Sunday, December 14, 2008

Mini Craft Fair

Friday was the craft fair at work - just during lunch hour in the lobby, so a good one to try out. Here's what my setup looked like. Does it make you want to adopt animalicules? It went really well, I ended up selling most of the critters you see here. Which is why my etsy shop is almost empty now. I'm not sure I could do a real craft fair because I'd have to make so much stuff to get ready. The really interesting thing was that all but 3 of the people that bought stuff were people I already knew, mainly from my department. So it sort of seems like it wouldn't be a very sustainable business because once everyone I know has all the softies they need, that'll be it. Or maybe it means people only want to buy critters once they are already familiar with them. If it's all about brand awareness, that means I'll need a marketing department. Hmm...

3 comments:

Sarah! said...

Maybe you should have business cards made with your blog and esty shop on them to hand out to people who think your stuff is cute, but don't want to buy right now. Then, they might order from you later.

Jaime said...

I'm glad you sold so many softies! I think that your co-workers who took pets home will show them to others who will in turn need their own. I also think that you will be able to sell as many as you can make!! Keep it up!

Goblin said...

Aiden likes the pigs you gave him as a gift! I can't believe that he will kiss them every day.