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Announcement: As of 1/1/09, The Crafts Fair Guide |
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GENERAL INFORMATION| Issue | Mailed On |
| January-March | September 1 |
| April-June | December 1 |
| July-September | March 1 |
| October-December | June 1 |
CONTACT INFORMATION
THE CRAFTS FAIR GUIDE
PO BOX 39429
DOWNEY, CA 90239-0429
NO. CAL PHONE: 415-924-3259
SO. CAL PHONE: 562-869-5882
E-MAIL:info@craftsfairguide.com
WWW.CRAFTSFAIRGUIDE.COM
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
THE CRAFTS FAIR GUIDE is published quarterly.
$45 for 4 issues (1 year)
$80 for 2 years
Lee Spiegel, once known as The Jolly Balloon Man from Berkeley, was sharing a pick-up dinner with several craftspeople in the back of a potter’s VW Microbus. The year was 1972 and they had just participated in a particularly wretched crafts fair where nobody had made much money.
“Somebody should do something about this mess,” said a jeweler. “We need to find out what these shows are like before we send in our money! I’m sick and tired of being ripped off.”
And thus the idea for the Crafts Fair Guide was born. Lee brought out the first issue (typed on a $15 flea market typewriter and consisting of 10 pages) in the spring of 1973.
Thirty years later, the Guide survives and thrives based on its original idea that shared knowledge is powerful. With the help of this excellent marketing tool, thousands of artists and craftspeople have made successful careers selling their work at arts and crafts fairs. The Guide, although many times the size of the original, is still true to Lee’s vision and continues to provide a voice for the Arts and Crafts Community.
In late 2006, The Crafts Fair Guide was acquired by Craftmaster Enterprises, publisher
of Craftmaster News, the leading publication of event listings for the
Western United States. For more information, visit our website here: http://www.craftmasternews.com