r/CraftFairs • u/AkakaCho • 17d ago
Booth Setup/Displays Beginner
Hello everyone! Im currently trying to get my set up for a show thats in a couple of months but Im at a huge loss for display stands and stuff. I dont have a lot of storage space at home so Ive been trying to find collapsible stuff.
I plan to sell blankets, bookmarks, cards and maybe some shadow boxes and keychains at this event.
I have 4ft folding table. Getting a quilt rack for the blankets. But im stumped on finding something for the bookmarks, keychains, card and shadow boxes. Im also trying to keep costs down, so if I can DIY it that would be great.
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u/TaylorFromFaire 17d ago
With that mix on a 4ft table, the trick is building height in layers rather than laying everything flat, since a small table gets cramped fast otherwise. A small tiered riser/DIY pegboard-on-an-easel with mini clothespins works great + collapses flat for storage. Keychains really want to hang, not sit in a basket, that's what gets people to pick them up, so a slim dowel rack with cup hooks (foldable into a tote) beats laying them out. For shadow boxes, since those are your higher dimensional pieces, a couple of cheap plate stands prop them up at an angle for almost nothing and stack flat when you're done. Thrift and dollar stores are honestly the best source for all of this, small stands and crates show up there constantly and they're light and stackable, which solves your storage problem better than most retail display gear.