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    It depends on the market that you are in. I sell in a primarily agriculture area, which is considered the hardest to sell, and I have to display many different themes to attract the different types of "wants". I use screens which surround my booth with some in the middle. I try to use a 10x20 foot booth when I can afford it. I have learned several times that I cannot do outdoor shows. The weather is too unpredictable and the wind will surely blow. I have been doing shows since 1988 and have learned that you cannot ever predict with any certainty how you will do or what will sell. I have found that I cannot sell with any success during any months except those leading into the Christmas season. My first show is in Sept. and my last is Thanksgiving weekend. You need to find those shows sponsored by organizations that are respected locally.
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    Travis Google "Double Take" . It is a program that joins multiple pictures into a paneramic view. It was a little over $25 and all you do is drag your pictures in and "sort" them and it alligns them for you. It even smooths out the differences caused by the angle of the pictures taken.
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    I have been doing craft shows for about 20 years. What I have made for sale has changed dramatically over the years and you have to change in order to stay up with the business as it is in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The best area for selling crafts is a tourist area which I am not in and the worst area is the farming community, which I am also in. You might not sell a given group of products one year and then the next year you will. What I have found out in that you need a wide selection and then there is no sure thing with that. You have to like doing it or you will only work yourself to death for nothing. ( the newscaster asked the craft show guy what he was going to do with the million dollars that he just won in the lottery. He replied that he would just keep on crafting till it was gone.) There is too much truth in that story.
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    The library uses the Dewey Decimal System. Its divided into ten basis categories. I divided my pattern subjects into 9 categories (saving the last for something?). They are Southwest, western (cowboy), farm, transportation-occupation, signs and symbols, animals, fantasy, victorian, and Sports & hobbies. These can be subdivided with unlimited use of numbers (ie. 553.36 is girl scouts logo) 5 is for signs and symbols, 53 is my division for logos and .36 is my 36th logo.
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