Vendor Information - members of Las Aranas
Spiders’ Market Albuquerque Garden Center 9-5 Friday and Saturday, March 3 & 4
Spiders’ Market is our annual Spring Sale. It includes everything from pot holders to Tapestry, It will be held
March 3-4.
The Opening Reception is Thursday, March 2nd from 5-7. It is open to Las Arañas Members and their guests. You may bring 1 guest ($10 charge for each additional guest) Food and drink are provided and you can bid in the Silent Auction or make purchases of the sale items
Regular sales days are Friday and Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm at the Albuquerque Garden Center at
10120 Lomas Ave NE.
Requirements to participate in the sale
Equipment: Books (fiber related), new and used equipment. Please submit pictures for equipment larger than 2 people can handle.
Pricing: Pricing is always interesting. Keep track of the cost to produce (Wholesale - cost of yarn, finishing, etc.). Add the cost of doing business (commission, labels, tags). Then double that amount. Also look at what the market will bear and you may adjust your pricing. You need to cover at least your expenses. Often this is just a hobby for many people but our products have a perceived value. Pricing too low can affect how people see our products, we want to provide high quality items at a fair price but not undercut other vendors.
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!!!! do not price using odd cents. Make your price either an exact dollar amount or, if you must make it a partial dollar, make it 50 cents more
Labels: According to the law all clothing must have a permanent care and content label. You can make or purchase labels. Purchased labels can be expensive. Google and a lot of options come up.
Tags: It is a service to our customers to include as much information on our items as we can. We are selling what we do as much as the item. Care and content is the minimum. Let people know how it was made. i.e. Hand dyed – natural or chemical. Is it hand spun, from your own sheep, own pattern. This is the perceived value. What makes this different than other similar products, why this item is special. This connects people to the maker and hopefully makes the sale.
Silent Auction
If you are donating items for the Silent Auction, please email Judy Baird at jlbaird63@gmail.com to arrange item drop -off/pickup. The meeting on Feb. 21 is the cutoff date for donations. Judy needs to know if the item isn’t sold in the auction, what you want done with it.— there are 2 basic choices. They can be returned to you at the end of the market or Susan Zimmerman will collect the unsold items and forward them to a silent auction to benefit Alzheimer’s patients.
Here are the important dates and times:
February 1: Inventory due date.
February 21: Silent Auction items need to be given to Judy Baird.(Guild Meeting)
March 3: Set-up begins at ; 9:00 Check-in is from 10 -noon; Reception 5-7.
March 4: Sale runs from 9-5 (come 15 minutes early for your shift.)
March 5: Sale runs from 9-5; Take down begins at 5; Check-out 6-7. If you have questions, contact Myra Chang-Thompson or myrachangt@gmail.com
Spiders’ Market is our annual Spring Sale. It includes everything from pot holders to Tapestry, It will be held
March 3-4.
The Opening Reception is Thursday, March 2nd from 5-7. It is open to Las Arañas Members and their guests. You may bring 1 guest ($10 charge for each additional guest) Food and drink are provided and you can bid in the Silent Auction or make purchases of the sale items
Regular sales days are Friday and Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm at the Albuquerque Garden Center at
10120 Lomas Ave NE.
Requirements to participate in the sale
- Must be a member of Las Arañas
- All items must be fiber related, no restrictions on fiber, but work needs to be made by the vendor. No resale except books and equipment. (Save the used yarn for tail gate sale)
- Work 2 shifts – 1 including set up or take down.
- 25% commission on all sales.
- Sale ready items – tagged and properly labeled.
Equipment: Books (fiber related), new and used equipment. Please submit pictures for equipment larger than 2 people can handle.
Pricing: Pricing is always interesting. Keep track of the cost to produce (Wholesale - cost of yarn, finishing, etc.). Add the cost of doing business (commission, labels, tags). Then double that amount. Also look at what the market will bear and you may adjust your pricing. You need to cover at least your expenses. Often this is just a hobby for many people but our products have a perceived value. Pricing too low can affect how people see our products, we want to provide high quality items at a fair price but not undercut other vendors.
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!!!! do not price using odd cents. Make your price either an exact dollar amount or, if you must make it a partial dollar, make it 50 cents more
Labels: According to the law all clothing must have a permanent care and content label. You can make or purchase labels. Purchased labels can be expensive. Google and a lot of options come up.
Tags: It is a service to our customers to include as much information on our items as we can. We are selling what we do as much as the item. Care and content is the minimum. Let people know how it was made. i.e. Hand dyed – natural or chemical. Is it hand spun, from your own sheep, own pattern. This is the perceived value. What makes this different than other similar products, why this item is special. This connects people to the maker and hopefully makes the sale.
Silent Auction
If you are donating items for the Silent Auction, please email Judy Baird at jlbaird63@gmail.com to arrange item drop -off/pickup. The meeting on Feb. 21 is the cutoff date for donations. Judy needs to know if the item isn’t sold in the auction, what you want done with it.— there are 2 basic choices. They can be returned to you at the end of the market or Susan Zimmerman will collect the unsold items and forward them to a silent auction to benefit Alzheimer’s patients.
Here are the important dates and times:
February 1: Inventory due date.
February 21: Silent Auction items need to be given to Judy Baird.(Guild Meeting)
March 3: Set-up begins at ; 9:00 Check-in is from 10 -noon; Reception 5-7.
March 4: Sale runs from 9-5 (come 15 minutes early for your shift.)
March 5: Sale runs from 9-5; Take down begins at 5; Check-out 6-7. If you have questions, contact Myra Chang-Thompson or myrachangt@gmail.com