getting started vending at flea & farm markets

[kitty fabulous]

I'm just about ready to vend. There's a flea marketthat gets a lot of traffic where I can get a spot for $15, which is good "practice". Right now, I only have one little card table, and when I've relocated down south, I'm going to have to start fresh for a market set-up.I can bring my jewelery, but the rest may have to linger here until I'm settled.

I'd like to see some ideas for inexpensive market set-ups that will draw customers and still be cheap and very, very portable. I'm still in the "work-with-whatever-you've-got" phase.

[tilali]

my husband and i do flea markets and crafts fairs a lot. we scouted around and picked up some PVC pipe, some old fencing, and scrap boards. with the pipe and fencing we built a couple of backdrops that we ziptied together so they would stand up. we hand artwork, my handcrafts whatever on them. with the board, he built some collapsible tables. all our stuff cost us a total of about 30 dollars. that was for hardware, nails, stuff like that. the tables have 24 x 24 piece of plywood with legs hinged on. we just asked around at construction sites and friends for stuff they were going to toss out.

[cerridwen]

I think that looks great... kudos on the flea market business :)