About
In October 2003 my mother and I found ourselves feeling scared, excited, and naive. We had just reopened/re-purposed and old landmark general store in the tiny Hamlet of Carvel Alberta where we both live. Our retail experience consisted of being discriminating shoppers, both of us conservatively frivolous with a taste for the finer things in life. We became partners in the Carvel General Store in July 2003. We specialize in nostalgia-inspired April Cornell clothing and linens, Barefoot Venus bath and body , Nellie's All Natural Laundry products and many locally crafted goods including Old Goat Soap, furniture, bird feeders, and books by local authors and more. We are proud to be Alberta owned and operated and to celebrate being Canadian. We are able to successfully combine our rural lifestyle with our love of beautiful things and working for ourselves. We are LIVING THE DREAM, and we invite you to share the experience.