creating my own displays, I couldn't find the table size I wanted, so I made one. For each table, I just got a pair of folding table legs from a hardware store, and I had them cut a table top from an inexpensive piece of wood (it was pretty easy to attach the legs to the table top). That way I got the dimensions I wanted. I forget the exact measurements, but I think my tables are about 24 feet wide and 4 feet long. 6 inches may not seem like a big deal, but in an 8x6 booth, (or even a standard 10x10 booth) it can make a big difference in the amount of floor space customers have for walking around.
You can also put shims in the legs of your tables to raise them up a couple of inches (or put the legs in PVC tubes cut a bit longer than the table legs). Standard table height is just a bit too low for people to comfortably browse (especially small items like jewelry).
I also used picture frames to display jewelry. I use plate stands I bought at dollar store to stand them up. My husband helped me make them. He has briefly described the process on this page of my website:
http://www.inspiri-art-and-craft.com/some-display-
The other thing I used were jewelry trays for displaying small items. I couldn't find padded inserts I liked for a reasonable price, so I just made my own. I cut cardboard to be just slightly smaller than the inside of the tray, and cut some nice, thick white fabric to be slightly larger than the cardboard. I sprayed the cardboard with spray adhesive and stuck the fabric to the cardboard (fold the edges of the fabric under so it's nice and neat). I placed all of that in the tray, and have nice, inexpensive displays that are the color I want. If you try this, be sure the fabric is stuck on very neatly with no wrinkles so it looks well made. You can also use T pins to stick things onto trays like this, but don't get too fancy with your displays or people won't want to pick things up (you don't want people saying, "Oh, I don't want to ruin your lovely display.").
I have no carpentry skills, but I met a carpenter at a show I did early on, and he made some simple risers for me for a very good price. They are just simple wooden boxes with an open top that I covered in fabric. I use them for display and for storage and transporting my craft show supplies. For displays, I put them with the open part down at the back of my tables to raise up some items. Risers help to increase your usable space because it makes items at the back of a table easier to see and they make your display more attractive by breaking up the lines in your display.
I also use the risers for storage and as boxes for transporting my craft show items. They were made so they were deep enough to provide good height on my tables, but I also made sure they were long and wide enough to hold the frames and trays I use for displaying jewelry. That way, when a show is over, I just flip the risers over and stack my trays and frames and other items in them.
You mention you have a little extra space. Have you taken into account that you'll need a little bit of space for writing up sales and packaging items for customers? You don't need a huge space for this, but it's important to decide where you're going to do that.
In general:
Be sure your display fits with the look and feel of the items you have for sale (i.e. rustic if your designs have a country feel to them, sleek and modern if that's what your craft items are like).
Don't get too fancy with displays, your want people to notice your products, not your displays.
Make it easy for people to pick up and touch your items.
There is more information on craft shows and craft display on my site. You'll find it here:
http://www.inspiri-art-and-craft.com/craft-show-di and
http://www.inspiri-art-and-craft.com/craft-shows.h
I hope that helps. Best of luck with your show!
Robbi says:
9 months ago
I'm doing my first craft show in a few months with my fiance. We are using one long (6') table, 2 pegboards incast in a barnwood picture frames (2 1/2 x 3), varies size boxes that will be wrapped in scarvies made of silk.
Our booth will be 8x6, I would like to know what else can we use to get the maximum use of our space and still have enough room for custumers to walk around. We have done a few stetches of possibilities.
The pegboards will be used to hang lightweight jewelry, the boxes wil be coevered with the scarvies and have tile art displayed on and around them.
One of our stetches show that we will have an empty space and have thought about taking some old wooden boxes of varies sizes to display birdhouses, little girl's jewelry boxes and wooden recipe boxes.
We could really use some help at this as it's our first time.