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Knoxville Weekend Feature: Dogwood Arts

Knoxville Weekend Feature: Dogwood Arts

Sherry Jenkins on Dogwood Arts: where it is, where it’s heading

Sherry Jenkins laughed when asked what her first thought was when she woke up on the morning of April 1. As executive director of Dogwood Arts, she knows the month is about more than blossoms and balmy temps. 

Top Tips for Successful Selling at Craft Markets and Festivals

Top Tips for Successful Selling at Craft Markets and Festivals

Kate Thurman and Alaina Smith have lots of experience selling from booths at craft fairs and markets. Alaina, who runs Cold Gold, has participated in 20+ craft fairs, and Kate of Smarty Pants Paper Co. has exhibited at craft fairs and trade shows and has created counter and floor displays for a product-based business. Both women have won awards for their craft fair booths. (Yeah, they're awesome.)

And they’ve shared some of their top tips for a successful day of selling at craft fairs.

Get Started Selling at Craft Fairs

Get Started Selling at Craft Fairs

STOP procrastinating and START selling at craft fairs.

How to find your fair and get in.

Are you ready to start selling in person? Have you applied to a craft fair and gotten the dreaded “maybe next time” email? This blog will show you how to find the fair that best fits you, and how to submit an application that will get you accepted!

Shop Local Series: Alyssa Maddox of Retropolitan Craft Fair

Shop Local Series: Alyssa Maddox of Retropolitan Craft Fair

An enormous thanks to Knoxville Weekend for their creation of this video. Our partnership with Knoxville Weekend continues to grow as we select and feature makers making an impact on the greater community. 

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19 // 10AM-5PM

JACKSON TERMINAL,

213 W JACKSON AVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

You can visit Alyssa and a crowd of local & regional makers at the upcoming event, free to the public and full of unique, handmade goods.