Attending the right craft fayres can offer fulfilling, exciting and satisfying experiences as they provide opportunities to meet customers and sell your handmade work. This practical guide has been written to explore a number of factors so you can select the right events for you and your products. It will help you explore questions to ask the organiser, tips to prepared for each event and tools to ensure every opportunity is taken to gain sales during and after the craft fayre. Based on years of experience attending craft fayres to sell my handmade jewellery, accessories and candles, I learnt the value of of taking time to research, plan and prepare in order to get the very best out of every event. I now teach, coach and mentor the jewellery making and wider general craft community of designers and makers who wish to turn their hobby into a profitable creative business.

This book is for you if:

  • You are thinking about selling your work at craft fayres
  • You have tried a few craft fayres and not had the results you wanted and deserved
  • You want to find craft fayres that work for you
  • You can only do a few craft fayres each year and want to find quality events
  • You need to know how to prepare for craft fayres so you can maximise your chances of succes

Areas covered in this book include:

  • Type of Craft Fayres (exploring the range and extent of craft fayres available)
  • Finding Craft Fayres (top tips on finding events)
  • Using Mailing Lists (Benefits of using lists to gain customers and sales)
  • Asking the Right Questions (exploring key questions to ask event organisers before booking)
  • Insurances (exploring insurances requirements for selling at craft fayres)
  • Preparing for Your Craft Fayre (comprehensive details of essential items for your craft fayres)
  • Scammers (top tips to avoid craft fayre scams)


and lots more areas.  

FACT - We are proud of the fact that this book sold out in 58 seconds on its live TV launch in December 2016.  A re-launch in January 2017 saw another sell out success!  

Feedback from Readers include:

"I wanted to tell you that I finished reading your book .... I found it straightforward and full of useful advice. I especially like reading about your experiences... This is a useful reference book for any crafter venturing into the world of craft fairs and would recommend it highly".  Yasmin

"Received and already read it, some great tips. Thank you" - Lesley

"Woo-hoo Received mine today and it's fab. Thank you" - Tracy

"Excited to have bought a copy of your craft fayre book! Thank you for being such an inspiration and help"  Danielle

"Perfect - just what I need.  Easy to read and pack full of information"  June

Product details

  • Paperback: 116 pages
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1532737084
  • ISBN-13: 978-1532737084
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 0.7 x 22.9 cm

About the instructor

Course Tutor and Founder of the Jewellery & Crafts Academy

Angela Edwards

Hi.... I'm glad you found me! I'm Angela and I love helping people just like you, build their handmade business.Each month I work with thousands of people who want to achieve their dreams of starting and growing a successful handmade jewellery or craft based business. I am blessed to teach, coach and support wonderful people just like you achieve and exceed their goals and expectations. I am a Business Expert on a TV craft channel in the UK, write for craft magazines and have written 4 top selling books to date (Handmade Success - A Guide to Finding Craft Fayres; The Diary of a Creative Business Owner: How I Built My Handmade Jewellery Business One Day at a Time: Creative Business Planner and Boost Your Sales at Craft Shows). I understand the challenges of starting and growing a small business from home whilst managing family, job, health and finances.  Finding time to manage all these areas whilst balancing it with the desire to be creative and earn money from a small business is not easy, but with the right help, advice and support it is achievable.  That's a bit about me - now I want to know about you!  So I guess you have a dream of starting or growing your handmade jewellery business. If you want information to help you, then you are in the right place.  I have developed a range of resources just for you.  If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected].   Angela xx

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