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Tales from the Table 2 - A Crying Shame

18/7/2020

You get to see a lot of things from behind a trader’s table at makers’ markets and craft fairs, and meet quite the range of people! I've been selling at a variety of events since I was a teenager, so have decided to share some of my experiences.

Some of these tales are cautionary, some simply amusing, but all of them, honestly are true! This particular post was first published in creative-crafting.com online magazine.

A Crying Shame

The flyers had been handed out, the posters up, social media had been plastered with updates and all of the what’s on guides were informed… Yet it was one of those craft fairs where no one comes. It’s always a strain working at an event like this, but here I saw the pinnacle of poor form when a stallholder decided that enough was enough.

We’d reached the point a couple of hours in where the event organiser had been round to let us know that she now had helpers on the nearby streets, trying to entice people with flyers. And then, a raised voice, and every head swivelling. To one end of the room the event organiser was being addressed by a stallholder, a chap who had packed up and was going to leave hours early, but not before having his say.

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Tales From The Table 1 – A Row Of Pretty pollies

4/7/2020

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A Row Of Pretty pollies

You’re probably aware of stall holders having a “patter”, you know, when blokes with fruit and veg yell a couple of different phrases on repeat (“naaaarners phaundabunch”) I’ve found it’s not so different with designer makers selling at events, although thankfully we tend not to bellow them across the venue we’re selling in.

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