By Joleen

Mee-Maw’s Wallpaper Introducing our latest journal feature: Design Highlights! In honor of Thanksgiving, our very first Mat of the Week is Mee-Maw’s Wallpaper; read on to learn why… Mee-Maw’s Wallpaper When I was growing up, each Thanksgiving we would go to Grandma Martin’s for lunch and Grandma Emery’s for dinner. Two huge meals in one day. Each house was crammed full of people, food, and simultaneous conversations. At Grandma Martin’s I was one of the younger cousins (I’m the 8th out of 11 on that side), and while my older cousins and the adults would sit in the living room visiting...

Our Thanksgiving was INCREDIBLE! I love having a full house, using the fancy dishes, and spending the day with those I love most. Quite often holiday preparation feels like a marathon, and once the guests arrive the day transitions to a sprint. I must experience memory loss because every year — without fail — I’m surprised at how quickly I’m standing at the sink doing dishes. Exhausted. Sad that it was over so quickly, yet happy and grateful to have my amazing family and friends. We clearly have SO much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: Thank you so much...

This is the first in a series celebrating our happy customers. Bringing happiness into the lives of people is at the core of everything we do. Kathy’s purchase was a huge milestone for us because she was our very first customer. Since then, Kathy has been a supportive cheerleader and enthusiastic brand ambassador — and we are so very, very grateful. Connecting with our customers and learning about their lives and yogic journey helps us be a better company. When people like Kathy are so generous with their time and feedback it’s a tremendous value — one that we want to honor and celebrate....

  Friends, I think social media has broken me. Open Facebook, and all my friends are posting their latest achievements: earning degrees, paying off student loans, buying houses, having babies...  On Instagram, everyone is waking up before the sun rises, making all their food from scratch, hiking up mountains, and still managing to find the energy to look fah-reaking BEAUTIFUL in every single one of these moments. With Pinterest, I'd be embarrassed to tell you how many boards I have dedicated to birthday party ideas for children I don't even have yet. And every day, Twitter is reminding me that I have the exact same...

Unless you live your life off-the-grid, far away from modern society and out of wi-fi range (and if you do… how are you reading this blog right now??), you know that school is back in session. You can probably feel it, too. Maybe you’ve been downloading supply lists for your kids, or reviewing syllabi for your own classes. You might be checking your budget for back to school clothes, filling out a FAFSA, or trying to narrow down extracurricular activities. Or maybe it’s 1:30 in the morning right now, and you’re huddled over a stack of old photo albums, tearfully...