At outdoor craft fairs and art shows, the wind can be quite a problem for your jewelry booth. Sunni Bergeron of Sunnisan offers this great windproofing tip:

Sunni's jewelry booth

"It's always a treat when you can find shelves heavy enough without being difficult to carry.

I scrounge around in houses that are being dismantled, to find interesting bits and pieces and copper wire.

One house yielded some drawers. I like the rustic look, so I hit them a little with a wire brush, drilled some holes in the sides to insert some chunks of dowel, and rested some glass shelving I'd gleaned from another house.

So not only do I have shelves that won't blow over in a gust, I have containers to carry things in!"

Thanks for another great tip, Sunni! I'm especially impressed with your "green" approach to your jewelry business, recycling things that would otherwise be thrown away.

Readers, be sure to visit Sunni's site, http://sunnisan.com/a/fairs/fairs.html, where you'll find more photos and info on setting up your jewelry booth at shows!

Sunni Bergeron of Sunnisan sent in this photo of her fantastic wood burl tree branch jewelry display. She says:

Sunni Bergeron's
wood burl jewelry display

I found a very eye catching display for jewelry in the form of wood burls. I drilled small holes into the branches extending out from the burl to prevent the wood from splitting, and then twisted in some gold-tone cup hangers into the holes.

Next I drilled some larger holes into the burl itself to stand hair sticks or whatever into.

I'm sure any kind of wood burl would work, but I used myrtlewood.

When drilling into a hard wood, be sure to use a very hard steel, go slowly and be patient. I have two drillbits still broken off in one of my burls!

Thanks for sending in this wonderful natural jewelry display idea, Sunni!

And readers - don't miss the generous Art Fairs section of Sunni's site, where you'll see several pages of a great collection of jewelry booth and display photos, plus her wisdom from the various shows she's done.

I've just come across a supplier of custom printed jewelry tags and earring cards, for jewelry artists who prefer to order them ready-made instead of making their own.

Custom printed earring cards
by Dolphin Bead Designs

They also have jewelry tags in several shapes, complete with a plastic fastener for attaching the tags to your jewelry, and some unusual types of jewelry cards - including ones designed for hairbows, rings, pendants, pins, and wine charms.

Custom printed folding jewelry tags
by Dolphin Bead Designs

Dolphin Bead Designs has a selection of fonts and graphics for their printed tags, and offers sampler packs of preprinted or custom printed cards, so you can see what you'd get before you actually place an order.

See Jewelry Hang Tags and Earring Cards for tips on designing and creating your own jewelry cards.