Stop by now and see whats in store for you!
http://www.jojosretroandvintage.etsy.com/
Happy Spring!!
xo
Friday, March 30, 2012
APRIL FOOLS SALE!
Stop by now and see whats in store for you!
http://www.jojosretroandvintage.etsy.com/
Happy Spring!!
xo
Friday, March 23, 2012
MOVING SALE! A new store and more....
Hoping everyone is enjoying gorgeous spring weather in their corner of the world! Its been unusually warm here in Minnesota for this time of year. It feels like we fast forwarded two months and everyone is soaking it in despite seasonal allergies. I'm glad the weather is cooperating as I'm packing up all the vintage and photo equipment and moving in one week into a new studio/store in downtown Hopkins on Main Street. I'm very excited as I've come a long way from my starting point two years ago. Its been a lot of work setting up a retail space- oh the leases, insurance, street signage, display fixtures, advertising, etc. to sort out! But its all going to be SO worth it when Jojo's makes its debut here in the Twin Cities. Please check out my JOJO'S FACEBOOK PAGE and follow me there as well! I'll be posting pictures there as I plan to document my retail store opening journey. I've joked that I need some serious local advertising efforts so people will check out my new little shop!
An idea that occurred to me:
Well.....maybe not. In the meantime, I've made some price reductions on my current offerings and am offering an additional
15% OFF your order this weekend!
Just use code MOVE15 at checkout and save yourself a little ka-ching!
Speaking of sexy legs, did any of you get a chance to watch my amazing television debut on the new TLC Discovery Channel show "My Crazy Obsession" with Doris MayDay? LOL It was fun to be sure. I did not get to watch it before it aired, and I was a little freaked out when they showed the "Love Doll Collector" episode just before my segment, as just about all my family and close friends were watching. Fortunately no one publicly disowned me. The actual episode can be caught on rerun on TLC. Its about a Las Vegas transplant living in Minneapolis who is trying to live a 1950s lifestyle to the extreme. They have a little teaser available for the public on their website which shows me photographing Doris in a retro pinup session in my old studio. You can watch it HERE.
Well, thats all for this week. As always, I'm listing beautiful new items all the time and would love to see your bright and shining face in the store!
xo
Josette aka Jojo
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Jojo's is on TV? What???
I hope this finds you all well and enjoying your March! The snow is melting up here in Minnesota and big exciting changes are happening for Jojo's! Much news to share with you today!
First off, I wanted to let you know that I will be on t.v. tomorrow night at 9pm CT on a new show on TLC Discovery called "My Crazy Obsession." Yes, we all know this is dangerous agreeing to appear on a reality show since theres not much reality to it, but it was good fun. I am actually not the main character, but a vintage seller and photographer (which is true) that comes to the rescue of a girl stuck in the 50s. Here is the teaser: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/my-crazy-obsession-1950s_n_1335646.html Hope you will tune in for the laughs! I actually have not seen any more than this, so it will be a surprise for me as well!
Secondly, Jojo's is opening a vintage studio in April that is finally open to the public! *gasp!* It will be on 10th and Main Street in Hopkins, Minnesota and will be open for an occasional sale one long weekend each month and also will be open by appointment. This will be in addition to my online shop. I'd love to have a FT shop, but family demands make that a challenge right now. One step at a time! Stay tuned for Grand Opening info and pictures of window displays and other fun stuff!
Lots of new spring and summer items will be coming to Jojo's both on the website and in store! Check out our listings daily for new finds for your wardrobe.
And finally, in celebration of my 10 minutes of fame, vintage savings can be found this week on the website with coupon codes at checkout:
TVTIME for FREE US SHIPPING
INTERNATIONAL customers will receive 20% off their purchase with coupon code UKLOVE!
If you'd like to receive these coupons by email, please sign up for my preferred customer email list by sending me a quick note to josette@jojosretroandvintage.com.
See you in the movies!
XO
Josette
Jojo's Retro and Vintage LLC
www.jojosretroandvintage.etsy.com
First off, I wanted to let you know that I will be on t.v. tomorrow night at 9pm CT on a new show on TLC Discovery called "My Crazy Obsession." Yes, we all know this is dangerous agreeing to appear on a reality show since theres not much reality to it, but it was good fun. I am actually not the main character, but a vintage seller and photographer (which is true) that comes to the rescue of a girl stuck in the 50s. Here is the teaser: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/my-crazy-obsession-1950s_n_1335646.html Hope you will tune in for the laughs! I actually have not seen any more than this, so it will be a surprise for me as well!
Secondly, Jojo's is opening a vintage studio in April that is finally open to the public! *gasp!* It will be on 10th and Main Street in Hopkins, Minnesota and will be open for an occasional sale one long weekend each month and also will be open by appointment. This will be in addition to my online shop. I'd love to have a FT shop, but family demands make that a challenge right now. One step at a time! Stay tuned for Grand Opening info and pictures of window displays and other fun stuff!
Lots of new spring and summer items will be coming to Jojo's both on the website and in store! Check out our listings daily for new finds for your wardrobe.
And finally, in celebration of my 10 minutes of fame, vintage savings can be found this week on the website with coupon codes at checkout:
TVTIME for FREE US SHIPPING
INTERNATIONAL customers will receive 20% off their purchase with coupon code UKLOVE!
If you'd like to receive these coupons by email, please sign up for my preferred customer email list by sending me a quick note to josette@jojosretroandvintage.com.
See you in the movies!
XO
Josette
Jojo's Retro and Vintage LLC
www.jojosretroandvintage.etsy.com
Friday, February 3, 2012
FREE SHIPPING FRIDAY!
Oh so many new items to get on the site! Jojo's is gearing up for spring with colorful graphic dresses and wider variety of sizes! Time for some deals so I can make room in the studio!
This calls for FREE SHIPPING FRIDAY!
I'm offering free shipping on any items in store for US customers TODAY with code USFREESHIP at checkout! International customers can cash in too and receive 20% off their purchase with code INTL20 at checkout!
Happy shopping!
Jojo
This calls for FREE SHIPPING FRIDAY!
I'm offering free shipping on any items in store for US customers TODAY with code USFREESHIP at checkout! International customers can cash in too and receive 20% off their purchase with code INTL20 at checkout!
Happy shopping!
Jojo
Monday, January 2, 2012
What do you know about Jojo's?
What do you know about Jojo's and its owner? Perhaps not alot! Yes, it true...I have a hard time finding time to blog while chasing my kids and running the shop. Here's a little more info about me from The Vintage Fashion Guild blog:
To read my random prattling about my life and vintage (because I'm sooooo interesting LOL), here's an old blog post you can check out as well:
Happy New Year, vintage lovers!
Josette
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Not Walking in a Retail Wunderland......
Shotguns ring, are you listening.... feel your feet, they're a blistering.....
Its that time of the year again where retail madness reigns supreme!
I caught a commercial for Walgreens on the t.v. where very little was said, but it showed the cattle-herding insanity of shopping at a big store during a peak time. I had to laugh- brings back many memories of elbows in the back and the strollers blocking any conceivable walking path (and, yes, I've even been one of those women wielding my stroller as a personal space preserver!) Shuffling down an aisle, climbing over people thinking to yourself in your best Captain James T. Kirk voice, "If..... I could only get past.....this......woman....maybe I can save...the ship!" Yes, I can shop without fighting over a sweater with some little old lady who looks like a seasoned pro at caning to death competing bargain hunters while listening to my toddler scream "DOWN! DOWN!" to the tune of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. It seems like retailers have caught onto the unpleasantness of the trend in "Christmas-kamikaze-road-rage" style shopping and extended their hours so the nutters can get their list done without the involvement of the police.
I myself have only gone out on one Christmas shopping excursion since Thanksgiving, and they can be fun when you are in the mood and most of the people around you look sane. Gorgeous Christmas tree displays and lots of things to drool over that I could never possibly afford. Kind of like pressing your face into the glass of the toy store like Ralphie in the beginning of "A Christmas Story." This in and of itself can be torturous, so give me good 'ol online shopping! Give me my jammies, cup of Joe and specs, and I'm ready to play Santa on Etsy!
In addition to the higher physical safety factor of shopping at home (unless you fall off your chair and dump your coffee down your lap,) there is the wonderful feeling of potentially helping along another small business. Being a small business owner concerned over every sale, I can appreciate the challenge of remaining afloat with your unique goods while the big guys raffle off Kindles. I have found some amazingly wonderful things from Etsy this year, my favorite being vintage wooden painted tree ornaments that we had back in the 60s-70s when I was little. Most of my mom's collection has disappeared over the years so I was delighted to get a full collection of them again! They were kind of a paint by number wooden kit, so they looked exactly the same as the ones of my youth. Mom and I looked through them all noted the ones we remembered the best. Hey, you can't get that at the mall!
So, please support your favorite small businesses this season, both on-line and in your town. We are chock full of wonderful goodies and guarantee to be safer and kinder than Walmart- we promise!
P.S. GET FREE U.S. SHIPPING AND GIFT WRAP THRU 12/31 at my shop!
Its that time of the year again where retail madness reigns supreme!
I caught a commercial for Walgreens on the t.v. where very little was said, but it showed the cattle-herding insanity of shopping at a big store during a peak time. I had to laugh- brings back many memories of elbows in the back and the strollers blocking any conceivable walking path (and, yes, I've even been one of those women wielding my stroller as a personal space preserver!) Shuffling down an aisle, climbing over people thinking to yourself in your best Captain James T. Kirk voice, "If..... I could only get past.....this......woman....maybe I can save...the ship!" Yes, I can shop without fighting over a sweater with some little old lady who looks like a seasoned pro at caning to death competing bargain hunters while listening to my toddler scream "DOWN! DOWN!" to the tune of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. It seems like retailers have caught onto the unpleasantness of the trend in "Christmas-kamikaze-road-rage" style shopping and extended their hours so the nutters can get their list done without the involvement of the police.
I myself have only gone out on one Christmas shopping excursion since Thanksgiving, and they can be fun when you are in the mood and most of the people around you look sane. Gorgeous Christmas tree displays and lots of things to drool over that I could never possibly afford. Kind of like pressing your face into the glass of the toy store like Ralphie in the beginning of "A Christmas Story." This in and of itself can be torturous, so give me good 'ol online shopping! Give me my jammies, cup of Joe and specs, and I'm ready to play Santa on Etsy!
In addition to the higher physical safety factor of shopping at home (unless you fall off your chair and dump your coffee down your lap,) there is the wonderful feeling of potentially helping along another small business. Being a small business owner concerned over every sale, I can appreciate the challenge of remaining afloat with your unique goods while the big guys raffle off Kindles. I have found some amazingly wonderful things from Etsy this year, my favorite being vintage wooden painted tree ornaments that we had back in the 60s-70s when I was little. Most of my mom's collection has disappeared over the years so I was delighted to get a full collection of them again! They were kind of a paint by number wooden kit, so they looked exactly the same as the ones of my youth. Mom and I looked through them all noted the ones we remembered the best. Hey, you can't get that at the mall!
So, please support your favorite small businesses this season, both on-line and in your town. We are chock full of wonderful goodies and guarantee to be safer and kinder than Walmart- we promise!
P.S. GET FREE U.S. SHIPPING AND GIFT WRAP THRU 12/31 at my shop!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Holiday Dresses are Here!
I can hear Old Blue Eyes crooning his Christmas songs tonight.....one of my favorites is The Christmas Walz. Its time to pull out your party dresses and get ready for your office parties, galas and cocktail hours! If you are in need of a "new" vintage dress, stop by Jojo's and take a peek at the great selection we have! Something for every body!
Frosted Windowpanes....
Candles gleaming inside....
Frosted Windowpanes....
Candles gleaming inside....
Painted Candycanes on the Tree....
Happy Holidays!
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