[Jewelry making - Article 00970] - Re: [Orchid] One day shows?

[jennyl]

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    Hi Dave, My experience with one day shows is as varied as with two
    and three day shows. Use the same criteria you do in choosing other
    shows. Is the price and location is right, does it have a track
    record from other years, do you know anyone else who has done it
    that you can ask, what other types of work will be exhibited. . . Is
    there enough advance notice for the show to ensure it will be put
    together properly and that other artists want to do it also? I get
    suspicious of any show where the application or invitation comes too
    close to the actual date of the show, as well as any whose booth fee
    seems too low. 

    There are some small one day shows in the midwest that are little
    gems. If you can put two back to back Saturday/Sunday, you can come
    home with some good money. Yes, it's a lot of work, but the
    advantage is that people will buy when they see it, not go home and
    think about it and forget to come back. It does help if you have a
    mailing list in the area. My price range is $45 - $500, at one show
    last August, I had a woman come in 15 minutes before the show closed
    and place an order for $900!! It was nice frosting on the cake. If
    the show has the tradition of being one day, the customers will
    know. 

    There is a one day show in Indiana that has a terrific reputation,
    my concern on it is that it is a 10 hour drive, one way for me. I've
    considered it for three years, have yet to apply. If the show is
    close, you need the cash, you aren't booked elsewhere, and you've
    checked the above information, give it a try! As always, if it is a
    slow show we learn lots from our fellow exhibitors, and might pick
    up that one contact that surprises us. Advertising is never a bad
    thing. 

Good luck with your decision.
Jenny Levernier
jmml designs
Minneapolis, MN

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