After totaling my van(with 260,000 miles) the search for a new(used) one became beat the clock, as we need to leave for 2 Chicago shows mid next week...with a 3 day holiday killing one of those days.... Was God telling me after 25 years to get out of
Read more…After taking a break for several years, I'm back doing fine art/fine craft shows with a brand new, higher priced product line with my glass so I’m still tweaking what works for me. I realized over the course of the past weekend, that I need to do a
Read more…My morning blog was rerouted to the business forum. I am interested in hearing from artists who have insurance and have used it for damages from weather events. Please share if your booth, artwork or supplies were damaged in bad weather and were ab
Read more…A question I just thought of. How many of you use a receipt that has your logo on it? The more your logo is seen the easier it will be to remember. You want people to remember where they bought an item, especially if it is yours. We used to silk scr
Read more…I recently had a discussion about postcards with an artist who has done this many more years than me. I was saying that even though I have all my customers in a database and could easily print out mailing labels, I hand address promotional cards to m
Read more…I'm probably over looking this somewhere, surely this has been asked before but I can't seem to find it. I'm going to Artfest in Dallas this weekend and don't really know how (or when) to go about paying taxes when the show is over. The only fair I'v
Read more…My newbie mistake was to go with the cc processing company my bank suggested. I opened a seasonal account and there are no fees for stopping and restarting. I have however been unable to reactivate the account. I have be told by two different departm
Read more…Just wondering what artists do when you get a bounced check for your art work after a fair & you've left the city... beside calling the individual & asking them to give you a money order or credit card number to pay for the art work ...if they pick u
Read more…We are preparing for a 1 month road trip, our first that will be that long, and I'm wondering how other artists deal with the mail while on the road? I'm looking at some of the services offered to "snowbirds" to see if those would be effective. Our b
Read more…Hello Friends.....this year in Cincinnati one of the biggest festivals of the year was cancelled, Appalachian Festival. Several other artists and myself have emailed and called the people that are in charge of the show. No one will respond to our rep
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I am clearly spending way too much time packing and unpacking my work.
For those of you who transport pieces that have been framed under glazing, how do you
go about packing them? Do you use 'standardized' frame sizes?
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So! Anyone else brave/foolish/honest enough to fill out income tax forms for all the states in which you earned income? This is the first year I am attempting to do so, and to be honest, I am not sure I'll finish. What a major PITA!!! So far two
Read more…I received a call from a fellow who wants to use 4-5 images of mine ( @ $25.- each) to be printed on his T-Shirts.
He will attend the same show as I am trying to sell my prints.
How would YOU react to this proposal. please.
Newbie,
Annette
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After some research I came up with a pretty nifty solution to taking money at art fairs - you will need an iPhone, an app called Ring it Up, another app called iMerchant Pro along with their secure credit card swiper for the iPhone.
What I like abo
Read more…Any chance you are doing an art fair? We'd love to meet you. Please post your show and your booth #. AFI'ers need to meet each other.
On my radar: Queeny Park in St. Louis...here's a story about that: http://www.kplr11.com/news/kplr-queeney-art-fai
Read more…I just got a letter from my Credit Card Company (Visa). It said there was some unusual activity on my card, and would I please call them. So I did.
I had charges from:
Painful Pleasures in Maryland…$947.50
Indonesia for $2435.40
Tattoo Place in Phoenix…$
Doing Cherry Creek for the first time and am looking for thoughts on lodging for the show. The show hotel, Loew's, seems a little farther than some others on Google. For example, a Holiday Inn appears to be closer and is less cost. Any thoughts we
Read more…I'm getting ready to spend the summer in the Northeast, and I've got only one month of show experience there (last September) on which to base sales projections.
For those of you who have sold extensively in both these markets: How would you say you
Read more…I just read that gas prices have doubled since January 2009 and it really gave me pause! Although I know they've been high recently, I was surprised to read how low they were a little over two years ago.
So I gotta ask: What are you doing to comp
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