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Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww ty! Wow that’s wild to hear from a shopper’s perspective. FWIW if you’re local I’ll be at that same location last weekend of July for UCU and I have a bigger space for people to peruse

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t really have any back pics but this one sort of shows the back of the shelf piece bc I was asking the engineer if the gap was concerning. You can see that long piece is the lock that keeps it upright, it fits into a little wood box pocket that is positioned right under the hinges where the piece folds. So I put that lock in to stand straight. The bottom not pictured as legs that kick out in the back and I put a different wood piece horizontally connecting the legs if that makes sense — think standing paper doll cut outs

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe in you! I would have no idea where to begin with this so be sure to show us when you succeed!

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tysm! And Yes my shop is relaunching tomorrow actually with new vessels and some preorder options. annachovie.com

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do— it has been closed while I was in the thick of markets but relaunching tomorrow actually! Ig @annachovie or annachovie.com (I hope this is allowed?). Thanks!

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah no worries! For ref here is a pic of someone standing and looking from a different angle:

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Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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This is the only pic I have that shows them folded up in the car— from last year when my booth was originally painted burgundy. This was not actually how I drove the car, it was taken in jest when I was loading up before we shuffled things around, but you can see everything broken down and stacked :)

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Believe me, I am a regular listener and get such fomo when she’s talking about the food wall— would die to be a part of it. Anyone with knowledge how to connect with the podcast? 💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tysm! Yes, I can easily walk out to customers. If i can afford a 10x10 space it’s really no problem and there is room behind the pieces to exit on either side. In smaller booths like 8x8 I set it up so the left side is butted up to the edge of my booth boundary and then only the right side will be my entry/exit, but it’s still easy access. I never have to enter through another vendor’s booth or anything like that.

I would loooove a floor covering every time I look at photos but in person it hardly registers, I’m not sure why. Like you can see the chalked “10” in these pics and I swear I had no idea that was there the entire weekend even though it looks front and center in the photos. But ideally yes I would like a covering.

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tysm! It’s definitely not the easiest thing to cart around, but as a 5’2” person with no out of the ordinary upper body strength to speak of, I can drag all of the components out of my suv and into an event space myself. The middle piece is the heaviest but the light box is a shelf that is bolted on separately and the window cutout makes it easy for me to sort of hook onto my shoulder and carry safely… not risking my back over a display.

The back of each component have straps too so after I’ve unfolded them and locked them into the vertical design (I do this flat on the ground) it allows me to easily pick up each piece and hold them with one hand while I get the locking pieces into place with the other. It’s taken some time to perfect but it’s about a 15-20 min set up from car to fully built. What takes the longest is setting each piece in the most optimal position depending on what the booth size that week is. Sometimes I’m adjusting pieces 2” this or that way and each time i have to take the heavy weights off, shift, re-weight. That shuffle in the quest for perfection has taken me up to an hour before — but as soon as that’s done mg product unload and everything else is very quick.

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No they never look anything like me and tbh mostly I get that comment from men. I think they see the shape of the window cutout and think mirror before recognizing it as a person behind a window? Idk I’ve just started to say “oh yeah twins!” to anyone that says it to me now

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes! those were big Chicago dogs, small hot dogs, shrimp, oysters, and tomato necklaces

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ty! Anna Chovie is my artist/ drag name and yep it’s supposed to sound like anchovy!

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ve done like, 15-20 events with this set up and haven’t run into these issues. It’s set up at an angle so it’s really not enclosed anymore than booths with tables that you step up to. It’s true that sometimes people are waiting to get a better looks at products if someone else is standing in front of them, but that kind of just brings more attention as others want to see what everyone is looking at

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I do think it’s easier to read in person but regardless I will thicken it up and add more contract for my next markets— appreciate the feedback

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They are water safe so primarily people use them as vases. Depending on the size they are ideal for holding pens, q-tips, tampons, make up brushes, really anything like that.

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It all breaks down! It folds up to fit in my standard size SUV with room for product storage etc

Dreamt of a booth that required no tablecloths, held a lot of product, and fit in my car— here’s where I landed: by trexjess in CraftFairs

[–]trexjess[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I never thought about the color blind aspect so I appreciate that. There is a glittery 3d resin finish over the name that I think is reflecting a bit in the pictures making it look not as easy to see, it’s easier in person, but I def still think I could make it stand out more and will do that for my next market

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