Planning a Craft Fair

HELP!!!! So there was this lady here that got everyone all excited about a craft fair here next month. Well.....as USUAL she backed out and someone else has to take over. That someone is my SIL and ME!!!

We are hanging up flyers advertising the fair and asking for vendors to call us.

I am as I type looking into advertising in the local papers. (The one has a free crafters corner)

We were going to have this on the other side of the river but I'm afraid that our building just isn't big enough so we are looking into a bigger one on this side.

HELP!!!! What am I forgetting?????

Well you can't advertise enough...so if this is for a non-profit organization, call radio stations, tv stations, all newspapers and get it in their community events. Also see if you've got time to do it with a number to call for vendors to join.
Go to some shows before yours and see if you can get some vendors.
Have some sort of sign outside the day of, so drive by traffic knows what is going on, you'd be surprised how many times I've suddenly stopped for one when spotting a sign!

Apple and Deb can probably give you more suggestions, I'm giving them from a shoppers view!

Yup! what Tammy said! LOL
Balloons! put them with your signs the day of! People notice balloons!

Do you have all the tables you will need? do you need to rent any? How about chairs?

Also, look for free internet type listings! that is how we find some of the sales that we do

Tables & Chairs Check

Will work on big signs & Balloons If we have it here at work we will need two, if we have it on the other side we will need at least 4! Maybe 5 so we can get the traffic from the other way too.

In the process of finding a charitable cause to have this for. Last year tey had it because one of the local girls was raising money to go to Europe.

I think our biggest thing right now is......Bigger building = more vendors we can have or smaller building with more drive by customer action.

I am signing up for a craft show two weekend before (in the next small town) and will be recruiting other vendors there and handing out flyers to ours. :D

Cause - how about the local or school library?

We could do it for the library I work in!!! It would help support our monthly book club that just started. :D