I was so psyched to have ordered myself a real deal vinyl banner for my Bazaar Bizarre booth…until I found out it wasn’t going to arrive until the day AFTER the show. DOH! So much for de sooner, de better. That was a major bummer and caused me a minor panic attack, but we would have made Tim Gunn happy because we made it work anyway.

Here’s the professionally printed, 2′ x 6′ vinyl banner from wholesalebannerz.com that did NOT make it to the show:

And here’s the handmade and eco-friendly banner that did!

People said it went well with the “good stuff * hand made” tagline, so that was a bonus. Here it is in action, thanks to Jimmy’s ingenious banner-hanging technique. We didn’t have time to cut the pipes to size but it was all good:

Teh heh heh. I made it on the backside of a used vinyl banner (hooray for upcycling!), painting the letters and clouds with acrylic paint and cutting the grass out of Eco-Spun recycled felt. Actually the size of the DIY banner worked out a lot better at the fair because of my rather awkward corner booth location. And if I hadn’t already ordered the other banner, I’d just as soon stick with this one! So much for trying to save time by outsourcing…

Here they are side by side for comparison!

Sure makes the wholesalebannerz.com banner look ginormous, wouldn’t you say?!

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