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Boredom Busters – #15!

Updated 4/27/2021 The Z-Fold Multi-Occasion Card Kit has arrived in the store! It took a bit of work to finally get these completed for the kits. (Forgetting something at home or at work delayed progress.) Each kit makes one complete … Continue reading

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Boredom Busters Part 13

Updated March 23, 2021 We do have some Easter Boredom Buster kits! In addition to the cross introduced last month, we have added the Spring is in the Air and Bunny Trail kits. Spring is in the Air is an … Continue reading

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Getting ready for The Mercantile 2.0!

We have some new things planned for The Mercantile in 2021. We will keep you posted as we go along. But first, we need to clear out a whole bunch of merchandise to make room for the new! These are … Continue reading

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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 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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Boredom Buster Kits – part two

New kits added on 4/24. Hello everyone, we are still creating kits to help bide the time while in isolation mode. We started with some basic Iris Fold cards (see previous post) and added in some easy doodle and assembly … Continue reading

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