Urban Craft Uprising Winter Show

Where do I start?! I had so many favorite moments…Really it’s the connection with other people. I love talking with customers and had so many lovely conversations with them. But this time around I’d have to say that it was the support and connections with the other vendors. Through Urban Craft Uprising I’ve gotten to know quite a few vendors who are now my friends and it just made the show that much more fun to be there with them. Overall it was really an inspiring weekend to be able to be part of such a talented and creative group of people!

You guys are the best! It is the best curated craft show around, and everyone in Seattle knows it. We had great sales and a lot of fun with the customers and other vendors. Thanks again for all your hard work and we can’t wait until the winter show!!!  

[My favorite part of the weekend was] customer reactions. It’s what makes me proud to be doing what I’m doing and affirming that I’m doing great and to keep going strong 🙂

This is one of the best shows and your organizational skills are exemplary. You all do such a great job helping new and returning vendors to stay on top of things and be ready for what is always a really great show. We love UCU and are proud and honored to be a part of it!

Making my daily sales goal by 1 p.m. on Saturday was absolutely stellar. It usually takes me 8+ hrs at cons to do this where there are thousands of attendees.

I just thought it went so smoothly this year, and we did have more customers on Sunday than we did last year’s Sunday! it seemed packed until like 4pm. I’m always a UCU fan, I have told you this a hundred times. This year it felt like COMMUNITY in there. So many people told me about being repeat shoppers, loving preview night, loving the tradition of shopping with a specific friend, and so on. It was just all sunshine and daisies as far as I experienced.

Just a huge thank you for allowing me to be a part of a beautiful show! I’m inspired!!!!! This was a lovely experience, an incredible way for me to meet my shoppers and hear exactly what they want to see in my product line. Also a really wonderful chance to meet other artists. I’m walking away a better business woman and with more ideas than I could have asked for. Thank you!

You ladies are just the best. I really want you to know just how fortunate I feel to be part of this show and this community. You’ve created something really special – the vendors feel it, and the customers do too. So many times this year I had customers tell me how well curated it all felt. I think that’s something that’s so much harder to achieve than most people think. So just big high fives and hugs to you. You ROCK!

I’ve probably said this before, but your volunteers are the absolute BEST. so attentive, kind, and helpful. I just want to give all of them big hugs! They make such a big difference especially because I’m usually alone at shows.

A customer came to my booth and was so delighted, and said “I was not expecting to see this! This is so unique!” and immediately bought a glass duckie that I was really proud of. I am still thinking about how happy everyone who came to my booth was! Another extremely kind customer bought a glass duckie from me to “pay it forward”: for me to give to someone else who came to my booth. I got to give a duck to a little girl who was inspired to learn about the glass and tools that I brought. The experience was so unexpected and so delightful- it made me think about what a lovely community these shows attract!