I am not a writer… I daydream about writing, but I am not, nor will I ever claim to be, a writer. That’s my only disclaimer for this blog. Don’t expect wonderful writing or correct punctuation… Just wonderful, fun stories of how we started our business, Funky Trunks Boutiques (FTB), and the antics that go along with being wives, moms, business owners and friends all at the same time.
Funky Trunks was born over a lunch between acquaintances that had a similar interest. I am Courtney (I will be your “blogger”, self proclaimed creative genius, and dreamer) and my partner is Stacy (the realist, the numbers girl, and the backbone). On the outside we seem very similar, but as you get to know us you will learn that we each bring our own set of skills to the FTB.
As moms, Stacy and I had a desire to be involved in the lives of our children and be available to come and go with their crazy schedules, although we both wanted to continue working in some way shape or form we needed it on our terms. We love to be busy! If you hear us say we are tired … we are… it’s just a fact… but we love the rat race that we live in and would be bored with any other life!!
We both wear many hats both professional and nonprofessional and love all of the jobs that we do for our families and for others. But one desire that we shared was to own a boutique or have something in the retail world. As we were discussing this over our fated lunch this idea began to take shape. I had experience with buying for a small boutique and retail merchandising and she… well, she is the numbers girl, what better pair do you need!? (she’s also a photographer! fabulous free photos of our clothes!)
The conversation at our lunch grew loud as we excitedly jabbered away about our big plans and took notes on napkins! As in any brainstorming session (planned or unplanned) you begin to get delirious after a while and the giggles set in. We had ironed out a few major details before things took a turn into delirium.
1. We knew we wanted to sell something out of the trunks of our cars. 2. We knew we could sell clothing and accessories. 3. We knew we had to convince our husbands that this was a lucrative and fabulous idea!!
With these details worked out we began to think about a name. Lots of names were tossed around… most of them I can’t even remember at this point. We just couldn’t find one that we both liked until one of us said, “lets just say we have junk in our trunks” to which the other responded, “Funky Junk”… to which we both looked up and yelled, “Funky Trunks!” It was a jinx, pinch, poke, you owe me a coke moment! It was the perfect name for the image we wanted to give our shoppers! And there were going to be shoppers… lots and lots of shoppers.
Funky Trunks Boutiques 
Much success!