Little Shops of Horror

Halloween is less than a week and I felt like it was time to get you all into the spirit! Last Saturday night, local vendors got together and hosted pop up shops in the back of the store. Jaclyn from Jax & Co. setup the evening for everyone and did a spooktacular job decorating! It set the mood for the evening and helped to get everyone into the Halloween spirit.

The local vendors in attendance were Jax & Co., a Trinket Trunk, The Wicked Left Hand, Urban Prairie, Snappy Queen Bee, and Mika Holtzinger Art. All local vendors had their own flair for creativity.

You can learn more about them on the website created for the event here.

For drinks, Jaclyn hired Pat from Shaken or Stirred and he did a great job getting into the spirit of things! He sets up a portable bar for parties and is great at making it fit the theme of your party. He came up with a signature cocktail and dressed up as a mad scientist! Definitely worth checking out if you ever need a bartender.

Overall, it was a fun night and it was nice to meet some other local vendors! Definitely good to get out and support other local businesses and entrepreneurs. Hope you found some Halloween inspiration and maybe stumbled upon a new vendor to check out at future local market!

Lots of Love,

Shop Monday's Pop Up Shop

Finally found a free moment to share the fun details on a fun pop up shop we had in the store a couple weeks ago. Shop Mondays is a local clothing boutique that is online based and does little pop ups around town throughout the year. The owners, Sara and Olivia, are so adorable and seem to have a lot of fun working together on their business.

The collection of clothing offered in their shop is trendy and the items are easy to mix into your wardrobe. I purchased that cute grey and white stripe dress pictured above and I'm definitely wearing it right now (so comfortable!). Excited to layer it over some black skinny jeans this fall.

The setup was quick and the event area seemed to work well for the racks of clothing. Plus, we were able to turn the dress up closets into changing rooms, which was nice for their customers. They do a good job of bringing in items that share their brand with viewers and the backdrop for the tea party hosted at the store later that day, worked as a cute backdrop for them as well.

If you are a local online business looking for a space to host popup shops, please reach out! I would love to have you. We can work together to setup a good time situation and I of course help promote your event to bring in customers. I know it can be hard to find a space to setup shop for a short period of time that's affordable and I definitely want to help entrepreneurs in the area build their business.

Thank you to everyone that stopped by that day! Make sure to check out Shop Mondays online and to follow them on social media to see where they will be popping up next. Also, make sure you are following Love of Character or are on our mailing list to stay up to date with current events happening in the store.

Lots of Love,