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Entrepreneurship:  Farmer's Markets and aprons....  |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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 Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 07:44:48 AM
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Does anyone know how well handmade aprons would sell at the local farmer's markets? I have sold a few things on e bay, but I would like to try a few smaller farmers markets, and just wanted some farm girl advice. Everyone have a Happy Easter, Carol
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13666 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13666 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 08:01:06 AM
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Carol,
I have sold dozens of my aprons at our local Farmers Market . . and I think they are very well handmade and have had others tell me they are. However, they are underpriced and I'm raising my prices a bit for this season.
I have sold a huge variety, including waist aprons, kid-sized ones, some for guys, etc., etc. I have had success . . I'm hoping for another successful season. I hope I haven't gluted the market.
I have found some ways to make them at less expense (by using sheets for linings, etc.) and I've found a lot of wonderful pieces of fabric for very little cash at thrift stores. So, I'm working on those ways to make my supplies less expensive.
It will all depend on your area, and what there is going on at your local farmers markets. I live near the Navajo Indian Reservation and I have found that the Navajo women LOVE my aprons!!! They do a lot of cooking and for huge family gatherings.
You can see my aprons at my "cjascreations-ceejay" blogspot (link below)
I wish you the best . . . could be a good thing for you!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
From my Hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
1406 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 12:23:00 PM
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CeeJay, those aprons you you made were just what I had in mind, and you have great prices, lower than I would expect. How do you display them, on some kind of hanger or a table. You have beatiful aprons, and thank you for the advice, Carol
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13666 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13666 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 3:17:59 PM
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Carol,
Thanks for the compliments!!
We set up a 10 X 10 EZ-UP canopy and I run nylon rope all along 3 sides just below the edge of canopy. I hang them on the rope with clothespins . . makes a great display except when I have lots.
Because of the way the EZ-up frame is made I can also hang a few from it under the canopy. I move then around as I sell them. I REALLY like to display them this way because shoppers can SEE them from "over there".
When we do Christmas Bazaars it's a different story!! I then have to lay them in layers on a table. I use a folding wooden clothes dryer to display the kids aprons and maybe a few waist aprons. These situations can be quite a challenge!!!
Hope that helps!! We bought our EZ-Up many years ago when we started doing craft fairs. There are many similar type canopies out there but the EZ-Up brand are the best and worth it. Ours came with 3 side panels we can use in wind, rain or too much sun (not good for my hubby's wood turnings)
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
From my Hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 09:23:57 AM
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Lessie,
I'll be selling lots of seedlings and veggies at my farmers market booth-if you'd like to send me some aprons with what prices you're looking to get I'd be glad to set them up at my booth! :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 8:04:49 PM
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Oh CJ, I checked out your blog and aprons. How nice. I will put it on my list.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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highlandviewpantry
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
WV
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2010 : 8:02:33 PM
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I bought my two youngest daughters itty bitty child sized aprons at the Buckwheat Festival this year. I think I paid between 12-16 dollars a piece. They were done in cute fabrics of the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme and the Campbell's Soup Kids. Irresistible!
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
1406 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 03:44:48 AM
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I can't wait, I have startd making doll and matching child aprons...
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 02:42:10 AM
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I love that aprons are making such a come-back. My generation, we didn't wear them but my mom and grand-mother did. I asked them both my Mother and Mother-In-law for a keepsake apron and I got three of them.
One was from Japan (where my in-laws were stationed in the late 1960's), one was made out of my Mother In Laws favorite pair of Jeans, with eye-let lace sewn around it (so darn cute) and my Mother's was a Christmas Apron that my Aunt had embroidered. I treasure them and will pass them to my grand-daughter one day.
Blessings,
Peggy
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 08:07:48 AM
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wow peggy, i see you posted at 2 am. whew i was in my bed. i saw the prices being ask for aprons on the blog. very reasonable. the ones sold here are 30.00. i thought that is high. i am wanting to make some of these too. when i am not moving. i love them especially the full curvy one. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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