Posted by Walt Bennett on April 15, 2010 at 1:19pm
It hasn't been all that difficult for me to convince people who visit our booth that I actually did make what I'm selling (I'm a woodturner), but it's entirely different for my wife (a milliner). Over the years I've found it best to include a couple of extra sheets of paper with photos of us each making things with our show applications so it'd be clear that we're not reselling things from somewhere else. I've decided to take things a bit further this year though and am having a couple small banners made (3 x 4) to hang on the sides of our booth. One has photos of her making a hat and the finished product, the other another photo of her making one with smaller photos around it showing her equipment, ribbon rack and various hats in different stages of work. I'm hoping this will at least cut the "Did you really make this?" comments. Anyone have any other ideas?
Does your wife block hats and where did she learn to block hats? You gave good advice . I sew scarves and hats and make jewelry and people will always ask did you make that and walk away. Now I am going to have my husband snap pictures of me sewing and creating my designs and even having a photo book for them to view. Thanks
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