FIESTA!!!!!!!

by JoAnn

Rick, the vintage husband and I are celebrating our 35th wedding anniversery! For a surprise he whisked me out of town fri. and wouldn’t tell me where we were going. We spent the day driving and stopped at a few thrift shops and antique stores along the way which of course was great. After hours [...]

New Boudoir photos

by JoAnn

last week I started moving Vintage JoAnn’s office, computer, remainder of inventory, etc to our 3rd floor, and moving our guest bedroom to the 2nd floor. I wanted all my business stuff together on one floor. I had been sleeping in the 3rd floor bedroom a lot lately, mostly to give poor Rick some rest- [...]

Vintage JoAnn in the News

by JoAnn

Look what greeted me when I got to the Living section of the York Sunday News this morning! The reporter, Leigh Zaleski, had called me about 6 weeks ago because she was doing on article on vintage clothing and someone had given her my name as someone local and knowledgeable.  After discussing the article she was working [...]

Vacation Shopping

by JoAnn

I got home last night from our almost annual trek to Ocean City MD. We usually go on the off season and meet up with my sil Becky, her husband Ken and my niece Kristina. My almost favorite part of the trip is the day we leave home. Our routine is to hit every thrift [...]

Fav Vintage Finds

by JoAnn

Mary Deluxe of the great blog Deluxeville has thrown out the challenge to show some photos of 5 favorite vintage finds. Here are a few of mine, although this changes constantly! The chandelier in our bedroom was a $10 light fixture I found on the floor in a junk shop but with shades, trim, etc, [...]

New Etsy SHOP!

by JoAnn

I really appreciate all the support I’ve received from my fans and customers since we closed the brick and mortar store and moved totally online. I recently decided to move my online store to Etsy for a couple of reasons. First of all it is a collection of similar shops allowing a prospective customer to search the entire site [...]

Super giveaway at Zootsuitmama.com!

by JoAnn

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Vintage Porch Decorating

by JoAnn

Rick power washed all the winter grime from the front porch yesterday. Living on a busy street creates tons of dirt.  I know it’s not officially Spring yet but thats where my head is at and I spent a few hours decorating the front porch and the little backyard seating area under our balcony. The [...]

Spring FEVER!!!

by JoAnn

Well it snowed again and although it bummed me out, the sun is shining today and I know March is on the way.  It was so warm last week Rick and I got the entire garden cleaned up and I noticed some bulbs peeking through.  I have been gathering items to decorate my porches come [...]

My Vintage Town

by JoAnn

I’ve been without my car this week as it was undergoing major(expensive) repairs. So today I tired of this house arrest and spent a few hours walking about our small town, Red Lion, PA. Rick and I both grew up in the area but spent over 25 years living  in other states, including MN.,MD.. and [...]