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When you receive a pine wreath in the mail, it will be squashed flat! It must be fluffed to reach its full potential as a pine wreath.   You can fluff the wreath in about 5 minutes by following these...

Remember your first time to see Jaws? How can we forget! Just thinking about that music still gives me chills. On August 4....some time ago, Jaws was the first movie to be classified as a "blockbuster." According to the internet,...

Fabric mesh....one of my personal favorites! I'm excited to say we have so many new styles for this season.  If you're not familiar with fabric mesh, it's similar to plain mesh in that is it made of Polypropylene, but it...

Need a balloon garland for your next event? City Mercantile can fix you right up! You can choose your style, colors and length of the balloon garland. City Mercantile will create it and hang it for you! (locally) City Mercantile...

The old fashioned truck container can be used for all sorts of seasonal floral arrangements.  This old fashioned galvanized pickup truck container measures about 17" x 10." The size makes it a good choice for a coffee table, bookcase, or...

Time for RAZ Christmas Trees 20201! Good morning! I know....it's not even the 4th of July yet, but people are asking about the beautifully decorated trees from RAZ. Each year we post all the images we can get from RAZ...

Lemonade - it's so easy. Want to see your grandkids? Make lemonade.....they will come.))) Recipe 1 1 /2- 2 packets of sugar-free lemonade (the kind of packet that makes 2 quarts) Lemon Orange Cherries Start with two quarts of water....

  Updated Post 7/11/21: A week ago my husband and I started on the keto diet. Two reasons were, he needed to get his A1C down and losing a few pounds for me. This was a new adventure for both...

  Note: Initial post done 2020, updated 5/14/21. As promised! Here's the scarecrow grapevine wreath tutorial using the same supplies that we used on the mesh wreath. Here's the link to the tutorial made from frayed edge burlap mesh: Fall...

Father's Day will be here soon, but there is still time to shop for your favorite guy at City Mercantile, downtown Pontotoc, MS Did you know that we recently combined the Trendy Tree retail store and City Mercantile store that...

Need a beautiful summer wreath? Well, you can buy this gorgeous wreath that was created by Nick's Seasonal Decor. It's available in his Etsy shop right now! Buy Now . Or, if you want to make one like it all...

Father's Day is just around the corner so today I made this Gone Fishing floral arrangement. The Father's Day floral would be perfect for a desk, bookcase or even his bathroom. It was very simple to do and only contained...