You can build your own professional-looking jewelry booth with easy plans from JewelHut:

Jewelry Booth by JewelHut
Jewelry booth photo courtesy of JewelHut

According to Laura Carter of JewelHut, this jewelry booth structure is easy to build, set-up, teardown, transport and store.  It can adjust from 9'4" to 10" on-site, and requires no special skills.
Laura's plans "give you the tools and knowledge to create a unique, one-of-a-kind selling space that you can be proud of."

craft show booth by JewelHut
Booth photo courtesy of JewelHut

The JewelHut booth instructions include the booth plans, a list of materials, tools, and four options you can use to enhance your booth.

The plans can be emailed to you in PDF format or shipped to you on floppy disk or CD.

To purchase the plans: Jewelry Booth Plans by JewelHut.

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May 2

Jewelry Display Cleaning Tip

My jewelry displays always start out spotlessly clean.

But during every show I've ever done, my displays accumulate lint, dust, people's food crumbs, tiny hairs, and (at outdoor shows) pollution particles.

lint rollerUnfortunately, jewelry displays that have visible debris on them tend to make the jewelry look less valuable - and less desirable.

So in my box of "show survival supplies" I carry two things that save the day:

A lint roller, and a roll of scotch tape.

The lint roller makes quick work of removing junk from flat jewelry display surfaces, such as tray pads, table cloths, necklace busts, risers, etc.

And for those tricky small surfaces - such as the compartments in my tray liners - a piece of scotch tape dabbed up and down a few times quickly removes any mess.

Don't worry about customers seeing you cleaning your displays during the show. It makes a good impression if you're seen keeping things immaculate.

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March 16

Windproofing an Outdoor Jewelry Booth

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 jewelry booth
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!

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