Kolping on Hudson Craft Fair in Montrose, NY

By heart I am a Country Girl and the setting here was absolutely amazing and I could not have asked for a better backdrop.  The people who attended the event in the County Club were so very pleasant and happy. The charge for the booth was extremely reasonable ($20.00) and I was told I could bring a table to use or use one of their picnic tables.  I chose to use my picnic table only because I needed to know what my exact display would be.  It's hard to use someone else's table not knowing the full measurements or what you should bring.  If it is one thing you never want to do for a craft fair is overload yourself and bring so much that you lose out.  I brought exactly what would fit on the table and even that I overloaded my car.  I can't stress to you enough if you can buy a van do so, lol.  I have a 2010 Gallant and I could hardly fit any of my stuff in it.  I was squeezing my daughter in the back seat and it was the funniest scene ever to try to pack everything up in the car and trunk.  I actually wished I took a picture of the loading aspect and how crazy we must have looked.

Here are a few pictures of my booth and backdrop:

I tried to prep myself in advance so that I packed everything up in a way that it would be easy for me to display it in order without a problem.  Of course not everything goes according to plan but you can try.  I think I spent hours packing for the show but when we got there the unloading and displaying took us no more than 30 minutes.  Many people were impressed with my set up and if I may say so myself and not to toot my own horn but I did have the best set up.  

Here are some pictures of the midnight madness craft fair booth prep.... it was literally midnight and we were worn out trying to set this up:

Once again your personality comes into play at craft shows and when you are a people person, it makes a difference in how people interact with you.  I love people so I was fine. If you do not interact with them, you will not get sales.  Do not expect miracles to happen. 

This is just a picture of my mom and nephew when the craft fair was done and after we packed up.  I just wanted to share with you just how amazing the scenery was. 

The most memorable thing that happened to me was with this one particular customer and I really wish I took a picture of her.  This little girl was so intrigued with my stuff she kept coming back and buying things. Her mom at one point asked her to take her back to her favorite vendor and she came to me.  I loved her. Not only was she absolutely adorable but she was so sweet and when I was packing up to go home she came back to buy something else.  I was so happy with how much she loved my stuff and her enthusiasm that before she left I told her to pick out whatever earrings she wanted and I would give them to her as a gift.  She was a smart cookie because she picked out my Swarovski earrings that had not one pair but two pairs of earrings and I was true to my word and gifted them to her.  She was so grateful but it is customers like that who make me happy and want to do more and create stuff for customers that make them smile and just as happy as my items made her.  I thank her for just being her.