C'mere and Give Me Some Sugar

Y'all are sweet as pie. C'mere and give me some sugar. These are a few things my sweet grandmomma says all the time. My grandmother can bless your heart in the most sincere way. Completely different than the way folks are saying it nowadays. The minute you tell her something unfortunate, she's blessing your heart. Like a little songbird, she's going around making a melody with her southern sayings. When we were little she'd start singing "A Bushel and a Peck" or "Hush, Little Baby" as soon as she could convince us it was bedtime.

Sweet as Pie - Odd Daughter Paper Co.

I intended to write about cards, but these sayings are bringing up memories of visits to my grandparents house. It makes me want to whip up some creamed corn and butter beans. Or just make a giant glass of sweet tea. As for the cards, my granddaddy will be receiving the card with the jam jar on his next birthday. He's been putting up peaches and pears for as far back as we can remember. 

Belle and Union

Belle and Union is one of my favorite stationary companies. I featured them here last year, but they're still cranking out amazing pieces. The folks behind Belle and Union have a story that will make you want to grab your valentine. He's a soldier, and she's an artist. He's a yankee boy, and she's a Southern Belle. Together they make gorgeous cards in Texas.

The South Print - HardInk Calligraphy

I love this print by HardInk Calligraphy. I'm really starting to think I should make a gallery wall with my favorite southern prints. These pieces are way too pretty to send off and never see again. It'd make for an inspiring office wall, and day-dreaming of my sweet grandparents would be pretty awesome too.

A Custom Monogram

Southern women are taught to value their monogram like their grandmother's pearls. As much as I have tried to resist over monogramming my possessions, one of my most favorite wedding gifts was our monogrammed stationery. I am completely smitten with these custom monograms by Allison R. Banks Designs. Whether you have a two, three, or four letter monogram you can choose the style lettering you prefer and work directly with an artist to design exactly what you want. Once your monogram is set, you can have letterpress plate or rubber stamp created that can be used on stationery, note cards, packages and more. The middle design below is literally calling my name!

Belle and Union

Belle and Union is a stationery company formed in Savannah, Georgia by Josh and Meg Sutton. She's a Southern Belle and he's Yankee boy. The name fits, right? Their letterpress gift cards incorporate Southern sayings and American wit. My favorites are obviously the ones with the sugar and the oysters. When on their website you are encouraged to kick off your boots and stay awhile. Gift cards aren't their only gig... you will also find tea towels, recipe cards and wrapping paper. I can't stop thinking about having a few of these framed to hang in my kitchen.

Hey There Sugar

You Sweeten My Tea

You Butter My Biscuit

Aw Shucks

Oh My Darlin'

A Southern Print Shop

Meet my new friends over at Old Try, a Southern print shop North of the Mason-Dixon line. A couple from Alabama and North Carolina put together this business which is oddly run out of their home in Boston. (What in the world are they doing up there?) In any case, I love their work.

Mind your manners

Summer, In Words

ATL, Georgia

Lowcountry Shirt

Sandlapper Shirt*

In the South, any child raised up right was taught how to drink sweet tea and to mind their manners. With Southern sayings on every print and t-shirt in the shop, I've quickly become a fan. 

*For those of you who aren't from around here, the nickname Sandlapper is affectionately given to South Carolinians from the sandy-hilled ares.