Before Blog – Craft Fairs

Before Blog – Craft Fairs

I have been making things ever since I can remember. Around my university years, I started trying to sell some of them at craft fairs and home sales. Here are some of the things I made to sell before I started this blog. (Please excuse the less-than-stellar photo quality of some of these pictures – many were taken late into the night, as I was frantically getting ready for a sale.)

Craft Table

KateWares (aka Kate’s Kollectables) at a local Christmas craft fair.

Craft Sale

Kate and her wares at another local Christmas craft fair.

Let’s start with popular. Some of my best selling items have been:

Colourful Beeswax Candles

These playful beeswax candles.

Christmas Beeswax Candles

Even the Christmas-themed ones, Ho Ho Ho!

Wired Tealight Holders

Some buyers opted for the simpler look of these wired tealight holders.

Papered Glass Candle Holders

While others preferred these wax-filled decoupaged-glass candles-in-holders.

Candles and Holders on Display

Bottom line – people love candles.

Magnetic Tiles

These colourful one-inch magnets were always a hit.

Nature Magnet Set

They came in pre-packaged sets of 9.

Large Journals

And these decoupaged journals, which came in both large…

Small Journals

…and small sizes. They were a great way to reuse found art.

Plant Pot 1

Of course, they can’t all be winners. Though fun to make…

Plant Pots 2

…the plant pots got abandoned years ago. (B’bye house plant pot.)

Garden Message Boards

As did these garden-themed cork message boards.

Glass Bead Choker Necklaces

And these glass-bead choker-style necklaces. Well, any jewelry for that matter. There are others who are far better at it than I.

Assorted Bead Necklace

Although that doesn’t stop me for making treats for myself.

Failures (well, “not-profitable-enough” works) not shown include: etched glass vases, decorative wooden bird houses, personalized Christmas ornaments and wooden tags, painted paper mache boxes, fleece-covered hot water bottles, painted coasters, polar fleece wraps, mini velvet pillows, and so on and so forth… Including my art cards (see the Photography post). You never know until you try, right?

Some things have met with mixed success, like my photo and mirror frames (see the Frames post). Although one of my favourite things to create, they just don’t sell as well as I would like. *le sigh*

But there have also been many successes – like in the fabric department (see the Stitchery post). And there will always be new things worth trying…

Wire Critters

…like these wire and clay critter photo/memo holders.

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