I am a first time exhibitor tomorrow and I planned to mount some 5x7s & 8x10s to one of those fold out cardboard display boards. What should I use as a background behind the photos, because I don't want the cardboard to show?
I can't believe I'm drawing a blank on this... I've had the flu for 3 days, so my faculties are not all there.
Thank you.
Well pick a simple fabric to put over the cardboard, next mount the photos onto some solid colored scrapbooking paper that is larger than the photo (this frames it) then mount them onto the display. The place a few photos in frames around the display. You also should create a photo book or scrapbook to put other photos in. Good luck!
I just finished it... I kept it somewhat simple, yet attractive since this is for a veggie food fest and we're a pretty laid back people. 
Good luck with your first show... you know I will be expecting a full report. Hope you are feeling 100% today too. No fun (or fair) being sick for your first big event.
Here's an update~
The festival went very well, and my daughter had the patience of a saint. Luckily, husband was there to help.
My samples were gone within the first hour... 
The only negative sides were that I am still under the weather (more now that I'm back home). And, no one seemed to care that their kids were picking the icing off my cake dummies. I finally said something "nicely" to a kid who was eating the fondant boarder off one of them, and his mother gave me the "death stare". I was ready to be all... "you want a piece of me lady? .... YOU GOT IT!!!!" 
It went well and I think I'm booked for next summer... I honestly don't know how you all do these shows all the time.. this one was 4 hours and I'm wiped.
Good to hear that it was a sucess!! (even with the pesky kiddos 
) 4 hours isn't too bad.. the last one I did went from 2-8pm (and we were there at 11:00)... I had no voice at the end of it all. It did have a winde tasting though that I got to participate in so that was a perk. 
It is a ton more work than you ever think though. I remember my first one... I was totally wiped and it was only a 4 hour show too.
I hope you are feeling better soon.
I was ready to be all... "you want a piece of me lady? .... YOU GOT IT!!!!"
Don't they know that it's a bad idea to mess with a tired, overworked cake lady who is also feeling like crap and pumped full of meds? Bad idea. Very bad!
I was ready to be all... "you want a piece of me lady? .... YOU GOT IT!!!!"
Don't they know that it's a bad idea to mess with a tired, overworked cake lady who is also feeling like crap and pumped full of meds? Bad idea. Very bad!
I was popping Advil every couple of hours... unfortunately, my system can't take anything stronger... Seriously though, the claws were coming out by the time that kid had pulled the sugar necklace off my "gown" dummy. It went in the trash this morning. 
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