I am not sure I am the best one to say this, but the booth in Baltimore is a gift. Karen pays for it with the free seminar, but it is a chance that we are only certain to have one year at a pop. If you wait there may not be another. We hope to continue but it's not up to us, and to purchase the space is prohibitive. You have the chance to show your work in person, & greet designers who walk by. You can send your 8 by 10's and a pile of business cards and we wil pass out for you. There's no limit to the kooky-ness you can conjure up in your work, mine is off in left field all the time. Novice work is fine, any spice you add is fine if your own. The only way to do this wrong is to not participate.