As you may have heard, after five years, Mary Jane will close for good after the summer season. The reason for this decision is a complicated mess of personal and business issues, but here’s the short version:
It’s not working.
Despite a lot of hard work from many dedicated people, it just seems impossible to make the […]

 
 
Sorry for the late notice, but we’ll be having some fun tomorrow and Monday in Newburyport at the Spring Fest! I must confess to being particularly excited about the Teddy Bear Parade, which is tomorrow at noon. We’re lining up at Tracy Place (right across from Mary Jane!) at 11:45am and then we’ll parade around […]

 
This Friday, May 2nd, and next are both Invitation Nights in Newburyport. You may be familiar with the winter Invitation Nights in town; we get good crowds and lots of stores stay open late and offer drinks and food…it’s a good time.  Well, now we’re trying the same model for spring and I hope some […]

Now I remember the upside to enduring five months of winter: Everyone is so darn happy when it finally gets nice out! The past two days have been sunny and in the 60s (although low 60s for sure) and the store has been filled with happy people. We have had so many unsolicited comments about […]

 
Origins jewelry has been a Mary Jane staple since we first stumbled upon the line years ago. The pieces are simple but oh-so-versatile, making them perfect with jeans and a tee or with a formal dress. Each piece is made from resin (recycled stuff) and shell and the colors for summer are bee-ootiful. Come check […]

I returned from my much-needed vacation to find that a) it had snowed, again, which is not okay; and b) we received some great new stuff while I was gone, including a lovely group of skirts, tops, and jackets from Neesh by DAR. This plaid jacket was so cute that I had to drag it […]

I was just yesterday looking at these sad dead greens in our window boxes and thinking that I need to throw them away. Then, I came back today and they were gone! That means soon the window boxes around town will be filled with cute little pansies which, in turn, means absolutely, 100%, for certain […]

 
There is so much new stuff at Mary Jane right now! It’s my favorite time of the year, when all the new spring merchandise starts rolling in. (Actually, my favorite time of the year is when it stops drizzling and gets over 40 degrees, grumble grumble.) In the world of apparel, you place your orders […]

 
 
We are so excited to have Camper shoes back in the store. After taking a break for a few seasons we decided that they are a great fit (har har) for Mary Jane: they’re total funky but also completely wearable. Who could resist these two styles, above? I never thought I’d find an orange shoe […]

 
 
We’ve had so many customers ask about the spring line from See Kai Run so I wanted to let everyone know that the first delivery is here. It includes the above styles, Lola and Boden, as well as several others for girls and for boys. The sandal styles will come later. They are all so […]