Well, we didn’t think it would be five years until we wrote the next entry in this blog, but there you have it. (facebook won!) And this e...

So, it's been quite a long time since we blogged!  We just posted a link on Facebook because we were featured as an independent reta...

When I decided to open Joie de Vivre, I had no credit history.  My only potential bankrollers were my parents, and they were kind e...

Sundays are kind of different at Joie de Vivre.  You get the feeling that people are just out for a stroll, amusing themselves, looking arou...

The owner of Joie de Vivre is a WASP.  Not a particularly faithful one, but ingrained habits make it i mpossible for her to countenance t...

Dear blog readers, I am writing to express how guilty I feel about neglecting this blog.  I have been enjoying the short form posting so muc...

Someone stopped by the store yesterday and left me a brochure, in hopes that I would sign up for a new service.  I took a quick look an...

Sometimes a product is so great in so many ways - and difficult in others. Maybe it's super difficult to put together, or is ridiculo...

Warning - this is a bit of a read !  It's something I wrote up for our 30th birthday - which was yesterday.  And thanks to all who stopp...

Dear faithful blog readers,  We have finally capitulated and put Joie de Vivre up on Facebook.  I had a lot of resistance to doing this whic...

Last Sunday a youngish man wandered into the store.  If anyone else was there when he entered, they left soon after so he was alone with me....

My first business card . . .  the one that got me in trouble at the gift show with its tag line . . . and note the emergency stamped address...