I don’t think people are buying like they used to be this year. Maybe you just need to dress up your packaging of your stuff.

Thanks for sharing…love your helper!❤️🐾

I often feel “paralyzed” by the condition of my craft room. I have learned that what I can see gets used therefore, I avoid cardboard boxes or bags. Suggestion for completed crafts would be to put them in the containers that you will haul them in to the craft fair. I also try to separate like items and have a designated space for every item. It definitely is always a work in progress! Merry Christmas from Alaska.

You have no idea the weight that’s been lifted off my shoulders. I seriously thought I’m doing it all wrong. No one has the aftermath that I do. Thank you for the post. ❤

This is a hard time of the year for added stress. You got great advice to take one bite at a time. Before you know it, you'll be super organized and that room will be more than guest worthy. You've got this girl! ❤

I can’t be much help other than a shoulder to cry on because I have not two, but three rooms that I have now taken over. And they all look like a tornado has hit them. Best of luck to you. Sister in crafting.

I have industrial shelving units like you see in garages on three walls of my craft room. I store after market items in tubs labeled with the season stored on the shelves

I'll tell you what I tell myself... "You'll get there, and if you don't, it's okay ❤

Looks great!! Your guests are there to see you, not your craft supplies!

Don’t stress yourself for now since you have guests coming just put everything in a tote then just set a goal of 2 things a week to try to go thru and declutter instead of tackling a big project all at once it can become overwhelming otherwise especially since you work, run a household, you have other obligations being a wife and mother on top of this is huge! Trust me I have been there! Try not to worry about organizing now with guests, the holidays coming just tuck everything away cover it up and deal with it one bite at a time later on

I use same size clear bins and stack them for storage. Then I stack them in a small room in our garage and guest room closet

This is too funny! Oh, the struggle of the craft fair aftermath.

Ha! You should see my room! I have two rooms… I do try to clean up as I go but it’s not always feasible to do so and it just ends up a mess again. This year my husband decided to give me his office because he was tired of the house being just one large craft room for the months of September-December… (sometimes August too) so we did a huge shift in our house. I also have a climate controlled storage unit that I rent monthly with a lot of my inventory components. I shop year round for things to include in my craft fair so it’s nice to have somewhere to store those things I don’t really need until I do. It’s close enough to my house that I can go once a week if I needed.

Oh my gosh. I am so relieved. 😅 I thought it was just me! I'm so glad I'm not the only one with a mess!! 😅❤

I get the struggle. I keep as much as possible, sorted into stacking bins. I do have a staging area, which helps tremendously. I know how overwhelming everything can feel. Just remember to take one bite of the elephant at a time. I find it really helps keeping like items together. I do hold over items until the next craft season, as long as they aren't perishable. Best of luck!

HA HA We could have a contest, mine is Horrible too.

I use totes with lids (because the lids help with stacking and utilize vertical space) to store my finished craft fair items in. I get the clear one's from Sam's club so they're all the same size. Being the same size helps with feeling more organized, I'm not sure why. I use smaller bins with lids inside the totes to help protect crafts from getting damaged, then I strategically stack the bins inside the totes, then I stack the totes where they are 'out of the way'. For example I have two totes stacked under one of my craft tables, the other three totes are stacked along a wall on the far side of the room. I store everything in my craft room all year, which is a spare bedroom and not very big at all. I'm not sure how it works but it does Lol. I try leaving a clear walkway to get through the room. Also, I don't buy a lot of craft supplies that I don't really need and only buy what I have space for. I really try to make due with what I've got so that I can keep the clutter down. That probably wasn't very helpful but that's what I do 💁‍♀️ Lol

I understand where your coming from. I have a closest with shelfs in my craftroom. I use Avon boxes to store things I finish or items that need to be made. They have lids so you can stack them on each other in the shelfs out of the way. In in my craftroom I have a cubbie shelf it has eight cubes. I use Avon boxes to store my small items I finished, like my nuggets treats In them. I have avon boxes in my spare bedroom closet as well. I have a shed to store bigger items completed in bigger bins and to store my tables, trays, shelfs, etc. for the shows. I have 5 collapsible crates that I take to the shows they stack up on to each other, if i need to store them in the house.when not in use they fold up and stored in the shed or put under the bed. I too take over my spare bedroom. I go through my boxes after the show and add to them before the next show. My grandson sleeps over on the weekend so I have to clean it out i use boxes i can stack them and put them out of the way i hope it helps. M❤❤❤

I place completed items in an X-Large tote with lid and I throw a cushion and blanket on top and “stage” it as extra seating at the end of my bed or in my front room and then I have 2 foldable rolling carts an xtra large one that I wheel in my craft room and put my completed items in and the smaller I just fill with whatever I can to get stuff off the floor and table and as I work I sift through the smaller cart for items I may need to complete what I am working on then after the show I can always fill these carts up in my craft room and throw a blanket over the top until after the holiday. You could stack two totes on top of each other by the window in your guest room and cover them with a throw for me it’s more calming to try to “organize “ my carts/bins after the holiday I can relax and take my time and go through one bin at a time but I can never seem to have my craft room “picture perfect” like I see on some posts no matter how much I try so I just try to at least have it to a point where I am not spending 2 hours looking for my double sided tape!🤣

Hi Jessica, Start in one area of the room and put similar things in a pile and take that stack and put it where it goes. Small steps and you will be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I never used my living room so I put my couch and tv in my she shed and turned my living room into my craft room. I know it sounds odd because that’s why I got a she shed but I found I wasn’t using it for crafting. And it was another place to heat or air condition. So my she shed will be for guests.

Looks exactly like my whole living room!!! 😅 😂

I have a shelf in my garage where I store the completed items and then the supplies I actually use to craft with are stored in my craftroom.

Is this the key's you sold in the past that sold well and the exact Design? If not I can tell you packaging is everything. and you could sell a piece of rice if it were packaged nice. craft fair shoppers like that something extra. and the poem is suprer short too... I like it and I get it, as a 25+ craft show vendor I have seen and learned a whole lot.... Thank you for sharing

Spent $265 this past weekend on a 10x10 for 2 days and only brought in $82. Sooo not happy. It was well-advertised, but it was a first annual. :(

These are delightful. Iʻve got an email sent off to you. Thanks for sharing your ups and downs with craft fairs. Itʻs really helpful.

I did a craft fair in the mall once too. It was not advertised well. It was spread out throughout the mall and most of the people who went there wanted to shop in the mall stores. It was $225 for 2 days and thank goodness my friend and I shared a booth or I would have list my shirt! I haven't done a mall since then.

I would be interested in buying some of these tags for my crocheted blankets! So pretty!

Crafts and flea markets don’t mix. I have learned the hard way.

I don't know where you live but Dyso is a Japanese verson of Dollar Stores. Cute stuff.

Everything is so cute. 👏🏽Wishing you great success! 🙏🏽

Oh my goodness! Every thing that you made looks so professional! You have it set up so well, I’ll bet you do great!🙏🏻🙏🏻

What are the scrub elements?

I hope you do well and have fun!

Fingers crossed that you have an amazing show

Love the Santa hat board that’s adorable and so useful for any decor. I’ve been seeing more vendors at fairs offering laser cut cutting boards and depending on details I seem them prices as high as $40. I think your price point is on trend for these items and fair as well.

Good luck tomorrow! My last of 6 fairs is tomorrow.

Best of luck tomorrow. Looks like a great variety!

Good luck tomorrow❤❤❤

What a wonderful idea

Hi Jessica cute items

Good idea to repurpose your stash. I think the bag topper is too big and the notepad/pen doesnt really "fit" in with hot chocolate/peppermint IMHO

The Santa hat is so cute!!

Thank you. The very best. All items are adorable,

I’m glad to see I am not the only one trying to use what I have about 95% of the items I made for my show I already had in my craft room! Especially paper! I have a TON!! The stuffed stockings are cute! I have some stockings I made in my stash from last year! Next year I may do something similar! Thanks!

What a great way to freshen up older supplies with a fun and new presentation. Very cute sets. TFS,❤

Santa keys with cards can be bought on TEMU 24/$12.00 so 50 cents each

Hot chocolate with peppermint yum !!!

From experience, when you have to “explain” a product it does not sell well. Respectfully, it’s cute but looks thrown together. Maybe a smaller bag topper, decorate the hot chocolate. When you explained, you said “just...” a few times and it looks cute but “just”... As you stated. Hope this is helpful.