Vintage JoAnn

Last week was our one year anniversary for Vintage JoAnn.
I had sent fliers and e mails to every one I knew and my store mailing list advertising sales, discounts, and coupons.

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Sales have been good so that is good news for everyone because then I can buy more new inventory!
Julie Olivett has been bringing me some of the nicest costume jewelry in all price ranges.  Rings, loads of great pins, faux pearls, bracelets, rhinestones, etc.
I’ve purchased quite a few vintage clothing items also since I’ve last [...]

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LOML noticed on our web stats that we have a number of regular viewers from across the pond. You may already be aware of this exhibition but if not checkout this blog entry from one of my new friends, Sandra of Debutante Clothing, at The Vintage Fashion Guild. It’s about an exhibition at Kensington Palace of the [...]

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I’m totally addicted to fashion magazines.
As many of you know, there are piles of them in the shop to enjoy.  I love vintage magazines, and collect old Vogues.
I also subscribe to lots of new mags such as Vogue, Lucky, Elle, Bazaar, Glamour, In Style, Romantic Homes, Victorian Homes, etc.
It helps me keep on top of current fashion which [...]

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Well, my friend and vintage tracker extrordinaire,  Julie, has done it again!
I needed some more gloves in stock in all different colors, sizes and styles.  Lately, I’ve  been finding them one at a time and usually not colors.
After casually mentioning she had some gloves to show me she shows up with a couple hundred pairs!
Of [...]

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Today at the shop a lady came in with a few things to sell plus her lovely 1959 wedding dress she was finally ready to part with.
Her name is Nedra Rank and I’m sure many local people know her as she had a 37 yr. career teaching jr. high at York Suburban and Red Lion [...]

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It’s always interesting being in the shop and noticing trends in what people are looking at and buying. The trick in the vintage business is to acquire items that fit the trends in a business where you can’t go to a wholesaler and say send me 20 of this or that.
Vintage in general is definitely [...]

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Today was such a fun day at the shop.
The commute is great (I live above the store) , snacks are handy and I can keep an eye on Ziggy, my bichon puppy, and Ozzie, my ginormous black cat.
I sold lots of costume jewelry, linens, a purse, and various cards.
The best part of the day was [...]

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