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Showing posts with label school of vintage. Show all posts

It Pays to Comment...LITERALLY!

Our Dress Featured in The Modern Mode
We absolutely love finding new blogs to read and we also love seeing updates from blogs that we always follow.  Some people are so creative with their imagery and descriptions...whether its vintage-themed or not. (Although we're suckers for anything vintage.) Its also really fun to network and connect with people who share a common interest or intrigue us in some way.  For instance, The Modern Mode featured one of our vintage dresses in their Beach House post.  We were so excited that someone highlighted one of our items but we were even more excited and fascinated to read about the person behind Modern Mode.  We learned something new...something so interesting and so thought provoking.  See their site description below:

  "This site was created to explore the inter-dependent relationships between fashion, music, and art. It was inspired by synesthesia, a normal condition that allows people like me to see moving colors and shapes when listening to music. As a result, I've always been fascinated by the ways different arts inform one another. Posts will feature fashion, music, and art of all kinds in order to explore their shared aesthetic qualities so that we can experience them all in rich new ways. Hope you enjoy!"

One of our all time favorite bloggers is Jenny Mitchel of Frecklewonder.  She's a self-proclaimed "mama, junk lover, kook" and she updates her site with some amazing pictures and vintage treasures.  Its a very colorful site and will appeal to all of your senses.  We decided to advertise our Etsy shop on Jenny's site about a month ago and it's paid off.  Sales are up and Jenny even blogs about our store and promotions.  She's fantastic.  Check her out! And check out both of her Etsy shops here and here.  

Jenny's Reupholstered Chairs and Dining Room Table as Featured on Frecklewonder.com
So...about this post title.  Erin (1/2 of School of Vintage) was checking out some cool blogs and came across The Button Owl which "is a collection of interviews, reviews, outfit posts and articles, compiled by Nesha".  There was a post promoting Rock Paper Vintage, a really cool vintage shop on Ebay, where they were giving out a gift card to one lucky commenter.  So Erin took a chance and commented.  And guess what?  We won!  I don't know how the winner was decided (I like to pretend that they choose based on coolness) but Nesha contacted us and we were informed that the gift card was for $50 bucks!!!  Like we said...it really does pay to comment.  The big question now is...what will we buy?  Maybe these...

                             
RPV High Waisted Sheer Secretary Skirt - Starting Bid $9.99
RPV Floral Skinny Boyfriend Blazer - Starting Bid $19.99


We Appreciate You...we swear!

Congratulations to Stephanie of Australia for being our 50th customer.  Stephanie received $10.00 off her purchase and a code to receive 10% off her next order.  Stay tuned for more promotions, sales and coupon codes.  In fact, we're scheming up our  next big giveaway right now!

The vintage scarf Stephanie purchased that gave her the title of our 50th customer for our Customer Appreciation Sale!!

Customer Appreciation Sale Going on Now!!

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE!   We are offering 5% off every order until we reach our 50th customer who, on top of the 5% discount, will receive $10.00 off their entire order!   Use coupon code SOVTHANKS at check out and GOOD LUCK!

Visit schoolofvintage.etsy.com to browse our inventory and receive 5% off any item.  You might even be the 50th customer!!!

(01/26/11) - 47 customers and counting



$18 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/66159025/vintage-red-and-white-polka-dot-dress
$10 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/64194639/pair-of-glass-mid-century-gold-and-black

Good Luck!  Love, School of Vintage

Details.

Who: School of Vintage, LLC

What: Vintage Consignment Shop

Where: Tuckerton, NJ (storefront under contract - address coming soon)

Website: schoolofvintage.etsy.com

Facebook: School of Vintage, LLC

Email: schoolofvintage@hotmail.com

**All of our coupon codes, promotions and updates will be posted here, on Facebook and in our Etsy shop!!**

$20 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/64738729/vintage-brown-button-square-heel-mod






$25 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/64193692/vintage-dress-with-asymmetrical-collar      

$16 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/66061361/vintage-wheaton-yellow-spice-rack-with

$10 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/64797541/vintage-black-and-white-half-moon
$10 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/66043677/sale-mid-century-atomic-covered
$16 - http://www.etsy.com/listing/65566942/vintage-crochet-daisy-afghan

a STORE is born!

Yeah...that title happened. Sorry.

There's a point in everybody's life when they question if what they're doing is right or if they're happy.  Not everybody digs down deep and figures things out.  Not everybody realizes that instead of complaining, they can actually DO something. What are we getting at here?  Wait...what are we getting at?  We're not really sure.  Let's just say that School of Vintage was born out of necessity.  The need to step away from cubicles, office politics, inflexibility, the rules and policies of others (who, in our humble opinion, have no right making rules and policies) but more importantly, the need to step back into something that we strayed away from so long ago...all things vintage.  A store of our own.  Our own rules and policies.  No cubicles.  No dumb meetings.  Just awesomeness all the time.

So we did just that.  We stopped complaining and we started a business where we could sell all of the wonderful finds that we go out and buy on a weekly basis and consign other people's wonderful treasures.  Right now its a side project that we are vigilantly trying to turn into a full time venture.  We are very proud of our ever expanding inventory and of everything we consign.  Its only been a few months of being a legit business, but so far we're having a blast!  We'd lose our minds all over the place if we could do this for a living (that sounds gross). 


Erin - massage therapist by day
Jeannine - chemist by day





all we are is everything and everyone we've ever been.....

Erin (left) and Jeannine (right) circa 2006
We met in college. We both majored in Science and bonded over cute shoes and fart jokes. The first day we talked to one another, we both proclaimed our love for all things vintage and that we would open a clothing store in the city featuring vintage and vintage-inspired pieces. Our first attempt was to get all of our amazing thrift store finds together and sell them on Ebay. We didn't get very far...a lot of very necessary early 20s girl talk kept getting in the way.

Fast forward six years. Between the two of us, there have been bachelors degrees, masters degrees, professional certifications, various jobs, engagements, marriages, dogs, house buying, etc., etc. Life, in other words, has happened over the course of the last six years. A major missing piece, however, was that store that we swore we'd have. Until now...