Can you put the black "body part" displays whole in a box each and just tidy them a little when you take them out? Do you take a whole hanging line of those newspaper things down and then stack them, so you only have to connect the top one to your bar each time? Do those big boards have just hooks, or solid rings so that the items can stay on in transit?
First- thank you for taking the time to help me out here. I do 15-25ish shows a year. This is killing me!
I think the 'black body part displays' are some of my busts. They are velveteen covered cardboard and require no assembly other than taking them out of a protective bag.
The hanging book pages- yes, I unclip the top from the pole, fold accordion style and box. I am considering changing this to the same pages, but placed on a clear shower curtain to save time in this step. Just have to consider how much of the 'cool' factor I'll lose if I do that. This part of my display is a huge time suck, but brings in tremendous traffic.
The boards sit on tripods. The items sitting on the little black cards can be left on in transit- sort of. Those are hand made cards to hold charms. The cards are punched out, then hole punched, then a thread loop added. A charm is then attached to the thread with a jump ring. The cards are pinned to the boards using sewing pins. I can double pin the cards and if I cover them with heavy enough vinyl, they don't get too screwed up when I haul them around. The only problem is I use a pick up truck and if the boards get rained on (and I can't think of a way to waterproof the mess), then all those cards are ruined. (They are time consuming to make). Additionally, trapped rain in three causes mold on the fabric covering the board. Fixable, but time consuming. I run in to problems in that weather can be super unpredictable in our area. "Don't like the weather? Just wait 30 minutes!". Weather reports are not trustworthy, and to be perfectly honest, I sometimes take a day or so before I get to unloading. The fix for this one would be a way to waterproof. Other frames are retrofitted to display bracelets. The trays that hold the bracelets are permanant, but the bracelets have to come on and off for each show- that's a less time consuming task than you would think (for once!!).
Wow! Five hours for set up and break down is a lot. A crazy lot! I've done both jewelry and soap, so maybe I can help. What takes the longest? That would be a good place to start.
I see pictures of those vertical boards both empty and full of jewelry, so I'm guessing that you put all of those pieces on the board after you arrive at the venue? Is there any way that you can transport those pieces fully loaded? Wrap them tightly in a large piece of fabric and safety pin it so that if anything falls off, it will not get lost? Then stand it up or lay it flat in your vehicle, so that it doesn't get tossed around too much. If you have all of your earrings on cards, that at least keeps the pairs together. Necklaces are tricky. I never did find a good way to transport them, and it does take some time to get them all untangled from one another, but what if you put each of them in its own organza bag? That way, at least you don't have to untangle them from one another. Just take them out of the bag and place them on your display. Then when you make a sale, you can put it back in the bag for your customer. Maybe instead of having so many different display pieces, you could organize things together, like have some large bracelet bars with more bracelets on them, and large T-bars for more necklaces. You could then use the individual necklace displays to showcase special pieces. Would it be possible to put pieces together in a zip lock baggie, with a note on it..."three tiered silver tray", so that once you put out that display piece, you know that everything in that baggie goes there?
I like the look of your display, there are lots of interesting little display pieces to explore, but I can see where it would make for a long set up. But five hours is just nuts. I know that with the style of your jewelry, this display works, but I'd work at streamlining it a bit more. You could try it and get customer feedback to see how they feel about it. There has to be a way to do it or you'll burn yourself out in no time. Good luck to you!
If you see my reply to the efficacious gentleman, you can get the (entirely unnecessarily overly detailed) full explanation for the boards. The short answer is that, yes they can be kept with stuff on them, but it's not actually practical unless I can find a way to waterproof them. They're BIG- the square one is by far the smallest at only 4x4ish feet.
Necklaces- I use ziplock bags between shows. I may be switching to the organza though to combat unrelated issues.
Bracelet bars- can't do those since most of my bracelets would hang upside down. No doubt there are dozens of options for laying out more bracelets together. But do I want to? They sell well, and they're pricey. Other than set up time, a disadvantage to this display is that there's a LOT to see. With the display, and even with the jewelry- it requires observation some level of attention to get what you're looking at. I doubt anybody comes in my booth and really sees everything. It's too damn much to take in. By dividing bracelets onto several displays, I increase the likelihood they will notice them. Ok, so take your same concept (cause it's a good one) and apply it to necklaces. Most of my necklaces require busts to see what they are. Some of those that don't are already on mass displays. The ones wrapped around bottles are the only ones I could maybe mass together somehow.
I can't keep jewelry with its display. My display changes too much depending on the space I have, and I often need easy access to pieces between shows.
Thank you for your thoughts!
I can do 9-10 tables in a 10x10 space. I like all products grouped to their own tables. B&B goes on the 4 front tables, I elevate a 4' table behind each 4' front table, giving me 4 in front. Hubby's golf art goes on 2 elevated tables on the side, and my crochet hats on 2 more elevated tables on the other side, with duckies on a table vertical to my front tables. It is very easy to work with 4' long tables especially if you get telescoping tables. I would lose the round tables and get 2'x4' tables. They are also very easy to pack. 
