I had all of these dreams of blogs I would do this summer.. Courtney’s Favorite Things (neon and jumpsuits), Best Vacation Outfits (blue and white Hawaii dress and pink and white fringe cape dress), Ways to Stay Cool and Look Sleek (green petal short with cross over spaghetti strap white top) etc. However, FTB has been so busy this summer we haven’t even had time to think about blogging much less actually sit down to make it happen! That’s not a bad thing; it means business is good! We have been updating our facebook page so many of you have been keeping up with what FTB has been doing this summer or trends we are loving and what we are seeing people wear on their vacations, so you are up to speed. So, I’m here to tell you about that parties have been booming, dear friends are leaving for great adventures and moving to other countries and Funky Trunks Boutiques has been moving…. Moving? YES! FTB is moving into
But more on that in a minute! (Can’t stand it? Scroll down to the last paragraph) !!
First, I want to talk about the Ridglea Sip-N-Shop. On top of the fabulous June/July parties hosted by S. Hamilton, A. Flores, A. Martinez, J. Treger and C. Cherry, we were asked to be a merchant in the Ridglea 400 Sip-N-Shop at Ridglea Country Club! We were invited to be part of this event back in April when we were just launching FTB and we have been excited ever since. You could even say that we were perhaps a little over zealous when the day finally came for the show! We arrived early, the first ones there, which if you know us is a miracle because one of us is always running behind, and we were the last ones to leave! We had to keep it funky with the staff after the shoppers were gone!
As we rolled in rack after rack of clothing, hung party lights, laid out cowhide rugs, started jamming our music and began to set up… we quickly realized that maybe we brought a little too much stuff! But if you know FTB you know we are always over the TOP! Now, I am not naming names or pointing fingers, but a certain owner who has blonde hair may have been caught popping bottles of champagne in the corner, winking at waiters to get extra iced tea, and had several clothing malfunctions throughout the night (dang bando). But, said owner also may have earned the nickname MacGyver by using a thumb tack and a 2×4 to hang party lights and a canvas painting on a stone wall! But I will never rat anyone out… I will only tell stories with slight embellishments!! Funky Trunks had a WONDERFUL night sippin’ and shoppin’ with all of the ladies at Ridglea… and I hear they may have liked us a little bit too!
Look at those PART Lights!!
Sippin’ and Shoppin’ at Ridglea
On Thursday after the Sip-N-Shop we at the FTB were hit with a little dose of reality! Our first almost real employee, Carrie Hamstra, had just helped with her last party before departing for her new home in Medellin, Colombia. We lost her to South America, but only for 2 years we hope! In her minimal suitcases allowed Carrie managed to fit all of her Funky Trunks Boutiques clothing! Her new closet looks like a FTB STORE! (FTB … STORE… hold that thought)
We wanted to send a little shout to our little Colombian one more time to say THANK YOU CARRIE!! We could not have survived without you the past few months and we will miss you along with all of those lucky ladies that you have dressed in the cutest FTB outfits at the parties!! In 2 years come back and get ready for Monkey Funks to explode!
Our cute Carrie! Always working’ it!
FTB spottings everywhere she goes!
Our last Kona Grill post party meeting!!
So now, back to the subject that I have mentioned two times so far… have you caught on yet? The Party Spot and FTB…what? STORE???? The day of demolition has come and gone we got to busy to blog, again… but we did manage to snap a few pics to show what is happening on Bluebonnet Circle!
Ripped out those floors! Let the Parties begin!
We have been looking for a spot to keep our merchandise and office out of for a couple of months now. We quickly realized that loading and unloading all of our merchandise in people’s homes was fun, but tiring on everyone involved! Our hostesses have all been so gracious letting us unload and set up hours before parties and then tear down for 1-2 hours after parties. We even had a sweet friend that let us leave our merchandise over night because it was pouring down rain when we finished at her house and 9:30 pm! We also realized that we break a lot of jewelry trying to carry this stuff all over creation every week! That’s just not cost-effective! So… we have come up with a place where you can have your party without having to give up your home for several hours and we can leave our merchandise stationery!
Funky Trunks Boutiques, The Party Spot, will work the same was FTB has worked from the beginning. You call, email, or facebook us and give us some dates and we will collaborate to find a date and send you an invite to send to all of your friends or post of your facebook page! We are so excited to get The Party Spot open and have been working around the clock to get ready! We are hosting our first private party for Lauren Cara tomorrow night! It will so much fun—even if we are still a little rough around the edges!
So that’s our big news! We are still keepin’ Fort Worth funky one party at a time!! Come see us at The Party Spot and follow our Facebook page to know when YOU can shop!!
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