[Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts craft shows

[River Woman]

What a great story of good marketing. I can "see" you there as the clown 
lady, dressed in a clown outfit and selling the darling dolls. What a good 
story. It is all a package deal, you, the merchandise, and the 
buyers...gotta have all three working together to have a good business. 
Beautiful.  Right now, I am in sweats and slippers, and making my 
necklace...haha, s
no need for dressing up today, I am at home and Bob is watching the 
STEELER's game...
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
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From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts craft shows


> Linda,
>
> You put a big smile on my face.  When I was sighted and strong in  doing
> the craft show circuit I made clown dolls.  I would go to a show with 
> like 50
> to 75 dolls and no two were alike.  Each of them I hand embroidered  the
> faces uniquely to match the calico fabrics I would dress them up in.   The
> body and faces arms and part of the legs were made out of a cotton white 
> sock.
> I had gone down to New Yourk City to locate a distributor that I  could
> purchase them in bulk and that were a good quality sock.  Their main 
> office
> was in one of those skyscrapers on 5th Avenue.  I would mix and  match
> fabrics most popular for babies were rosebuds like pink rosebud fabric 
> with a
> collar, shoes and brim of hat being the tiny pink gingham.  Well  when I 
> did
> shows I would always dress up in my clown outfit and yes, I had  repeat
> customers and got to be known as the clown lady.  I wholesaled my  clowns 
> and they
> were in maternity shops, gift shops children stores and craft  shops that
> sold hand crafted items.  I also had them in 2 different party  businesses
> that were popular in Connecticut at that time of my life.
>
> I had 3 people working for me when I was doing it.  I payed someone to 
> sew
> the outfits, I did all the cutting, I had my Mom helping sew the outfit 
> and
> I had someone that would help me stuff the bodies and arms.  I don't know
> how many I made of these precious clowns in the 8 years I worked at doing
> it,  but I hate to tell you I never made and kept one for myself.  Don't 
> feel
> too bad about that as I made one for my Grandma who taught me crafting and
> when  she died it went to my Mom and has a chair it sits in over at her
> house.   When Mom is no longer I will get my clown.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
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