Getting in gear to vend

Hooray! I just got my application in to be a strolling vendor at this year’s High Sierra Music Festival. I’m super excited about it – we went to the festival last year and had a great time, and to have the opportunity to go back and enjoy the music and the festival while also promoting my business is just awesome. I’m particularly excited about the roaming aspect… I won’t be tied to a booth, I’ll be able to catch the shows I want to see, and I’ll get to mod the wagon I made for the festival last year to be my little mobile ‘shoppe’.

If you’ve never vended at High Sierra before they ask you to include some promotional material with your application. As I’ve been focused on building up my product offerings and improving the quality of my photos, I didn’t yet have any printed promotional material. So, I used the quick and easy collage feature at Picnik to put together a couple of postcards – the one above that focuses on the laser cut goodies, and another focusing on my electronics work (more on that in another post). I’m really pleased with how it turned out.

This weekend I’ll also be heading out to Crafty Wonderland, an indie craft show that happens one Sunday a month in Portland. I’ve heard really great things about it, and assuming I like what I see I’ll probably apply to vend in the April or May show. I think it would be a great way to dip my toe into the waters of vending… a bit on the smaller side, not too high of a table fee, and with a solid following.

I’ll leave you with a slideshow of images from previous High Sierra festivals: