I have been planning for this craft show open house for about 3 weeks. It was a quick decision to plan one, but with the help of my jewelry making friend we put it together. We found another girl that sold Tastefully Simple items. So, there was a total of three vendors. We did not have competing items. I wouldn’t exactly say we complemented our items, but it was a lot of fun.
This is a rundown on how I put this show together. It does help when you have someone helping you plan the open house craft show party.
In the 6 years I have been making candles, I have never thought about doing a home craft party. I had been to Pampered Chef Parties and others and the representatives always had a presentation. Thinking that I had to do a presentation,I chose not to throw one.
You can make your party any way you want. You do not have to mimic what someone else does. I chose to host one myself because I am not bold enough to ask someone to host one for me and also I do not have a hostess program in place.
If you do decided to put together a hostess program the ebook Stop Burning Time And Money In Your Candle Business goes into more detail.
How to get more parties under your belt easily:
I am planning more parties to come. I know that I will have 2 parties between my friend and I, but why not invite more craft or home based businesses to join you. What if you worked out a plan where each of the home based businesses that are involved with your show host a party themselves. That means that if you have 5 other businesses doing a show with you then you will have 5 other parties lined up.
There isn’t any hassle of finding people to host a party for you and putting a hostess package together.
Where to promote your home craft show party:
Luckily, I have 3 kids in school. I had them hand out flyer’s. I handed out flyer’s in church, called my relatives, friends, went to local businesses with bulletin boards and posted them there. I also stated to bring a friend.
Information to place on the flyer’s:
- Name
- Date
- Place – put instructions if needed. I put up helpful road markers where people had to turn
- Phone number
- What products will be sold
Have you hosted a party yourself? What did you do to get the ball rolling? Was the experience enjoyable to you?
Many Blessings,
P.S. Join our forum and ask all about hosting your own party there.
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