My booth set up

Worked my first show on my own on Saturday, so this is a pic of my booth set up.
Thanks to my hubby, we got the banners designed and made in 4 days. I'm pretty happy with it.
Learnt A LOT! need to totally rework my designs for this type of gig, need new chairs and more decorations.
My board is a bit of a mess because we covered it in thick black material, laminated and put velcro dots on the back of the pics and the signs so I could move them around, but the kids kept pulling them off and hanging on to them, so I need to fix that.
For what we paid for everything I think it worked really well!
Now 'm all set for my next big show, and have decided to try out some local markets too!

Can any one tell me how to post mulitple images in one post?
I can't seem to reset the browse box?

looks like a nice set up

Yes, I've found that if the pictures aren't securely attached to something, they think they need to bring you the picture to know what they want. At least at birthdays when my photos are loose it means that less of them end up asking for the same design.

Very nice... I have been trying to visualize how I will have mine since I have never had a tent as of yet and in my head those tents are bigger than they are and I am trying to plan way too much in a little space.

It looks great. Make sure to get some weights for the corners of your tent. One bad wind & you loose everything... plus a possible law-suit....

After you get the code to copy into the text box, you paste into the box, then I think the button to hit in the pop-up window is "upload a photo" and it toggles back to the browse.

People are funny with menus... they keep wanting to show me the pic. "Just tell me what you want" they start to get out of the chair to point, "no, you can just tell me, I painted all of those, I'll know which one you want." People seem surprised that I painted the people in the menu (probably because of theme park menus) but it's still funny.

looks good!..don't have a tent or a chair even for that matter!
have to get one...I just ask for table and 2 chairs and some shade if possible...

michellesfantasyfaces wrote:looks good!..don't have a tent or a chair even for that matter!
have to get one...I just ask for table and 2 chairs and some shade if possible...

I just got my tent & director's chair! I used to use 2 stools & it was ok, but rough on the back. Shade is essential in FL. I did a free event w/o shade when I 1st started.... my paint turned to goop & I used way too much. They also said I had to let teens work w/ me & use my paints. I was so new that I said, "Ok" w/o a clue. I lost most my paint that day:-(

THEY told you you had to let people use YOUR paint.

Woah. That's really rude of them.

Kristal S. wrote:THEY told you you had to let people use YOUR paint.

Woah. That's really rude of them.

Yeah, I was a newbee painter & had no clue:-)

Thanks for Sharing your pic and tips!!!

Nice setup. I'm not there yet.

That's a great setup, do you know the measurements of the tent?

How small does it all pack up?

I have a menu board idea but I was going to attach them with velcro... Unfortunately I'm a bit OCD and won't be happy if kids take the photos off to show me... Maybe I could number or name the photos and have a sign saying please don't remove the photos...

Bekah, almost all tents are 10x10 and are pretty consistent for fairs and festivals (like other booths. White is required at a lot of events so you should probably stick with that color. If you go for a higher end one they come with walls which is convenient but take up more room. The higher end tents can fit in some trunks but take up a lot of room as they are about 4' long, mine goes best in my van. You will need to have at least 20 lbs. of weight for each corner which is what most insurance companies require along with most festivals. Signs can be hard to hang so having the extra poles at the top is really convenient, some tents come with the extra sign holder and it is usually pretty worth the money. There are some cheaper tents out there that will do okay for about one - two years but I don't really find them worth the money. I got a much higher end one used for $80.00 and it has lasted two years but is a huge pain to put up and REALLY heavy. Although I can do it by myself it is super hard! Most other vendors will give me a hand when I am there though.


For your sign, you could attach them with velcro and then take clear plastic (like for crafts and table cloths) and wrap that around, it would make it waterproof and little hand proof.

*sighs* I sooo wish this is for me in the future.

I get the same thing. its too funny

People are funny with menus... they keep wanting to show me the pic. "Just tell me what you want" they start to get out of the chair to point, "no, you can just tell me, I painted all of those, I'll know which one you want." People seem surprised that I painted the people in the menu (probably because of theme park menus) but it's still funny.[/quote]

Hi there,

Your booth looks great. On suggestion is that you could put thumb tags right on the pictures and like that you can still take them off when you get home and the kids wont be able to pull it off.

Wondered if you attached a piece of clear plastic (like plexiglas or something lighter) over your board it'd keep the fingers off your photos...

I used little sewing hooks and then laminated each photo and put a hole in the top, so it hangs and then I take a piece of duct tape and put it on the back, I can remove it and rearrange them but they are really hard to remove. Has worked for several festivals now.

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I have the same tent Tash- set up looks good!