Anything Joe's offers hand-painted personalized children's gifts via eight retail stores, including Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and online. There is a real Joe — Joe Bushardt — who began personalizing gifts at craft shows at age 13! His family began helping him by taking him across the Southeast to work on his craft at various shows. After earning a degree in business from the University of South Carolina (and giving up on a short-lived banking career), he opened his first kiosk in a mall in Myrtle Beach. He then began to open up retail stores, including his second store at
Broadway at the Beach, the largest entertainment complex in South Carolina, featuring 100 specialty shops, 20 restaurants, 15 attractions, 3 hotels, 11 nightclubs, and theaters, all around a 23-acre lake. This Anything Joe's location is on the bow of the Harbor Queen, in between
Ripley's Aquarium and Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. The other Myrtle Beach store is located at
Barefoot Landing.
At Bushardt's stores and online, he has a team of eight artists who either have a degree in art or have a passion like Joe does. The six other franchises across the Southeast are independently owned and operated.
Store hours at the
Broadway at the Beach location are 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the summer, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the fall, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the winter. It is open seven days a week.
Anything Joes will ship to all 50 states from its Web site,
www.anythingjoes.com.
