Welcome to Andy & JoJo! We are so glad you are here! It’s always good to know who you’re doing business with so I thought I’d share a little bit about our story with you.
Andy & JoJo is a spin on our middle names. My husband’s middle name is Andrew and my middle name is Jo. Throughout my entire childhood, my family called me JoJo and it stuck until I was a late teenager.
“Andy” and I met while I was playing roller derby in 2012. Yes I played roller derby for 5 years…it was SO fun! He was an airbrush artist & airbrushed custom artwork on Corvette parts and shipped them across the United States. (He airbrushed for 30 years and was the absolute best in the industry.) His business was a one-man operation; he did it all. He sponsored our roller derby team and was there for one of our bouts to cheer us on. And the rest is history. 🩷
We are super simple people who love Jesus, the great outdoors, all animals (especially dogs, cats and possums…but we love them all!) and we live in a 704 sq ft home surrounded by hundreds of wooded acres. We love the simplicity of a bitty home on lots of land so we can spend more time outside. You can imagine the wildlife we get to watch. We don’t hunt, but we don’t think anything badly of people who do. We just can’t do it. Our hearts couldn’t handle it.
About 10 years ago, I pet my very first wild possum and I’ve been obsessed with them ever since. We actually have many wild possums who visit our porch every night, but we have one who will help himself through the cat door and hang with us inside for a couple hours a few nights a week, usually. It’s so funny! We named him Frankie and he’s the sweetest thing EVER. He comes in and snacks then takes a nap. Then he makes his way back outside. It's the most bizarre, but magical thing to have a friend in a truly wild animal.
We don’t have any children, but we have 3 dogs (Cooper, Dolly & Conway) who we rescued. Fun fact…I’ve never purchased from a breeder. Again…not that there’s anything wrong with it. I just never have. I have a heart for rescuing animals who need rescued. There’s a big story about Dolly & Conway that I’m sure I’ll share with you at some point if you follow us on social media!
Andy & JoJo started as just a fun idea because I’m obsessed with my husband and wanted to spend more time with him. Plus, I LOVE talking to strangers and turning them into friends. Wearing a funny, beautiful or unique graphic/text on your apparel is a FUN way to get to know people when you’re out & about…it will almost always start a conversation. My love for marketing, design & customer service combined with his expertise as an artist & our shared love for entrepreneurship…it just made sense. We are incredibly excited to offer top quality products and designs to add to your closet and gifts that you’ll be proud to give. We have so many more things to come & we’re so excited to introduce all of them to you!
Thank you for being here. If you’re on facebook, Instagram or TikTok, I hope you’ll follow us there so we can get to know you too! See you soon!