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More jewlery. The top is hematite and smoky quartz chips.

The bottom one, which I made for myself (hence the larger wrist size) is sterling silver with czech class and metal beads. The big bead is actually a bee ensconced in amber. It was rather pricey, but it's for me and I'm fabulous.

Both have magnetic closures.

I have some questions about craft fairs. I know some of you must have participated in them so I just need a few questions answered.

There is a huge christmas expo every year in Kenner. It's hundreds of vendors, thousands of consumers. My boss is really pushing me getting a booth since she's seen how well my stuff sells in stores and thinks it'd be a great opportunity to make some money and get some adversiting since my website is opening in September.

The smallest booth they have is 10x10 and costs 280$ for the weekend long event. I don't need anything bigger because my products don't take up much space. Does 280$ seem a little high to rent a booth? From what I've read a lot of craft fairs only charge you between 50-100$ for the booth.

My boss is more than willing to cover the cost, which i could do myself,but I'm just wondering if this price is uncommonly high for 2 days?

What types of items in your experience sell the best at craft fairs? I'd planned on going in there with jewlery and cards, since thats what I'm focusing on right now. I don't doubt my talent in the least I'd just hate to spend a weekend and close to 300$ and not come out of it making a profit.

How much would you pay for the first bracelet in the picture? The last few bracelets I posted I sold for 15$ each. However, the bracelet above uses high quality beads and was much more time consuming. I've read in several places that the best way to price goods is to figure out the cost that went into it + 25% plus however much you personally feel your time is worth on a per hour basis. Does that seem fair? That would put the bracelet at around 30$ and that's only if I charge 10$ an hour which is the low point of what i might actually work for.

How much inventory does one usually make for this type of thing? Is it based on how much profit you'd ideally like to make, or how many people are expected to attend?

Help!

Thanks in advance :)
--Adam