What a wedding! We loved all these beautiful details and had to share. Don’t you just love Amy’s cute shoes? The cake and sweet bar are fabulous and fun. The reception was held at {The Bungalow} with floral design by {Sweetbriar Cove Floral}. Amy’s gown came from {Gowns by Pamela}. Photography by {Rebecca Westover}. To see more of Rebecca’s work hop over to her {blog}.
Today we are pleased to introduce you all to Bella Figura and Smock Paper, sister companies out of Syracuse, NY. If this is your first time hearing of these two fabulous companies then brace yourself for some major eye candy! Each product is crafted on an artisan letterpress with the upmost care for your design and for the enviroment. In fact, Smock is the first and only print shop in the U.S. to offer printing on luxury bamboo paper, giving you a truly sustainable paper that just happens to be gorgeous! Check out these cute coasters that we featured from Bella Figura a few weeks ago.
A sampling of Smock Paper’s amazing letterpress invitation suites and thank you cards:
Bella Figura’s gorgeous custom coasters that we adore:
Win: First place winner gets 100 custom coasters from Bella Figura, second, third and fourth place winners get one packet of Smock’s Thank You cards from their social line. Winners will be chosen at random.
How To Enter: Leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite Southern expression.
Contest ends Monday, December 15th at midnight!
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I’m getting married and just love them! They are in my backyard!
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My favorite would definitely have to be "Bless her heart." It always gets a little giggle out of me whenever I hear it.I love how old Southern women use it in a negative way and it always sounds so nice when they use it, even though it’s an insult most of the time.Like "That girl has a face only her mother could love, bless her heart."
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I love this contest idea! My favorite Southern expressions come from a dear family friend of ours, who hails from the great state of Alabama. My favorite is sort of gross, but funny. When V. thinks something is disgusting or ugly, she says, "That’s ‘nough to gag a maggot!" I know, right?! Gross but totally cute. :)
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"Bless your heart!" is probably my favorite!
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I think my favorite is when someone says "I’m fixin’ to" like "I’m fixin’ to go to the store…"I use it a lot and I know that it is not a word – haha!
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My favorite southern expression is "Bless his/her/your/their/its heart!" It gets me every time. There’s no wrong way to use it!
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You look about as happy as a tick on a fat dog.
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Oh those coasters would be SO awesome!!!! My favorite southern expression is also wedding related! "In the south you can’t marry a man until you know how his momma makes sweet tea." This is especially true for me because I don’t drink sweet tea, but the fiance loves it, especially his momma’s!
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We love the Papavero – they are all so beautiful it is hard to chose. Letterpress + Eco friendly = Heaven!
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I love them all! ( the invitations AND the southern expressions that is :) ) I am a California girl, so all southern expressions accompanied by that awesome southern accent, make me weak at the knees :) But sshh, don’t tell my fiance, he is a New Yorker ;)
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I stinkin love the word "y’all." It’s just a more efficient way to say you all!
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"Lord willing and the Creek don’t rise". ;-)
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"bless your heart"
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Great giveaway!I think my favorite must be a combination of a couple of phrases. I remember when I’d see relatives I hadn’t seen in a while and they’d say, "Well, I remember when you were just knee-high to a grasshopper. Now, come here and give me some sugar!"
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My favorite Southern Expression is one you hear whenever you get more than one Southern woman iin a room together: "Bless her heart!" You can say anything about anyone, as long as you follow with "Bless her (or his, or their) heart!"
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"Bless his/her heart." This is usually following a not so complementary comment about someone…and the "bless their heart" is used to offset said unkind remark. Southerners never want to be perceived as unkind!
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Bless her heart………or his heart…you can fit it into almost any sentence (or insult) and come off as a caring southerner!
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"Well, Bless Her Heart"
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I still love going back to my childhood home and eating at my favorite catfish restaurant where they alway say, "Ya’ll come back now."
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ABSOLUTELY I am obsessed with the phrase "that dog don’t hunt" (meaning, sorry, your argument just doesn’t make sense). It’s so funny and gets a laugh every time.
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I grew up in Texas and when we were acting up my grandmother used to say "I’m going to skin you’re hide!" Of course it was just a threat and we never got so much as a spanking, but I will always remember her telling us that! So, in honor of grandma, that is my favorite southern expression.
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I’m from the deep south . . . Covington, Georgia where we still to this day say "I dee-clay-ah" (that’s I declare to you non-suthunahs).
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Let me just preface this with I love Southern Weddings site. I pretty much visit it every day, especially when I should be working on my assignments for my degree. But it is just so tempting as I’m planning my wedding for July in Mississippi where I grew up and the site is full of great ideas.Favourite Southern Saying…"Well bless your/her/their/his heart!" I love this saying for its multiple possibilities of use. It can either be a perfectly genuine feeling of love, but I especially enjoy how its used to preface something that could be intended as an insult or just a humorously pitying remark. I remember when I was about 16 and I had trouble getting a car door open, and after my mother’s friend (who was driving the car) stopped laughing, she lovingly said, ‘awe…well bless your heart’. you can get away with anything if you include, Bless your heart. :)Jess
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Sigh. What eye candy! As for my favorite expression – it’s hand’s down"Lord willing, and the creek (pronounced crik) don’t rise"
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My grandpa use to tell my sister & I that we were "prettier than a picture". On my wedding day I’m shooting for the whole thing to be "prettier than a picture"!
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"Good enough to make you wanna smack yer granny". One of the bests! It is even funnier when your grandmother is the one that’s saying it.
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My favorite southern expression is one that my 103 great grandmother says often – "I need this like a dog needs side pockets." She says it every time she’s eating anything sweet (even though she’s the cutest tiniest thing ever!). It always makes me laugh.
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nothing beats the classic "ya’ll". sometimes when i haven’t been home in a while i feel like i’ve lost my accent, but then a ya’ll will slip out of my mouth and it brings a smile to my face everytime!
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Excuses are like backsides. Everybody’s got one and they all stink!!
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Favorite southern expression? So many too choose from! Some personal favorites:"I’m as full as a tick" (Eaten too much. Gross, I know.)"Well, God bless a milk cow""She’s higher than a Georgia Pine" (drunk!)
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I absolutely love those letterpress coasters with the mojito recipe! What a cute and useful favor that guests will surely take home with them!
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I have a dear friend named Abigail who is from a small town called Tarboro, NC (pronounced Tah-burr). Whenever she sees something that she thinks is adorable like a cute child or a fun painting, she always says, "Well God bless it." She doesn’t even SAY it…she SIGHS it. It’s the sweetest thing ever, God bless it!
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"You don’t know grits!" love grits, and i love the saying! (and this letterpress)
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"two peas in a pod" (like me and my boy!)
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"you can’t ride two horses with one ass, darlin!"
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My favorite and one that I say all the time is "why bless your lil’ heart".My friends often think I’m taking pity on someone when I use it, but that’s not always the case…back home in Southwest Virginia we use it even if someone has done something nice for someone else! :)
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My favorite is the ever popular "y’all"…I’m not from the South, but I still use it occasionally and it always makes me smile!
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My Gigi just says "Bless" and it’s precious – as a child, any time I did something cute (or even not that cute, cause hey, I was grandkid number one), she’d say "Oh, bless!" and give me a big grandma hug =)
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"Mah goodness!" Is probably the best I’ve heard. My aunt likes to coin that one and it rubbed off on me.
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I’m going to have to jump on the "Well, bless her heart!" bandwagon here. Especially when it’s followed by something insulting. Saying "Bless her heart" makes it sound sweet no matter what!
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The southern lady’s way of saying you’ve put on weight… "She must have been stung by a bee." Usually followed by "bless her heart."
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Great idea!!! I just love this blog!!!!My favorite:WHITE ON RICE"He stuck to her like WHITE ON RICE. "
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Famous southern (specifically redneck) last words "Hey yall – watch this!" =)
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"Yall come back now ya hear" :)AKA… Come visit us again!!
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It would probably be "fixin to" or "finna" which is even shorter. I guess we should say, "I am about to". Oh well!
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"Courtin"- This is what my grandma from South Carolina asked me when me and the FI began dating… sweetie are yall courtin? I love it!
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This is usually said when someone is amazed by something: "Well, butter my biscuit!"
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"if it was a snake, it woulda bit me!"
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My grandma always says, "well, butter my biscuits!"
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I’m a Texas girl so I have to admit ….I use "bless your heart" at least a few times a week ;) About "Livin’ in Sin" ….I heard they ate supper before they said grace!
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Howdy! I’m not a southerner so I did an extensive research from all my friends there. They really want me to win these coasters! So if ever I win I’d surely send a coaster to them since they cannot attend my wedding. These are my fave expressions among all. Here it goes! If you want to compliment someone or something that is super duper cute (like me):"Cute as a sack full of puppies"If it doesn’t fit at all ( I hope this doesn’t happen to my wedding dress)"That fits like socks on a rooster"And lastly this always pertains to my room’s calamity state::"looks like someone was sorting wildcats in there"Have a great day, y’all.
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Howdy y’a’ll!
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Here’s one from my grandmother. When she was in the midst of a particularly bad head cold, she would sometimes remark that she was "feeling like a boiled owl".
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Busier than a cat covering crap on a marble floor. – This is hilarious!
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"Bless your heart" is totally my favorite, too! It’s so awesomely cute!
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When someone would ask a dumb question or say something that is really obvious, my grandma would always say, “Is grits groceries?” (As in, duh!) I always thought it was funny and I find myself saying it now without even thinking!
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"If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it."
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"well i swannee!" i’m not sure where this comes from, but both of my incredibly southern grandmothers say this when something surprises or shocks them
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"My dogs are barking." Anyone know that one?! My friends think I’m crazy but I know I have heard it before and I always say it when my feet hurt! Eco-friendly?! My lanscape architect fiance will love that!!!
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I love anything that begins with " Reckon…"
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"Ya’ll!"
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"She looked like a flowering peach in full bloom right after the morning dew fell on it!"
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My Ma-Maw often says… "This world’s going to hell in a hand basket" Pretty much when she hears anything she doesn’t agree with! :)
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I don’t want to enter, I just want to drool over the letterpress… it’s a secret addiction!! I hope everything is going well with the mag printing!!!
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Etienne’s thank you cards make want to make up reasons to thank people just so I have an excuse to use them!
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"hun, that’s cheesier than a bowl of grits." an awesome quote from the fabulous southern lady that’s letting me live with her until I get married.
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"Now ya’ll be sweet."
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I like anything with the word "hankering" like "i got a hankering we can be bosom buddies" these letterpress items are gorgeous! thanks for the opp!
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"Bless her heart" or "Ya’ll come back now, ya hear!"
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My favorite has to be one my grandmother, a sweet southern lady, would say all the time: "I’m just tickled pink!" — I mean…how much more adorable does it get? Anytime you can say the words "tickle" and "pink" in one breath, it’s a mighty good thing. Preparing for my own southern wedding, I wish my grandma were here to tell me how tickled pink she is for me. But I know she’s probably "chewing the fat" (another fave expression) with her buddies in heaven.
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I’ve always thought it was cute when my family would say "gimme some sugar" meaning "give me a kiss"i also loved how my grandpa called my sister and i his "sweet peas"
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I’ve always laughed at the expression that someone "looked like she was rode hard and put away wet." I mean, it’s an insult but for some reason I think it’s hilarious…
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"Sunday-go-to-meetin Clothes" ;) …I’m thinking that a spin off of this would make a cute way to describe a casual wedding’s dress code!…And then there’s another fav…"Drunker than Cooter Brown"…Who is Cooter, anyway? ;)
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I love Bella Figura! Like many others, my favorite Southern expression is definitely "y’all." It’s just so much easier, and more endearing, to say!
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I live in northern Florida by the Georgia border and southern life is alive and well here!! I work as a nurse at the VA hospital and encounter many vets from the deep south. When a patient is about to go home after their hospitalization, oftentimes I hear them say the expression "Hope I won’t have to come back here real soon "Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise’". But my favorite expression would have to be "finer than frog hair". The vets will say it as a response to questions about how they feel that day and it always makes me laugh.
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Yes Sir or Yes Ma’am – the rest of my family is from the North and I truly think that it is a signature of good parenting in the South if your kids are courteous.
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Well I am definitely from the deep south and even my blog is called atlanta georgia belle . I was raised right over the Mississippi state line in Southaven and my grandparents lived in Memphis. Growing up, I always recall my grandmother, Dorothy Virginia, saying whenever she was shocked or displeased over something, "Lord help the Southern army!" And my sister and I heard alot.On that same note, when either my sister or I would do something that would aggravate our dad, he would exclaim "Confound it Joey Lee!" It sounded especially bad when he used both my first and middle name as many Southern women go by both first and middle names.. To this day I do NOT know what "confound it" really means but I did hear it once repeated on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
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When I was younger and going on an outing with friends, my mom would always tell me to "be sweet", and whenever we were leaving my Grandmother’s house she would say the same, to both my mom and myself. Both my mom and my grandmother also regularly said, "bless your heart." I catch myself thinking it sometimes!
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my friend from the south always calls food "fiddles"…like, "good friends, good fiddles"….its hilarious!
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen never comes to a very good end. my aunt said it means. be who you are.
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen never comes to a very good end
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"Just had my hairs and nails ‘did’!"
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My favorite expression…WAR EAGLE!!!!
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I think he’s just tryin’ to "get your goat" … meaning, he is giving you a hard time.I say it all the time!!
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I like "he’s got a hitch in his giddyup!"
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My favorite saying is….."and who do you belong to?" Every time I go home people ask me that. They know which big family group I belong to they are just trying to figure out who my parents are.
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Being born, raised, and still living in the South actually makes this kinda hard! Many of these expressions come second nature to me, and I don’t automatically classify them as "Southern." But I noticed a couple were missing:One: Calling everyone "honey." Ranks right up there with "Bless your heart." I’ve gotten in trouble a time or two ’cause of calling someone "honey" when I shouldn’t have! Wasn’t thinking!and Two: "slow as molasses." Like I can’t wait for my wedding to get here, but time is passing slow as molasses!Oh, and "til the cows come home." Most often heard as "party ’til the cows come home." Means ’til the day’s done. That’s always a good one.This is an awesome entry idea for a contest!! :)
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"That’s gooder than snuff" is said after every single meal my granddaddy eats. This is my favorite southern expression because he always says it with such a huge smile!
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I have to agree with the ladies above about "Bless your heart". Along those lines, "have a blessed day" is another one I never get tired of hearing. My absolute favorite is when my fiance, from Georgia, calls me "darlin" with his southern drawl! Melts my heart every time!
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Wow cute stuff!!! My dad is as southern as they come, but my sister and I grew up abroad. So I could list a million things he says, (usually when he is upset) that are so very typically southern…. Here are a few:Lord Almighty! Getter DoneCome hell or high waterWere you born in a barn? Shut the galll dang door…Your lettiing your cows out… (If someone’s fly is open… Yes even a complete stranger…And possibly my most favorite quote, “Southern girls are God’s gift to the entire male population. there is absolutely no woman finer than one raised below the mason-dixon line and once you go southern may the good Lord help you – you never go back.”xxCarissa
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As a "northerner" who moved to the south in grade school, I always enjoyed how "ya’ll" was used to refer to one person or many. When I would use the midwestern saying "you guys" with my friends, they would all exclaim "we’re not boys, we’re girls!" It took me awhile to catch onto the southern lingo!
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I think it is just the simple terms of affection like calling everyone Sugar or Darlin’
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Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.- my grandpa would say this when someone we knew stumbled across some luck
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Being from South Carolina and living out in Seattle, you don’t hear too much Southern Speak out this way. But, some of my favorites are (and these have been mentioned):– Bless her heart. This immediately indemnifies the speaker from any ill-will toward the subject (as in, "Poor girl sure doesn’t know how to smile, bless her heart", etc– "Fixin to", which means that you are getting ready to do something, or are about to do something.– "Supper", which of course means dinner. Dinner is the meal eaten in the middle of the day (like lunch), and Supper is eaten at the end of the day (like dinner)– "Cut off" something. This usually means to turn something on or off, but you can say cut instead. I.E, "cut off the lights", or "cut on the TV"– "I Swannee". No idea what this comes from or truly what it means, but you can swannee just about anything. This is mostly an expression like "sheesh".Just a few favorites. Can’t wait to get married back in the South on OCtober 3!
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My favorite southern expression is "He’s a few sandwiches shy of a picnic". I work with some very southern speakin’ people, and I love when that little gem comes out in conversation!
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By far the best Southern expressions I have ever heard is, "one of the blue hen’s chickens," referring to a difficult child. It just makes me giggle!
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I always loved it when one of my older female family members said to me… “Shug, this ain’t my first rodeo!”
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I am not from the south but appreciate the term "y’all"…there really isn’t another word like it in the English language!
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"Let’s make like a ‘gator and drag ass outta here!" (’cause gators kinda drag their heinys when they walk) Translation, "Let’s go!"Kind of a Florida specific saying but Florida’s part of the South right. . .right?xoxoxo,brian + gry
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Okay, so it’s not at all original. But my very favorite Southern expression is the one you hear the most… "HEY, Y’ALL!"
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I love the way Southerners use the word "carry" instead of "take"…… my dad’s family is very guilty of this. Carry this cornbread over to your grandmaI’ll carry you to the store, hop in the car!
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my favorite southern expression comes from my very best friend…she says "i swaney" :)
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I have a Southern Living at Home tray decorated with favorite southern expressions. My personal favorites are "Just a sliver" and "More Sweet Tea?"
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The invitations are beautiful!My favorite phrase from my grand dad when greeting and saying good bye to family visitors is : Glad to see you come. Glad to see you go! the second one is "Have a cup of coffee, it’s already been ‘saucered and blowed.’"
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"plum tuckered out" = which means tired, y’all
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Pleased as punch! Love it!
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I’m from a very small town in Tennessee and everyone there seems to have some sort of unique southern phrase. My favorite would be "I haven’t seen you in a coons age!"
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"Well don’t you just look a Georgia Peach!" – My dad when girls look stunning :)
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All the old southern ladies at my church use this comment frequently to describe someone that is never happy with anything:"Well I reckon she’d complain if Jesus Christ came down and handed her a five dollar bill!!"It always makes me laugh – but isn’t as funny if its not coming out of the mouth with a southern accent.PS: Beautiful cards and coasters. I’m already married but would love to get them for my brother and soon-to-be sister in law who are planning a wedding!!! Bless her. ;)
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Well, I declare! Smock Paper and Bella Figura are quite the pair… absolutely precious! Although they’re based out of NY, they definitely have a Southern flare! They remind me of a few of my other favorite pairs that are truly matches made in "Southern Heaven"… Ashley and Scarlett, Paula Deen and butter, shrimp and grits, mason jars and… (no, not what you’re thinking) blackberry jam, sweet tea and extra sugar, and of course, my fiance and I!Growing up in the South, I’ve acquired a plethora of sayings that I love and use on daily basis. It’s difficult to choose one that is considered to be my favorite, as I love all of them! However, some of my favorite Southern sayings come from a movie that is on every Southern Belle’s list of favorites: Steel Magnolias. These sayings are not only Southern, but also very appropriate for a wedding blog contest. My absolute favorite part of the movie revolves around Shelby’s wedding colors. She says, "Mama, my colors are blush and bashful" and M’Lynn (doesn’t get much more Southern than that) says "Your colors are pink and pink." Then, she takes one look at the sanctuary and says, "That sanctuary looks like it’s been hosed down with Pepto Bismol." LOVE it!
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"Y’all want sweet tea with that shuga?"
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Wow this is a truly great giveaway!My favorite saying has to be "dumber then a box of rocks." My grandfather has said it and everytime he does we all burst in to laughter!
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Whenever I moved down to the south, there was only one saying I had never heard before…using the term ‘ugly’, as in, ‘no need to act ugly’ Being rude, mean, or obnoxious is something I had always known, but referring to those actions as ‘ugly’ makes it a little bit better. I know this isn’t pretty or nice, but its a southern saying that I have heard no other place!
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So many cute details at this wedding. Love the green shoes, the candy display, and that cake is to die for!
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