Mandy started working at The Locket Sisters about four years ago when my sister and I had to do some international traveling to find answers to some questions that our local mentors and colleagues couldn't provide. I remember we gave her a whole setup for getting photos inside lockets with our process from her home (which is hilarious to think about now). Mandy has been here part-time since n…
My name is Allyssa and I own The Locket Sisters. I started it with my eldest sister (I have four siblings) but it's just me (and my co-worker Mandy) now. I was voted Class Clown in HS and studied Spanish and Journalism in college. I studied abroad in Ecuador and then returned a decade later when my husband and I bought one-way tickets to Buenos Aires. I used to work in the non-profit world but lea…
When COVID hit in March, as was the case with everyone, I was a mess. My sister made the decision that she needed to move on from working inside The Locket Sisters less than a week after that milestone of Friday the 13th (of March) when everything just took a turn for the worse. Didn't it feel that way? It was like suddenly we lived in a new world.I live in a vibrant neighborhood in South Minneapo…
