Macabre Monday – Mardi Gras Sun Wall Mask
by Mercy Macabre on Feb.18, 2019, under Macabre Monday, Products
Happy Macabre Monday dear reader. Today we will take a stroll into the crypt and see what we can find to add a bit of wickedly decadent style to our lives.
You need something beautiful in your life. Today we’re going to showcase a beautiful piece of wall decor.
In honor of having just survived Mardi Gras, (If you didn’t survive, I must congratulate you on joining us among the ranks of the undead.) we want to showcase a beautiful piece of wall art.
The Mardi Gras Sun Wall Mask 
This piece of art is sure to make an impact on visitors to your home. It’s approximately two feet in width and consists of a painted mask surrounded by pierced metal sun rays.
The full-size face mask is made of heavy resin (like all our wearable masks). It’s thick and durable – this isn’t a thin dime store Halloween mask.
The mask is hand painted with glittering silver patterns. Since the masks are hand painted, they can differ slightly from product to product making them unique.
The surrounding halo of sun rays is made of pierced metal. The piercings create a delicate lacy design.
A trio of chains hang from the lower rays of the sun and join together with a bangle which hangs below the chin.
Within the rays of the sun, small crystals twinkle adding a pop of color and class.
This mask is not made to be worn although it would be simple enough to add lacings to allow it to be secured to your head – we don’t recommend that as you could easily hurt someone (or yourself) with the points of the sun rays as you move around.
The mask will look beautiful on a wall above your fireplace, bed or any other location where you want to make a statement.
It is priced at $300 in the store and includes free shipping. For a handmade piece of art, that is a steal!
Macabre Mercantile vs Historic Rt 66
by Mercy Macabre on Feb.12, 2019, under News
Today the Macabre Mercantile staff decided to take a roadtrip to the historic town of Oatman.
Who knew that the town would be packed to the gills with tourists early on a Tuesday afternoon?
We couldn’t stop but we got to see all the burros wandering the streets and ooh and aah at the quaint buildings as we drove through at 3 MPH.
We kept going since we missed our opportunity to be touristy and drove down Historic Rt 66.
It was a fun drive. The road is very narrow through the mountains east of Oatman, AZ and has TONS of switchbacks as it climbs and then descends over 3000 feet again and again.
The views were amazing.
We passed the Colorado Mine and then a bit futher spotted an old abandoned mine. Media Minion climbed up the steep hill to take a peek into the opening – he was not insane enough to try to go in.
The pic of the car is taken from the mine entrance so you can see how high up it was.
We followed RT66 almost all the way to Kingman, AZ. Fun ride, if you’re ever out that way, you should drive Rt 66.
Until our next adventure…..
Get your kicks…
Even more Oatman burros
Oatman Burros
Abandoned mine entrance
Days of the Dead Las Vegas – June 2019
by Mercy Macabre on Feb.07, 2019, under News
The Macabre Mercantile staff will be vending at Days of the Dead Las Vegas.
The convention is this June 7-9, 2019 at the
Plaza Hotel and Casino,
1 S. Main St.,
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Check out their web page and come see us in beautiful Las Vegas.
Macabre Mercantile vs The Grand Canyon
by Mercy Macabre on Dec.16, 2018, under News
The Macabre staff went to visit the Grand Canyon. We tried to do this years ago with a couple friends and mistakenly went to the North Rim which it turns out is closed in Winter – to this day we will swear that there was a giant tarp over the canyon to close it and just refuse to believe it really existed (ok just silly hyperbole but you get the point)
We traveled to the South Rim (open year round) figuring that the crowds would be a lot smaller in the cooler weather. Being from the northeast our intrepid staff had no issues with the temperatures. A daytime temp of 46 was still warmer than December back in the mid-Atlantic.
We camped in Mather Campground the first night, burned some wood, had some cocktails in the woods and then set out the next day along the Desert View drive to see all the overlooks of the canyon culminating with the Desert View tower.
I wish that the camera could really show the scale and depth of the canyon. There are points where, from the rim to the river at the bottom, the elevation changes by as much as 5,000 feet.
The colors are spectacular and we saw a lot of cool wildlife – at one point a herd of deer wandered along the road stalling traffic. We saw the biggest crows we’ve ever seen in our lives. These things were almost the size of our dog and utterly fearless. They would come into our camp looking for scraps and not flee even when a human with a dog approached them. We kept seeing signs for mountain lions but none ever showed their faces.
The Desert View tower is a spectacular structure which is modern but made to look like ancient native construction. It has 5 floors with views of the canyon but you better be in shape to climb all the steps – which by the way are very narrow and gave Media Minion a real challenge with his size 12 feet. It’s full of traditional art, actual artifacts and there were even a couple Hopi craftsmen in the lobby level demonstrating their craft.
If you ever get the chance to visit the canyon – do so; you’ll love it.
We hope to do a trip to the West Rim at some point and Media Minion would love to go down into the canyon someday.
As always, click on an image for a larger version.
Media Minion takes HORRIBLE selfies.
Macabre Mercantile vs Bonnie Springs
by Mercy Macabre on Nov.26, 2018, under News
To celebrate the birthday of one of our founders, the Macabre Mercantile staff went to visit the Old Town at Bonnie Springs Ranch out in Red Rock Canyon.
The surroundings are beautiful. The rebuilt replica of an old mining town was better than some we’ve seen but was also kind of disappointing. There was a REALLY BAD melodrama at the Opera House that we managed to survive about 10 minutes of before leaving. One actor was really good, knew how to project etc but the other guy was just a mumbler. We’ve become too jaded having spent many weekends at the Maryland Rennaisance Faire watching quality plays (even ones done badly on purpose).
We missed the hanging because we needed to visit their petting zoo. Sorry we didn’t get photos of the zoo. The animals were so cool we got caught up in that and forgot the camera. We petted and fed a donkey who brayed just as we arrived – dang thing was like a fog horn, didn’t realize they were so loud. We saw these beautiful wolves. It was a joy to see such beautiful creatures but was also very sad to see them stuck in a cage.
We only took a few photos of the small train you ride up to the town and the terrain that surrounds the ranch. We were VERY disappointed that the wax museum was locked up – what did we spend $10 each for if we couldn’t get into the wax museum to see the statues and ghosts? Did I mention ghosts? Yeah the ranch is supposedly haunted hence our visit. We didn’t see anything creepy – except maybe a few of the other visitors.
Someday we’ll find a cool ghost town rather than a cheesy tourist trap.
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