Chai Y'all

About a year and a half ago, I discovered My Flip Flopz through the blogosphere. My apartment at the time needed some sprucing up, so I contacted her about making a sign for it.

This was the finished result:

a reference to one of my favorite Jimmy Buffett songs

When I moved to Germany, it got hung up on the wall of our office. The wall had two nails on it (from a hideous painting that came with the house), and I never for the life of me could figure out what to hang on the other nail.

Then one day, TLS told me how growing up, his Nana had a sign hanging in her house that said

y'all

He didn't know what happened to the sign but wished that he had it now.


A bit of a lesson here: that symbol is the Hebrew word for "life." It is considered to be a very lucky symbol in Judaism. It is pronounced Chai, but with an h sound, so the sign would sound like "hi y'all."

Anyhoo, I thought this was one of the awesomest things ever, and I knew we had to have one. I emailed Susie to see if she could make me another sign to hang next to my Fins Up one. I also linked her to the Wikipedia page for Chai. I was sure she was going to think that I had lost a few a marbles. Then this showed up in our mailbox:

Amazing.

We currently have the two signs hanging next to each other, but hope to move the Chai Y'all one next to our entryway.

Bar Sign

So after going back and forth between what I wanted, I finally decided to go with the Fins Up, Y'all sign. Partly because it's quirkier. Partly because whales have fins. Partly because Fins is my ringtone. I have been conversing with myflipflopz and she is so sweet and is making the sign for me and also one that I ordered for one of my favorite bloggers, Southern Starlet, as a housewarming gift for when she and her husband finally move back to the United States and down South where they belong! (She already knows about this so it's ok for me to post it.) I cannot wait to get the signs and will post pictures as soon as I get them.

bar decoration

I have a built-in bar in my apartment that is attached to one wall. I would like to hang one piece of wall art above the bar to make it more fun and colorful. (Sadly my landlord did not let me paint my apartment so I have plain boring white walls.) Right now, the bar is decorated with 6 Vineyard Vines pint glasses that have pink and blue whales one them. Ideally, I would want something in complimenting colors to hang above it. Originally, I was going to buy this monogram from the Monogram Merchant,

but lately I have been thinking about getting something more whimsical, in the form of a sign from My Flip Flopz. I was thinking of getting a custom sign in pink, white, and blue with "Fins Up Y'all" on it, referencing my favorite Jimmy Buffett song. I really love the colors of this sign: Which do you think I should go for?