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Festival Network Online Artists & Crafters News May 2010 - Festival  
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May 2010
Hi Joyce Kane! 
We hope you are busy booking your summer  shows! This month, artist and 
crafter Sarah Terry gives some great advice on how  to proceed when you're NOT 
accepted
to a show you were interested in  attending.

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What  to do When You're NOT Accepted to a Craft Fair
by Sarah Terry 

"We regret to inform you that..."

All crafters hate reading these words in the top of an email from a craft  
fair they've been dying to get into. It really sucks, especially when you  
are
trying to plan a craft fair schedule or you know it's a cool event and  
just really want to be part of it! What usually follows that regrettable  
sentence
is a polite decline of your application, and some encouraging words  that 
make you want to barf. Since it's that time of year where  acceptance/decline 
emails
are going out for some of the spring shows (in  fact, I've already received 
a few non- acceptances for spring myself!), I  thought I would share some of
my thoughts on what to do when you get declined  from a craft show. 

What to do: 
It's natural to feel hurt when you first get the news. I  think it just 
comes with the territory of owning a business where you design and  make 
everything.
(I mean, it has to be easier when there isn't so much of  yourself invested 
in it, right??) Give yourself a little time to fume, but after  that, try 
not
to take it personally. My gut reaction when I find out that I  haven't been 
accepted is to go into my studio and just work on something-  anything. I 
like
to get away from email, twitter, facebook, marketing,  people, everything, 
and just do what I love- creating. I actually do some of my  best work during
these times. 
Read more

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