Wednesday, September 15, 2010

A new way to consume your time...

If you haven't experienced polyvore.com yet and love fashion & art but don't want to spend hours on the internet....just don't go. :) It's like having thousands of little stylists at your fingertips. Plus, if you are extremely visual like me & like to create new looks you can just go b-a-n-a-n-a-s. But I digress, if you want to go on there for assistance finding a great look with say..um..those gorgeous skinny, grey Luxury Citizens you just bought just pop it in the search box and POOF! Fabulous collages will pop up with your new purchase incorporated in them. Polyvore.com will tell you what the rest of the items are in the collage and even direct you where to purchase them! So cozy up to your laptop with a latte because it's going to be a long night of fashion fun!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Sale, sale, sale!

Every girl loves a great sale and we at YaYa aim to please!!! Come join the fun!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Rock N Roll(erskating) Queens!

The new Beaumont People & Property Summer edition is out and we have some fabulous ladies from our store featured! We had so much fun shooting the photos but not without bumps & bruises! Let's just say most girls haven't skated since before puberty so there were definitely some sore bums the next day!
Courtney & April: Disco Divas!

Brittney & Hailey: Dolled-Up Dynamic Duo!

Elsa got some fun props...cones AND a whistle!!

Friday, July 16, 2010

That's A Wrap!

If you want to look cool and do good then a MUST is the Humanity for All wrap bracelet! It comes in a ton of colors and we just started carrying the new Come Together bracelet (below) and vintage nailhead wraps! I got a basic white leather wrap in June and I kid you not I get stopped atleast once a day by young people, old people, at restuarants, etc. Plus I have now discovered it is a fantastic gift to give! Oh, and in the YaYa spirit 25% of the proceeds go to buy school supplies for homeless children...um, how could you not want one...or two...or three!?!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Road Warrior Princess

It's just how she rolls! Angie can turn a ten minute drive into work into an experience. Case in point, last week our fearless leader was headed into the office when she saw a woman running with a small entourage in downtown Beaumont. Angie, being the curious gal she is, stopped to find out what was going on. Five minutes later, she was taking pictures with a fellow cancer survivor and very inspirational woman!!

The woman is Helene Neville, a nurse & cancer survivor (and new fan of YaYa), running from California to Florida in under 100 days! Her journey is entitled "One on the Run". I don't even like to run 2 miles so the fact that she is (a) running 2520 miles (b) in 100 days, (c) a cancer survivor and (d) 50 years old, inspires the heck out of me!!! Oh, and did I mention this is all to promote healthy living for OTHERS! If she's jogging around the country I guess the least we can do is go for a jog around the neighborhood! But first, check out her website http://oneontherun.com/

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Belt It Out....

Our new accessory love are these hand-woven belts from Alma Soul! They are made in Peru and it takes a weaver two days to make just one! The colors are fantastic and no two are the same.
Ofcourse, you know we YaYas love an excuse to shop and give at the same time SO you can feel good knowing Alma Soul donates a portion of their profits to Esperanza y Caridad, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, clothing, feeding a providing medical care to some of the poorest children in Peru!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Changing the World One Smile At a Time...

We love bringing a smile to people's faces and that is why YaYa Club is a BIG supporter of Smile Train! If you aren't familiar with them here is a lil snippet from their website:
"Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are millions of children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. Aren’t allowed to attend school or hold a job. And face very difficult lives filled with shame and isolation, pain and heartache. The good news is every single child with a cleft can be helped with surgery that costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minutes."
So everytime you leave YaYa with a smile on YOUR face know that YOUR purchase is helping put a smile on a child's face!!! http://www.smiletrain.org/

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Heels with heart...

If you are like me you LOVE what TOMS stands for: every pair of shoes you purchase, TOMS will give a pair to a child in need. Yes, I have bought the silver glitter shoe but unlike my co-workers I do not have a baker's dozen yet...mostly because I am a heel girl all the way! You can see why I was THRILLED they came out with the new TOMS Calypso wedge! Apparently I am not the only one because we have the red stripe, yellow and black wedges in the stores and they are going fast!

Which makes me think, is there some sassy 5 year old in a developing country rockin some TOMS wedges now!?!