Rest in Peace Little Nugget

This has been a sad week for my family. My mom's grandpuppy, Nugget, passed away. Nugget was the daughter of my mom's pup Charcoal and was a lovely little girl. I wasn't going to post anything, because frankly the thought of it makes me very upset, but mom asked me to write about Nuggie.

To all of you out there who love your pups please be careful with them. For anyone out there with big dogs, please make sure to keep them restrained and on a leash. People who get animals and do not take precautions to keep them out of other people's yards make me so upset! Irresponsible pet owners suck! Sorry, I shall step off of my soapbox now!

Weekend Recap

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I have had one that was fun and relaxing at the same time. You can't ask for more than that!

Friday I had a great night. I spent time with my friends Tho and Diana. It was Diana's 33rd birthday. Oh, sorry Di if you read this..it was Diana's 29th birthday! Who said 33? ;) We met up with a few of her other friends, one of whom was also celebrating a birthday.

After going out to eat, one of the girls invited us to her sailboat. We were all excited since most of us had never been on a sailboat before. It was really cool and made me want a boat even more than I already did. Unfortunately, though, the weather was not cooperating. Seeing Tho and I holding on to one another and walking like little old ladies, so that we didn't slip off the pier in our heels, was comical for the others I am sure. Hearing us humming the wedding march all of the way down, after joking that we looked like we were walking down the aisle, probably not so comical for the people having quite time on the other boats!

Yummy Sundae Cake!

Tho, Diana and I.

Also, the Yankees won!!!

Saturday Barkley really lucked out. We were going to take him to the vet, but rescheduled on account that everyone deserves a lazy day every now and again. This Saturday, we decided was ours.

I spent the day reading :

I have been meaning to read this book for a while and I finally got around to it. If you like Kristen Chenoweth, you will truly enjoy her book and if you don't know much about her, you will love her by the time you are done reading her memoir. She is such a talented lady and so glad to see she is still grounded despite her success.

We finished the night in grand lazy bones fashion-pizza and a movie. We hit up the best bargain in town, Redbox, and rented 17 Again, with Matthew Perry and Zac Efron. It was a cute movie.

Today we went out to eat with my parents and then put up our Halloween decorations outside. I will have to take pictures and post them later.

I hope everyone else is out and about, relaxing or whatever it is that you enjoy! :)

And to end your weekend the right way....cute baby pictures!


This is Tho's baby girl Kaylin! She is such so precious that I couldn't choose just one pic, so I had to add all four! I am sure none of you will mind! :)

Our Weekly Winner Is...

Congratulations Dorkys! You are the weekly winner and will be receiving the Early Harvest Earrings!

Thank you so much to Stephanie at Old Soul Style for offering her shop for the feature this week! Don't forget you still have until October 14Th to save 10% off any jewelry in her store!

Why Have a Boring Lunch When You Can Have a Funky One?

I stumbled upon this website recently and thought it was too cute to keep to myself. Funky Lunch is a company that turns an ordinary sandwich into an adorable work of art. Their mission is to encourage children to eat healthier meals. They are hoping to create a book of Funky Lunches to show you how to reproduce their ideas.

All of the kids would want a mom like you if you sent your little one to school with a Sponge Bob on white bread. Those mom's who throw together two plain pieces of bread, a slice of cheese and a sliver of ham will think you are showing off, but who cares! It isn't your fault that you discovered that there was a better way!


For the folks at Funky Lunch to be able to achieve their dream of getting a book into publication they are trying to help spread the word about their company. If you love what you see here, and how can you not, check out more at Funky Lunch.

Have You Seen This Etsy Shop?

This week Old Soul Style is in the spotlight. All of the items at Old Soul Style are one of a kind designs created by Stephanie. Stephanie loves everything vintage and the timeless items in her shop are a reflection of this love. While Old Soul Style welcomes custom item requests, let me show you some of the things that are already in the inventory:

Olive You Button Ring is a wire wrapped ring with an olive green round button. It measures approximately a size 8.5.

Spooky Spider Halloween Card is perfect for the season. Featuring silver glitter ribbon, spiders and buttons it is a very unique departure from store bought cards. The card is blank inside and measures 4"X5.5", envelope included.

4 Elegant Gift Tags are hand cut designs that will add a special touch to any gift. They are each 2.25"X 2".

And now for our weekly giveaway...

Early Harvest Earrings. These all glass beaded, wire looped earrings are approx. 1" long. They can be yours if you are the lucky winner this Friday!

Enter by leaving a comment about Old Soul Style here on Joy De Vivre Design.
You will also get a second entry by becoming or if you already are a follower on this blog.


One other tidbit about Old Soul Style-Right now Stephanie is running an offer for 10% off any jewelry in her shop. Hurry, though, offer ends October 14th!

Right About Now You Are Dreading Monday

Of course you are! It is Sunday night and the last thing that you want to face is waking up at the crack of dawn and getting back to the grind of Monday mornings! Since I can do absolutely nothing to help you get out of work, I will try to help make it a little more tolerable.

If you would rather daydream of being on a tropical island than having to go to yet another meeting, then Cubeskinz.com can help give you the perfect setting. They have a variety of skinz, or wallpaper, for your cubicles. There is no excuse to stick to the standard cube color, prison-like gray, when you can choose from many cityscape's, nature scenes and patterns.



What else do you need besides cube skinz? Well, why not get coffee mugs to match your new decor. Any of my fellow design fans will surely have heard of the Pantone color charts. These mugs are inspired by Pantone and will add a little color to any dreary Monday!








It has happened to the best of us. You get to work on Monday with a nagging feeling that you are forgetting something. Then you see your coworker with a birthday cake. You suddenly remember that you signed up to bring something for Sally Jo's birthday party. You totally blanked out on getting the decorations and you have no time to go shopping now! Well, if you would have had the Mini Emergency Instant Birthday kit stashed away in your desk, the crisis would have been averted.

The Anne Taintor line of products always make me smile and I am sure the line of office goodies will do the same for you. When your boss hands you yet another piece of paper to add to the other thousand pieces of paper that you have yet to take care of, you probably wish you could use inappropriate language. Since you can't, well you can't if you would like to keep your job, file it away in this lovely folder. This sweet young lady will say for you what you only wish you could utter under your breathe.

We all have the coworkers who gets fifteen thousand calls a day. They haven't paid their credit card bills, their children want to go to their friends house, their husband wants to know what's for dinner....whatever! You can't be bothered to get all of the details yet again. This notepad will get the hint across. The hint being someone called and I am not your personal secretary!

Wishing you all a great work week!

Our Weekly Winner Is...

Congratulations Kay! You are our "Have You Seen This Etsy Shop?" winner this week!

Thank you all for entering and special thanks go out to Jessica from Bows By Jessica for offering up not only her great shop, but a great gift as well!