How Can I Set Up a Table Display for Just a Few Matted Pictures at a Craft Fair?

Spray paint a trifold cardboard project display board lightly with gold, silver, black or neutral-colored spray paint. Let the paint dry for at least two days before the craft show.

Place a brick, stones or other heavy material in three or four shoeboxes. Fill the box with crumpled newspaper to keep the heavy items from moving around. Wrap packing tape around the box to keep the lid secure.

Wrap the shoeboxes with unpatterned gift wrapping paper with neutral colors if you will be displaying color photography. If your photos are black and white, wrap the boxes in bright primary or metallic colored gift wrap.

Spread a plain tablecloth, without any pattern on it, across the display table. Set the painted trifold display board at one end of the table, facing toward the show venue's aisle.

Attach matted photographs to the top and side edges of the trifold display with binder clips that can be pressed open to rearrange or remove the photo.

Set one wrapped shoebox on the table in front of the display board. Place a small easel on top of the shoebox and set a matted photo on it. Arrange the remaining shoeboxes across the rest of the table surface. Set small easels on top of each box to display additional photographs. If you have more photos, display them mounted on easels set on the table surface or laying flat.