looking for display for craft fair suggestions

I am doing a craft fair in March and I am looking for a creative and exciting way to display my greeting cards. I have done one fair before and I jerry-rigged a sort of clothes line strung between 2 gift wrapped and weighted shoe boxes. It was ok, but I am looking to make it even better! And of course, the less expensive the better...
Anyone?

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Permalink Reply by crookedstamper on January 26, 2010 at 6:27am: When I first started, I bought to table-top spinner card racks and had the rest of my cards in a box. I have grown to two full-size floor-standing spinner racks, but I still leave the rest of the cards in boxes on the table, organized by category: B'day, thank you, etc. No one seems to have a problem flipping through the boxes.

I have also used standing walls with hanging card racks, but those are a big investment, and honestly so much work I've stopped using them. But my booths did look like a mini card store there for a few years. ;-)

I have also seen cards displayed on tiered stands, like large spice racks, so they are staggered. Tall is better than flat for a display. You could always start with baskets on the different levels.

I can send you pics of my various set-ups if you email me. lqhanna at gmail dot com; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Reggie on January 26, 2010 at 6:41am: I have always liked looking through boxes for cards at various markets. When I find the ones I'm looking for I feel like I've worked a little for my "find." I actually have memories of standing there "uncovering" some of my favorite cards... especially when the stand is full of other people doing the same thing. Kind of like a treasure hunt! :) Of course, it's a nice display that will get me stopping to look in the first place...

crookedstamper said:
I still leave the rest of the cards in boxes on the table, organized by category: B'day, thank you, etc. No one seems to have a problem flipping through the boxes.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by paper airplane design on January 26, 2010 at 8:56am: thanks for the suggestions. I am not sure that I have enough cards to put them in a box - I have about 2 sets of each of 14 designs. So a box might look kind of sparse on the table. I'd like to display single cards for people to look at most clearly. Considering something like this:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1178894?&cat=al...; ▶ Reply to This