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Craft Fair Update - Samantha Smith Elementary

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My two tables (yes, I was lucky and got two!) I had a FABULOUS time at the Samantha Smith Elementary School Craft Fair on Thursday night (December 3rd, 2015)!! I was able to share the evening with one of my best friends and her son (he's the handsome, young fella in red).  I sold quite a few items - which means I am able to fund my own holiday shopping (yippee!!).  Plus I got to meet a lot of really wonderful kids and parents at Samantha Smith! My new cart/display.  It's wheels actually roll!  Plus I can remove the wheels and base and have a shorter display if I want to!!  LOVE IT!!!! The school's PTSA provided vendors with tables, chairs, tablecloths, and even shopping bags for the kids!  AMAZING!  And even more - it cost nothing to be a vendor!  Seriously - it was a huge blessing to be able to participate!  So thank you to everyone involved!!! This craft fair was a great opportunity for me to test-drive my new set-up (the wire cart/card-display, the

Getting Ready For 2 Craft Fairs

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Well I decided (somewhat spontaneously), to go ahead and enter 2 craft fairs this holiday season.   I am going to be participating in the Samantha Smith Elementary Craft Fair on this coming Thursday, December 3rd, from 6pm-9pm.  It's really a fun event -- designed to be a safe environment where the students are able to buy presents for their families without their families being directly with them.  As a crafter, your responsibility is to provide items under $10 and help the students wrap up their gifts after they purchase them - so the parent's/family members can't see what they bought them. SO cute!  I did this fair a couple of years ago and had a blast!!! Then on December 11th from 10am-5pm, I will be doing the Swedish Hospital (Issaquah) Holiday Craft Fair (held on the Issaquah Swedish Hospital campus!).  I also participated in this craft fair 2 years ago - when it first occurred..and it was upstairs.  This year, it will be downstairs in the main lobby (ne