Dear Vendor:

The Saint Mary Craft Show Committee invites you to participate in our Online Christmas Marketplace! It will be taking place on our Saint Mary Parish website beginning Friday, November 22, 2024 and continue until Wednesday, December 25, 2024. As always, we envision a successful and festive show, one that will be well advertised and well attended. Enclosed is our contract which explains our policies and procedures. Please read the contract carefully as your signature indicates your acceptance of all conditions as stated.

How will the Saint Mary Virtual Craft Show work?

• A “Craft Show” landing page will be created accessible through the main page of our parish website

• Each vendor will have a profile listed on this “Craft Show” page featuring your logo, business card, or picture of your choosing promoting your crafts. (Please see the sample attached below of ideas of what to submit for your profile picture, as well as an idea as to size of the profile and layout of the “Craft Show” page.)

• Each profile would contain a link or URL which you will provide to us which would take shoppers directly to your store site (such as a Facebook page, Etsy shop, email link, or other landing place which would put them in contact with you)

• The webpage launches on Friday, November 22nd and remain up until Wednesday, December 25th – the entire Christmas shopping season!

• We will also provide marketing for our Christmas Craft Show as follows:

• The Craft Show event flyer with link will be sent directly to all our parishioners via our Flocknote email system, reaching over 2,000 households

•  The Craft Show event flyer with link will be sent directly to all our Saint Mary Catholic School Families, which includes families from the community and other neighboring parishes, through the FACTS email system, reaching over 200 families

• The Marketplace vendors will have text and a link in our Sunday bulletin beginning November 23rd & November 24th and then in each subsequent weekend bulletin until December 25th (500 paper copies distributed per weekend). Each bulletin is also posted on our webpage making it accessible to anyone reading our webpage.

• The Craft Show event flyer with link will be posted on both our Parish and School Facebook pages

• The Craft Show event flyer with link will be sent to over 25 neighboring parishes for them to advertise to their parishioners

If you are interested in being on the invite list for the 2025 event, please send an email to saintmarycraftshowbazaar@gmail.com

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All requests to be included on the Online Marketplace should be received by November 20, 2024 in order to be included in our launch on November 22nd, 2024 However, we will still be able to add vendors after that date, up until the conclusion of our show on December 25th, 2024. Completed applications may also be dropped off at the Saint Mary Parish Office Center or mailed along with your $25 check made payable to “Saint Mary Bazaar Committee” to:

Saint Mary Christmas Craft Show
40 Spring Mount Road
Schwenksville, PA 19473

Please note that we only accept original, handmade vendors. We do not accept direct vendors (examples: 31 Gifts, Mary Kay, Tastefully Simple, etc.) or vendors selling for a third party. Saint Mary Craft Show Committee reserves the right to deny an application if this requirement is not met.

If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail at saintmarycraftshowbazaar@gmail.com or give us a call at the Saint Mary Parish Office Center at 610.287.8156. We hope you will be able to join us at both our Christmas Craft Show here at Saint Mary Church on Friday, November 22nd from 5pm - 8pm and Saturday, November 23rd from 9am - 3pm as well as our Online Christmas Marketplace. We look forward to you joining us again in 2025.

Sincerely,
Sandi Olzinski
Saint Mary Craft Show Coordinator

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