[Nfb-krafters-korner] Tags with print & braille

Wed Mar 14 22:22:14 UTC 2012

That's a good idea, but wouldn't you need string to attach them?  I use the small tags because they don't get tangled.  I even thought about using address labels--not attractive.  *smile*

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Sahar Husseini
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Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:14 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tags with print & braille

I cut my own, or use a tag punch. The card stock is cheap and I can use
colors. I like the tag punch because the hole is punched at the same time as
the outside edge and they have more interesting shapes than rectangles. 

Neva Fairchild
972 416-7039 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sahar Husseini
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:22 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Selling at craft markets

Lol, I like that trick with the bills.  Even though I usually work with my
husband, he does not do any of the identifying.  If a customer wants to know
something about an item, I have them give it to me, and I tell them about
it.  The one thing I haven't done, which is definitely a great idea is to
have the prices in both Braille and print since I don't remember the prices
like I used to do.  My price tags are tiny.  I need to get bigger ones and
Braille away.  It would definitely make my life easier.  I have to find good
tags that don't have strings.  Those strings tangling up are a nightmare and
a half.  Any ideas on where you find decent tags?

Warm regards,
Sahar Husseini
For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
www.saharscreations.com Find me on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/saharscreations And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop
you.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
Michael Jordan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ramona Walhof" <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Selling at craft markets

Lindey, experience is the best thing.  Work with someone else at first, but 
don't let them do any more than you.  If you can put both Braille and print 
prices on every item or container, that helps.  Don't hesitate to say to 
customers, 'I am totally blind."  Be sure to look at their faces, but say 
it, anyway. Sometimes it will register with them, and sometimes it won't. 
The Braille helps them believe it. If they are pointing to something or 
holding something and you don't know what it is, hold your hand out toward 
where you think the item is and say:  I need to touch it to know what you 
are interested in.   If they put money on the table and you don't know where

it is, ask them.  When you tell them the price, hold out your hand.  Many 
people will still put the money on the table, and you may need to ask them 
if they did.  Sometimes the next customer will tell you.  Something depends 
on the crowd, how noisy it is and how crowded.  If it is noisy and crowded, 
you probably need two people at the booth, anyway. If you are working all 
day, you certainly need to trade shifts.  I like to go make friends with 
people at the other booths, look at their merchandise and just manage to 
mention that I am working across the way selling xxx.  Many of them notice 
that I am using a white cane and can find my way around the place and they 
take an interest in what I am making.  It is good p. r. about blindness and 
good advertising, as well.

Our NFBI chapter sold baked goods at the Lions craft show last fall, and the

customers included both people from other booths and those who came in just 
for a few minutes.
A stack of business cards with both Braille and print information may also 
help and add to the interest in you and your work.
 Sometimes people want to dicker on the price, and you have to decide 
whether you will do that or not.  If you do it once, you can count on it, 
others will want to.  But with big orders, hopefully your pricing will make 
it a good think to do.  However, when you need to spedn a lot of time with 
one person, you need to keep your ears open for activities of other 
customers.  If you don't have a huge amount to sell, it can be a good thing 
to share space with another seller.

Have a good time!  People will be drawn to your smile.

Ramona

 Use a cash box that closes and keep it near you on your side of the table 
so you can keep your bills organized.  If someone else is with you, either 
don't let them do the money or make sure they keep it in order.  If you are 
selling things you have made, you know them better than anybody else, and 
this will come across to customers.  If kids give you 20's, sometimes, even 
fives, verify with them or somebody next to them:  Is this the bill you gave

me and show them a one.  If they didn't give you what they said it was, they

will not know what to say.  That is an old trick I learned from a blind 
vendor.  Don't try it on everybody, but you won't need to.
Depending on how busy the craft show is, youmay be able to make friends with

the people working in the booth beside you and verify bills you question 
with them.  I am the primary cashier for my Lions Club on the shifts I work,

and they now have confidence in me to keep it straight, but I very openly 
verify bills sometimes, not as though I don't trust the person who gave it 
to me, but as though I think I might have confused the bills.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lindy van der Merwe" <stephlin at iafrica.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:03 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Selling at craft markets

> Hi there,
> To those who sell at craft markets, I was wondering about a few things.
> 1 Do any of you manage a stall or a table on your own, or do you usually 
> have someone there to help?
> 2 If you do it on your own, how do you answer the questions: how much is 
> this? or I'd like to take this ... or Do you have change for this?
> 3 How do you handle sorting and exchanging paper money?
> I had my first experience with selling at a stall last Saturday and these 
> were some of the aspects I had to deal with.
> I don't think it is immediately obvious that I am blind, which did make 
> for some awkward situations, I thought.
> Perhaps there may be some obvious answers to some of these questions, or 
> perhaps I just need some practice with being more comfortable in dealing 
> with strangers in that type of setting?
> I know it will be most helpful to have prices on either the products or on

> the containers they reside in, but it just felt like people related to me 
> using gestures a lot of the time, which obviously made communication 
> somewhat difficult and even though I wanted to respond in a confident 
> manner, I found it quite challenging at times.
> Any ideas and thoughts would be much appreciated.
> Lindy
>
>
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> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:28 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking for volunteers
>
>
>>I am looking for teachers to teach the classes.  Do you know or are  you
>> interested in teaching any of these suggested classes?  I need 
>> volunteers to
>> teach.
>>
>> Heads up we hopefully will be having an email class with an Origami 
>> project
>> in  the near future.    I will do a soap class and a sewing  class, but I
>> am busy with kicking off my new craft business.   I am  not sure if I can
>> fit classes in that I will teach between now and middle of  July.  I have

>> 4
>> holidays between now and then to fill orders.   Hopefully I am putting 
>> St.
>> Patty's Day Wild Irish Roses to bed maybe by  tomorrow.  I have 100 in 
>> reserve
>> for my Irish Bar that is selling soo many  of them.  I spent the last 2 
>> days
>> working on Easter ones to get a head  start.  I will know on Wednesday if
>> they need any more St. Patty's Day  ones.
>>
>> We need to wait for the Latch Hook class to be finished before we start a
>> new email class.  I want to only do one at a time email class for now,
>> until we work any problems out.
>>
>> So think about what you can teach, host a chat night  topic.    I will be
>> there to help with what YOU do.
>>
>> Krafters Korner is for everyone and everyone makes Krafters Korner what 
>> it
>> is!
>> Joyce  Kane
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