This fall I’m going back to the Autumn Art Fest Craft Fair in Newport!
Last year, this was my first market ever and I had SO MUCH fun, I’m coming back again! I’ll have handmade jewelry, new stickers, art prints, and new handmade books, plus a new table design and set up. I’m so excited to share what I’ve been working on and see some old friends!
Come see me there on November 12 at the Newport Recreation Center!
This month I’m going to bring my artwork and crafts to the Autumn Fest Art Show in Newport, OR! I am SO JAZZED about this, I can’t even calm down and haven’t been able to for weeks, alternating between really enthused and totally overwhelmed on a regular cycle.
This will be my FIRST artist market/ bazaar ever as an independent artist. Sure, I’ve been to tons of fairs and markets before, as a shopper and as a tabler, and always that for organizations I’ve worked for, or as a volunteer hosting kids activities and doing outreach. But this time, I’ll be showing off my art; I’ll get to see how folks react to my artwork LIVE, which, yes is quite intimidating, but I”m excited.
I really love markets, and these past couple of years, I’ve missed them terribly! A friend of mine (Alexandra Schaefers, another Oregon artist) told me about Autum Fest and I practically jumped on the registration form. Since signing up, I’ve been working on desiging my booth and creating inventory to show off. I might have gotten a little over-excited as I’ve been discovering new crafts and arts I want to try out and possibly make to sell at the market.
In addition to the original paintings and illustrations, prints, cards, and stickers, I’ll also offer up my hand-bound sketchbooks (new covers and re-bound covers) and jewelry. This has been an awesome opportunity to explore my interests and really organize my work for my online shop and local shops, too. One of the most fun parts of this market prep has also been working on figuring out my aesthetic and desiging my table and booth display, and these days I’m going with dark-forest-planty-craft-good-witch-who-likes-to-make-pretty-necklaces. That’s a thing, right?
If you’re in the area, please come check out the Autumn Fest Art Show in Newport on November 13, 10-4 pm. If you’re not in the area, you can follow me on Instagram for pics from the fair, plus notices on updates to the Etsy shop!
