April Coker, Author

Category: Junkin’ and Thriftin’

  • Wild Wednesday: A new name for our booth!

    Look at that sign!  It’s official now!  We have a real shop, even if it is a booth inan  antique mall.  My sister Sharon shares the booth with me, and she made the sign.  We named our business after our grandmother who was the original thrifter.  She always showed off her secondhand clothing finds and…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Dolly Python Vintage

    It’s Teacher Tuesday on my blog, so today I am going to share what this teacher learned visiting Dolly Python Vintage in Dallas last weekend.  I have been wanting to visit this place for quite some time after seeing it mentioned in a magazine (I can’t remember now which) and then looking it up online.…

  • Whatever Wednesday: At the booth

    Today was booth day.  I visit my and my sister’s booth at the antique mall at least once a week to see if anything has sold, to replenish or add items, and to tweak displays.   Today I was pleasantly surprised to find that two of my sister’s chenille bedspreads had sold, as well as…

  • Meaningless Drivel Monday: Sharin’ with Sharon!

    What’s better than having your own antiques booth at an antique mall?  Sharing a booth with your sister! My booth at the end of its first day. . . Last week I gave up my one-woman booth to link up with my sister in a larger space where we could halve the rent, hopefully resulting…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Evidence of New Life

      This week’s journal challenge from Folk Magazine asks writers to reflect upon the evidence of new life we saw on last week’s nature walk, and to describe new beginnings evident in our lives.   Spring is a wonderful season of new beginnings.  Everywhere you look you see flowers bursting off their stems, birds happily…