Comments on: Jewelry Display Tent: 7 Tips for Surviving Gusty Winds

By: Beverly Kohn

Beverly Kohn — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:48:57 +0000

I forgot a pretty easel in front of tent will Never stay in wind weight down heavily use every heavy board on it . My husband built me a board of pallet slats to place on heavy wood easel. I use a new item called push hooks on easel to hold jewelry in front as a come on . The hook looks like a push pin with a hook on it . Go on Internet Google push hooks Home Depot and Amazon will come up also the push hook people will come up . Call them cause their check out does not always work they are in Cal . Home Depot twice the price so is Amazon . They work well on wood so so on wall board . Great item for hanging jewelry think vertical in booth not to high so customers can reach jewelry . I use on table easel and regular easel in front.
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By: Beverly Kohn

Beverly Kohn — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:09:41 +0000

At Home Depot they sell chain. Buy the heaviest chain they will have to cut the lengthens for you impossible to cut. Sale in 12″ lengths ask them to cot them in 5 to 6 links (if nice they will) with ribbon doubled I tie them around the stand neck under top part . Do before and leave on permanently 5 links very heavy. Take any extra pieces of chain cut on floor place in small cloth bags on free standing pedestals in back to weight them down. Always have clear plastic table clothes with you for rain and a ROLL of paper towels and clamps to cover jewelry on tables for rain. Though heavy use high density board for pedestals . Fans a must. Open walls on top middle for wind and roll bottom a bit. All kinds of clamps I find the best the ones you twist in a C shape on the clamps the plastic break metal to hard to open. Have a smile and a great day

By: Mary Morris

Mary Morris — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 23:48:35 +0000

This article has perfect timing for me. I am signing up for my first outdoor show for Labor Day. My hubby bought my canopy last week. Thank you all for your great ideas.

By: Jeanne Lyons

Jeanne Lyons — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 16:39:15 +0000

You can find battery operated fans in the camping section of stores. I have 2 – 1 for me by my check out area and one I hang in the tent. Of course you can always get more than 2 fans. If your booth area has extra room behind your tent, (many park/country like venues do) bring a tarp, that you can attach to the tent in assorted ways, so you have extra shade. While I do this I’m not satisfied by our connections. Love to get more thoughts on how to do this. Don’t forget lots of liquids!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 21:22:31 +0000

100 degrees! Now that’s a whole new topic!! Good luck, Dita!

By: Dita

Dita — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:39:56 +0000

Hey, thank you all for your wonderful comments. I found some 5 lb discs (comes in four some set – available in ACE for the best price under $30 the set ) that you can slide into the legs of your tent and then on top I put stone bags – some stones from my garden that I cover in pillow cases. I wrap it with the leg of the tent. I saw that this does pretty well. I had bad experience with the water jugs. But there are so many ways to solve this weight problem.

My wall tents are like mesh material. It handles the wind better and you can feel the breeze when it is hot. It is not totally plastic white kind like the EZ tent sides my friend had, which acted like sails.

Yes, silly putty is what you find in craft stores or Ace or any hardware stores. It comes in white and blue strips in the pack.

I think I am pretty much protected now from wind – I’ll see that in my August show (at the same wind tunnel place) that I have already paid for.

But next Sunday I have a new challenge- it is going to be 100 degree hot according to weather forecast.

Wish me good luck! Dita.

By: Nicole Green

Nicole Green — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:08:16 +0000

I just wanted to add that I recently raised the edges of the tent top a few inches on each side. It gave the winds somewhere to go.

By: Linda B

Linda B — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:05:11 +0000

These are all excellent ideas. I too have had many art shows in the wind, rain or 100 degree weather. You really have to think ahead to “what if?”. In regards to the wind issue, I have found that detaching the top corners of the (prevailing wind) sides to be helpful during windy times, then just folding them down. You still have the center middle attached, still have a definable space from your neighbor and some relief from the buffeting of the side wall. I always bring along weights made from PVC pipe to attached to each corner of my tent, but there isn’t much relief for those very strong gusts. You have to be very vigilant during those weather days..

By: Bunie

Bunie — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:18:52 +0000

I use Museum Wax or Tacky Wax to hold down my display pieces. Museum Wax is what the museums use to keep their pieces from getting knocked over, and it works great in my display on windy days. Tacky Wax is slightly less sticky than Museum Wax, but that may be a good thing! Once when I picked up a flocked earring stand, the Museum Wax tore the paper dressing on the bottom of the stand.
As for weights, I agree with Pam. You should always use weights on your tent. I have set up in calm, sunny weather and had very gusty winds develop later in the day. When wind comes up suddenly, it’s too late to add your weights.

By: Jeanne Lyons

Jeanne Lyons — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:32:13 +0000

My last show had 15 – 20 mph winds with 35 – 40 mph gusts! It was on a small island in a park along a large lake with a river on the other side. I was able to use spiral stakes into the ground which worked great; but since you can’t always use them I have weights as well. This system has worked wonderfully and has evolved over the past 2 years of very windy shows.
I have found that the sides of the tent are more hazardous than the wind itself. If there’s no forecast for rain I don’t even put them on rolled up. If it might rain I put them up but rolled to the top until/if the rain arrives. My salvation has been black plastic clamps found at the hardware stores. They often come in bags of varying sizes. Since I use melamine boards on top of baskets as shelves for height variance on my tables I can clamp my busts to the shelves in the back and they don’t even show. You need the different size clamps for the differences in the bust bases. I use the small clamps to clamp my table covers to the table legs so they didn’t blow into peoples’ legs. Display boards that don’t clamp lay on a slant from the shelf to the table. Anything else that might blow lays flat along the front of the table. My easel displays slip into the slats on a bi-fold closet door that is wired to my tent pole. No flight there either. I feel quite secure with this set up… until something worse comes along.

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:10:42 +0000

I was wondering about the “silly putty” also.

By: Annie Hubbard

Annie Hubbard — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:46:43 +0000

Thanks, Rena!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:55:23 +0000

When you say Silly Putty, are you referring to the product sold in the toy department or something else? If that works to keep things stationary I will stock up on some.

By: Rena Klingenberg

Rena Klingenberg — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:03:37 +0000

In reply to Annie Hubbard. Hi Annie, I'm glad you're finding so much inspiration in these lovely jewelry display posts! I think Dita is referring to this idea: Jewelry Travel Organizer, made with clear plastic pocket pages that are designed for displaying collections of coins, postage stamps, baseball cards, postcards, etc.

By: Annie Hubbard

Annie Hubbard — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:00:18 +0000

I’m getting so many great ideas and suggestions from all the experienced sellers (I’m writing things down as I read about them). I had a question about the photo cover journal binders you mentioned, Dita. I’m not sure I’m picturing what you mean but I’m interested in what they are.

With regard to the sides of tents becoming sails, is it possible to punch small holes every few feet to allow the pressure to move through without blowing everything over? I’m picturing something similar to what they do to portable Stop signs the grocery stores use up here in the fall and winter (they have holes punched through them to allow the wind to pass through them without knocking them over).

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:40:31 +0000

I’ll take cold and even drizzly weather above wind! It’s the worst! Canopy sides can indeed be a curse and blessing at the same time. One tip I can share, if the wind isn’t too bad but just enough to annoyingly flutter the walls – rolling them up just a couple of feet off the ground will sometimes help by reducing the total pressure that the walls have to bear. I use my walls to block sun as well, and have also find that rolling them up even just a foot or so will allow more air circulation around feet and legs. Surprisingly, this can really help reduce the “sauna” effect, while protecting table displays from the breezes, and my Celtic (aka “Casper”) skin from the sun.

As for weights, I don’t think anyone should EVER be allowed to set up without them! Seen too many take sail, often landing right on an unsuspecting neighbor, destroying their canopy as well as product. The risk is not only to our own investment, but can end up as a liability to several of our neighbors!

By: Anita Campbell

Anita Campbell — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:13:29 +0000

Yes, Dita – great ideas! I hadn’t thought about glueing tiles to the backs. The weights I have for my tent can be filled with water and wrap around the tent legs. This way, when I am at a show on pavement, I don’t have to worry about staking. Haven’t found a way to keep the tent sides from being sails though. The sides, when down, do offer some protection from gusty winds, but sometimes they are more hindrance than help

By: Rena Klingenberg

Rena Klingenberg — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:08:27 +0000

Great ideas, Dita! I too had a very windy show once, and it taught me the importance of being windproof outdoors! 🙂

I absolutely love your innovation of the tiles for weighing down your displays – how clever! And they’re not bulky on your tables.

And fantastic advice to always bring your own tent and weights since you know they work well. It’s better to have them and not need them, than the other way around!

Thanks for sharing your lovely windproof booth!