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
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
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
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!
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 Â | Â 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
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
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 Â | Â 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 Â | Â 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
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
DESIGN  |  Neutral Nursery Design Inspiration Featuring: DIY Shiplap! It’s coming together! Our gender neutral nursery is underway! {Do you know how tired I am of the phrase ‘gender neutral’?!} While we are busy scooping up interesting art pieces, installing shiplap walls, converting rockers, and hanging curtains, I thought I would share the actual inspiration board … More DESIGN | Neutral Nursery Design Inspiration featuring DIY Shiplap
There’s no better time than a drizzly and overcast Sunday to get excited about a new season. Our home is still quite new to us {we moved in this past April}, so I am still trying to figure out where everything goes and tweaking the decor as I go. Add on the fact that we are expecting our … More HOPES & DREAMS  |  Having a {small} Fall Moment
Fall is creeping into the air and I am just as excited as the next basic girl anywhere!!! But this post has nothing to do with that – just some things that caught my little eye this week that I am loving! One of my very favorite interior designers, AMBER INTERIORS, {I mean, have you … More HOPES & DREAMS | Favorites
After finding out that we were expecting our first baby, I couldn’t wait to begin putting together the nursery! I wanted to wait an appropriate amount of time before making final decisions and purchasing items, so I bided my excitement with room mood boards and pinterest boards. While neither of these designspiration boards {did I … More DESIGN | Hygge & West Daydream Nursery Inspiration
My husband and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first baby this December!
We are moving! The house that we have been renting {read: not our house!} will be available in April. Many have asked for interior photos – so here you go! {Assuming google maps can help you with a street view} Please don’t judge – I snapped these VERY QUICKLY before work this morning, and though … More DESIGN | Arrow Creek Home Tour
Merry Christmas! The Hall’s have begun decking the halls! {I’ll get tired of that, right?} The mantle is bothering me, so I am focusing my efforts elsewhere. These two gold frames flank our fireplace and were my first-ever score from the innagural Country Living Festival in Atlanta. I spotted them immediately and carried them around with … More HOPES & DREAMS | ’tis the season!
I posted this about a year ago – but it’s a good one that deserves reposting, internalizing and acting on. “INVEST IN YOURSELF AND TAKE A CHANCE. NO ONE OWES YOU THE FUTURE YOU WANT. YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT.” { Source: Country Living Magazine, 2013 }
Who doesn’t love time spent in an Anthropologie store? It’s a beautiful attack on all five senses. But really, those candles… scentsational! 😉 Sadly, I don’t make it into the store as often as I’d like so I rely heavily on their emails to whisk my mind away into a world where I have the … More CURRENTLY LOVING | @ anthropologie
{ ‘Little Talks’ The Sound of AHH by KHS – Coca-Cola Commercial 2014 } Currently on repeat in my office and at my house is the incredibly gorgeous and creative song from Coca-Cola’s latest commercial. My words will never do it justice – watch & fall in love. Ahh 🙂
I don’t know about you but after five days in heels, my feet are focused on comfort come Saturday. After obsessing over JCrew’s latest catalog where they debuted a line of retro New Balance sneakers, I’ve been feverishly focused on snagging a pair for myself. A couple of weekends ago this cute gingham-accented pair entered … More WEEKEND WEAR | cute & casual
This past week I had the opportunity to go to the 2014 Design Bloggers Conference – I was in attendance as a corporate sponsor, not a design blogger. But goodness if the experience didn’t get my mind thinking back to this site and my first blog, ‘What Hopes & Dreams Are Made Of.’ I had … More white wall rooms and those hopes & dreams
You may have noticed that I started a little handmade jewelry shop on Etsy.com last month, it’s a simple little shop that I enjoy filling with whatever beaded and tasselled creation happens to pop out of the right side of my brain. I have had the good fortune of selling some of the pieces to … More HOPES & DREAMS | every little bit {counts}
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