Hostess with the Mostest

Okay...finally I have time to fill you in on the details of my launch party! First let me say...it was a blast. All of my friends in one place at the same time getting pampered! Wonderful! There were 8 guests in attendance...3 shows were booked and the show volume was just over $1,000. What did I earn? $150 worth of FREE clothing AND 7...yes ladies...SEVEN half off items! What did I buy? Well, had to keep my fabulous customers in mind. I added to my fall sample line. I already have several girls outfits so I decided to purchase some boys clothing! I don't have boys so it was kinda fun shopping for a boy! I just know if I had one...he would be too cool for school in his MVB duds! ;) Can't wait to get all of my goodies! I gotta say...it sure is fun being the hostess with the mostest! This night reminded me yet again why I love having my own MVB busniness. I just can't think of any other job that would allow me to have a fun night of wine, pedicures and girl talk all while earning hostess rewards AND commission! WooHoo! Enjoy the photos of my event and I hope all of you become a hostess with the mostest too!!

My Little Addison gets a pic on famecrawler...

Original Bachelorette Trista Sutter Designs My Vintage Baby Collection | Famecrawler
With Trista Sutter joining our team, we sure have been getting alot of media coverage!!! This one caught my eye...Addison's pic is in it!!! So neat. I do have to say, winter rose is one of my favorites this season! I LOVE these jeans!

Fabulous Feet for Fall!

The date has been set! By now most of you have dropped by my website to view the new fall line. If you haven't...What are you waiting for??? Click here to view the line! Anyway, it is time to plan my launch party! I like to do themes. You saw the "boots and bling" post. What to do for fall? I was thinking a play on words with one of the line names...paisley party, vintage safari, winter rose??? Nothing was really standing out. Hmmmm?? Then Cindy calls me and tells me about her fabulous idea to invite all of her friends to do have pedicures for a trunk show. LOVE IT! But...it needed a cute name and how else am I going to make this fabulous. Side Note...haven't told you guys that I thought my team needed a name. BLESSED FABULOUS! Everything is fabulous with me! hehe! Okay...back to the party planning. I started surfing and found a suggestion for "Fabulous Feet for Fall!" Like that...gonna use it, but what to serve and colors? I know...over the top. I love this part of the party planning. Me and my clever self decided on Pedicure and Petit Fours! I contacted a local nail salon and they agreed to give all of my guests 15% off of their services and they serve the drinks (including wine)! What a bargain! I have asked a new friend Amy Armstrong to create Petit Fours for the event and I have no doubt they will be fabulous. She has even decorated a tower to put the petit fours on! Yeah! The plan is...each guest will arrive and be seated in a pedicure chair. The will be served drinks and browse the Fabulous Fall catalog while enjoying their pedicures and petit fours! How Fabulous!!! I have sent out fancy little invites printed on hot pink paper and the back page is black damask. I topped them off with a cute black and white polka dot ribbon. Placed in pink envelopes...these little gems are on their way to mailboxes everywhere! I do need your help though...I want to give a small gift to each guest in attendance. What do I give?? I am going to do a drawing for one lucky guest to get their pedicure for FREE. I can do a drawing for a ticket to Tea with Trista. But what cute little gift should I give to all of the fabulous ladies that attend??? HELP!

Adding to my resume...

June and July were a whirlwind! I did some super fun things and added a few things to my resume. Scheduling assistant, model coordinator, Hair and wardrobe stylist, and photography assistant! Melissa Darst and I have become such close friends over the last several months so when she invisioned the ranch for the catalog photoshoot I was so there! My girls would be modeling and she wanted an assistant to be able to focus on the clothing while she would focus on the kiddos. I was her girl. Road Trip! Off to college station we went. Don't Laugh...it was an "experience" for me. I have seen cows before, but not like this! We got to the ranch late at night, as we drove up in our little rental car, there were cows everywhere! They were laying right in the middle of the drive and we had to honk the car horn to wake them so they would move! I grew up in a small town but, this was the closest I had ever been to a cow! LOL! They were as big as that little rental car that we were in! haha! Anyway, we get there...get the girls to bed and Melissa and I went to work. Hanging outfits, laying out shoes and hair accessories and finalizing the schedule. We have every last detail ready for the next morning when the models would arrive...then...the RAIN came! Uggh! There we were all dressed up and no place to go! The models and parents were so easy going. We would just hang out and as soon as the rain drops would stop out we would go! We did this all day, in and out, model after model, one outfit and then another! It was enough to wear this girl out! And...I had to be mommy in between all of that too. There I was getting the models dressed, then I would do their hair (loved that part), then I would hand deliver the model outside to Melissa and be her assistant. Oh...almosst forgot...there was another assistant that made a debut. LUIS! I met luis just a couple of weeks before via a friend on FB. He was interested in MVB and I swear he ask a MILLION questions...which was great...and he signed up on my team!! He is the first guy in MVB and I am so honored to have him on my team! Small World...he lives in College Station! We needed another model and another hand...he was our guy! I was so excited to meet him and we worked very closely over the next few days. He and I were Melissa's extra hands. I will never forget the Sweet and Sassy shoot. It is the pic in the catalog that is on a vanity with the tri fold mirror. Everywhere we stood, we were in the picture somehow! The model would be ready, Melisssa in place, the perfect shot and Melissa would say "Shannon, Luis, you're in the shot!" We would move left, move right, back up...we were still in the shot! LOL! We ran around and ducked down and voile...the perfect shot! HAHA! Anyway, long story longer...days at the ranch and a few southlake shoots and a trip to Colorado later...the catalog shoot had wrapped! I had a BLAST wearing all of these hats! Fell off the sales band wagon during these 2 months, but continued recruiting for my team and booking shows for fall in the mean time. And...my team still rocked it in the top ten! That is June and July...now onto August! The Fall 2010 Launch!!!