the grits
2finally! a mason jar cocktail shaker… found here

my girlfriend jen and i with her two hello-cute kids
did a little meandering on southern backroads yesterday…
(cheerwine √ battlefield √ abandoned buildings √ southern…√√)
fine southern cities… plus our other home. anderson design group has captured some of my very favorite places south of the mason dixon line, and so much more!! nyc, seattle, san francisco, the beach. best posters ever. take a look.
… did you know that most southerners paint their porch ceilings blue? nicknamed haint blue it’s intended to keep evil spirits away. it’s more of a tradition now than for the spirits, but we’re not taking any chances at our house, one of these days (??) we’ll be sipping tea on the porch under blue slatted ceilings.
(images)
i miss lightning bugs. (the only bugs i miss btw)
in the south we say lightning bugs instead of fireflys,
and in denver we’ve got zip. not humid enough….
hmmm, lightning bugs or humidity? tough one. (;
{prints found here)
…in the south suspenders are always in fashion, from holding up the levi’s to dressing up the tux. on little boys, old men, and groomsmen, rainbow colored to james bond white. (get the cool ones below here) and with a bowtie.. oh.my.
cornbread is serious business in the south. serious. business.
i’m putting one of these tees at the top of my southern must have list.
→ cap & tee ←
»»»»mason jars & the south, two peas in a pod. you just cannot be from the south & not love mason jars. you’d be hard pressed to find a home without at least a few as drinking glasses…we have a whole box of them just waiting to be unpacked. more & more cute things are being made from mason jars, a few good ones: hanging jars, candle, chandelier, light strand (♥), glasses.. fancy with a handle, drink dispenser (if only we had room in our tiny house), cotton ball & lotion dispenser. ««««