Mercantile Gatherings

Meet the Gals who make Mercantile Gatherings come to life

Fay Stanfield

Owner

Born and raised in Willard Ohio, Fay Stanfield is founder of Mercantile Gatherings Magazine. She is married to the love of her life, David who is a Conductor for the railroad.    CHOO CHOO, Together they have 4 children; 3 boys and 1 girl.    Her oldest is in the military and is serving our country and makeing his Mama Proud.
She is the grandma of 2 grandsons Croix and Parker and 1 granddaughter Paiten.

Fay has always had a creative side to her. Her passion to stay home, raise & enjoy her children, she began doing craft shows and fairs to earn extra income for the family.    Little did she know that her crafting side would branch out into owner of a Magazine.

In 1998 Fay began selling her wood patterns under the name of Country Past Thymes. After her kids were pretty much grown she then got a job at Herald Printing where she has learned to print nationwide magazines, and printing material for many companies, Mary Engle bright included.

Fay’s heart still tugged for crafting and she wanted a way for crafters to be able to share their talents with the world and to be able to afford to market their ideas.

Her love for primitives and wanting to see more of it in magazines gave her the idea of starting her own Magazine.
She wanted to help the small crafters; designers, artists and those who cant afford to advertise in the high market magazines. She knew what advertising does for a business and the cost is unreal so she talked with her boss to create an affordable Magazine.

She heard about Tiffany Carnal of Primitive Blessings by Twigs and Sprigs and called her up and asked her to join her in this adventure.    Together Fay and Tiffany have worked to bring Mercantile Gatherings to life.

Tiffany Wigginton Carnal (Twigs)
Of Primitive Blessings by Twigs n Sprigs

Editor

Born & raised in the hills of Kentucky, Tiffany Wigginton Carnal (Twigs).    Has been doodling from the time she was a small child in a cellar room her parents made as her studio. From her early years of reading “The Little House”, she knew she wanted to write & be an artist like her Great Grandmother.

In the early 90’s Twigs started creating her designs, which eventually lead to designing her own Primitive pattern line, stationery, rubber stamps, graphics & tinwork.

I literally draw every day, I get inspired by the things I love that are around me.    I have worked at surrounding myself with the primitives that I love.    I have drawn for many companies now and hope to share my talents with others as well..

Tiffany is the editor of Mercantile Gatherings,    which she is having a wonderful time writing about other artists and visiting shops and homes to share with the world.

After her husband retired from the Marine Corps, they moved back where the bluegrass grows & live in an old 1800’s farmhouse situated in the middle of a little country town in Kentucky reminiscent of Mayberry.
God has blessed them with 4 beautiful, talented, & creative children.

In 2003 The Carnal’s purchased & renovated an Olde General store where Tiffany designs most of her items she sells & teaches her primitive style designs to local crafters.

Kim Argenzio

Mercantile Internet Seeker

Kim is Twigs friend who loves to seek the web and primitive boards finding shops and homes for us to feature in our magazine.

Kim is a former military wife and mother of 3 beautiful daughters. Together with her husband Marc they live in a cabin on the beautiful battlefield grounds of Virginia.

Kim loves primitives and enjoys rug hooking and soap making and often sells her wares on the net and also at market by the name of Cabin Creek Farm.

Brenda Addison

Website Builder

Brenda is a wonderful self taught graphic artist and a good friend to Twigs. When the Mercantile started and needed help with maintaining a website and graphics we knew just who to ask. Brenda from Hatties Work Shop.

Together with her husband (Jim) they reside in Ohio where they both grew up.

Judy Pelfrey Wigginton
Writer

Judy is Twigs Mama who was born no. 7 of 12 children in the hills of Kentucky. Judy loves to write about her wonderful adventures growing up during the 40’s and 50’s.

Judy is the Mother of 3 children and Grandmother to 7 and Great Grandmother to 1. She resides with her husband Jim in Williamstown, Kentucky.

You will laugh and you will cry while you take a stroll back in time reading stories from times past.

Frannie Meshorer
Writer

Frannie is a fabulous friend of Twigs who loves to share her adventures of her exiting life treasure hunting.

Frannie is Mother of 2 and Grandmother to 4 soon to be 5 and Great Grandmother of one.

From living the life on Capital Hill to retiring with her honey hunk husband Hank in their early cabins now known as Freedom Valley Farm in the hills of Kentucky you will be thrilled beyond measure by the tales she has to tell.

Kathy Anthony
Antique Advisor

Kathy is a wonderful kind sole who Frannie found in the hills of Kantuck. Once Twigs met her she immediate knew just why Frannie loved her.

Kathy has a passion for antiques and old log cabins and has spent most of her years resurrecting old logs from the fallen down cabins around the bluegrass hills.

She has surrounded herself with things from the past and has learned the history behind all the treasures she loves to collect. She is one knowledgeable antique dealer.

Together with her husband Eddie and their slew of boys they reside in Kentucky and also own their own primitive antique shop in Bardstown known as Sugar Bucket Antiques.

Stephanie Riley
Subscription Manager

Stephanie is Fays only daughter. She is a mother of two little ones and lives with her husband in Ohio not too far from where she grew up.

Stephanie is wonderful at organizing our subscriptions and keeps us on task with what needs to be done and sent out. We are so thankful for her help for she is the one who gets the list together so they can come to your mailbox.