Sweet Funky Vintage Children's Clothing Trunk Shows

I want to take a minute to tell you a little bit about the Sweet Funky Vintage trunk show program.



As a hostesses you will earn free duds and great benefits when you invite your family and friends over to shop at your in-home Sweet Funky Vintage Trunk Show. You'll be the envy of the carpool line (even though we know you already are).
You may not be familiar with the concept of a trunk show. In the South, we have been shopping for children's clothing at home shows forever. But, it is a relatively new experience for many people.



Twice a year, our hostesses receive a sample trunk of garments containing a HUGE selection of styles, fabrics, sizes, and accessories! During their trunk show, hostesses help customers design their own completely unique and hip fashions from our many styles, fabrics and embroidery and monogram options. Shows for our Spring/Summer collection begin in mid January and run through April. The Fall/Winter shows begin in July and run through October. Typically, shows last for 3 days, with the trunk arriving the day before the show period starts, and shipping out the day after the show period ends. Hostesses provide open house hours or schedule appointments - whatever works best for them! The last evening of the show period is usually spent organizing the samples and orders.



As a Sweet Funky Vintage trunk show hostess, you will receive a trunk full of adorable, fresh and funky fashions to show at a party at your home. These are sample pieces of the current season's collection. You will display the samples in your home and take custom orders for the clothing. As a hostess, you will simply sign up for a trunk show period, mail invitations that we provide, set up the samples in your home and invite your friends to drop by and Ooooh and Ahhhh! Based on your sales, you receive hostess credit. All orders are shipped directly to the customers.



Some of our hostesses love SFV so much, they have decided to make a career of it! We provide tons of resources and support to help our consultants be as successful as possible. Our consultants can choose how profitable they want to be by how much time they want to devote to their SFV business. Our Sweet Funky Vintage consultants earn cash, clothes, prizes and more by sharing Sweet Funky Vintage in their communities. Our consultants host the trunk for about 2 weeks each season and book at least 3 shows (one can be their own show).

Our Fall 2011 season is almost completely booked. But we do have these two dates still available:
Friday 10/14 - Wed 10/19
Tuesday 10/18 - Sunday 10/23

We are also booking for Spring 2012. If you weren't able to host a trunk show this fall, but want to book early to guarantee Easter delivery, let us know and we will go ahead and reserve a Spring date for you!




If you are ready to join our team and become a Sweet Funky Vintage consultant, visit our website and complete the application form.

Queen Bee Market

I cannot believe it has been an entire week since Queen Bee Market! It was a fabulous day and such a beautiful gathering of some of the most crafty and creative people you can imagine!
We were delighted to be a part of Queen Bee Market once again. We had lots of new items and had a ton of fun creating them - it really helped us to reconnect with our creative sides!
If you were lucky enough to be in San Diego to attend, you know what I mean when I say it is hard to capture all of the wonderful things in pictures. But, I will give it a try!
We left SFV at 6:45am and arrived at the Hilton Bayfront with plenty of time to set up, so we thought. But, by the time we unloaded (my first time in a freight elevator!) and then went potty from the multiple cups of coffee we consumed on the ride down, we had exactly 8 minutes to set up our booth. Seven and a half minutes, if you count the 30 seconds I spent to take this picture for you!


Voila! Eight minutes later (okay, maybe more like 18), here was our booth.


And, here are some of our favorite booths at this queen bee market:

Blue Corduroy

Fairly Fabulous

Fresh Batch

Inspire Lovely

Little Penelope Lane

Lollypops

Olive Blue

Paper Goods

Pillow Factory

Polkadots and Poppies

I am not sure how I didn't get a picture of Allora Handmade's unbelievably awesome booth, so I borrowed this one from her blog. How awesome is this? Her husband created it for her - lucky girl!

and our absolute favorite booth - Funky Vintage Lovely.

Favorite Things Friday - Pinterest

Pinterest. Sigh. If you haven't discovered Pinterest, you probably have more spare time than I do!! LOL Pinterest is eye candy, pure and simple. A place to discover how to live with style! It is a website that you will discover all kinds of creative inspiration. Liz and I were joking the other day that it sucks you in and makes you want to take fabulous pictures, cook incredibly delicious meals, throw fantastic parties, dress with absolute style and panache, and have a gloriously decorated home. Really, it is that good!
So, the cliff's notes on how to really get the most out of pinterest. First, you have to join. Sometimes there is a waiting list, so don't get discouraged. Apply to join, and wait. If you don't get an invite, apply again after a short time.
Exploring pinterest is really addicting. Basically, you can see the images that were meaningful to others and they wanted to "bookmark" the original location for further exploration later. And, you can categorize the "pins" you make, so you can have a category for dashing duds, fabulous food, home dec, crafty goodness, and so on. And instead of it being text based, like bookmarking a site on your own computer, it is a visual reminder - a picture of exactly what on that web page that you wanted to remember and come back to later. I am such a visual person, this couldn't be more perfect for me!
And, when you find someone you have oodles in common with, then you can "follow" their boards (categories) and see everything they "pin" and if it strikes your fancy, you can re-pin it - which enables you to place it in one of your categories for later use. I laugh at the fact that Liz and I seem to re-pin each others pins with regularity!
There is also an ipad and iphone app for pinterest (of course!)
Here are a few of my categories and some of my favorite "pins" in them. Keep in mind that when you join, pinterest automatically gives you a list of categories to use. You can edit the names and add more as necessary. I am still exploring, so some of their titles don't fit me perfectly, but I haven't decided exactly what I want to change the titles to either!

Products I Love:

mason jar sippy cups.

polka dot straws.

Party Fun:

ice cream cone ballons. (wish I had had this idea when I had the ice cream themed birthday party for Georgia a couple of years ago)

pre-mixed cocktails served in mason jars.

milk and cookies

My Style Pinboard:




I am sure you can imagine how great these are for getting ideas on how to put great outfits together that are perfectly accessorized. Nordstrom Rack - here I come with my cheat sheet!!!

For the Home:
Someday I may build my dream home. Or, renovate one that is kinda close, or maybe just get a few simple decorating ideas from here...

if I had a bathroom that looked like this, I might never get out of the bathtub.

what is not to like about this kitchen? my favorite part? The dog bowls, of course!

what a great laundry room.

what a fantastic storage solution for the space beneath the stairs!

this just makes me laugh.

Crafty Goodness:

i am totally making this! Frame from Ikea, fabric backing and a wooden letter.

how to make a mason jar into a lantern.

great 4th of July decoration with hand and footprints.

i am saving up my corks!

5 pillows in matching pillowcases all sewn together!

Foodie Love:


tiny caprese kabobs.

egg toast bacon cups.

banana pie.

baked zucchini sticks and sweet onion dip.

Okay... enough already! Visit pinterest and follow my boards and you can find these and many, many, many more, as well as follow them to the original postings with more information about the recipes, crafts, etc.

http://pinterest.com/mbseverson/

Monkeybar Buddies Sale Ends Friday 8/12

Monkeybar Buddies are on sale on our website for one more day! We put Monkeybar Buddies on sale for back to school at 30% off - all colors and sizes.
Sale price is $11.20 (normally $16) through tomorrow.

Have you seen the new prints?