Craft fairs

I have been running my Etsy shop since March and not much has been happening.  The Etsy market seems to be saturated with people selling jewellery and it is difficult to get noticed.  I have over 250 likees on my Facebook page and they seem to like what I make but I'm still not getting many sales.

I am not sure that the photographs of my jewellery do it justice and so I am thinking about trying a few craft fairs so that people can see what my jewellery is really like.

I am going to visit a local craft fair next weekend to get an idea of stall size, cost and what else is on sale.

I am really interested to hear from people who have tried craft fairs and what degree of success they had.

Jewellery experimentation

I have just finished teaching my first metal clay lesson.  It was a one-to one lesson with my friend Fleur (so nothing too taxing) and she made a leaf with metal clay paste.  I think she made a lovely pendant:

 

We also did some Kumihimo bracelets, collage pendants and some shrink plastic earrings.  We have had a fab two days of jewellery experimentation.