I spent Wednesday night and Thursday morning mapping out a good plan for my table at the Queen Bee Market. These iPhone photos are tragic, but I thought you might like to see how the table changed and finally came together. It still needs some finessing, more fabric and a run with an iron, but it's getting there.
Obviously, I need to work something out for the poster smash that is the right side. Looking at the photos, I think the posters look better (but not great) in take number 4 as opposed to take 5 and 6. I definitely like how the flower posters look in 4 and 5 as opposed to 6. But I like the left side of the table best in the final image.
The 5×7 print display will somehow be rigged to stand upright on the right. Behind the table will be the teal blue wall. Can you see it? Sort of?
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH.
— picture the record stopping. Or the post getting edited. Or something.
I typed up this the post, previewed it and wanted to cry actually cried because the photos of the table were not clicking with the photos of that teal wall. At all. Unfortunately, I had just cleaned everything up to type this post.
I thought about it (and drank a beer) and decided it was worth it to reset the whole thing again, this time with the backdrop to see what was going to work.
And the above is what I wound up with.
BETTER, RIGHT? At least sort of? I am going to make fabric covers for the poster boxes on the right. And I am going to change out the fabric for the 5×7 print display too. I think it will help to make the background solid green and switch out some ribbon. Fortunately, I have enough fabric that it won't cost a dime.
I am so much happier with it. It feels more like Real Display and not a backyard craft show.
Okay, back to the post I typed —
My biggest victory was coming up with risers and then covers for them. I am at the end of my budget and really wanted to try and use what I had on hand for table display. I took various boxes that I use for storage and made fabric covers for them by basically wrapping five sides like they were presents and sewing the edges. Probably not the best plan ever, but the covers fit snugly and can be removed and stored while the boxes do their normal job in my office when I am not craft fairing it. I have a few more to make for the posters and then I'll hit everything with an iron. Most of these boxes are not really seen, just something that product can lean against.
We're nearly there! Just a few things to touch up as mentioned above. Thanks for following along with my progress. Knowing I had Blogland to share photos with stressed me out made me work harder on everything.
AND : if you're local …
enJOY it 
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