Be Thankful No matter how bad things get (and everybody has those moments.............those days..........those weeks..........those years...

Oh What An Adventure When we left the house on Sunday we had no idea we'd be gone so long or that we'd have so much trouble findi...

Art For Art's Sake One of the reasons we started our etsy shop, Bates Mercantile Co., was my own need to create for creating sake.  ...

Paying It Forward I'm a big proponent of paying it forward, spreading good karma and the like. I also think it's important to say...

Headstrong I've been thinking about my esty shop header lately. I just felt like it was a little 'too' much and perhaps takin...

The Winner Is First a big thank you to all of you who have chosen to follow Mercantile Muse! The support is appreciated. As promised, pick...

Last night's moon is my inspiration of the day.  It was a lovely sunset, but as I pulled the covers back and was set to hop into bed the...