Gift Certificate Giveaway!

This is my dad's 1972 fishing boat. Everything on it is original and in great shape. 

 I must mention this boat is older than I am, but possibly the same age as my sister.....

 Somehow, even during all the years we enjoyed fishing, swimming, tubing, and whining in it, it never had a name. 

  Here is where you come in. 

Comment on Facebook with a name suggestion to be entered into a drawing for a $35 gift Certificate to the shop. it can be used in person or through an online purchase. If you don't have Facebook, you can email entries to southernhoneyworkshop@gmail.com

To help choose a creative, awesome name, I'm going to give you some details on my dad.....

--He is a retired pilot and full Colonel from the US Military. The man still gets heavy starch and creases in his casual jeans...

--Probably due to the above fact and 2 older brothers, my dad can use mild curse words like a champ. They are really more like adjectives to him. I must say, even though it's a big no-no in my house, I've been pretty impressed with his creativity in the genre from time to time. 

--My dad appreciates a good joke and a good sense of humor. 

--My dad has had more injuries than any one else I know. Seriously. Lots. Need a few examples? 

         --Barbed wire straight through his 

             eyeball. 

         --Broken ankle 

         --Broken hand

         --Half a kidney removed

         --2 fingers cut off ( and sewn back     

             on)

        -- AND, in what we are hoping was          his grand finale, he lost his left foot (most of it anyway) in an accident last September. I told him 2 amputation incidents were enough for one lifetime and to knock it off. 

--My dad LOVES his grand kids. He's super excited about spending time with them in this boat. 

Now, bring in the names!!

Kim :)

Box of 80's Awesomeness

-0\1`Watching an episode of "The Goldbergs" with my kids made me think of this post I wrote 4 years ago. If you have never seen the show, it's set in the 1980's and causes flashbacks to my childhood with every episode. 

Please enjoy the box of 80's awesomeness....

Let me start this by saying how much I love my husband for putting up with my twisted sense of humor. He is the most wonderful man alive.

My in laws brought this box with them on their last visit to Nashville. They said it was things they had "saved from Todd's childhood". I'm thinking pictures, trophies, etc.

Ummmmm. No.

This box was filled with stuff that made me laugh till I hurt. Maybe it was so funny because so many of these things were so unlike the man he is now. They gave me a window into his boyhood. A boyhood that could seem very disturbing (if I didn't know better) based on some of these items.....

Ok. This is totally normal 80's stuff. We all had a Simon and a Rubik's cube.
All you twenty somethings out there - don't knock 'em. These babies were awesome in their day.

Survival knife. I know this is the type of thing my 10 year old would think is awesome for camping. Again, totally normal.

Guns 'n' Roses cassette.
Well loved before CD's, and before Guns 'n' Roses were categorized as classic rock.

A leather bracelet with his name. Could be considered tough and manly.....if not for the baby feet (?) on each side of his name.

What the heck is this thing?? Is it to carry change on his belt??



OOOHHH. Love's Babysoft. The ultimate choice for girl's in the 80's. Obviously a gift from some special young lady. I'm sure he remembers who, but he won't admit it. This stuff stunk brand new, I can only imagine what it smells like now.

Ok, now things are getting weird.
A grenade.

What did he want with a grenade?

Brass knuckles. Only these are made of wood. For the kinder, gentler thug.

Now, to round out his "vigilante in training" kit.... gloves with no fingertips and 'training' nunchucks. I am laughing now as I picture him using these. I bet he had some awesome moves....Love his initials burned into the ends of the handles, just in case they got confused with someone elses nunchucks.

The license plate from the front of his super awesome '68 Camaro.(Cujo? He liked killer dogs?) He still has the Camaro at his parents house. It must be lonely and sad without it's nameplate....

My all time favorite. I just about peed myself.




He SWEARS he didn't wear these. And I have to admit, the bottoms look brand new.




The tag inside the shoe is the best part.




They should have made their pledge to include "you will totally regret the decision to own these in 25 years".

I don't know why his mom saved this stuff, but I am sooooo glad she did.

Thanks again sweetie, for giving me a good laugh. You are an awesome, sophisticated man with excellent taste.

Some things just take time....

What you keep in your drawers..

We find all sorts of hilarious things in our business. Sometimes we are just too hot, dusty, muddy, or tired to document it. BUT, sometimes we bust out the phone and take pictures. 

We thought it might be fun to start sharing these things on occasion....

The Donkey wearing a hat puzzle. 

Someone took the time to glue this together, and then kept it in a drawer for, ohhhh, about 3 decades. I found it in a dresser under a pile of mail from the 1970's. 

A handbook for working in the mission field with, of all things, truckers. 

This was found among my in-laws things at a recent sale. The back says "Truckers that love God telling other truckers of the love of God. "

I am all for truckers and missionaries, I just never envisioned them in a book together. 

 Hands down, the ugliest clock I've ever seen. 

Ever. 

I'm not even sure what it was made of, but the whole thing looked sticky.....

A magical mother/daughter unicorn clock, and a dog painting....on velvet. 

Maybe you didn't notice it was on velvet. Probably because you were too busy being frightened my his huge teeth and barbed wire collar. 

These were at a fund raising sale at a church. 

I guess it's ok to donate your naughty book stash if its for a good cause. 

Our friend Aaron took this picture at an estate sale. Can you say "scary cat lady"?

....and then there's this. A scale that really makes you cringe. Matted and furry. Not a good combo for bare feet. 

Gotta get back to painting....

Kim and Ashley 

Name that Squirrel: Winners!

After almost 100 submissions, we have a winner!

We had several Honorable Mentions. Such as:
"Minnie Squirrel"
"Shabby Cheek" and
"Nutalia"

My husband also made me promise to consider his suggestion of "Squirrelonce", but our girl doesn't have the moves.

The winner is Jonathan Long, ( I hope your wife likes to paint....  ;) and our Squirrelfriend is now officially named "Cleopatra".

No, it doesn't really make sense, but it made us smile, so we went with it.

Could it have something to do with the very unfortunate Cleopatra-esque haircut I got this morning....??
Maybe.

Winner of the $10 gift Certificate, for the 1,000 Facebook likes, is Lindsay Connery.

The irony is not lost on Ashley and I that Southern Honey's 1000th like was a guy names Robert E. Lee III.
That's. Just. Awesome.

Come say hi this weekend!
Kim

Name That Squirrel

She's old, and a little scruffy.
She's got some scars, and I accidentally broke her tail.
Wrapped in dusty newspaper, crammed in the bottom of an old galvanized trash can under a shed ( yes, we were digging through a trash can ), we found her.
Our new store mascot.....



BUT
She needs a name.
An awesome, witty, creative, super squirrelly name.

Leave us a comment here or on Facebook telling us what you think her name should be. The winner will receive a pack of 6 chalk paint samples.

Come see us this weekend!
Kim and Ashley