[Nfb-krafters-korner] festival news

slery slerythema at insightbb.com
Fri May 28 03:26:49 UTC 2010 

Joyce,

Thanks for sharing this. Another lecture idea would be to have someone talk
about attending these shows as merchants and spectators.

Cindy S.

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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  
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> 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. 
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