I discovered last event that my set up is not great. When you're sharing space with someone you need to be able to make a cohesive display. Something my partner and i are working on. The problem is she does a lot of big things or space munchers and I make a lot of little things thattend to fade out under the shade of things like her plushies and my scarves. I've been trying to make new displays but it just isn't working. My last one was too high up and before that my stuff just tended to blend together untill it looked like a rainbow had pooped on my table. It just wasn't working. Plus I needed a way to make pricing very obvious.
Into the back stock *clutter room* I went hunting for something. For the record I have a few display shelves I've picked up here and there. I have an earring rack that spins, a tall glasses spinner I just can't use yet, and other misc shelves. We use our black and qhite cubeing shelves to give us table height, but I still needed something that was low enough to not block the bottom cubes.
I found these:
This was part of a roll of foam I tend to cut pieces from for boffer weapons...when I actually make boffers. I have a pretty big roll so I cut down three pieces for the boards.
My plan is to glue the foam to the boards, cover them with a fabric that matches my sign. (purple cuz I'm not doing more pink and the black in my stall is already overwhelming.)
To give it color I tacked some old fabric over the foam and board after glueing the foam to the board so nothing would slip. The fabric is microsuade which tends to be fairly dirt proof and water proof. Over time I'll have to change it but for now it works with my colors. I chose to pin it in case something does happen to the fabric. This way i can change it easier.
This is just an image of how i have the necklaces held onto the board.
Once I cover them I'll add a prop stand in the back. Not sure how yet though. My plan is to make these easy to collapse, pack and set up. So the prop stand needs to fold up or be somthing easily packed.
What I learned after building the boards was they were almost fine flat. They only needed minimal lift. Ineded up just making little blocks to put under them and now i have this.
The little pink flowers on the corners are the prices for the stuff on the board.
Update: I used the boards this last weekend. they were ok, ut really I think I need to make a spinning rack of some sort. These take up way too much table space.
As always, with a little playing around I managed to fill in a need in my crafts. NEVER THROW USEFUL STUFF AWAY!
Edit: As much as these boards helped with transport, they eat up a ton of space. If you're working by yourself they're great because you can spread them out. However, if you are like me and sharing a table with friends then it doesn't work out so well. I've since added the necklaces and such to a hanging rack and reused these racks as a stepping shelf for my dragons.
For the record this worked out very well, but it needs reinforcing. It wobbles a bit. Also don't have anything above it. Someone will knock stuff down and you will lose product that way.
If you have any questions, comments, critiques feel free to drop me a line. I'm always up for chatting.
