My Storage Solutions for Artist Alley Inventory & Displays!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- I'd like to share how I store my inventory and display items for selling at anime conventions in the artist alley!
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Hello everyone! I am here with what will hopefully be a useful video for those of you who table at conventions and other craft fairs and art markets!
Since I've been selling in artist alleys since 2017, I've had many different display setups and items that I sell, and every time I make a change, I have to figure out how to store those things for transportation and organization while selling!
In this video, I'll go over the different methods and containers I am currently using to store everything! Though please keep in mind, I have never flown to a convention before, only driven. So these storage methods are not tested for flying!
I don't want to come off as the most absolute way to store these items, I know there are other fantastic methods as well! So let's start a discussion! If there are storage methods you use that I don't mention, or maybe even better ways to do something that I've shown here, leave a comment so other people can see different storage solutions!
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0:00 Intro
1:14 Full Booth Setup
1:55 Inventory Storage
4:50 Display Items Storage
7:01 How do you store your items?
8:09 Outro
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Thanks so much! I just did my first convention and thought I was so smart just throwing everything in a suitcase. We got rained out and I learned QUICKLY that keeping things orderly without any order is not possible. Will be implementing some this for sure!
I’m glad to hear it was helpful!
These are amazing ideas! For me I organize my stickers in an index card holder that has built in tabs. It’s very compact and easy to grab and go when people purchase one! 💖
WHAT okay I need to look into that!! Thank you 🥺💖
I’ve got my first conventions ever coming up this summer, and this was something I’ve been thinking about *a lot*. So the timing of this video was perrrrrfect. 😱
Oh I’m so glad!! I hope you can get a lot of tips from it! I plan to do some more videos in the future about how I make my display boards and stuff, but I do have more tips on my Tiktok~
I use the plastic box that has more plastic boxes inside of it, like you have, right now for stickers but I recently saw an artist store stickers in one of those budgeting binders that people use for cash stuffing and I think that’s a great way to downsize for flying!
Ohhh that is a great tip for downsizing!! Thank you for sharing!
super helpful resource ! I've been doing alleys for about 3 years now and started researching how to set one up in 2017. I wish I had this video when I started ! It's been so interesting to see how tips and tricks videos have grown for artist alley. I remember there used to be very few Good videos on artist alley prep. So I kinda just stopped looking for youtube videos on artist alleys. Now I can find answers to any niche questions easily. I found this video while searching how to store vinyl stickers. While I wouldn't really consider that too niche, back then I know there wasn't many answers for that. Let alone the videos that even go into storage. Thank you !
I’m so glad it was helpful! And thank you for the feedback, I love to learn what people are searching to find my videos!
SUPER HELPFUL VIDEO!!! thank you you're a lifesaver!!!
Glad to hear it!!
Very useful video! Thanks for making this!
You’re very welcome! 🥰
STORAGE WIZARDRY!!!!! honestly goals
You’ll get there!!
I have my first convention this June and this is SO HELPFUL omg !!! :)
AH I’m so glad!! Feel free to ask me any questions you might have for other con-related things, I’ll do my best to answer! 💖
im thinking of doing my first artist alley someday and this is super helpful!
I’m so glad to hear that!!
I saw someone storing and displaying stickers and stuff inside a fabric shoe holder with pockets. Easy to put up and take down and fold to store.
Oh I’ve seen that solution before too! I’ve never personally tried it, but it looks effective~
This was very helpful! Thank you for making this video! :D I really think this video will help me for my next Artist Alley!
I'm so happy I could help!! I hope your next show is a wild success~
this is all such good ideas ! thank you !
You are very welcome, I'm glad they were helpful!
I think you should use vacuum bags for stuffed stuff! There are lots of types which you can use without a vacuum. Thanks sm for this video, it was super helpful and gave me lots of ideas! 🥰
I actually use vacuum bags for them now!
Could you also make a vid on expectations you had for your first artist table, and how it went? Oh man, i want to also learn more about selling at conventions and how much you should bring and prep before i start applying to cons.
I don’t know that I could recall what I expected out of my first show since it’s been so long, but I would love to do a series of tips for beginners with info like that!
I have a question! Where did you buy your wire grids?
I'm going to have my first art booth ever today! I had to fly to the convention. Luckily packing went well enough, not quite as expected though
Good luck to you!! I hope it’s a really successful one~ Do you have any tips for packing inventory or display for flying?
My top advice would be to pack as light as possible. I placed all my tiny inventory/display pieces. A great advice I was given was to cut up the fabric for your display. If you've bought 3m of fabric as a table cloth and only need 1.5 m then just cut it right off and you'll save weight/space. Also for grid walls I'd recommend only bringing the ammount you need and not any excess walls if they're not needed for your display. Try out the display beforehand to see what you need and not need. This step saved me a lot of space
unfortunatly i have to fit everything in one suitecase haha but i love the christmas ornament box!
Oh gosh that’s talent!!
Soooo helpful! I'm preparing for my first con and there's just so much to think about 👀 Could I ask where you got the postcard display? I've been looking for one like that!
I’m so glad it was helpful to you! The wooden postcard display is from cleardisplays.com, they have tons of different display options!
@@LeSpiritDesigns thank you so much!
Where do you get the cardstock paper boards? When I Google it I can't find anything
I was going to suggest watching my latest video about display boards, but I just saw your comment on it!
How did you make the display boards for your stickers and charms?
I plan to make a tutorial video about this, but basically I create the file in InDesign and send it to my local printer! They print it on business card thick cardstock!
How do you display your keychains for cons? What do use to attach it
I have some short videos on tiktok that talk about this, as well as some of my more recent con crunch vlogs, but I use little command hooks and seal them with hot glue!
@@LeSpiritDesigns thank you :)
can I ask what kind of tripod you have there? I've been looking for that exact one.
It’s this one! Julius Studio Backdrop Stand - amzn.to/3IuDrwQ
Thank you so much I appreciate it!