April Coker, Author

Tag: junk

  • Junk Gypsy, a Book, and Me

    Ever heard of the Junk Gypsy Company?  Who hasn’t heard of these two beautiful sisters who turned their backs on college-degreed careers and made a life for themselves out of hunting, repurposing, and selling junk?  From selling their wares in a booth at First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas to hosting their own HGTV…

  • Canton Junkin’ Trip

    Visiting First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas is usually not an option for me during the summer months.  Any time the temperatures rise above 90, you can count me out for outside activities.  I don’t like to sweat, and the heat takes all the fun out of whatever I’m supposed to be doing.  I’m…

  • 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…

  • Meaningless Drivel Monday: Garage Sale Loot

    Garage sale season is in full swing around here.  October has got to be the busiest month of the year with all the festivals, school events, and yard sales.  It is SO much fun to go garage saling, or gs-ing as my sisters and I say, when the weather is cooler, too!   My parents…

  • Meaningless Drivel Monday: Sick and Repurposing

    Yesterday I found out that a person can sneeze so much that it makes their abdominal muscles sore the next day.  I know because I did it.  Saturday night I sneezed so much I thought I would never stop.  Then yesterday my stomach muscles hurt! People who live in areas of the country where it…