"Ted" wrote in message
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Long time lurker, first time poster.

With the economy being as bad as it is, I was wondering how you all have
been doing at craft shows. I did pens at a few shows and didn't do bad,
but had to stop due to work hours changing. That was a few years ago and I
was thinking about starting again.

I would do pens and start doing candle holders, oil candles and maybe a
few other items. I found that key chains never sold that well.

How do bottle stoppers and fan pulls sell?

Thanks
Ted
Haven't done a show yet this year my first will be in mid Feb. Last year
was a mixed bag, good shows only fair real good show only good to fair and
ok shows GREAT!. About average for the show circut but down a little
overall. I have noticed that pen turners have been in short supply for
the past couple of years, the general product turners that I saw did only a
fair to poor trade at most of the shows. I put a few "nice" turned bowls in
my booth and priced them at firewood prices and sold two in three shows
(they were the worst of the lot and the most expensive). One turner was
selling nice salt and pepper mills for cost($20 a set) at one show and
could't get rid of them. One guy with a ring master was selling out of
stock at one show, and his prices were in my opinion high (basic salad bowl
maybe 6 to 7 inches across $35 and up, 10 inch tall vase $45 and up). The
one pen turner that I saw did fair at a show were I and several others sold
out of stock.