Craft fairs 2010 Puget Sound/Seattle area

I’m planning to participate in a craft fair this year – my first. So I searched for various craft shows being held in this area and after spending some long hours on the internet, here’s the compiled information. Hope this helpful to you. How you can help me?

1. There are still some fairs for which I couldn’t find any information – if you’ve participated in them in the past or have any information on them please leave a comment for me so that I can update it here.
2. If you information on any other craft fair then I would love to include it here, so let me know.
3. I would live to rating to them with respect to – what kind of products is it good for, what kind of audience does it get, how are the sales and so on. So if you’ve participated in them in the past, please let me know what you felt about them.

How to read this list?

Each craft fair listing has the following information in order:

• Booth fees
• Application fee or Commission
• Deadline
• Actual date of the show
• Contact

1. Phinney Neighborhood center, Seattle
   • From $150
   • Appln fees $15
   • Aug 23rd, Fees increase after that
   • Dec 4 and 5
   • http://www.phinneycenter.org/events/wf.shtml
2. UCU winter fair, Seattle
   • From $200
   • Appln fees $10
   • 6-Sep
   • Dec 4 and 5
   • http://www.urbancraftuprising.com/apply2010winter.php
3. Best of the Northwest, Seattle
   • n/a
   • n/a
   • Over
   • Nov 12 and 14
   • http://nwartalliance.com/events/Fall_2010_Best_of_the_Northwest/
4. Punk Rock Flea Market, Seattle
   • $40 - last year
   • n/a
   • n/a
   • Dec 4 (tentative)
   • n/a
5. St Agnes Church
   • $8-15
   • 20% commission, $30 min
   • 23-Aug
   • 6-Nov
   • Ann-Patrice Riccardo (206) 363-3994 dtap3@msn.com.
6. Red ribbons and reindeer, Hollywood Schoolhouse, Woodinville
   • No Information
7. Pickering Barn Christmas Craft Show, Issaquah
   • Appln fee $60,
   • 23% commission
   • open till filled
   • Nov 4-6
   • http://country-creation.blogspot.com/2009/10/procedures.html
8. North Kitsap Holiday Fest, Poulsbo
   • From $110
   • n/a
   • Feb 15th, Fees increase after that
   • Nov 6 and 7
   • http://www.nkschools.org/160020815215741697/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=65483
9. Starving Housewives Echo Fall Holiday Craft Show, Snohomish
   • From $50
   • Comission 23%
   • n/a
   • Nov 9-13
   • http://www.starvinghousewives.com/index.php
10. My Friends and More Holiday Bazaar, Bothell
    • From $30
    • n/a
    • 1-Nov
    • 13-Nov
    • http://www.craftybug.com/bazaar/bazaarvendorinfo.htm
11. Saint Brendan PTO Holiday crafts bazaar, Bothell
    • Last year from $90
    • No Information
    • Last year’s application - http://www.saintbrendan.org/school/CraftFair/2009%20Application.pdf
12. Vasa park christmas show, Bellevue
    • Appln fee $60,
    • 23% commission
    • open till filled
    • Nov 18-20
    • http://country-creation.blogspot.com/2009/10/procedures.html
13. Vasa Park Fall Gift show, Bellevue
    • Appln fee $60,
    • 23% commission
    • open till filled
    • Nov 14-16
    • http://country-creation.blogspot.com/2009/10/procedures.html
14. Holiday gift and food fair, Silverdale
    • Deadline over
    • http://www.holidaygiftfair.com/
15. Mill Creek Lions Club Holiday Bazaar, Everett
    • From $45
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • Nov 20th
    • http://www.millcreeklions.org/CraftBazaar.htm
16. Bellevue Hilltop Holiday Craft Show, Bellevue
    • From $145
    • n/a
    • Nov 13
    • Social@bellevueclub.com
17. Festival of Crafts, Enumclaw
    • From $50, good space $150
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • Nov 19-21
    • http://enumclawfestivalofcrafts.com/id27.html
18. Maple Valley Holiday Bazaar and Gift Show, Maple Valley
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • Nov 19-20
    • http://bymarilyn.com/CONTACT_ME.html
19. Happy Valley Arts and Crafts Fair, Redmond
    • $50 
    • n/a
    • Oct 8 
    • Dec 4
    • n/a
20. Chimacum Arts and Crafts Fair, Chimacum
    • from $50
    • 10% after first $400
    • n/a
    • Dec 11-12
    • http://web.me.com/scripture/Chimacum_Arts/Vendor_Registeration.html
21. Fox Island Holiday Gift Bazaar, Fox Island
    • From $25
    • n/a
    • 12-Sep
    • 11-Dec
    • http://www.foxisland.net/events.asp
22. "The LAW 5^th Annual Art-tastic Holiday Shopportunity", Everett
    • No Information
    • Contact jules@lowellartworks.com
23. Edmonds Bazaar and Craft Fair, Downtown Edmonds
    • $60 for 1 table for two days, $110 for 2 tables
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • Nov 26-27
    • Contact Cathy at cathy@cooknco.com
24. SEPAC Woodinville Holiday Craft Fair, Woodinville/Bothell
    • $60 w/o table, $65 with table – Early bird rates
    • n/a
    • Aug 31
    • Nov 6
    • http://www.sepacnsd.org/craftfair.html
25. Fall Craft Fair, Monroe
    • $25 per table, $50 for hallway table
    • 20% commission
    • n/a
    • Nov 6-7
    • Tricia wydstmaryvalley@gmail.com
26. Annual Holiday Bazaar, Moutlake Terrace
    • $35-40
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • Nov 13-14
    • If you’d like an application, please send an email to bazaarapplication@yahoo.com with the following information:
      Name
      Address
      Phone number
      Type of product(s) you sell
27. Holiday Bazaar, Renton Salvation Army
    • $20
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • Nov 13
    • Kimm Baxter event-e9hr4-1780819569@craigslist.org
28. Holiday Bazaar, Lake Forest Park
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • n/a
    • Nov 13
    • Barbara Teall @ 206-244-6565 or email at teallbjtea@aol.com
29. Holiday Bazaar, Auburn (Lakeland Elementary School in Auburn, WA (close to Federal Way)
    • $40
    • n/a
    • Aug 31
    • Nov 6
    • lakelandptabazaar@yahoo.com. Looks like it’s not a handmade-only fair.
30. Shoreline Holiday Crafts Market, Shoreline
    • $65
    • n/a
    • Sept 17 for new vendors, Aug 6 for returning vendors
    • Nov 20
    • Shoreline Holiday Crafts Market 2010 vendor application
31. Queen Anne Trunk Show, Seattle
    • $45
    • Aug 31
    • Nov 20
    • http://www.sweetpeacottage.org/
32. Santa’s Elves Holiday Bazaar, Bellevue
    • No Information
33. Redmond Lights Holiday Craft Bazaar
• $18 for non-senior redmond residents
• n/a
• Registration starts Oct 18
• Dec 4
• http://redmondlights.com/contactus/contactus.html

LA

LA = Leave of Absence :). I’ve been on a long leave of absence – all related to our moving into out first house! First buying the house and then settling down – together they make a long winding process :). Now that we’re quite settled, I’m back in business. I have my very own table for crafting – can you believe that?!?! And the cherry topping are the Alex drawers from IKEA! We bought two of them and I thought I was planning for the future. Who was I kidding?!?! They’re already full! Well that takes care of not buying too much of stuff!

Though I’ve been missing from the blog world, I haven’t been completely out of crafting. A few months back I made these gift card holders for an acquaintance. There were 10 of them so I decided to make a little purse to put them in. Don’t they look cute?!?! She was very happy when she saw them!

Did I tell you that I incorporated DH’s help to do these? He’s so cute – he punched all the flowers for me. There are around 24 punched flowers and 10 of these cards which makes 240 punches. He did every one of them! A big thank you to him :-) Oh and we also broke my old punch in the process. So we had to buy a new one in haste. My old one was a McGill Daisy Stacking punch and though the punched flower was beautiful, the punch itself wasn’t great. The new one – a marvy uchida I think – is just the opposite. I like it’s buttery smooth punching more than the flower! Oh well what can you do…

The ribbon used on the bag is a recycled one – I lifted it from a packing we received some time back. The leaves are hand-drawn.

 

Supplies: DCWV cardstock, stacking daisy punch, dew drops look-alike, white gel pen.