I realised the other day that I did my first stall over four years ago.

This was it:

Not a lot on it, was there?!

But one thing it did have, right from the start, was a sign. (Although it was made out of little bits of paper.)

I have lost track of the number of craft fairs I’ve been to where there are lovely stalls, but I am completely at a loss to know who they are. Because they don’t have a sign to tell you.

I have a poor memory for names, and I’m not very good at filing business cards I pick up – they live on the side of the fridge for a while before eventually, covered in dust and general kitchen stickiness, they end up in the bin.

I tend to keep track of favourite stalls by snapping a photo. But looking back, I can only tell who the stalls belong to if they have a sign.

It’s a shame, because I might well have sought out some of them online later.

Once my first sign started to get a bit grubby and wrinkled (like me) I sewed myself a proper one…

I made my replacement sign from a deckchair sling, because as well as being bold and eye-catching the fabric is also water-resistant.

But looking at my stall set-up with a critical eye recently, I felt a bit “meh” about it.

I fancied a change.

So I made a new one…
I used the same technique – wrapping wire with fabric – as in my recent hoopla creations…

The new sign is lightweight and easy to transport.

And if it gets a bit crumpled en route, it can just be bent back into shape.

I added a few little fripperies, just to make it cuter…

It can be propped on a shelf, pinned to the front of the stall, or hung on the wall.

And it looks quite nice when not in use…Mind you, by the time I’d finished making it my fingers were a bit fatigued after all that wrapping.

I was beginning to wish I’d chosen a shorter name for my business.

So now it’s done I’m quite glad to be able to call it a wrap. ♥