Made By Hand Show, November 5, 2011 at the International Centre

Jacqueline Hunter has been in the craft business since 2007. She is the creative talent behind “Made by Jacqueline” handmade cards and paper crafts. After participating in dozens of shows Jacqueline decided that it was high time to put her years of experience to good use. In May of 2011 “Made by Hand” was launched and by the end of the month a venue was secured and Vendor calls had gone out. Earlier this month the show sold out all its booth spaces.

For Jacqueline it is just as important to her that the artisans participating in the show have as good an experience as the customers do. Jacqueline’s biggest beefs were how poorly many of the shows were advertised and how often once a crafter paid their booth fee, they never heard from the organizers again.

To make sure her vendors didn’t have these same complaints, “Made by Hand Show” is featured in several local newspapers and 10,000 flyers will go out to local residents. She’s even making a TV appearance. Look for her on Monday October 24th on Rogers cable 10 (Mississauga) daytime show. Through Face book and Twitter, the "Made by Hand Show" crew are keeping participating artisans in the loop as to what is happening and when. Now that’s she has her vendors taken care of, it’s time to move onto the customers, ‘cause nobody’s happy if the customer isn’t!

The location: The International Centre is a favourite of shoppers. There is lots of free parking, it’s convenient to get to, and big enough so you can have a great variety of quality vendors without being overwhelmed.

The Date: November 5^th, is the perfect time to start your holiday shopping, not too early, not too late!

The Artisans: All the vendors at the show will be there showcasing their own, handmade items, all handcrafted in Canada. Jacqueline went to great care to select a variety of unique artisans from a selection of categories.

Even more reasons to come:

• The first one hundred customers will receive swag bags.
• There are door prizes, and 50/50 draws ranging from hotel packages to theatre tickets and fine art & more.
• There is a bunch of stuff to keep the kiddies busy too. There will be face painting and henna artists on site and crafts for the kids to do!

For Jacqueline it wasn’t enough to just have happy artisans and customers, she wanted to give back too - all the door proceeds will go to Crafting for a Cure a not for profit, registered charity. Crafting for a Cure is a local charity that looks for opportunities to insure children are having a positive experience when a hospital visit is necessary.

It sounds like the "Made By Hand Show" is going to be a great show! Here at 100 mile finds we are thrilled to be one of show sponsors and Details By Donna, & Christine Marie Ford are just a few of the 100 mile finds vendors that are participating in the show.