Hark...the Herald

Today Joyworks was featured in the Everett Herald.
I was showing the photographer all of our beautiful trees and holiday decorations and they chose a picture of me to make the paper...too funny...:)

We were very thankful to be picked to be featured in the paper.
Here is the nice article they wrote:

Joyworks

1002 First St. Snohomish

Fun and affordable, varied and vintage.

Those words describe Joyworks in downtown Snohomish.

The store is expansive, its offerings unique and diverse.

"A lot of people often comment about how we keep our gifts affordable," said Joyworks owner Clarice Johnson.
That could be Joyworks' recipe for success; the shop has been in business for 32 years.

This time of year, many customers come into Joyworks to buy Christmas ornaments.

The store has dozens of Christmas trees throughout the rooms and basement that make up Joyworks. Many of the trees feature ornaments of the same theme. In the room of baby and children's gifts, you'll find ornaments to mark a child's first Christmas as well as a tree laden with cupcake-shaped decorations.

Downstairs, there are gifts and ornaments for gardeners, bird-lovers, fishermen, wine-drinkers and adventurers. Got a baseball fan on your list? Joyworks has you covered. Ornaments are priced as low as $3.95. Most are well under $20.

"A lot of people come here to buy ornaments," Johnson said. "They give an ornament every year to children or grandchildren."

But Joyworks isn't just an ornament store. There's plenty of home decor, jewelry and hand bags to peruse.

In the past year, Johnson's daughters have been responsible for expanding Joyworks' clothing assortment, which includes ladies' dresses, sweaters and skirts. The shop also carries an array of cold-weather accessories. Like the rest of the items in the shop, these tend to have a vintage flair -- with layered fur scarves, flower embellishments on caps and soft, lacy patterned fingerless gloves.

"We try to keep it fun," Johnson said.