In 2003 PJ’s Corner was established by Phyllis and Janey Fisher, a mother and daughter team, as a treasure outlet for nostalgic products with a look from the past. The idea of "PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe" formed throughout the years when P. & J. would talk about owning a store of their own. In 1999, they started writing a children's story called "Children of the Desert", a gathering of childhood memories of Mom's childhood on the Arizona desert. At the same time, Janey started creating greeting cards, all the while wishing that she didn't have to use the clipart available to millions. "Children of the Desert" was put on a back burner, when Phyllis combined her idea of a story about twins "Rueben and Rachel" with her cousin Sam's idea of "Twiglet". Both cousins had children's stories in mind, and with contributions from family members, "Twiglet", the Little Christmas Tree was written.  

We came up with the name "PJ's Corner" while on an Oregon trip to pick up a corner cabinet that Phyllis inherited from her parents. The "P" stands for Phyllis and the "J" for Janey. PJ's Corner Cabinet was shortened to "PJ's Corner" as we brainstormed all the way to Oregon and back on what products we would create. The long trip gave us the opportunity to finalize years of planning. Since it was a November trip, we decided to wait until after the holidays to start on our products.  January 16, 2003 found my mother and I sitting at the dining room table.  Russ Allred with the Small Business Development Center, told us that it takes several years to finalize an idea. Now we know what he was talking about! We never dreamed that so many hours would be needed for our idea to become a reality.  Early 2007 PJ's Corner was lengthened to PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe.


We already had my paper dolls from 1971. And before she moved to Texas, my niece, Christina Dawn, gave us Chrissy and Melly. These paper dolls were created by Phyllis for her granddaughters, Christina Dawn and Melany Ann back in 1989. Christi wanted us to add them to our paper doll line-up. To complete the "Family Friends Paper Doll Set" I pulled my 1989 paper doll "Janae" out of my cedar chest and Mom started creating the clip-art that I would have loved to have used on my greeting cards back in 1999!  With these "art sparks", I started creating the products that you see available here on our website. Many, many hours later, we see many, many years ahead of us keeping PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe a reality! Most of all I cherish all the time spent with my mother!
         

In PJ’s Corner Gift Shoppe you will find greeting cards, paper dolls, paper doll coloring books, coloring books , kids books , stationery, calendars, post cards, and bookmarks!!! We will be adding items to the website all the time. We have many ideas that we would like to share with you. It is our goal to make all of our nostalgic items available in all of our design themes.

OTI OWLS '56

At 70, Phyllis Mae Richardson Fisher still enjoys playing with paper dolls.  She is the seventh of eight children born on the Arizona desert, on the Jago Ranch in Arlington, in the same area her grandfather homesteaded after breaking down on his way to California in the late 1800's. Raised in Ajo, Arizona, Phyllis remembers lots of good times and memories associated with her siblings. One memory is of Phyllis and her sisters making their own paper dolls. As a young teenager Phyllis' family moved to Redmond, OR, where she went on to study commercial illustration and design and graduate from Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls.  Diabetes has made Phyllis almost blind and with the aid of jeweler's glasses, a magnifying glass, eating right, and plenty of exercise, she still sits down at her art desk, working on her portfolio! 

 
I have earned one year toward my AA degree in computer science from Taft College.  Designing and maintaining websites and blogs has been a real pleasure because of the quality time I am able to spend with my mother.  Implementing her artwork into the designs on our products truly makes PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe an outlet of original handcrafted items!  I am our webmaster, so if you have any questions and/or comments about the website, please direct them to me.  This website is listed with our hosting company, Register.com, as an example website.  I currently am the webmaster for my cousins' website, Starlos Cockapoos, for Reeves County Feed & Supply, and maintain seven blogs. 

List of the websites:

www.pjscorner.net

www.starloscockapoos.com

www.reevescountyfeed.com

List of the blogs:

http://pjsgiftshoppediary.blogspot.com ~ Business blog

http://pjspaperdolls.blogspot.com ~ Paper Doll blog

http://mustangncowboys.blogspot.com ~ Equine blog

http://twigletbook.blogspot.com ~ Children's Book blog

http://heartfeltnotes.blogspot.com ~ Personal blog

http://fisherfamilysingers.blogspot.com ~ Singing blog

http://starlospawprints.blogspot.com ~ Cockapoo blog

...Family is very important to PJ’s Corner Gift Shoppe. We want to express our deepest thanks to our family members who have worked behind the scenes to make our dream of PJ’s Corner Gift Shoppe become a reality!!! Thank you to Travis, Tony, and Doug, and especially George, Phyllis' husband, for building our office furniture and selling our first book!

...We want to thank those who took part in the survey on “Twiglet the Little Christmas Tree”, our children’s Christmas book! Thanks to all of you for your time and constructive criticism!!! The results of the survey are at the bottom of this page.

...Jann Hardy...thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to participate in the survey and for testing our website.

...Ralph Swanton...thank you for all your encouraging words as well as editing our website.

Phyllis would like to give special thanks to Kenneth Patterson, owner of "The Trading Post" in Taft, who gave her a pair of jeweler's glasses. Also, she would like to thank Catherine Cain for a pair of magnifying glasses.  Because of the effects of Diabetes on her eyes, both pair of glasses make drawing possible.

Thank you to Dan Gilbert, (the ferrier of the horses pictured on our "Mustang 'n' Cowboys" page) for his encouragement.

To Business Associates - Dana Adams (Small Business Development Center, Bakersfield, CA) Thank you for all your help and your enthusiasm!

A BIG thank you goes to the customer service representatives and the hosting department at Register.com. Thank you for helping me while I built my website. As I maintain my site you guys continue to be awesome, you deserve five stars for your attitude alone!

Phyllis, Janey & George would like to give extra special thanks to Melvin and Marcella Simmons.

Special thanks to Claude Brown with "Kern's Paper Connection" in Bakersfield, CA. Thank you Claude, for finding the specialty paper & envelopes that we need for our products, and for the tidbits of information on how they were made.

To You - We would like to thank you for browsing our website and hope that you will return to see what else will show up in “PJ’s Corner”.

Thank you for making memories in PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe,

Phyllis and Janey