I realised the other day that I did my first stall over four years ago.<\/p>\n

This was it:<\/p>\n

Not a lot on it, was there?!<\/p>\n

But one thing it\u00a0did<\/em> have, right from the start, was a sign. (Although it was<\/em> made out of little bits of paper.)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0they are. Because they don’t have a sign to tell you.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0before eventually, covered in dust and general kitchen stickiness, they end up in the bin.<\/p>\n

I tend to keep track of favourite stalls by snapping a photo. But looking back, I can only tell who the stalls belong to\u00a0if they have a sign<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s a shame, because I might well have sought out some of them online later.<\/p>\n

Once\u00a0my first sign started to get\u00a0a bit grubby and wrinkled (like me)\u00a0I sewed myself a proper one…<\/p>\n

I made my replacement\u00a0sign\u00a0from a deckchair sling, because as well as being bold and eye-catching\u00a0the fabric is\u00a0also\u00a0water-resistant.<\/p>\n

But looking at\u00a0my stall set-up with a critical eye recently, I felt a bit “meh”\u00a0about it.<\/p>\n

I fancied a change.<\/p>\n

So I made a new one…
\nI used the same technique – wrapping wire with fabric – as in\u00a0my recent hoopla creations…<\/p>\n

The new sign is lightweight and easy to transport.<\/p>\n

And if it gets a bit crumpled en route, it can just be bent back into shape.<\/p>\n

I added a few little fripperies, just to make it cuter…<\/p>\n

It can be propped on a shelf, pinned to the front of the stall, or hung on the wall.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I was beginning to wish I’d chosen a shorter name for my business.<\/p>\n

So now it’s done I’m quite glad to be able to call it\u00a0a wrap.\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n

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