The Little Shop that Could

Many of you may not know this, but I once co-owned a small vintage shop called Love Fox Vintage.  I ran it with my fashion sister from another mother, Faith.  We did everything ourselves, from making all of the displays (all recycled, of course) to shopping and helping our beloved customers.  It was the hardest thing I have ever done aside from being a mama.  There were many aspects of the shop that I loved.  I loved buying vintage to fill our racks, creating fun displays and dressing up our windows, and meeting sweet ladies who appreciated our little shop.  There were also things that I don't miss so much.  Business owning is extremely stressful and fickle.  And there is a lot of downtime, which can be difficult to deal with.  Also, you really put yourself out there when you own a business, so when people are negative about the space you have created it hurts to the core.  And I may be too sensitive to handle the criticism and financial vulnerability of shop owning.

Some days I really miss it though.  What I miss most is being creative and surrounded my fashion loving people on a daily basis.  And I really think Faith and I created a beautiful space that took you away to another place when you walked through the doors.  We really learned a lot from this experience and it opened both of us up in ways we never knew.  I am very grateful to have been a part of this dream & if I ever shop own again, I have a great resource of hands-on knowledge and lessons learned to look back on as a guide.

Faith is hoping to start the Fox up again online very soon, so keep an eye out for that!  Visit her at her blog, Tod Vixen!  She has the best tomboy style around!
Here's a peek into my old life as a shop owner.

A Love Fox Spring photo shoot

A window peek at the original shop in Ventura (this shop was barely 300 square feet, which was actually pretty perfect)

The deer sweater was a favorite Love Fox item of mine!

Whoa! Watch out, foxy ladies over here! 

That's Miss Faith in one of my fav photos of her!

I am hoping to find more photos of the actual shop for you guys (since I am obsessed with house, studio and creative space tours), but I think a lot of them were on my old Macbook (sad face) or on our flickr.  I must investigate!