Amidst the blog workshop lesson developing, I am mentally planning out my booth for the Queen Bee Market in early May. This market is going to have a shared checkout which means I will not need to be at my booth for the entire two days. This is great news, as I am looking forward to wandering around (not to mention being able to go to the bathroom). It is also a bit challenging because it meant I needed to come up with a way for my 11x14 posters to be "shopped."
I can't just have them flat out on the table, they are too delicate for that. And I can't have someone (me) at the table at all times to "pull" the poster the customer is looking for. Plus, I think it helps when people don't have to ask for help and can just pick through product on their own.
So I was a bit at a loss for what to do. And then, while driving, I had the idea to roll the posters into plastic sleeves (we used these when I worked at Paper Source to package flat paper for customers) and close off the top with a piece of cardstock and label.
I ordered 2x14 inch sleeves from uline and tried packing posters in them yesterday. Happily, the prints fit perfectly.
I am including a small sample image of what is in the plastic on the backside of the cardstock label. As of now, I am planning to machine stitch the sleeves closed between the folded cardstock.
Of course, I am also going to have a few of the posters framed in the booth for display purposes so people can see them at full size.
Fingers crossed these will be easily shopable and will help the posters stay safe.
