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Flower Bush Easy Cutter The Easy Cutter makes trimming artificial stems and bushes a breeze. It's a very heavy duty product and stands up to repeated use. We've been using our for several years now without a bit of trouble....

Classic Christmas colors of red and green are made warmer using natural or light natural colors mixed in. It gives the bright colors a homestyle, comfy look. Homestyle Ribbons Here's a few suggestions of ribbons that have that homestyle, comfy...

The Immortal Hostess Twinkie The sponge cake with creamy filling that found its way into every lunchbox since 1930 has been captured forever in a realistic Christmas ornament. Old World Christmas came out this year with a Hostess Twinkie Christmas...

Bow Tutorial Here's a short tutorial using some wired ribbon and the EZ Bowmaker Ribbon Ribbons used for this tutorial were some scrap ribbon that I had in my craft room, but here's as few suggestions of ribbons that are...

Buffalo Check - We love it! Nothing is quite so classic as simple black and white, or red and black. Black and white is in style all year round and you'll see more red and black buffalo check in the...

  The Della Robbia or Williamsburg style Christmas tree is but one of the beautiful trees on display at City Mercantile in Pontotoc, MS.  City Mercantile is our retail store and you will find delightful gifts, decorations, fresh flowers, balloon...

Do you like to experiment in the kitchen? Me too!    Long gone are the days that I make cookies from scratch. Well sometimes, if it's a new recipe I want to try. But here lately, cookie package mixes are...

Nothing says Christmas holidays like a fresh garland or wreath. The only trouble for us, is that we live in Mississippi and even today on 11/13/20 the temperature is about 70 degrees! But warmer weather doesn't stop us from decorating...

Poinsettia Wreath Tutorial 2020 If you have followed our blog for very long, you will see that we have done several Poinsettia style or flower wreath tutorials. Each one of these tutorials may be a little different! Things are always...

  A fresh cedar floral makes an inviting arrangement for your table. Watch the video to see how we made this simple cedar garland and wrapped it around the bottle container. This is what I like to call K.I.S.S. decorating.....Keep...

Fresh Garland Fresh garland from Magnolia, cedar and pine branches is a perfect combination for an outdoor garland. Fresh garland is great for the inside too, but can be a little bit messy. Here's a short video of how I...

Ginger Cottages from Old World Christmas are magical! Place them over a light on your Christmas tree and find the hidden treasures. If you love collecting the Hallmark villages, you've love the beautiful, unique handmade wooden ornaments from Old World...