I finally decided that if I was going to start going to craft fairs to try to sell my Sock Monkeys, then I must have a Facebook Page. I have already posted lots of pictures, and will try to keep posting more as I make more Sock Pals, but I am also trying to get a whole bunch done before I feel I am ready to commit to a craft fair.
Feel free to come like my page to help spread the word!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sock-Monkeys-by-Cheryl/556046834415484
In other news, I had decided to test the waters a little more on other Sock Animals and have come up with some good results! I have revamped my Sock Cat, make quite a few little Sock Piggies and learned how to make a Sock Owl. All of these were much easier than I had expected, so I will definitely be adding them to my inventory! I will post pics of the new Sock animals soon! As it gets closer to the Holidays I think I may even dabble with Snowmen, but that is still a few months away.
I am definitely shooting for a big festival this September as my first, but hoping I will be doing 1 or 2 before that. Life, after all, comes before Sock Monkeys unfortunately, as well as my full time job and my 2 teen aged kids. I did manage to get a woman custom order a Sock Monkey from me recently who had been watching me make my Sock Monkeys while waiting in an office. Yes, I make my monkeys everywhere I go if I can. I even embroidered a name on for her which was a first for me, and not as difficult as I had thought.
I have big plans for the future of my Sock Monkey "business" but Etsy sales are non-existent, so we will see how the fairs treat me. I was selling quite a few when my daughter was in middle school I was selling at least 2 a week to her friends and teachers, so I know they are loveable enough! I do think that since I have only 2 listings on Etsy and the price of shipping is so high that most people would rather buy something so loveable and cuddly in person. I will definitely keep the Etsy store going in hopes that the craft fairs will put the word out too.
I have bought a pop up canopy and even a folding chair to ready myself for the oncoming fair! Now I just need a table and a few signs made up. I am so excited!
