Magnolia

This new magazine from TV couple Chip and Joanna Gaines focuses on seasonal ideas for life, garden, and home. Each quarterly issue identifies a thought-provoking virtue (gratitude, confidence, hospitality ...) and delivers stories that inspire readers to pursue it intentionally in their own lives. Regular features include personal essays by Chip and Jo, ideas for entertaining and family activities, recipes, gardening, decorating, and much more--all beautifully packaged with the signature Magnolia style.

Magnolia

A Letter from the Editor

Magnolia Post: Savor

The Things We Savor • With a pace promising something better on the other side, it’s easy to miss the ordinary—the unhurried, unexpected, and underwhelming parts of life—turned extraordinary through a gentle pause. An intentional yield invites life’s best to linger, to sink in and center us. These are the moments that carry magic worth weaving through the rest of our days.

Mango Season • SATISFYINGLY SWEET WITH TANGY UNDERTONES, MANGOES BRING A REFRESHING, SUN-KISSED POP TO SUMMER STAPLES ALL SEASON LONG.

Sunnie Days • A GOOD PAIR OF SUNGLASSES does more than protect our eyes from the sun. They make a statement about who we are and how we feel: bright, polished, bold, whimsical. Pick a pair of sunnies you love for summer and express yourself through a new lens.

In Good Taste • RELISHING THE QUALITIES IN OUR FAVORITE FOODS KEEPS LIFE FULL OF FLAVOR.

I Hope You Carry Summer with You Always

Life on the Northern Shore • For five generations, Peter Welles’ family has spent summers on Lake Huron. Now, he calls it home.

Stars of Summer • A CUT-AND-COME-AGAIN BLOOM, COSMOS SPARKLE ALL SEASON LONG.

Let the Games Begin • THE SMELL OF THE ASPHALT ANTICIPATION BUZZING FROM PERSON TO PERSON MUSIC BLASTING FROM SOMEONE’S PORTABLE SPEAKER SHOES LACED, HATS ON, READY FOR SOME FRIENDLY COMPETITION

Connections We Hold • GROWING UP AND INTO OUR FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.

Summer Superlatives • Let this be the year we celebrate the little wins of summer.

Coffee Break • Indulging in a midday coffee might seem like a simple pleasure, but beneath this familiar ritual is the quieter call for pause. With a shift in perspective, the afternoon pick-me-up becomes a moment of respite. Here, present to the pace of stir, sip, and savor, we find a lift at long last.

A Note from Jo: Living Proof

Where Summer Goes All of Life Grows

Into the Water • MAYBE IT’S AN ADVENTURE AWAY FROM THE ORDINARY OR AN ESCAPE FROM THE HEAT OF THE DAY. NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE OR WHAT WE SEEK FROM OUR SUMMERS, COOL WATERS CAN SHOW THE WAY. HERE, WE SHARE FIVE WAYS YOU CAN WADE IN THIS SUMMER.

Sweet Nostalgia • These retro frozen desserts will take you back to the dog days of childhood summers, chasing after the ice cream truck, coins clinking in the palm of your hand. Hit rewind and play the tape again with a refresh on the sweetest treats of your youth. Every recipe is quick to prep before it sets, so you can whip up a batch faster than you can say orange cream push pop.

Summer Home Tour • After a three-year renovation, designer Jean Stoffer is inviting every one in

Good & Slow • To savor is to go slow. Being willing to soften so we can soak it all in, refusing to rush by the sweetness of a moment, a look, a word, a memory—that is how we find the honey in the hollows of life. Sweet to the taste, balm for the soul, waiting just beyond—or even in the midst of—life’s inevitable stings. These stories show us how to relish goodness, no matter what form it takes. To catch it as it passes. Reel it in. Let it linger. Let it remind us of what it means to really live.

Plant Lady

Pops of Color • A how-to handbook for designing with your favorite hues

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