This is a blog dedicated to our passion for hand smocked children's clothing. We all are obsessed with dressing our little ones in the classic smocked outfits. Shrimp and Grits Kids is a line of hand smocked children's clothing that is both affordable and adorable.
Shrimp and Grits Kids Fall 2011 As much as we, at Shrimp and Grits Kids, absolutely love the hot summer days; their is something exhilarating about the crisp, clean air of fall. We love the feel of soft corduroy, the smell of leaves burning, the excitement of Halloween, gathering family for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and, last but certainly not least, football season! With all of these fabulous events it is certainly just as important for your little one to have a just-as-fabulous outfit! Every mom knows how important those holiday pictures are and this season Shrimp and Grits Kids has you covered!
Here in Charleston? We have exciting news! This season you will be able to see our fall line at OUR NEW STORE on Pitt Street in Mt. Pleasant! We are so excited about this next step and hope y’all are too! We are planning on opening early June and will keep everyone updated on an exact date!WOOHOO!!!
Who doesn’t love spring and summer! At Shrimp and Grits Kids, we spend all winter waiting for sunshine, lazy beach days, afternoon BBQs and Frogmore stew, the 4th of July, and picnics! Nothing gets us more excited than our adorable spring/summer line coming in and even though we know how wonderfully hot and sticky it can be, especially here in Charleston,SC, we believe that there is no reason not to look absolutely adorable!
We are so excited about the new, exciting, and unique features of this line. Although we always keep our hand smocked pieces classic, this season we added fun features like big bow back tops, ruffle bloomers, and new styles to suit every child. We couldn’t imagine a summer beach trip without the perfect jonjon, bishop, and bubble and, this season, we have all the designs and fabrics that will make your little one the cutest one around.
Every southerner knows that seersucker is the ultimate summer fabric. It is light and cool while also being impossibly adorable. Our hand-smocked bees and daisies bishop and bubble, hand-smocked lobster dress and bow back top, and hand-smocked alligator bishop and bubble could not be cuter or more comfortable for those hot summer days. At Shrimp and Grits Kids, we would never forget about little boys..We love NOTHING more than adorable matching brother/sister outfits. The adorable seersucker grasshopper jonjon and bubble, hand-smocked lobster shortfall, and alligator jonjon and bubble are perfect matching outfits to keep your little ones cool and comfortable all season long!
Our favorite new, exciting, and, not to mention, absolutely adorable features of this line are the ruffle bloomers and the tie back tops and dresses. The ruffle bloomers come in cool and comfortable fabrics such as cotton and seersucker and adorable prints and patterns to match all of our precious tops. The hand-smocked lobster bow back top and dress have an adorable bow in the back that will make sure your little girl is the cutest one around. Love the bow back as much as we do? The tie back beach dress has an adorable khaki and white checked bow that makes this dress match perfectly with the beach collection…and did we mention absolutely adorable for beach pictures!?
Some of our favorite holidays are in the spring and summer and we all know that holidays require the PERFECT outfit! Our reversible appliqué Easter and Patriotic jumper and shortfall are perfect for Easter AND 4th of July! At Shrimp and Grits Kids, we LOVE a good deal and this two-in-one jumper is PERFECT! As adorable as this jumper and jonjon are, we would never leave you with just one option! The blue pique dress, bubble, and jonjon are also perfect for Easter and match with the Easter bishop and shortall! You can make your whole family for that perfect Easter portrait! We know how important it is to be cool and comfortable (not to mention adorable :)) for 4th of July and our hand-smocked lobster bow back dress and matching jonjon are perfect for 4th of July and all summer long!
As you can tell, we could not be more thrilled about our spring line and hope you are too! We love providing hand-smocked lovers like us with adorable, affordable bishops, bubbles, jonjons, appliqué t-shirts, bloomers, and shorts. We make precious matching brother/sister outfits easy! Happy summer shopping…it will be here before we know it!
At Shrimp and Grits Kids, the holidays are one of our FAVORITE times of the year! Who doesn't love Thanksgiving and Christmas!? BUT, we also know that the holidays can come with a lot of stress! We're here to take the stress out of finding those perfect holiday outfits! We have so many precious holiday outfits that it's hard to choose just one!
We all know that the holidays are a perfect time for great family photos and showing off just how cute your children are...:)!
After the excitement of summer begins to die down, it is only replaced by the smell and feel of fall. Who doesn’t love the pumpkin patch, apple orchards, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and putting on that special outfit for the first day of school? And that’s just to name a few of the exciting things going on in the fall…not to mention Christmas and football games!
This year’s fall line at Shrimp and Grits Kids has everything you need for your child to be comfortable and, in addition, look great at every fall and winter event. Bright colors and warm fabrics such as corduroy fill this season’s line and are perfect for these seasons.
Bright pink corduroy dresses and bubbles with colorful smocked owls and brown corduroy bishop dresses, bubbles, and separates with colorful bright peacocks will be sure to keep your child warm, comfortable, and cute all season long. Who doesn’t think of apples for the first day of school and fall? Our blue gingham apple bishop dress and jumper will be sure to make your child the teacher’s pick on the first day of school. The apple jumper even has pockets for cold hands! The light blue smocked snowman long-sleeved bishop and boy’s bubble and longall will be a favorite of yours all season long.
We love corduroy for the fall. It is such a comfortable fabric that also keeps your children warm. Our French blue corduroy collection will be perfect for any occasion. The French blue and chocolate smocked bishop, French blue corduroy top with the French blue corduroy ruffle pants, French blue corduroy jumper, French blue corduroy overall, and French blue geometric top is enough to please any choosy girl. In addition, your little boy will be comfortable all season long in the French blue corduroy longall, bubble, or pants.
Thanksgiving and Halloween will be a breeze in the Scarecrow and Sunflower smocked bishop and separates made from light green gingham with pumpkins and scarecrows on the smocking. Have a little boy? He’ll love his version with pumpkins and tractors!
What little boy doesn’t love cowboys? Our brown gingham cowboy smocked longall, collared shirt, and t-shirt will be perfect for playing cowboys and Indians outside after school. Or have a little girl who loves horses? Get her the long-sleeved pink gingham fox hunting bishop, t-shirt, or swing top/jumper with smocked jumping horses.
If you like dogs you are going to love our boy’s lab and wagon smocked longall, bubble, collared shirt, and appliqué shirt. The light blue gingham with brown buttons and trim with a brown lab riding in a red wagon smocking is perfect for any occasion and the perfect match to the girl’s light blue gingham flying pigs smocked pant set, bishop, and bubble.
You can’t have Christmas without the perfect outfit! This season, Shrimp and Grits Kids has every outfit for all of the Santa Clause visits and parties. Our Christmas tree smocked bishop with red polka dots, green rickrack trim, and Christmas tree smocking will make sure your child is the best dressed one there. Want something more casual for an afternoon party? You will love the green corduroy ruffle pants with the Christmas tree appliqué t-shirt! Have a little boy? He will love the green corduroy longalls with a chocolate lab wearing a Santa hat and Christmas tree smocking or green corduroy pants with the Christmas lab appliqué t-shirt. If you want something plainer, our red corduroy jumper is perfect with the red trimmed collared shirt underneath to match your little boy’s plain green corduroy longalls. Everyone loves taking Christmas morning pictures of their child so excited ripping open presents and seeing what Santa brought so how could you not have the perfect pajamas to make your pictures even that much cuter? Our girls and boys Christmas tree smocked loungewear is perfect for Christmas morning! The girl’s loungewear includes white ruffle pants and shirt with green rickrack trim and Christmas tree smocking while the matching boy’s loungewear includes a white shirt and pant set with Christmas tree smocking at the pocket. Want a little nightgown for your little girl instead of pants? Try the white flannel lounge wear with red trim.
Even though we all love the precious smocked bishop dresses, jumpers, bubbles, and appliqué shirts; we can’t forget about the extras and standard pieces that make everything look perfect! The boys and girls long and short sleeved collared shirts will be something that they will wear all season long under jumpers, longalls, or just with their favorite pair of pants. No dress is complete without the matching bow and shoes! Our light blue and polka dot double bow, red bow, light pink bow, orange bow, chocolate bow, pink and green double bow, or hot pink bow will be the perfect touch to your little girl’s outfit. You will love how versatile the snap happy shoes are. In red, light pink, or white with interchangeable Velcro flowers-they will be the perfect shoe for any outfit.
Have a little boy and a little girl or even a family member or best friend with another child? Nothing is cuter than to put them in matching outfits for special occasions or every day wear! Shrimp and grits kids is famous for precious matching outfits that match in a different way that will make both your little boy and little girl happy. Our brown corduroy bishop dress goes perfectly with the brown wood duck smocked longall, the apple bishop looks great with the fire truck smocked longall and bubble, and the pumpkin and scarecrow bishop dress matches the tractor and pumpkin smocked longall. The pink fox hunting long sleeved bishop dress will please your girly-girl while the cowboy smocked longall will thrill your little boy. Pink pigs and brown labs look great on the light blue gingham flying pigs girl’s collection and lab and wagon boy’s collection. What is cuter than a Christmas card with matching oufits? Your children will be the cutest card around with the red polka dot smocked Christmas tree bishop and Christmas lab and tree green corduroy longall! In my opinion, there is never occasion in which matching outfits is not adorable!
The most exciting thing yet?..This season, Shrimp and Grits kids has done something completely new that we have never done before. Everyone loves smocked bishops, longalls, bubbles, and shirts and if it was up to me every child would wear a different smocked outfit every single day, but who has the money for that these days? Shrimp and Grits Kids has always been about quality, affordable, smocked clothing, but this season we’ve made it so you get even more for your money. We want your outfits to last. Who doesn’t love getting two outfits for one? We do! So we’ve gone crazy with reversible jumpers, pants, and longalls. Our snowman and pumpkin appliqué reversible jumper with a light blue jumper with a pink trimmed snowman on one side and light green fabric with a light orange pumpkin on the other gives you two adorable dresses in one! Match this with the reversible snowman and tractor boy’s longall and you get four precious outfits for two! The owl and Christmas/birthday present reversible jumper couldn’t be cuter with hot pink corduroy and owl appliqué on one side and light pink with hot pink and lime green present appliqués trimming the bottom on the other side. Even our fall coats are reversible! Both sides are made from corduroy that will keep your children warm all season and work for every occasion! The girls coat is light pink corduroy with big brown buttons on one side and brown corduroy with big light pink buttons on the other side. The matching boy’s style is light blue corduroy with big brown buttons. Turn it over and you get brown corduroy with light blue buttons. These outfits are perfect for every busy mom!
Love to mix and match outfits? This year we’ve done pant and top separates so now you get even more for your money! The girl’s white peasant shirt has three ribbons (brown, hot pink, and red polka dot) to make it the most versatile shirt your little girl has ever owned! Pair it with the red polka dot ruffle pants, hot pink corduroy ruffle pants, brown corduroy ruffle pants, red polka dot skirt, hot pink corduroy twirl skirt, or brown corduroy twirl skirt! One shirt makes six outfits! The girls peacock appliqué t-shirt matches the brown corduroy twirl skirt, pink corduroy twirl skirt, pink corduroy ruffle pants, AND brown corduroy ruffle pants…one shirt makes four outfits! You know we would never think about leaving out the boys! The red and blue reversible gingham pants match the monkey and tricycle smocked shirt, the lab and wagon appliqué t-shirt, the cowboy smocked t-shirt, and the fire truck smocked t-shirt! One pair of pants for four different outfits! Don’t like the red and blue gingham? Try the brown and blue reversible pants for the same effect! If your child has a favorite white or plain t-shirt, add one of these pants for a precious, easy outfit.
As I’m sure you can tell, Shrimp and Grits Kids is super excited about our new fall line with adorable fall patterns and themes, and versatility that we’ve never tried before…and we hope you love it just as much as we do!
Even though we feel like summer has JUST started, the new fall line will be available on-line and in trunk shows starting July 7th. We are so excited about this line with precious outfits for Christmas, Thanksgiving, and any other fun occasion! Just because it is not summer anymore doesn't mean we shouldn't wear cute smocked clothing! It's never too early to start buying new clothes for the start of school and fall!
I want to start showing off our spring line. We should be getting our first spring shipment in later next week and hope to have it up online by the following week. It really is such a cute line. I want to introduce the "sailboat" designs- one of my favorite of the season. We have the sailboat bishop dress, smocked sailboat shortall, sailboat bishop short/bloomer set, applique sailboat jon jon, applique dress, and applique sailboat t shirt and shorts for bigger boys. They will be the perfect 4th of July outfits and last all summer. I love outfits that do double duty!
Alright it is Fall Sale time! All Fall inventory is on sale now! Stock up on Smocked Christmas dresses and longalls and Christmas presents. While you are at it get your Fall Pumpkins for this Thanksgiving and recycle it for next year's Halloween and Thanksgiving. That is why we love a bishop dress- you can get two years out of it. Get your fall smocked bishop pant sets on sale, bishops on sale and longalls on sale!
