A few new pieces...I love punkins.  I'll have them at my first show of the season which is Harvest Festival at Cashman Field.  I hope to see many team members out there.  Please stop in and say 'hello'.  

Second Annual Christmas in July Show!

Registration is now open for the Second Annual Christmas in July Craft and Gift Boutique.

Location: Los Prados Golf and Country Club (all INDOORS)

Date/Time: July 9th 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (deadline to register June 10th)

Space includes a table and up to two chairs:

6 foot table ............................................ $50.00
8 foot table .............................................$60.00
3x3 table ................................................$25.00
Half donut table approx. 5 feet .......... $50.00
3x3 table as an add on ..........................$15.00

Please send email to spillthebeansetc@gmail.com to request an application. Space is limited and choice of spots/ tables are FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!

We're BBBAAACCCCCKKKKKK!!!!

Hello my wonderful creative friends!

We took a few months off from craft shows (Brandy just HAD to have a baby!) BUT we are in the midst of setting up our next show for July 9th. This is an ALL INDOOR show at Los Prados Golf Course on Ann and Bradley. We will be advetising in TWO newspapers (The View for two different areas), craigslist, facebook, Handmade in Vegas, Ed Bozarth Chevrolet, Fox 5 News, 1,000+ flyers, and MORE! We will have 20+ signs (large, easy to read signs) posted in the area with the times and arrows directing shoppers to our show. We will be sending out an email to all of our friends but if you are unsure if you are on our email list then feel free to email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com.

Spaces will be 6 foot by 4 foot and available on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis. Once we receive your COMPLETED application and payment, we will forward you the room layout and you will then be required to email us your top 3 choices for location.

We are looking to fill this event with 50 vendors! We have room for approximately 60 but 50 will allow our vendors some breathing room.

Please allow us time to send out our intro email and application. This event is open to ALL Handmade in Vegas team members, handmade vendors, and approved home-based businesses. We ALWAYS try our best to ensure that our vendors are spread out and away from similar vendors which is why we need your top 3 booth picks.

If you have any further questions, feel free to email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com or call us at 702-523-8197.

<3 Brandy and Julie

P.S I will upload a picture of baby Logan soon!

UPCOMING CRAFT SHOW

http://www.moapavalleyartguild.net/festival/festival.htm

Here is some info. on an upcoming show

Kathy

Craft Events

Just a couple craft events coming out, if u r out and about stop by and say Hello to all of us!

UNLV Festival Saturday April 16th 10 am - 6pm
Student Union to Ham Hall Area

Arts & Craft Festival Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary--April 17th
9:30 to 5 pm
Carriage Rides, Pic nic Areas Tours of Sanctuary

Weather will be awesome this weekend!

Kathy

Craft Event

Reminder,
Craft Event Sunday, 20th from 10 am - 4 pm
Silverstone Golf Clubhouse
8600 Cupp Dr.
89131

Off of Grand Teton and Buffalo
Restaurant and bar available, come on out and have lunch, there is such a pretty view!
Handmade In Vegas Members
Etsy non- Handmade In Vegas
And some non crafters

Thanks
Kathy

Spring Fling Craft Event

I am putting together a Craft Event.
Sunday, March 20th from 10 am - 4 pm at Silverstone Golf Course Clubhouse/Ballroom
Some of you have been contacted by me as well as I listed it on our Face book page too. It is open to Etsy Members, Non Etsty Members(who have shops) Crafters, and some non craft. The fee is: 40.00
All jewelry spots are filled as well as a few others.
I have 7 spots left and they will be out doors. So if you have a Tent or just want to be outdoors with out a tent, it is a beautiful area. Looks out over the golf course.
Advertising is in the works.
If you are interested, email me at: AAngel9307@aol.com

Thank you,
Kathy

Anniversary Craft Show

I'm not sure if the team's anniversary is in May or June, but I thought it would be fun to have a craft show for our anniversary. Perhaps we could do one not on a mountain, just for a change of scenery and whatnot. Is this a good idea? I'd love to help with the organization as much as I can, but I'm no craft show expert.

Fresh52 Holiday Fest

Frsh52 is having a handmade shopping event Dec. 19. The booth fee is $35, and the director Carrie is going to waive the $15 application fee for all new vendors. Email her at info@fresh52.com. The event is on Eastern and Richmar from 8:30-3:00.

http://fresh52.com

Fresh52 Dec. 19

Fresh52 is having a handmade shopping event on Dec. 19.
http://www.facebook.com/ScrivenersRetreat#!/event.php?eid=157317764310962

I haven't signed up yet, but I'll do it in a couple of days. It's $35 for a booth, and there is a $15 app fee for anyone who hasn't been at one of their shows yet this year. The only caveat is that tents have to be white, so those of us without them tend to go unsheltered, which is probably fine in winter.

Anyone else interested?

ProPay on the Go

I decided to share this because I didn't know it was possible until today. If you want to use ProPay at a craft show and want to charge the card immediately but you don't have a card scanner, you can go to http://m.propay.com on your phone, sign in, and input the card's information on the next screen. I think this will be helpful for people who do craft shows. I know twice I've had to call my customers when I got home because I forgot to get their ZIP code while they were in my booth.

Black Grid Wall Available

I just picked up some 5'x2' grid wall panels for $12 each. It's down by Sahara and I-15. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/for/2048687109.html
The seller's name is Scott, and he's pretty nice. There are a few 6 foot and 4 foot pieces as well. These will look great in your craft booth. You can display almost anything on them.

GOOD LUCK

Good Luck to all of you at the CCSN show on Charleston!! Wishing u lots of sales!

Kathy

Handmade Holidays & More Show

Hello Handmade team! Above is the flyer for our November 20th show. We are almost to 40 vendors! Our July show only had 26! We have had an excellent response and want to thank all of you! We are still accepting applications however, we are full on jewelry vendors unless it is recycled jewelry, etc. We would love to see some more baby items (my first baby boy will be here in less than 10 weeks!) or any other unique craft! If you have any questions, please email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com or give Brandy a call at (702)523-8197.

Thank you all for your support! We hope to see you there!

Vendor opportunities for November 20th still available

Hello crafters, we still have openings for the November 20th show at Lamplight Village. We currently have 26 vendors signed up. We are also currently being advertised in the centerfold spot of the Country Register.

Please contact us by email or phone if you are interested is attending as a vendor. Spots are going fast so get in before the opportunity is gone.

spillthebeansetc@gmail.com

Brandy @ 702-523-8197

Julie @ 702-586-0193

Art in the Park is coming up this weekend!

That's right!  One of the biggest and best outdoor shows in the west is in our own backyard.  Art in the Park will be held this coming weekend, October 2-3 at the parks in Boulder City.  For a close parking space plan to be there early...like by 8am...but don't let parking bother you.  You can ride the CAT busses that will be running every 5-10 minutes and make your day much easier and less stressful.  They drop you off right at the parks and pick you up when you're finished.  All fees for the busses go to a local charity for the weekend.   There will be a handful of our Etsy Team members showing at this event...stop by and say hi to them. 

Upcoming Craft Shows

Hi all you fabulous crafters and artists... I'm just curious about upcoming shows who's participating in which shows. I'm signed up for the CCSN and The Mt. Charleston ones...

I'd like to know which upcoming everyone is going to be in and which ones should I consider.

Being this is my first year doing any shows I'm hoping some of you who are veterans in this field can give me some advice.

BTW I had a blast at the Mt. Charleston one and am looking forward to doing more of these shows! I even bought a banner to display and of course is announces me as a proud member of the Hand Made in Vegas Team!

Hope you have all had a great holiday weekend!

Duck Creek Days

Get out of the Vegas heat and head to the cool, clean air of Cedar Mtn in southern Utah this Friday and Saturday, July 16 & 17 for Duck Creek Days.  Twiddlebugz Designz along with many other great vendors will be there spreading crafty goodness all over the meadow.  Stop by and see me, mention the Las Vegas Etsy Team and recieve a 20% discount on your purchase. 

Great Article on Craft Shows

how well should you do at craft shows?

the best and worst thing about vending at a craft show is that you have absolutely no idea how you'll fare, sales-wise, at the show. i've said many times that signing up to be a vendor at any given craft show is totally gambling. you pay your booth fee, however small or nervewrackingly large that may be, and then you show up that day and hope for the best. because no matter well you've planned for the day - all the work you've put into making amazing products, tagging and packaging each one, devising meticulous displays - you can't control about 5028 other factors that go into whether or not your day will be a success.

generally, my goal is to sell, gross, about 10 times what the booth fee was for whatever show i'm selling at. which is to say that my expectations vary from show to show, of course. how did i arrive at this number - 10 times the booth fee - and do i exist on another planet, with that expectation?

here's my thinking...

when you sell your work through a gallery or boutique, whether on wholesale or consignment terms, the gallery is going to pay you anywhere from 50-70% (typically), and take the remaining as a fee for not only paying for the overhead costs of rent, utilities, marketing for the gallery, etc, but also to provide displays and staff the shop to actually sell your work for you. it's something of a luxury fee for not having to do the selling yourself.

when you sell your work online, you typically pay the venue you're selling through a smaller percentage of your gross. for example, we all know etsy charges 3.5% + $0.20 (or more, depending on how often you renew your items to stay visible in the never ending flow of relistings). let's call it about 5% of your price. then paypal charges another similar fee on the amount paid to you for processing the payment. so, let's round and say that 10% of your price has gone to web fees. this makes sense - they provided you a service of hosting your items while you provided "displays" (in the form of your photos), salesmanship (in the form of the item listing information), and delivery (actually housing the product and getting it to your customer).

in many ways, a craft show is providing a similar service to an online venue, in terms of selling your work to the general public. they have a venue, they do some marketing and advertising, they give you an opportunity to make your wares available to the adoring masses. so 10% is a perfectly reasonably cut to expect to give them of your total sales for the day. which is how i arrived at the magic number that ten times the booth fee is a fair goal.

can a show be worthwhile if you make less than the magic ten times number? absolutely! you can make great connections, form relationships, give shoppers an opportunity to see your work in person (inspiring confidence in future online purchases) and much more. and making 8 times a booth fee (in other words, giving an organizer 12.5% of your gross) isn't such a bad deal, either, of course.

why do i mention this? at a few shows i've done lately (and i've done many already this year), i've heard other vendors mention that they thought a show was "okay" and they'd consider vending at it again, since they made back their table fee. now, let's think about this - if you sign up for a show, and pay a booth fee in advance, and then show up the day of the show to sell and then only sell the amount that you paid for the opportunity to sell there, you've just given away however much the booth cost in products, and much more if you consider your time that went into making the products, schlepping the products there, and sitting there selling (not much) all day. you might be a charitable person, but you would have done better to just pay your booth fee and not even show up, really.

Thought this was a great article that the Team may like!

Kathy

www.aangels.etsy.com