Beautiful Booth of the Month
October 2007:

Jeanne Wong,
Tote 'Ems

Jeanne Wong started selling at Market three years ago, with 23 bags on a card table in a 4' x 4' space. Over those years, I have seen her constantly working on improving her display and her product, working with the information she gets from her customers to hone her craft, and make her display work.

From the start, Jeanne's bags have displayed her great sense of color and pattern in fabric, and her decorative nack with added tassels, beads and ribbons. (The very gray day did not do them justice in the photos!) She used to make lots of different sizes and shapes of bags, but has settled on this bamboo handled style for now, in many different fabrics and colors. Her enthusiam for her product is always obvious, and as we chatted, she was bubbling over with excitement about her new line of bags for Holiday Market, made out of recycled cable knit sweaters.

The uniform size of her product makes for a nice, neat display, even though there is a riot of color and pattern in the booth. They are also arranged carefully into related color groups, as you can see. The wall rack displays leave plenty of space for customers inside the booth, and the white roof and walls are a natural choice for highlighting colorful goods. The varied kinds of display racks keep the display from being repetitive and boring.

Jeanne doesn't have a reserved space at Market, but you can always ask for her location at the Info booth, or roam the Market until you find her (it's more fun that way).

Visit other Beautiful Booths: Brooke & Gary Lovaas, Benjamin Barrett
Tim Giraudier, Pam Raynor & Erin Morang, Melody McKenzie, Linda Brown, Jennifer Hoover & Emily Lewis-Berry
Raven Moon, River Kennedy, Will Gibboney, Shane Schaeffer, Ayala Talpai, Colleen Fancher, Melanie Vanderlip, Jenni Calef,
Thurman Scheumack, Cliff Martin, Kristine Nelson and Kelly Beal, Norm & Patricia Donohue, Gila & Tim Fox,
Janna Kneale, Christene George, Jennifer Fogerty-Gibson, Ritta's Burritos, Neil Friedman, Cindia Carrere,
Barb Irvine, Eleanor Myers, Terry & David Church, Glenn Kreiss, Julie O'Briant, Elizabeth Eisenman, Nancy Bright

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