First try at the Artist Alley - advice?

Welcome aboard the artist table train!

I can tell you that a lot of people will want customs -BUT- there are a good handful of people that want costume wear or don't have a character yet and your premade items might even help them create their character! I don't make handmade sellables for my table so i am not to sure how many would be good to have premade. (i have prints and little art pieces mostly.) I hope someone else can answer that for you. Commissions are normally where it is at though as people want "their character" and such.

I'm not sure about bidding type things at your table, as thats what the art show is for. However i have done raffles and no one has said anything. HOWEVER, i ALWAYS suggest asking the chairmen (chair[at]vancoufur.ca and vice.chair[at]vancoufur.ca ) about it first before you do it *just in case!* Always better to be safe then sorry. From year to year, things can change. We had someone selling fudge and home made goodies in one of our previous years but now we are not allowed to have anyone selling food of any kind because of the agreement this year.

As for decorating your table, a nice table cloth or sign always does wonders for me. I know some people get stands or those metal casings from staples (in the US. i cant seem to find them in canada staples) to hold and display their things. I think that would be preferable to you since you will have heavier objects to post up and will need that stability. (OR you can just pin them to the table cloth so if anyone tries to snatch them from your table they get stuck ;P *preventative measures. i've had people try ti take bookmarks and small things from my table. some have succeeded inpilfering them so i pin everything to the table or connect them somehow.) I am not sure how well hanging things from the front of the table would be.

Table size can be found here: vancoufur.ca/aa.php

In BC, you don't need a tax ID to sell at our convention. ^_^