I volunteered to bake some items for a craft show (small high school craft show) in 2 weeks for the preschool program my dd goes to. The baked goods will be sold at a consession stand for the school to raise money. My question is... can I individually wrap my "turtle brownies" and seal with a sticker with my info on it? Would that be tacky? Obviously, I would have to ask the lady in charge if it would be ok to do so, but I'm soooooooooo not a salesman!!! I love making goodies and want to share my talent and make a little money while I'm at it. I just don't know if it would be tacky of me to ask if I can basically "advertise" this way off of a fundraiser. Does this make sense? I'm starting to ramble, sorry! 
Any advice would be great!!
I do quite a bit of non-profit work (PTC, booster clubs, etc) and we are so glad to have businesses partner with us that it seems only fair that they get a bit of advertising in return. As long as your "advertising" doesn't conflict with the spirit of the event, and having thoughtfully asked for permission from the event coordinator, I shouldn't think it would be a problem to seal your goodies with a "kiss from your company".
I don't think it's tacky. It's business. You're both benefiting each other. I say if they don't mind you attaching your sticker, go for it. Most concession stands at high school sports sell candy bars, which are labeled with the business name. Nobody looks at that and says it's tacky! I'm talking about Sickers, MMs, etc. The Mars company is doing great!
diz,
what about printing off some business type cards and people can take them if they want them?
The consessions stand will be selling their items at random. So not even the people serving will know who made what. It's just kinda "people pointing and saying I'd like one of those, please". So putting my business cards out won't really be specific to my goods. That's why I thought I'd prewrap them (save the servers time) and I have to seal them somehow, so why not put my info on the seal. I just wasn't sure if it would be tacky to do so.
momnzoes,
Good point! I hope the lady feels the same way. I'm just a chicken when it comes to advertising......and don't even get me started on pricing!!!! I'm always afraid to charge too much.........but that's a totally different subject!!
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I think sealing them with a business sticker is the perfect thing to do. Some people may think leaving business cards is tacky, but with the stickers, you're not necessarily advertising as much as just sealing the product for freshness. It just happens to be a bonus that people will have your infirmation if they like what they eat!
Well let's see.
Every Nascar has their sponsor painted on the cars top to bottom.
Every sports stadium is flanked with company names.
Every where you look, a sponsoring corporation is featured proudly.
That's the trade-off!
I don't think it is tacky at all.
I think it's a GREAT idea!!
Here's a funny story for you, my brother in law is in real estate and ever since they've been married, one of my sister's 'jobs' is to print his business info onto stickers and put the stickers on ALL the candy they give out for Halloween - now I'd say THAT's tacky!
I just did exactly what you're thinking of doing, not tacky at all. I recently wrapped my made-from-scratch, 3-inch sugar cookies covered in MMF (3 different colors per cookie) individually and "sealed" them with a label that said "enjoy your cookie," my name and phone number. BUT - it turned out that all the baked goods were sold TWO for a QUARTER. Yes, all my hard work sold for 12.5 cents per cookie. My husband pointed out that I'd made a gift of them to the PTO, so they could do whatever they wanted with them. I asked him how he'd feel if he gave someone a bottle of Dom Perignon and discovered they'd given it to a wino. I definitely learned a lesson about donating baked goods with this one. However, it did get my little labels out there, so maybe it'll pay off . . ..
Melvira, this is a little off topic, but I just noticed your signature and Halloween is THE holiday at our house, too! We're the house that gives out full sized candy bars! My husband threatens me if I buy one more thing because of storage. So my 5ft witch spends the whole year in the corner in the upstairs hallway ..... it's not like she's eating us out of house and home or anything!. And the spider that stands over 3 feet talls folds up just fine in his box!
I just did exactly what you're thinking of doing, not tacky at all. I recently wrapped my made-from-scratch, 3-inch sugar cookies covered in MMF (3 different colors per cookie) individually and "sealed" them with a label that said "enjoy your cookie," my name and phone number. BUT - it turned out that all the baked goods were sold TWO for a QUARTER. Yes, all my hard work sold for 12.5 cents per cookie. My husband pointed out that I'd made a gift of them to the PTO, so they could do whatever they wanted with them. I asked him how he'd feel if he gave someone a bottle of Dom Perignon and discovered they'd given it to a wino. I definitely learned a lesson about donating baked goods with this one. However, it did get my little labels out there, so maybe it'll pay off . . ..
You made a donation. Your husband is right. Once you donate something they are free to do what they want with them.
Next time tell them your cookies are homemade and suggest a price they might sell them at. But don't be hurt if they sell them at a different price. After all once you hand them over they don't belong to you anymore.
I won't do ANYTHING that takes too much time for PTO or other school functions unless it's an auction or something of the sort. It's just too depressing to see your hard work go for pennies. Normally they sell those things cheap because the kids coming to school are the ones who buy them and they don't care who made it. However, the concession stand items are not only purchased by the kids, so advertising is a terrific idea!!
I just did exactly what you're thinking of doing, not tacky at all. I recently wrapped my made-from-scratch, 3-inch sugar cookies covered in MMF (3 different colors per cookie) individually and "sealed" them with a label that said "enjoy your cookie," my name and phone number. BUT - it turned out that all the baked goods were sold TWO for a QUARTER. Yes, all my hard work sold for 12.5 cents per cookie. My husband pointed out that I'd made a gift of them to the PTO, so they could do whatever they wanted with them. I asked him how he'd feel if he gave someone a bottle of Dom Perignon and discovered they'd given it to a wino. I definitely learned a lesson about donating baked goods with this one. However, it did get my little labels out there, so maybe it'll pay off . . ..
I wouldn't be offended, but I would wonder who was in charge of the bake sale and why they wouldn't charge more... isn't the idea to raise money? I can understand selling effortless drop cookies 2 for .25 but they could easily have sold your cookies for $2+. Then again, it does depend on to whom they selling the cookies. If they are selling them during an elementary lunch period then, of course kids wont have alot of funds. However, if parents were going to be the customers... that's a higher budget which entails more funds to be raised!
Just my .02...
Kat
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