15th Annual Fall Festival Alpaca Show

Holiday Boutique

ABR MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE:

November 5-6, 2011

The ABR Fiber Committee is once again sponsoring the “Holiday Boutique” at this year’s Fall Festival Alpaca Show.

We hope ABR Members will bring their best alpaca products to be included in the sale!

Product Guidelines:

• Products will be taken on consignment from ABR Farm Members
• You must volunteer to staff the booth for at least one two-hour session during the show. The consignment fee is 15%.

If you work more than one two-hour session, the consignment fee is 10%

• All goods must be for sale, nothing for display or decoration only
• All items must promote a positive image of the alpaca industry
• No full fleeces will be accepted at the Boutique
• Raw and processed fiber must be clean and in rovings or batts, clouds or yarn, in packages clearly marked with weight and for yarn, weight and yardage.  Yarn can be in skeins, ball or cones.
• All processed fiber must be at least 50% alpaca, label must state all materials and their percentages as well as where they were made.
• Handcrafted items are encouraged
• Any items sold in your farm store may be sold in the Boutique, subject to the following:

• Must be clean, finished, packages, labeled, and priced
• Must be new
• Must be free of technical errors
• Must be safe for intended use
• Must have no odor other than inherent to materials
• May be handspun, handmade or commercially made
• Must be at least 50% alpaca
• Prefer products made in North America. However, high quality product from South America will be accepted.  Jewelry, pottery, artwork, with alpaca themes will be accepted.  Alpaca related tools for felting etc, will be accepted.
• All items must be clearly alpaca related
  
  
• Each participant is limited to one 16x22x12” plastic container.   If there is still space after everyone has checked in, we will consider taking more.

Labeling and Pricing Guidelines

• All products must be clearly labeled with a final price in accordance with the pricing instruction sheet [PDF].    
• Price labels must be strongly secured to the product
  
  
• Sales Tax will be added at check-out

Product Drop-off and Pick-up

• All products and displays can be dropped at the Holiday Boutique location  on
  Thursday, November 3rd  4:00 to 5:00 pm  or Friday, November 4th 1:00 to 3:00 pm with attached inventory sheet [Excel].  
  
  
• All unsold items must be picked up on Sunday, November 6th between 3:00 and 4:00 pm   Please plan to have your items remain in the booth until 3:00 pm

Sign Up Information

• Click Here to sign up for your work time slots.  You must sign up by Monday, October 24.  We need two people to sign up for each slot.  Having two people in the booth allows for flexibility; if the show schedule interferes with someone’s time slot, there is still someone covering the booth.  We must have all time slots filled by October 24 for the Holiday Boutique to take place. 
  
  
• Please fill out your inventory sheet [Excel] by Sunday, October 30.  This will help us plan the use of space in the booth. Be sure to email completed form to bziek@aol.com

Questions?

Contact: Barb Ziek, bziek@aol.com or 719 495-6693