It’s social distancing time! Since school is out for the next two weeks+, so I figured I needed to put some framework around our days. Let’s be honest, this is for my mental health first. And the education of my children second. 😉 Just general outlines and ideas. We’re not being too serious here. Will … More HallSchool : Social Distancing + Learning at Home
My personal library is home to some of my favorite friends! …That I haven’t met. {Actually, I’ve met 2! Soon to be 3!} These ladies are my very favorite authors. Their work has changed my life. I hope this running list serves as a resource to you when you’re soul is longing for vulnerable chats and concepts to fall in love with. … More My Loved List : books and podcasts that have changed my life
This Trader Joe’s favorite calls for a minimum of 3 ingredients and just 10 minutes! And it produces a satisfying soup for the whole family! I’ve made some tweaks that keep it simple but add even more YUM! … More COOK | Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Here it is! Our super simple Artichoke Chicken recipe now has a home on my blog. This recipe uses primarily Trader Joe’s ingredients but swaps can be made for any other grocery store. Enjoy! … More COOK | Artichoke Chicken
Set yourself up for good, productive, soul filling mornings. This ‘how-to’ details my daily routine and info on the container contents that I created to boost efficiency and save time. … More My Morning Basket
Let’s make your home work it’s hardest for you! Never forgetting to keep style top of mind, I will offer my design and organizational ideas to solve your space problems. … More DESIGN | Let’s Organize Your Space!
Where will you put your DIY ornament? This simple and addicting craft is a great accent for your stockings, gift bags, tree, wreaths, and more! … More DIY | Holiday Ornaments for Your Tree, Stockings, Gifts, or Wreath
I made a light table for the kids! It is instantly proving to be so much fun and worth the low-cost and very minimal effort. Here’s the how-to! … More DIY | Light Table for Toddlers and Kids
Only the favorite favorite favorite items made this year’s baby essentials list! Here are my top 5-7 items in the baby categories of sleep, home necessities, on-the-go, feeding, and more! Plus links to our favorites {that are still favorites} from MJ’s baby days. … More Favorite Things for Baby | 2018-2019
It’s simple, it’s cost-effective… and it’s working REALLY WELL for me! Here is my skin care routine in a super easy-to-read {and print} format. … More My Skin Care Routine | Minimal Steps and Low Cost!
Here it is! A list of my favorite things for the year 2019. These are products {across all categories} that I interact with almost every single day. They help me be more efficient, comfortable, and sometimes even healthier and happier! … More My Favorite Things 2019
Honestly, a Holiday bucket list is both a necessity and a reason to panic. This year, I’ve worked the memories I want to make and the lessons I want to teach into our advent calendar / Christmas countdown. The prep work will make family opportunities more possible. But also, my expectations are low because, real life. … More DIY | An Approachable and Memory-Making Countdown to Christmas Advent Calendar
Personalize your next dinner party with this super-simple and very inexpensive placecard table setting idea. This DIY is great for a minimalist, farmhouse, or rustic look and perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Eve party. … More DIY | Personalized Holiday Placecard Design
My background is in marketing and management. So for the last ten years (+ 4 more when I was learning how to market) I spent the majority of my awake hours telling stories, creating series, themes and programming, developing content and brands, and sharing sharing sharing it all with as many people as I could. … More The Icky Feeling of Sharing
Baby Austin got his first haircut! I’m sharing what made this experience at The Little Blue Jay so memorable and special. Plus, his hair looks so handsome now! And there’s a shop and playroom that you have to see… … More Austin’s First Haircut!
An organization-focused room tour of my toddler daughter’s big girl room. Including peaks into her dresser drawers and closet for lots of clothes storage inspiration. … More How I Organize This | Toddler Girl Bedroom
Tiny touches of fall and halloween decor around the house create just the right amount of seasonal spirit for our family! Lots of photos here … More House Tour: Fall and Halloween Decor {plus a 3-step decor DIY}
A new fall tradition: Spooky Halloween Pizza Night! This homemade pizza is covered in tasty spiders and cheesy ghosts. It was fun to create and delicious to eat. Boo! … More Spooky Halloween Pizza
A roundup of my favorite fall posts from my favorite Fall posts that I’ve written over the years. Including DIY projects, decor ideas, recipes, and party inspiration. … More All the Fall
My everyday process that frees me from feeling like an instant failure and helps me recommit to myself, my worth, my family, my home, and my life each morning. Yeah, it sounds dramatic for what it is… But it works and that’s happy drama for my life! Plus, I hope you make it to the end to see my alternative blog post title. … More How I Intentionally Derailed My Morning Productivity to Change My Heart
amandamacyhall.com … I’ve missed you. So, hello there! … More hello there {round 2}
HOPES & DREAMS | Gift Guide: Notebooks & Journals Woooo!!!!!! It’s time to shop! As if we needed some sort of seasonal excuse…. amiright?! Well, I am alllll about gift giving and finding meaningful and original gifts is an exciting adventure for me! I’m a pretty basic girl come Fall/Winter, which means I can be … More HOPES & DREAMS | Gift Guide: Lovely Little + Super Thoughtful Notebooks & Journals
COOK Quick-Cooking Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey with Easy Herb Butter Our friendsgiving tradition has been going strong for six years now. Every year Josh and I handle the turkey, gravy, and rosemary rolls {OMG the rosemary rolls! read more here}. We’ve tried a couple of different seasoning and cooking methods throughout the years. We’ve brined, we’ve super … More COOK | Quick-Cooking Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey with Easy Herb Butter
Pizza is for all seasons and all circumstances. Is there anything better than stuffing your face with hot slices while sitting on the couch watching mindless television? I think not. Turns out, when you have a little one that is finessing her food eating skills, dinner on the couch is no longer a thing. But … More COOK | Sweet Potato, Prosciutto and Pear White Pizza
LITTLES IKEA Baby & Toddler Favorites budget-friendly, space-saving essentials $50 and UNDER! Baby stuff can cost a fortuneeeeeeee! Luckily, our Sweedish friends aren’t down with that. They’ve infused their simplistic, economical ways into the baby, toddler and kid world and this new-Momma couldn’t be happier. I may work in the high-end designer world, but my … More LITTLES | IKEA Baby & Toddler Favorites: $50 and Under!
LITTLES | baby-safe easy DIY fingerpaint / footpaint baby safe = edible easy = 3 ingredients & no cooking Before we know it Little Miss’ first birthday will be here! I couldn’t do all of the work myself, so little MJ was given the task of invitations. 😉 Also… it was a beautiful day and … More LITTLES | baby-safe easy DIY fingerpaint
{handmade stuffed animals from an organization that supports women in Nepal – found at the Buckhead Farmer’s Market} DESIGN | Macy James’ Neutral Shiplap Nursery {striped crib sheet by aden & anais // tripod lamp by target} I’m so excited to {finally} share my favorite room in our home – little MJ’s nursery! Little Miss is … More DESIGN | Macy James’ Neutral Shiplap Nursery
DESIGN | Dropcloth DIY Headboard “I love the look of the drop-cloth, a beautiful natural color with subtle texture, and the nailheads bring the added style that helps to tie it to the rest of our room.” Shortly after getting married, Josh and I had the DIY itch to makeover the pieces that we acquired … More DESIGN | dropcloth dreams for a headboard DIY project
LITTLES | Our Top FIVE Favorite Baby Toys Age 6-9+ Months Gosh this girl is growing fast! She LOVES exploring everything around her – this little one is interested in just about everything: people, pets, cars, food, shoes, everythingggggg and of course… her toys! We are still loving mostly everything from this post and this … More LITTLES | Our Top 5 Favorite Baby Toys 6-9 + Months
LITTLES | Our Top Seven Favorite Baby Toys Age 3-6+ Months Adding on to our list of baby favorites {see the 0-3 months list here} – here are some of the books and toys that our little girl is loving lately! Baby Mozart Magic Cube Musical Toy The music isn’t that bad! The lights are … More LITTLES | Our Top Seven Favorite Baby Toys 3-6+ Months
HOW TO: DIY TASSEL GARLAND YOU’LL NEED: Makes 1 7 foot garland with 11 tassels 3 different colors of yarn 6″ piece of cardboard OR this amazing tassel maker! Small crochet hook PRINTABLE/PINTEREST-ABLE DIRECTIONS: There you have it! 10 easy steps to your own tassel garland. If crafting isn’t really your thing- I would love to … More CREATE | DIY Fall Tassel Garland
At 5 months old, MJ started to join us at the dinner table. She was so interested in watching us eat and it was so fun to have her sit with us! We gave her a baby spoon {our favorites listed below} and she had fun bringing it to her mouth and chewing on it … More LITTLES | Essentials for Starting Solids: Helpful Products for Baby-Led Weaning
4 Best Stranger Friends That Changed My Life There are countless friends, family members and acquaintances that have shaped and changed my life – and all of them deserve so much praise. They’ve spent time getting to know me and are able to tailor conversations and advice to precise moments in my life. Mmm so … More HOPES & DREAMS | 4 Best Stranger Friends That Changed My Life
DESIGN | Minty Green Master Escape with Target My friend, Jess, contacted me today looking for some ideas to update her master bedroom. Now, I am not a professional designer, but I love creating a mood board and any excuse to ‘shop’! Before we go any further – how adorable is Jess and her little family?! We … More DESIGN | Minty Green Master Escape with Target
Friday Favorites!!! Okay, I’m a little overly excited to be back here slapping up some pretty things that I want, want, neeeed! MOCHITHINGS MONOPOLY LEAHTER BACKPACK I want this backpack so much it hurts. Actually, I want it for Little Miss because an 8 month old totally needs a full size backpack. Totally. Also, … More HOPES & DREAMS | Friday Favorites
When it’s way past your bedtime and you realize that your baby doesn’t have any lunch tomorrow… You hit the fridge and hope for the best. Since turning 6 months old, we have been introducing food {ahem, “solids”} to MJ using the Baby Led Weaning method. The whole family has really loved it – it’s … More LITTLES | 5 minute meal: clean out the fridge frittata
LITTLES | BABY’S FIRST TOYS – REGISTRY FAVORITES! AGE 0 – 3+ MONTHS I love watching our little miss discover color, texture, sounds, and her own abilities! These are some of our favorite toys that have greatly helped her with grabbing, holding, tracking, tummy time, focusing and more. one. | chicka chicka boom boom board … More LITTLES | Baby’s First Toys – Registry Favorites! 0-3+ Months
Throughout my pregnancy, I kept a running list of the things that helped make my pregnancy more enjoyable. I’ve tried to really pare it down to the must-haves because of course there were dozens of little tips, tricks, people, and products that helped with each changing week! I’ve categorized the ‘pregnancy must haves’ into three … More LITTLES | Pregnancy Must Haves: Education
What better way to celebrate spring in your home than by introducing some bright, playful table linens?! Well, fresh flowers. That’s certainly a better way. But table linens work too! Here are some fun dinner napkins that I am loving -slash- are sitting in my online shopping cart… don’t tell my husband 😉 one. | … More DESIGN | Table Linen Love for Spring
I heard ya, “once that baby comes, kiss the cooking goodbye!” But…. I really really really didn’t want to!!! So, thanks to my rockstar husband who lets me semi-disappear into the kitchen, I still manage to crank out a couple of meals each week {for now…}. Yeah, they have gotten much more simple, but nothing … More COOK | Simple Suppers: Ready-Made Pasta + Fresh Asparagus + The Most Delicious and Easy Sauce EVER
My friends 😉 over at MegaFood {the maker of my beloved pre-natal vitamin} are on a mission to make sure we all stay healthy this season. As a new mommy, I can’t argue that! I need more energy than ever before and I simply cannot afford to get sick! In addition to their 5 Tips … More HOPES & DREAMS | Wellness Giveaway with MegaFood
Whew! Taking a small break from baby this, baby that on the blog! Here’s a throwback to a mini home makeover project that we did at our last house back in 2014. {See the full Arrow Creek home tour here} BEFORE I’d like to think that most people’s laundry rooms become the place where coozies, … More DESIGN | DIY Laundry Room Makeover
Throughout my pregnancy, I kept a running list of the things that helped make my pregnancy more enjoyable. I’ve tried to really pare it down to the must-haves because of course there were dozens of little tips, tricks, people, and products that helped with each changing week! I’ve categorized the ‘pregnancy must haves’ into three … More LITTLES | Pregnancy Must Haves: Comfort
Throughout my pregnancy, I kept a running list of the things that helped make my pregnancy more enjoyable. I’ve tried to really pare it down to the must-haves because of course there were dozens of little tips, tricks, people, and products that helped with each changing week! I’ve categorized the ‘pregnancy must haves’ into three … More LITTLES | Pregnancy Must Haves: Health
I get that Brussel sprouts have been having a moment for the past couple of years {I guess that should be momentS}, but let’s face it, who is really going through their day cravingggg these little green guys? They are still a vegetable, and they are inherently BITTER! I know there are a dozen … More COOK | Brussel Sprout Bowl
This post has been sitting as a draft for 146 days. 146 days is a really long time to hoard my favorite way to prepare Brussel sprouts from you. I’m sorry. Why bring it out now? Because as I am typing out my *new* favorite way to prepare brussel sprouts {read: time saving for these … More COOK | Perfect Roasted & Crispy Brussel Sprouts + The Best Sauce Ever!
I don’t know if those ‘stay in bed and read a good book’ days actually exist, but gosh don’t they sound glorious! A warm mug of coffee or tea, a bowl of snacks, a cozy blanket, and uninterrupted hours to get lost with fictitious characters. Sigh. In the meantime, I’ll grab a spare minute or … More HOPES & DREAMS | Favorites
Since we’re here…and we own this thing… let’s make it our own! Just days into owning our first home, Josh and I {I shouldn’t place any blame on him…that’s mean} decided that the main hallway bathroom had to be changed. Luckily the space was laid out well and didn’t need any major immediate changes, but … More DESIGN | The Buy-It-Twice Bathroom Project
At almost 8 months pregnant I can’t exactly sip on a delicious cocktail – but I can dream of the day that I will again! With holiday season right around the corner, it’s time to properly stock your bar cart because it’s about to be the most frequented piece of furniture in the house! FAVORITE … More HOPES & DREAMS | Cheers! Bar Cart Essentials for the Holiday Season
Maybe it’s because we just found out that newborns can only see black, white and gray {#newparents} or maybe it’s because I never ever ever grow tired black, white and gray. There’s no denying that all things baby are on the brain. A favorite line from pregnant-day-1 has been Modern Burlap. Their muslin swaddles in black … More HOPES & DREAMS | Favorites
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