Our First Craft Fair: Not Busy, But Worth It
We took our work out into the world properly for the first time this year.
Our first craft fair.
If I’m honest, the footfall was low. It wasn’t one of those buzzing, shoulder-to-shoulder events you sometimes imagine when you sign up. There were quiet moments where we stood behind the table, waiting, watching, wondering.
People stopped. They looked. They asked questions.
We had real conversations, the kind where people take their time, pick things up, turn them over, ask how they’re made. There’s something very different about this compared to posting online. In person, people connect with the work in a slower, more considered way.
And then, the part every creative quietly hopes for: I sold two artworks!
One of them was a higher-value piece, the kind you don’t fully expect to sell at a small local fair. That moment felt significant. Not just because of the sale, but because someone saw enough value in the work to take it home.
Alongside that, we sold a handful of laser-cut pieces, smaller items, but just as important in building confidence and understanding what people are drawn to.
It wasn’t a sell-out day. But it was a step.
We learned how to set up, how to display our work, how people move through a space, what catches attention, what starts a conversation. We learned what it feels like to talk about our work out loud, something that doesn’t come naturally yet, but is getting easier each time.
It’s easy to measure these things purely in numbers; footfall, sales, profit. But there’s another layer to it: exposure, experience, confidence. It was great to receive so much feedback about my artwork. Each time I share it, it becomes less daunting.
This was our first time doing this together, bringing resin work, woodturning, and laser-cut pieces into one shared space under KP Studios. It felt like the beginning of something.
Not a perfect beginning. But so worth doing.
If you’re thinking about doing your first craft fair, my advice would be this:
don’t wait for the perfect event.
People are seeing your work.
You’re learning how to show it.
And little by little, you’re building something.
We’ll take what we’ve learned and carry it into the next one.
This is just the start.