Brick Street Market, Zionsville, IN

As promised, I visited the Brick Street Market show in Zionsville, IN today.  It was busy!  Lots of people, good weather (at least this morning) and lots of great crafts.

Things I noticed today:

1. Jewelry is everywhere.  I don't know how they do it, but they still manage to sell even with all the competition.  I wouldn't suggest getting into this category unless you have some really unique designs.  It is also often difficult to even get in to some shows because this is the first category that gets closed due to the volume of people applying.
2. I have not yet seen a craft show set up this way.  I kind of liked it.  They had several very large tents housing nearly 20 vendors under one roof.  A little like several small craft malls at one show.
3. A lot more stuff geared toward kids.  Kids clothes, hats, art, woodworking, etc.
4. Empty spaces.  This can hurt a show.  Either it was the impending weather report of rain or some no shows, promoters should be trying to moving some booths closer together to eliminate the look of empty spaces.

I don't usually get to walk shows as a vendor and spend as much time as I did today looking at everything there.  It was good research for this blog.  This is definetely why you should walk around a few shows and get some ideas.

My next few posts are about some of the detail stuff I noticed today.