This weekend AMC debuted a new temporaries product category: Paper Boutique. This category contained a juried collection of the most beautiful stationary, invitations, etc. To introduce the collection we invited great-granddaughter of Emily Post, Peggy Post to our market to talk about “the power of paper.”  After her talk Tess and I found a minute … More pretty papers & nice little notes

i work with some of my best friends & i am sooo lucky for that! here are some pics of me and the beautiful marketing girls at market this past week/weekend 🙂   my support system! at icon honors awards night dinner at BLT Steak with some AMC girls and some event stars! Cortney Novogratz and … More the best people to work with #bydesign

So I took over 100 pictures during market. wow! Tonight I am just going to post pics of products that I found that are amazing!!! If you are interested in any, leave a comment and I will search through my bag of brochures and business cards for their website.   there were sooo many amazing … More gift & home products

For the most part market is over. Our events and the market went very well! {i will post about market soon, promise} I am extremely exhausted and my body aches from head {probably because i ran into a wall..yeah..i did} to toe {wedges & heels + running through 4 buildings for a week…ouchie}. But! The feeling … More pretty & blonde & braided

Market is here! So I am going to do a little shout-out to “positivity” and to the AMAZING team that I work on! Seriously, I am so incredibly blessed to work with some wonderful girls {thats right, i said “girls”}. We have so much fun even through the absolute #bydesign craziness that goes down in … More love to my people and positivity

It is the week of our July Market and my anxiety levels are high. like super high. i am prepared and ready and super excited, but the pressure to perform perfectly is on and i can feel every bit of it. Earlier in the week, while pinterest-ing {aka my all time favorite thing ever} i … More taking time to live life

green is my favorite color. it makes me so happy and i gravitate towards it whether it is the color of shampoo bottles, office folders, luggage, thank you cards, statement jewelry and shoes {well, one pair of precious patent green loafers with a bow….a major impulse purchase, and very much under-worn}.   tonight i dedicate … More my envy for green

i am product obsessed. i always have been. i am the girl that actually pays close attention to the ads and commercials tucked into my favorite magazines and tv shows, i could spend quite some time in the beauty product aisles of target and cvs and don’t even get me started on my obsessive love … More beauty products that i love

It’s sad but somehow I only manage to find time to read when I am at the beach. This week I have managed to finish/read 3 books, all of which were aaaammaaazing! Each one stole my mind away from its current paradise {soft, sandy, white beach and clear blue water} and dropped me into its … More beach books!

I have big news! Last night I tried a….  SANDWICH!!! & it was sooo yummy! but it was hardly a typical sandwhich. it was brie and bacon {2 of my TOP loves in this world} on cranberry walnut bread, panini style. all warm and crunchy and buttery and yummy.  what makes this “day in amanda … More big news in amanda macy history

It’s the type of pictures that you can only expect to see from family-fun trips to the beach. and who would i be, but the first born dork to a nuclear family-fun group of dorks, if i didnt post them?!we will start with some of the Tillers and I {i thought youd enjoy some candids … More "so expected" family beach pics

Another day in beach land!!! loving vacation time! family board games. i am personally not a fan… i painted my finger nails and pretended to play instead. i even tried to make this game into a drinking game…but Mom wasn’t too thrilled. haha but seriously, with letters like this…how can this game be fun?! josh … More more seaside time

We are in Seaside Florida this week for family vacation! The house we are in is fantastic!!! it has a massive deck that looks out over the white beach and beautiful blue water.  Here are some pics of what we have been up to:  bocce ball tourneys! homemade pizza bik bike riding!  I’ll post more … More seaside beach trip!

whoops! clicked publish a bit too soon and left off these pics… my boho-neo-traditional-super-cozy room {and not at all 60’s looking, contrary to this pic} recognize the bedding college friends? it hasn’t changed- just added some new accent pillows. i miss the days when we would all pile on my bed and just hang out … More cozy bedroom II

 Some shots of my room. {i know it’s not really anything to write home about…but… i’m  writing about it anyways 🙂 } wonderful books: Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen’s “Influence” and interior designer Victoria Hagan’s “Interior Portraits”  {yes, that is a yummy newcastle summer beer that slipped into the pic, whhooopsies} i really love books … More cozy bedroom

My self-named “blog manager” {aka boyfriend josh} thinks that blog posts about “things that i think are pretty” are lame. But today i do not care, i was in a blah mood today and decided to look through my computer folders at the pictures that i have saved this past month. 🙂 looking at pretty … More pretty things that make me smile 🙂

Last week was Josh and I’s one year anniversary! I like to call it a date-iversary though. It is so weird to think that it has already been a whole year, the BEST year! 🙂 I will spare you my mushy-gushy-iness, but I have to tell you about our date! We went to a dueling … More date-iversary number one

Lately I have been back to my old, time-sucking habit of combing through blogs. I really do love it. It’s fun to peek into someone elses life and join in their joys, hear about their struggles, watch their lives develop and learn some good ole life lessons {and recipes & diy tricks!}. Blogs also tend to send … More happy words & happy pictures

Last week I visited ADAC (http://www.adacatlanta.com/) to hear Michael Boodro, the Editor in Chief of Elle Decor speak! He just recently took this role at ED and has been making some changes and visited ADAC to speak about their new Designer Registry program and their online Look Book. I LOVE Elle Decor and have visited … More adding to my hopes & dreams file

So I wasn’t going to post this, but I just ate the leftovers and they are really good and I have changed my mind. I also wasn’t going to post this because this picture just doesn’t do it justice…I swear, this tastes really good! And I like to consider it healthy 🙂 salmon… green veggies… … More glazed salmon & veggies

It’s rainin’…..it’s pourin’….but I ain’t complainin’…I love the rain. Except…that’s not really true. The rain actually has me in a blah mood and it kept me up all night scared for my life so I am super tired. But the rain reminds me of something that hopes & dreams are made of! 🙂 My Hunter rain … More it’s rainin’…

I can’t decide, but I know it is yummy! Giada De Laurentiis is my faaaaavorite, I am just short of being obsessed with her and having a total girl crush. A while back her video for Orecchiette with Mixed Greens & Goat Cheese popped up on foodnetwork.com and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. While … More is it a pasta dish or a salad?

Saturday morning Josh and I walked over to The Sugar Shack…a.k.a. little home of wonderfulness. It is located on Peachtree next to Pub 71, Hudson Grille, Cook’s Warehouse in Brookhaven, conveniently just steps away from my lovely new home. http://www.metrocafes.com/sugarshack/ We walk in and my ADD takes over instantly- cases of brightly colored cupcakes and … More sweet and spicy wonderfulness

I made these on a whim, no recipe or research…eek,  and now I can’t get enough of them….and neither can my co-workers. One little lady, who shall remain nameless, has set the record of eating 4 in one day. That is talent. You’re going to l-o-v-e how they melt in your mouth and are perfectly satisfying … More little gems of yummy: chocolate chip cookie brownie cupcakes

Last night was rainy….a Monday….there were talks of tornadoes …..I had finally recovered from my 24 hour headache/migraine….and Josh was on his way over asking “what’s for dinner”…. I started to thumb through my new immaculately organized recipe binder (which is also super cute, thank you Target! I should post a pic of it..) and … More clean-out-the-kitchen chicken pot-pie