Canadian alums, Think & Ink Studio exhibited for first time at the National Stationery Show with this booth. Bambs rented the hardwall package from GES which included the veloce walls and track lighting that they used. The walls arrived in 'as is' condition (aka dirty and big gaps in between walls). Bambs arrived to NY early enough that she was able to easily clean and fix the walls without too much stress. Their white masonite flooring was rented from Manny Stone. Everything was installed when she arrived. She rented 2 Eames chairs and 1 Saarinen marble top table from modprop.com in New York. She would use them again - their modern furniture suited her style and brand. They shipped boxes to a friend in New York via Fed Ex three weeks before the show (roughly $80). Bambs cautions people to arrive early, keep things simple and ALWAYS have a plan B or C if you must!

This was Kiss and Punch Designs' second year at the National Stationery Show and Julie had a 80 sq ft corner booth under the low ceilings. She ordered the Hard Wall package through GES that included track lighting, black carpet (which she kept under her faux wood foam tiles). Her acrylic signage was ordered from McNamara Signs in Seattle and affixed to the walls with foam tape. Julie recommends ordering all signage as early as you can to ensure accuracy. The MDF moulding that the cards sat on were affixed with foam tape. Julie had previously use the Ikea Ribba shelves to display her cards but she liked that the moulding provided more a few more inches of space in the booth! The chest, desk and bar stools were from Ikea. She and several other alums went in on a group order with the 'Ikea Guy' who delivers to Javits. Her boxes were shipped via FedEx to and from the hotel, which cost about $125 each way. Julie recommends bringing help for both set-up and sales during the day; doing it solo was tough!

Belle & Union Co. exhibited in a 200sq ft corner booth under the high ceilings for their third year at the National Stationery Show. The hard wall booth with built-in shelving was built 3 years ago and has been used for 4 shows. A parcan was used.for overall light and additional clip-on lights were used to highlight individual products throughout the booth. Meg and Josh used vinyl roll-out flooring over top of carpet padding. Extra squishy fo tired feet Their company name and booth number were laser cut and then they had paper signs for product categories which were affixed with an ATG gun. They sent everything to NY in two giant crates. Meg says it was expensive to ship the first time, but now they store everything in their frieght company's warehouse between shows. Meg recommends planning as early as you can. Investing in a booth that could be easily altered has saved them a lot of money over the years.

Briana and Jason of We Are Brainstorm exhibited at the National Stationery Show in a 60 sq ft corner booth. They built their own hard walls and have used them for the last two years. They love being able to set up the booth in their studio and configure their display before they arrive at the show. Their clip on lights were purchased at Home Depot / Lowes and spray painted to match the booth. Their first year they used daylight bulbs which were too bright and 'felt sterile' so they opted for warmer bulbs the second year and were much happeier. They purchased their flooring from Rubber Flooring Inc. Their logo and other signage was handpainted onto their walls. They chose to keep their product displayed minimal and place a stronger emphasis on their catalog, which worked well for them. The simpler booth required less hanging, less furniture and a calmer vibe for both them and buyers.

Tradeshow Bootcamp had a 80sq ft corner booth. The walls were purchased, printed and installed through Manny Stone Decorators; 3/16" colored foam core matched to the PMS color of the TSBC branding. Custom white vinyl was created be Dave at EGI Graphics and installed by Katie and Rachael Hetzel. The carpeted foam tiles were purchased on ebay 5 years ago for around $80 and have held up well. The white bookshelf was rented from Manny Stone Decorators and used as an iPad kiosk. The chairs, tables and pillows were purchased at ikea. We rented one parcan and had brought several clip on lights with us, but opted not to use the clip on lights. Photos were hung on the wall with 3M adhevive tape. Plants were purchased at a local home depot and the tables at the corner were from Ikea.