I participated in my first craft fair on Saturday! Thankfully I had Alex to help me with everything!! I was invited to be part of the Christmas Market through my Etsy shop. It was at The Church at Severn Run, which is 30-40 minutes away. It's a big church in a cute area! It was a rainy day so Alex went to get the car from our garage and pulled up behind our apt so we could load up the car!
Here's their flyer for the event!
We got to the church around 7:45am and we went in to start setting up our table. There were probably 25 or 30 vendors total, with everything from homemade soap to scarves to Christmas cards to painted signs. Everyone we met was very nice! The fair went from 9am-2pm. I had no idea what to expect as far as what we would sell or how many people would come!


I had single hair ties, hair tie sets (some in clear ornaments, some on cards, some in grab bags), head band sets in small mason jars, and holiday card holders for sale. I also had some examples of custom order that people can buy in my Etsy shop.
I think we did well for our first craft fair! We sold a few hair tie-filled ornaments, lots of single hair ties, and even a head band set to a sweet five-week-old baby!

This picture was posted on the church's Facebook page! I just found it :) Our table is in the third row from the left at the second table from the top. Can you see us?? :)
I didn't end up using it because everyone paid in cash, but I was excited to have my Etsy Card Reader there! It's like a Square, but you use it along with the Sell on Etsy app. What's nice is that you can sell items directly from your Etsy shop, or you can make a Quick Listing and just enter an amount for the customer to pay. Either way, it counts as an Etsy sale in your shop, and if you email customers a receipt, they can leave feedback on your Etsy shop. I could have done the cash transactions through the card reader and app too, but I didn't think of it! Next time.
Do you like my decorated cigar box and my pretty Rifle Paper Co. phone case?? I just got it and I love it! We used our pretty Fiestaware table cloth.
I am so glad I got the chance to do a craft fair! It was a great experience and I'm excited to do more in the future! I'm so glad I had Alex there to help me!! I couldn't have done it without him :)
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