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Need a stylish way to keep track of the days? Here’s four beautiful calendars I’ve come across online….


This beauty by artist Michelle Armas provides a more affordable option for displaying her colorful abstractions in your home or office space.


Love this calendar’s whimsical watercolor wash by Chelsea Petaja. It proudly hangs on my inspiration board at home.


Rifle Paper Co. never disappoints with its hand-painted prints.


I’m a sucker for anything with a chevron print and was immediately smitten when I came across this collection on Etsy by Jen Owens, who provides a color swatch that lets you customize every month.

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After a week of eating Thanksgiving leftovers, I’m more than ready for something other than turkey and dressing. I know I can’t be alone. So my suggestion: picking up a copy (and signed, at that!) of Paula Wolfert’s newest cookbook, The Food of Morocco.
Wolfert, the undisputed queen of Mediterranean cooking (particularly the cuisine of Morocco), will be signing her recently published book at the Emory Barnes & Noble on Saturday Dec. 3, starting at 1 p.m. The Food of Morocco, four years in the making, is a culmination of Wolfert’s years of experience and love for the traditional food of the country. The pages are filled lustrous recipes, and dazzling color pictures ranging from prepared meals to the vibrant sights of the ever-majestic Morocco. Just one of the recipes included in the book that might spark the southern taste-buds: stone-ground corn grits couscous with shellfish, carmelized onions, and glazed turnips. Yes, please!

Make sure to stop by Emory Barnes & Noble (1390 Oxford Road, Atlanta) this Saturday to pick up a signed copy for yourself. Or remember, it’s gift giving season… so here’s my “hint, hint” for the chef in your life!

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Last week I found myself in interior design heaven, and all by chance. On a trip to East Cobb’s Merchant’s Walk, the brand new, only three-week old Savvy Snoot and Marty Mason Collected Home joint-store caught my eye. And I was like a moth to a flame. This place captured my design taste to a “T.”

I got the chance to chat with Marty Mason himself—as charming a man as the products he offers. This East Cobb location marks Mason’s third Savvy Snoot store, with the other two in Atlanta and Alpharetta. All are an ideal shopping destination for exquisite high-end, refurbished consignment furniture and accessories, however this new East Cobb location is also home to the very first Marty Mason Collected Home store, whose line is similarly inspired by products carried in Savvy Snoot.

Mason explained that his Collected Home brand’s whole concept is to “mix it up;” mixing styles and genres to create a look as if one has long been collecting pieces for their home from all eras and styles—hence the name.  And hence why I was in love.

Mason’s Savvy Snoot side of the store has everything from small accessories to elegant furniture and artwork that makes for a breathtaking “collected look” living space or a quaint and unbelievably homey bedroom.

And if you thought these consignment pieces were something, you’ll be in love with how winsome the Collected Home products are.

Among the mass of swoon-worthy decor, Marty Mason Collected Home offers gorgeous pottery with a charming story behind it. Inspired  by his grandmother’s 1960′s pottery studio, Kay’s Mud Hut, Mason offers his take on similar pieces (and at an incredibly reasonable price!)

The double “M” logo that Mason has branded has also been an inspiration for many of the designs seen throughout the store. And it’s getting a lot of attention! Particularly the double “M” curtains, (seen below) which come in dozens of fabulous colors!

During my visit I was surrounded by so many marvels, I could ramble on about it all day. Clearly, Savvy Snoot and Collected Home has created quite a unique interior design shopping experience, but to top it off they also have a design bar with a team to cater to your every decorating need.  

Check out their website, or stop by one of their three locations to get a feel for yourself. I promise you’ll be just as impressed as I was. If you can’t find just the right time to fit in a visit, Mason is planning an open house/after-Thanksgiving event with great give-aways and savings …. You’ll be sure to be hearing more about it from me as the time gets closer!

Have you had a chance to visit Savvy Snoot? What are some of your favorite consignment shops?

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I’m now more than ever, a huge fan of anything made in the U.S., but especially something well made in the U.S. While jumping around from blog to blog, I stumbled upon Pillow Folly. This is an exquisite brand of decorative pillows, handmade and designed in our very own Southeastern region. The brand’s name originates from the dictionary meaning of folly: a thing extravagant and picturesque; created in a fanciful taste. And that’s just what the company produces! The pillows are made with beautiful fabrics, and are perfect for easily adding a little fun, color and style to any room of the house.

I was sold with just the bright colors and beautiful patterns alone, but once I read a little about the company itself, well, now I’m going to have to make a purchase just to show my support! On Pillow Folly’s website, the owners describe their business as a small-town effort. “We’re not a big manufacturer—we’re just two moms with a small design shop by the coast. Our products are not made overseas; we’re creating jobs for locals in small-town South Carolina who have families to support. We’re out of the rat race, and we want to keep it that way; we want to make your life beautiful by throwing a little Pillow Folly into it!”

Pillow Folly uses new, as well as vintage fabrics, and produces pillows in small numbers. Their designs run the gamut—from modern to traditional, chic to shabby—which makes their pillows a great match for all types of spaces and design tastes.

Below are a few of my favorites. Check out their website, and let us know your’s!


Ikat Throw Pillow, Nap Size – $72

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New bedding and nursery decor from Oilo Studio

Though I may not have a tot of my own, plenty of my young friends are starting families of their own, or are eagerly preparing to welcome a little one in the coming year. So I can definitely commiserate with them on their searches for stylish nursery staples that offer something more than the expected sugary pastels and hand-me-down motifs. While the gold standards (DwellStudio, B Braithwaite) never disappoint these fashionable desires, I was happy to recently discover two additional lines that are stylish enough for even grown-up aesthetes to covet.

Modern Berries Crib SetWheels crib set

Surely, little sophisticates will swoon over Oilo’s lines of lighting, bedding, cribs, gliders, ottomans and winsome wall decals. I prefer the more subdued palettes found in the “Sticks” line, as well as “Cobblestone” and “Wheels,” but cheery shades of spring green and aqua also show up in collections like “Raindrops” and “Modern Berries.”

Happily, this two-year-old company recently debuted duvet sets for bigger kids, as well—sized for twin, full/queen or king/California king. Oilo is available locally exclusively at Precious Cargo in Smyrna, as well as online at oilostudio.com.

Carousel Designs

Similarly, the 22-years-strong, online-only Carousel Designs, which happens to be based in Atlanta, offers a colorful range of out-of-the-ordinary bedding options for baby and child.

Helmed by two West Point graduates and military veterans, Jonathan Hartley and Allan Sicat, Carousel Designs just launched “Version 3.0″ of its interactive virtual Nursery Design program for parents, who can pick from more than 300 fabrics, Benjamin Moore paint colors and select cutting patterns to design the custom baby bedding of their dreams. Carousel Designs is the only baby bedding company in the industry to offer this degree of customization.

Carousel Designs owners

Carousel Designs owners Jonathan Hartley and Allan Sicat

Both are cause for even we grown-ups to jump for joy.

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