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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 9

New Kit added – 10/28/2020 There is another beautiful napkin we carry at The Mercantile that just needed to be made into a card kit. $3.00/kit with complete instructions included.   10/7 – One sleepless night, Cindy had an idea… … Continue reading

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 8

NEW KITS ADDED – 9/25/2020 Last week was busy (busy is GOOD!) and I did not get to post the 3 newest #Boredombuster kits. The first kit features one of our friend Michelle’s gnomes dressed up for Christmas. Next is … Continue reading

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 7

**NEW KIT ADDED** – August 21, 2020 Our next #boredombuster kit is ready! This is a fun card to make for someone’s birthday or any big celebration. The pieces inside shake around like in a snow globe. The kit comes in 5 … Continue reading

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 6

W KITS ADDED: 7/22/2020 Meet Rocky the Crab! This card is created with a now retired die set from Karen Burniston & Elizabeth Craft Designs. He is here to celebrate whatever happy place you can enjoy. The kits are $3.00 … Continue reading

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 5

New kit added – June 17, 2020 Here is a kit to make a holder for a 3″ x 3″ sticky-note pad. The colors did not photograph well. 71 is a mix of aquas, lavender, and periwinkle, 72 is a … Continue reading

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 4

New Kit Added – 5/26/2020 We are now gearing up a few kits that could be perfect for the father, dad, pops, deeda, grandpa, grand-dad, poppy… in your life. The first kit is for those men who love to dig … Continue reading

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Boredom Buster Kits – Part 3

New Kit added 5/18/2020. We have not forgotten the 2020 graduates! Our newest kit is a custom order kit (so we can get together the school color for the tassel and the colored layer). Like our other single card kits, … Continue reading

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A belated Happy New Year!

Christmas came and went so quickly. We were grateful to have family here (not all 6 of us “kids” but 4 of us!) and enjoyed each others company. January is almost gone! Terri went to the Wholesale Buyers Market last … Continue reading

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Email address

Just to let you know that the ability to retrieve our emails from the web page’s email is not working at the moment so they will bounce. Please use our other email: mercantinc@aol.com Thanks!

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