hotlanta ladies: come one, come all!

hey y'all! exciting stuff today for any girls in atlanta:

the lovely ladies of three happy eaters and i are hosting a clothing swap this weekend benefitting hagar's house, a women's shelter in decatur, and YOU are invited!

the short and sweet details:

what: a clothing swap. bring $5 and any unwanted, gently worn clothing/shoes/purses/jewelry
when: this saturday, april 13th at 10:30am
where: amanda's house
why: to support a local ministry, clean out your closets, shop, eat good food and drink mimosas

for full details check out the facebook event page and make sure to rsvp while you're at it.

all proceeds go straight to hagar's house and all leftover clothing will go to oakhurst presbyterian, where they will be distributed to hagar's house and other ministries in need.

who doesn't wanna snag some cute clothes with a drink in their hand and good food in their belly all while benefitting a good cause and enjoying some girl time?!

it won't be the same without you!

<3 jojy and the three happy eaters


p.s. the photos above show just a taste of some of the clothing we have already collected for your shopping pleasure! and yes, we are considering being part-time models... but we'll probably still have to keep our normal jobs.

small town southern livin'

i'm feeling thankful to live in a small southern town. 

a lot of days, harrison and i pine for big city living. we want to move to nyc sometime in the next couple of years and as a result, every once in a while, it's hard to remember to live fully where we are and not miss out on life while we're dreaming of the next thing.

i love the south. i really do. but there are a lot of things that i strongly dislike about the south. i'm not going to go into any of those things now because i like to keep positive vibes around here, but lets just say most days, the pros and cons of southern life are about equal. some days the cons outweigh the pros. but yesterday the pros outweighed the cons. in just the littlest, nicest way. 

i was out walking errands around decatur yesterday. with my umbrella cause it looked like rain. i was on my way back home when all of a sudden it started raining hard and the wind was the kind that blows your umbrella up and makes you look silly. i happened to be passing by our local catholic church, so i ran for cover by their front doors, hoping the storm would pass quickly. 

i was only under the awning for 15 minutes before i had three different people come out and ask me if i needed a ride! now, i know that most of the time it isn't safe to take rides from strangers. but i weighed my options and after they insisted several times, i accepted one of them. she was a delightful woman, probably in her 50s, driving a minivan with carseats in the back for her grandkids. she was very sweet and i felt completely safe [and dry]. i wish i remembered her name! i would bake her some cookies for her generosity. 

nyc, we're coming for you one day. but right now i'm so thankful that i live in a small southern town where i felt totally at ease accepting this kindness from a stranger.

<3 jojy

[artist: mattie lou o'kelley title: yard sale]

this season

for me this season is all about:

tights, hot tea, cardigans, crockpot meals, bundled up walks, my favorite lace up heels, holding hands to keep warm, tall socks, good beers [lets be honest thats for all seasons], sitting by the fire [aka our tiny space heater], husbands on tractors [bottom left]...

on a real note, i'm going to try and remember to be in community with others this season. i have a bad habit [as a lot of us do] of being kind of a loner during the winter months. i become introverted and flake out on my friends a lot more than i normally would. i guess by making it public, all of my friends out there can now officially call me out. yikes!

anyways, i was looking back over kinfolk magazine volume 2 in which they talk a little bit about how there is such a difference between summer and winter. in summer, hanging out happens naturally. people are always getting together. but winter is the season of being intentional with our gatherings. there is long lovely quote that i'm not going to type out here but you should check out the magazine and read it for yourself. here's a tiny snippet:

"winter is the recognition, in the form of a season, that we need each other."   
        -nikaela peters in kinfolk magazine volume 2

so, go have a lovely weekend, why don't you! and love on your people. community is important.

<3 jojy