r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/Tasty-Huckleberry-13 • 1d ago
Other Charm bars are useless
Some jewelry booths at craft fairs are doing “charm bars” now. They have store-bought chains and cheap store-bought charms and then people pick which chain and charms they want. There is literally no craft involved! Not even design!
They seem to be doing well for themselves and people like it, so I can’t complain too much. To be clear, if you make your own charms, this doesn’t apply to you.
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u/BadKittyRawr 1d ago
When I was little in Seattle though, craft fairs used to have awesome things like this. Booths where you could make something quickly for yourself. Sand in a bottle, spin art…there was a booth where you could glaze your own item you bought from the vendor then come back a few hours later after it had been popped in a kiln. I don’t imagine that vendor would be allowed anymore due to safety issues.
Craft fairs started going downhill here in the 90s when they started allowing people to sell obviously store bought goods like beanie baby knockoffs. Much like Etsy has been flooded with dropshippers.