April Coker, Author

Tag: antique

  • Booth sprucin’ and ponderin’. . .

    One of the things you have to do when you have a booth space in an antiques mall is spruce it up occasionally, or as Vintage Rescue Squad puts it, “foof your boof.” I just love that.  I wish I had thought of it myself!  Surely she won’t mind if I borrow it? Anyway, these…

  • Thrift Store Scores!

    I have friends and relatives who would never darken the door of a thrift store.  Maybe it’s the dim lighting or the smells (I admit, sometimes the odors are NOT good), or maybe the clientele (myself not included, of course!).  They just don’t know what treasures they are missing! Look at what I found on…

  • 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…

  • RANDOM FRIDAY; DIY CRAFTS

    I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I will be opening a booth in a local antique mall in February.  I hope to move in on the first, and I am very excited!  I now have a place to put all of the things I used in my daughter’s wedding, along with things I have collected…

  • THRIFTY HUNT THURSDAY: Look what I found today!

    Deer hunting is done until September, so I am taking off the “er” in “Thrifty Hunter” and making Thursday the day of the thrifty hunt!  Not for animals, but for treasures! Look what I found in today’s junkin’ expedition! A polished wooden owl napkin holder with spaces for salt and pepper shakers. . .my daughter…