I just went to my first Anime Convention Artist Alley with my Perler Art last weekend! Not quite the same as a craft fair, but same concept. It was 3 days and I made almost $800 before table cost and materials, but I consider it a huge success! I hand wrote all my prices on signs and it was def. a bit messy looking so I will be making a printed price list going forward, thanks for the idea! For anyone else who is thinking about selling their perlers, there is def a market for them. Another thing that did well for me was taking good quality pictures of my bigger ticket items and turning them into stickers to sell as well; it was great for people who would look at and appreciate my large pieces but couldn't afford $90 for it, they could get a sticker and a smaller piece.
What a great idea to make stickers of the bigger projects! Thanks for taking the time to comment and telling others about your experience! I’m so happy to hear it was successful! That is a HUGE success!! Congrats!!!🎊🎈🍾 Yes, a typed price sheet helps for customers but it’s even better for you for to keep track on your prices. ✅ Handwritten is great too!!! Again..CONGRATS! - Ryan
Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate it. I love to express the fun and nostalgic factor of this art form. It’s wonderful and super-cool to be able to recreate the pixel art of my childhood and show others how! - Ryan
Great video! I'm just getting back into perler beading after not having done it since I was a kid. I want to start building an online shop/presence first, but I'm open to craft fairs too. Just bought myself some boards and a bucket of beads and a mini heat press. Can't wait to get back into this hobby. And going through your videos has been a great help! So good to hear from a brother in Christ. Lord Bless from a sister.
Praise His name! We do all through Him..creator and sustainer! Thank you for your kind words. Wonderful to hear your getting back into beading! It’s so much fun to do. Yes, building an online store is a lot of fun! Let me know if you have any questions along the way! - Ryan
First off... been watching your videos for last few weeks as I got back into my Perler beading again. I just made a huge 18x28" portrait like a crazy person. Haven't ironed it yet because I'm frightened of completely messing it up. I still can't get handle on the melting (either iron or heat press, doesn't seem tovwork right regardless of temp) Anyway bringing this up because after you mentioned Top Tier Beads in previous videos I went to look and oh my. 🤯 so many colors. I took advantage of their sale the other weekend and really looking forward to adding them to my projects. ❤️ so thanks for the tips on that in your videos. As for craft fairs... I have yet to do one but am interested for sure as I also do portrait woodburnings and looking to get that exposure of my art out there. I was looking at perler beading as an extra way to have different things available as my wood art isn't on the cheaper side. You mention the "be prepared to talk a lot". As an introvert that honestly scares me and is probably main reason I have yet to do fairs/shows yet. Hoping to jump that hurtle eventually 🤦♀️ Just again wanna thank you for your videos. I enjoy them and gives me things to think about
Thank you so much for your comment and for watching the channel! I appreciate it. Glad you’re getting some great tips and things to think about. Wow, an 18 x 28 portrait would definitely be a tough one. I would recommend the tape method for something like that. I find, for bigger projects, it definitely takes more skill and fine-tuning. You could try one of those much bigger heat presses, like this one. ⬇️ www.amazon.com/dp/B07G51DZ45/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_JNPYRZY198M9S2XKE52A?linkCode=ml2&tag=rdwalk-20 It takes lots of practice, but keep going and you will get there. I find confidence goes a long way. I’m probably going to do another video soon on my tips for using heat presses. So stay tuned for that! Wood portraits sound fantastic and I know you’d definitely have a market for that, especially if it’s customizable for your customers! As far as talking and all that, I’m mostly an introvert as well…but like I said in the video ..you’ll get more comfortable as you go through the experience and you are talking about your passion …so it isn’t as hard as you think. 😎👍🏻 At the end of the day..you are your best advocate and if people see you’re excited and confident about it, they will be too! Glad you jumped on that sale….TopTierBeads has SO MANY COLORS!! Happy beading! ✅ - Ryan
Tell me about your craft fair experience! 😅
I just went to my first Anime Convention Artist Alley with my Perler Art last weekend! Not quite the same as a craft fair, but same concept. It was 3 days and I made almost $800 before table cost and materials, but I consider it a huge success! I hand wrote all my prices on signs and it was def. a bit messy looking so I will be making a printed price list going forward, thanks for the idea! For anyone else who is thinking about selling their perlers, there is def a market for them. Another thing that did well for me was taking good quality pictures of my bigger ticket items and turning them into stickers to sell as well; it was great for people who would look at and appreciate my large pieces but couldn't afford $90 for it, they could get a sticker and a smaller piece.
What a great idea to make stickers of the bigger projects! Thanks for taking the time to comment and telling others about your experience! I’m so happy to hear it was successful! That is a HUGE success!! Congrats!!!🎊🎈🍾
Yes, a typed price sheet helps for customers but it’s even better for you for to keep track on your prices. ✅
Handwritten is great too!!! Again..CONGRATS!
- Ryan
Your love of the art form is heartening!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate it. I love to express the fun and nostalgic factor of this art form. It’s wonderful and super-cool to be able to recreate the pixel art of my childhood and show others how!
- Ryan
This is awesome! Thank you so much 😊
You’re very welcome! Glad you found it helpful and informative. Feel free to ask any questions you have. 😎👍🏻 Thanks for watching!
Great video! I'm just getting back into perler beading after not having done it since I was a kid. I want to start building an online shop/presence first, but I'm open to craft fairs too. Just bought myself some boards and a bucket of beads and a mini heat press. Can't wait to get back into this hobby. And going through your videos has been a great help! So good to hear from a brother in Christ. Lord Bless from a sister.
Praise His name! We do all through Him..creator and sustainer!
Thank you for your kind words. Wonderful to hear your getting back into beading! It’s so much fun to do. Yes, building an online store is a lot of fun! Let me know if you have any questions along the way!
- Ryan
First off... been watching your videos for last few weeks as I got back into my Perler beading again. I just made a huge 18x28" portrait like a crazy person. Haven't ironed it yet because I'm frightened of completely messing it up. I still can't get handle on the melting (either iron or heat press, doesn't seem tovwork right regardless of temp) Anyway bringing this up because after you mentioned Top Tier Beads in previous videos I went to look and oh my. 🤯 so many colors. I took advantage of their sale the other weekend and really looking forward to adding them to my projects. ❤️ so thanks for the tips on that in your videos.
As for craft fairs... I have yet to do one but am interested for sure as I also do portrait woodburnings and looking to get that exposure of my art out there. I was looking at perler beading as an extra way to have different things available as my wood art isn't on the cheaper side.
You mention the "be prepared to talk a lot". As an introvert that honestly scares me and is probably main reason I have yet to do fairs/shows yet. Hoping to jump that hurtle eventually 🤦♀️
Just again wanna thank you for your videos. I enjoy them and gives me things to think about
Thank you so much for your comment and for watching the channel! I appreciate it. Glad you’re getting some great tips and things to think about. Wow, an 18 x 28 portrait would definitely be a tough one. I would recommend the tape method for something like that. I find, for bigger projects, it definitely takes more skill and fine-tuning. You could try one of those much bigger heat presses, like this one. ⬇️
www.amazon.com/dp/B07G51DZ45/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_JNPYRZY198M9S2XKE52A?linkCode=ml2&tag=rdwalk-20
It takes lots of practice, but keep going and you will get there. I find confidence goes a long way.
I’m probably going to do another video soon on my tips for using heat presses. So stay tuned for that!
Wood portraits sound fantastic and I know you’d definitely have a market for that, especially if it’s customizable for your customers! As far as talking and all that, I’m mostly an introvert as well…but like I said in the video ..you’ll get more comfortable as you go through the experience and you are talking about your passion …so it isn’t as hard as you think. 😎👍🏻 At the end of the day..you are your best advocate and if people see you’re excited and confident about it, they will be too!
Glad you jumped on that sale….TopTierBeads has SO MANY COLORS!!
Happy beading! ✅
- Ryan
IF I WAS THERE I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ALL OF THEM🫶🫶
Haha, thank you!!!
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