Issue 14, May 2013 is now available!

Each issue is better then the last. 

I say that every time probably, don't I?

But it's true.

With features from Jennelise Rose and Karen Hillman

Photography and styling by Janet Coon and Nadine Snijders 

Also in this issue is a highly recommended article about following your Creative Dreams and starting your small business, written by Deb Kennedy. Deb also shares a wonderful tip about embellishing umbrellas for vintage charm.

I cannot stop flipping through the pages, myself.

It is filled with so much romance and beauty that you would not want to miss. So I hope you go to MagCloud and purchase the issue:

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/566127

Or purchase a yearly subscription here:

http://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/Subscriptions.html

May I add, that if you are a store owner or a vendor at an artisan market and you wish to sell this magazine, you can. Please contact me for more information at sonia@creatingvintagecharm.com

I wish to once again thank all the charming contributors as well as the readers of my publication for your support and wonderful comments about my publication.


Con amore,

Sonia Crouse
Editor-in-chief

Vintage & Antique Show Booth Design

It is official! Creating vintage Charm magazine is teaming up with Stephanie Humphries of From Shabby to Chic Boutique to host our first event.

It has been my dream to bring us all creative and inspiring artisans together and it is finally happening. If you wish to read more about the event, we are now ready to sign up vendors so hope you check out our blog for details here: http://vintagecharmingmarketplace.blogspot.com/

For the occasion I also have a special guest post by Debi Kennedy about Vintage and Antique Shows booth Styling and Design.

Read on and enjoy!!

Con Amore,

Sonia

 By Debi Ward Kennedy

website: www.DebiWardKennedy.com
design blog: http://debiwardkennedy.blogspot.com

Vendors selling their wares at vintage and antique shows find themselves in close quarters with their 'competition' – perhaps in the very next space on the show floor! Being successful at a show is dependent on having a visually appealing and effectively staged booth.

Concepts that are used in retail store design can provide a guideline for the design of your booth: tricks of manipulating space in your booth layout, where to place the sales counter, the use of lighting, how to leverage color and scale and create displays for maximum visual impact, how to come up with a theme for your booth at a show... but where do you find that information? From a designer!

Since 2002, Debi Ward Kennedy has been a writer and speaker on the subject of show booth and visual design  - providing seminar presentations at gift shows and retail events, and articles to retail industry publications. Deb is now sharing her experience in vintage show booth design with Creating Vintage Charm readers! Click HERE to visit her design blog post, where you can see inspiring photos of her own 'Retreat' booth designs and a link to an informative Google document. (Make sure you check out all of her informative blog posts there, too!)

You'll find dozens of easy ideas for making your booth successful at the next vintage or antique show!

Charming Note: Debi Ward Kennedy is a retail store visual designer with over 35 years of experience creating successful visual solutions for her clients. Two of her designs won 'Best of Category' awards from the Northwest Flower & Garden Show and the San Francisco International Gift Show.  In addition to that career, Deb and her late husband created a vintage business called 'Retreat', and participated as vendors in some of the best vintage show venues in the country: BarnHouse, Farm Chicks, and Remnants of the Past. 'Retreat 'also hosted vintage events in Washington state, which have been included on some of the 'best of show' lists in popular lifestyle magazines.