Southerners and monograms

Southerners and monograms

Strange title..

I know.

Just a little known fact being the Half back Northern transplant that I am now here in the South.

Southerners not only love their sweet tea, fried green tomatoes, grits, biscuits and BBQ, the list goes on….

Southerners love their stamp on everything.

Today I am sharing Southerners and Monograms.

Another little history to learn.

Something to be said about living in the South.

Southerners have embellished household treasures like linens, crystal, silverware, probably underwear too just to name a few,

with the family’s initials.

Anything and everything can be monogrammed- towels, laundry bags, walls, car decals, rings, phone cases, sweatshirts, anything.

There is a lot to be learned here in the South.

In the South, learning to always say “yes ma’am” and “no sir” and “excuse me” are as essential as learning how to dress yourself.

Y’all just simply means you, and everyone else in ear shot.

If you hear bless your heart, don’t take it as a compliment.

Key ingredient in everything is butter, not one stick not two sticks, good chance not even three sticks. Keep going, the more the better.

Southern manners stem out of Southern hospitality, one of Southerners signature trademarks. They usually apologize and say “excuse me” if they bump into someone, even if it was completely the other person’s fault.

I love the SOUTH!

Now onto my little Monogrammed burlap gift idea.

Funny part of this whole project, I only wound up doing an initial. Does that count for monogram?

I told you I was a Northerner, and just a Southern transplant:)

Back to my project……

I have a few graduates this year to gift to. Only one is a girl!

So I thought along with her card, I would make something cute and monogrammed {Initialed} of course.

These little burlap bags were a score at Walmart. You get a three pack for less than $4.00.

Get out some stencils, craft paint and get creative.

I used the same stencil and paints that I used back a few weeks ago on my

summer pillow for our guest room.

You can get the how to if you check out that post. Very simple to stencil on just about anything.

Makes giving just a card just a little cuter. Plus the graduate can actually use the bag for makeup, hair accessories, etc.

How about I leave you with some Southern quotes about monograms, even though this is just an initial I shared. I totally got side tracked like I tend to do.