Though what ends up being more helpful is reviewing previous sales at similar fairs in terms of attendance, sales, etc. It’s enormously helpful to have this one sheet overview and only takes about 5 minutes to input after a fair (just did one today!) since we track sales via Square

We have a spreadsheet that we enter numbers of each thing after every fair, along with the days. A formula spits out an average of how much we sell per day, which helps us estimate how much to pack for future fairs.

Data 70+Helvetica+desktop computer+the office+bar code+the earth+bar code ON the earth+implied sheeple+mailing address that's not a PO Box

Many other people were clearly inspired by Mandela’s words because this poster’s no longer in print, but you can still see it at classset.org; check currenteditions.biz for other (equally inspirational) posters in stock.

When discussing design ideas and motifs with Jeffrey, @jessalynaaland.bsky.social remembers proposing: “what about someone landing the most awesome skateboard trick?” Skate tricks, long shot mayoral races, the fall of an apartheid state—turns out the message holds up. 🍎🛹🍎

Yet their upload progress bar remains committed to early internet aesthetics

This is why our newest publication was set in Twentieth Century!!

Awesome!! Did you hear of anyone doing it? Naturally that could have been another publication 😂

It would also be a fun opportunity for me to weed my sticker collection and some of those. @marc-fischer.bsky.social I bet you could figure out something like that to combine with the vast collection of other ephemera in your life.
Honestly my dream would be a train show if we made stuff for that

I like the idea of a specialist gathering if you make things that address that topic. One fair I wanted to do last year but couldn’t due to a conflict was a Sticker Fair, as we make a sticker related publication in addition to actual stickers (and I make other art with actual stickers).

We’ve streamlined packaging too: we like Stayflat mailers for booklets—they keep things safe, and all you have to do is pop it in and peel the strip. For wholesale orders, we save boxes and packing materials from our own mail. It’s free and we get to ☮️❤️♻️

Second: make it fun (whatever that means for you). We print note cards on leftover cover stock with our Risograph, but a black-and-white printer works too. Add a sticker, a doodle—something quick that makes the package a little more personal.

If mail order feels like a chore, my #1 tip: systematize it! We bought a secondhand label printer, and our shop auto-syncs with our shipping platform. Presets for each item let us print labels in seconds. The whole process takes about 5 minutes.

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thank you