April Coker, Author

Category: holidays

  • Crepe Myrtle Fireworks!

    I never paid much attention to crepe myrtle trees until this summer when I noticed that they resemble fireworks!     Especially the white ones!   So as I drove around Tyler one day I thought I would snap a few pictures.  I didn’t realize how many people and businesses have crepe myrtles planted.  …

  • I Serve a Risen Saviour!

    Happy Easter to you and yours. May the blessings of this day be yours today and forever.   XOXO

  • Feeling the Love: Another Valentine Vignette

    I thought I was finished decorating for Valentine’s Day.  I mean, the kids are grown now, so I can’t say I’m doing it for them.  But my plain flat coffee table was bothering me.  With nothing to adorn it except an old vintage tapestry, it was becoming a dumping ground for newspapers and magazines and…

  • Getting the Booth Ready for Valentine Shoppers

    That title sounds a little presumptious, as if people are going to be flocking to Mary Lillian Vintage’s booth in Uniques & Antiques in Mineola, Texas to do their shopping for Valentine’s Day! Well, you never know. So I brought in a few things just in case. I made this rag garland with touches of…

  • A Vignette for Valentine’s Day

    Don’t you love that word “vignette”?  (Does the question mark belong before or after the quotation mark?  I am a certified English teacher and I can’t tell you!)   Anyway, back to vignette. It’s French for “little vine.”  It refers to a brief evocative scene or display or a little drawing on a page.  In…