Savvy Spring Wreaths

March 25, 2011

Spring is here! Time to start the season fresh with some Savvy Spring Wreaths that can easily be replicated! We hope you are inspired!

Image courtesy GoodHouseKeeping.com

This twig wreath is simple and classic. Add some colored eggs with vinyl lettering or scrapbook stickers and glue on. You can change out the wreath each season by adding real or fake summer citrus fruits, or fall leaves for some color!


Image courtesey A Diamond in the Stuff

This moss wreath is naturally beautiful! Your local dollar stores right now are a great resource when stocking up on items such as bagged moss, styrofoam rings, and other Spring decor/materials that you may need to create this look.

Image courtesey A Diamond in the Stuff

This square grass framed wreath is one of our favorites! The cost of materials on this one is next to nothing and makes the biggest statement!

Image Courtesey of A Soft Place to Land

We couldn't believe when we saw this one, that we were looking at a beautiful wreath made up of....Ping Pong balls!! Who knew ping pong balls could be so pretty?

Image Courtesey of Mary Janes and Galoshes

And finally, the simplicity of this one is what makes it so pretty! Brown paper bags, a scalloped paper punch and a styrofoam wreath lets you create this look!

Which one will you make?

Smiles~

Amy & Bri

Savvy and Lucky Finds

February 25, 2011

Top O' the Mornin' to you all!!!! This Friday feature is inspired by all things GREEN, just in time for St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy!

Felt Floral pillows are a huge trend right now and look so easy to make. This Green felt flower pillow tutorial found over at I Share Crafts has us Green with Envy!

We found this fun and festive wreath tutorial over at My Frugal Family. The best part was the Savvy cost to make it, $3.75!!! It just might be your LUCKY day if you can score the same deals to make this wreath!

This traditional St. Patty's Day Beef Stew recipe is the perfect way to take the chill off these last weeks of Winter

Images from Woman's day.com

With Girl Scout Cookie season upon us (Woo-hoo!!) this Frozen Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie is the perfect dessert for those of you seeing GREEN

Images from Woman's Day.com

Amazing Moms has this great St. Patty's Day recipe and craft.
You can download this Lerechaun Cupcake Wrapper Here

We just love The Twisty Noodle.com for those moments when your kiddos need a little something to pass the time! Here are some fun coloring pages for your little one to add a touch of the rainbow to.

How Lucky are You to get these cupcake circle toppers from The TomKat Studio......FREE!!!

These Subway Art posters that The Girls at eighteen25 create for the holidays always Cheer us up!! Download yours here and put it in a frame for a bit O' Luck!

'For each Petal on the Shamrock this brings a wish your way-

Good Health, Good Luck, and Happiness for Today and for Every Day!!!'

-Author Unknown

Smiles~

Amy & Bri

{Feature Friday} Last Minute Valentine's Ideas

February 11, 2011

We thought we would share some last minute Valentine's Day ideas for those who may be stumped this year on extra Savvy ideas made with Love!!! All of these ideas were found from around the Internet as well as ideas that we found to be easy, cost effective and fun! We hope you find something to your hearts desire!

Why not start Valentine's breakfast with a message of love? This simple recipe of eggs, toast and ketchup can be found over at isharefunfood.com via cutefoodforkids.com

For the kids, TwistyNoodle.com is a great resource for coloring pages and worksheets that lets you customize your page by changing the font and the text!!! This site is also a great educational resource that has practice writing worksheets to keep you little ones busy.

We loved this idea from This Blessed Nest because the ingredients (popcorn, m&m's, candy melts, zipploc bags, and ribbon) are ones that we almost always have in our kitchens! This would be a great idea for your kids to give out at school!

Since we love a CUTE printable, Daphne from Moo Moo's TuTu has created the perfect and FREE 'Valentine Confetti' printable to finish off this tasty snack!
Download here

Another great and FREE Valentine printable comes from the always resourceful Skip To My Lou via Anything But Perfect. This FREE and simply adorable candy bar wrapper fits the standard Hershey's bar and can be dazzled up a bit with embellishments!
Download here

How pretty is this chocolate dipped brownie? Well, for us there is no brownie that is too pretty to eat! The Recipe Girl shows you this great tutorial that will make your mouth water just looking at the pics!

Display the Recipe Girl's heart shaped brownies on a pretty platter or get yourself some craft bags (usually Michale's or JoAnns carries these) and download this FREE Valentine's Brownie Bag from Twig and Thistle If you love this idea as much as we do, every Valentine's day there is a new version created!
Download here

And finally yet another FREE download (Gotta LOVE the internet!). We printed this version of the 'Keep Calm' series from The Hands On Housewife . Print this on a piece of heavy cardstock (here) and place in a pretty frame and display around your home or give as a gift as a friendly reminder! Since we all should take each day to Keep Calm and LOVE ON!!!!

Smiles~

Amy & Bri

Rock of Love Play Party!

February 1, 2011

Are you ready for a 'Rockin' good time? A day filled with Savvy Stylings that we hope 'Makes your heart Sing'. Everything is this play party was created for the EveryDay Mom. We are thrilled to share with you our "Rock of Love" Play Party.

For this Play Party we wanted to take the traditional Valentine's colors and theme and incorporate a bit of edgy rock and funky fashion from The Tiny Hiney and Sweet Things Kids. We were able to use records that we had from home and accent with leopard scrapbook paper to create that Rock of Love look we were going for.

We have been seeing glass bottles used in many photo shoots, parties and dessert tables lately. We love the look. So we had no problem buying a case of Starbucks Frappucinos and using the re-purposed bottles for the kids Strawberry milk. We added some leopard scrapbook paper from Jo-Anns and glitter heart stickers from the Target Dollar bins to create a sweet treat for the kids to enjoy. And the best part is we will use these bottles again and again!

We like to always include some sort of healthy snack for the kids that is fun and compliments the theme. So we cut up fruit and used a heart shape cookie cutter and placed them in fun plastic cups we found at the Dollar Tree and accented them with leopard ribbon.

Another Signature 'Savvy Moms' idea are Place mats. We think it is a great way for the kids to get excited about what they are doing if they have something in front of them that is personalized and themed. To create these place mats, and usually all of our Play Party place mats, we use 12x12 sheets of scrapbook paper, usually found in the Target Dollar bins or what we may have laying around. We used our Silhouette to cut out each kiddos initials, place onto a doilie and covered with contact paper.

We found these Valentine Trees at Jo-Anns and used them as our Rock Candy Tree, hanging Ring Pops off of them.

Our cupcake topper printables were created for us by our talented photographer Donella, of Ella B Photography

These were a 'rockin' touch to our yummy cupcakes made by our good friend Jamie of Kolby Kakes .

Kolby Kakes also made 'Rock Of Love Records' or Ding Dongs and fun and funky hot pink microphone cookies that the kids really enjoyed.

The cupcake stand was also a DIY idea inspired by Skip to My Lou. We followed the tutorial on how to make a cupcake stand, replaced the plates with records and added a touch of leopard and glitter heart stickers from the Target Dollar bins creating one Savvy cupcake stand.

We also used records and turned them into serving trays for the cookies, clever and creative!

The kids craft for the day were these adorable wooden guitars and hearts also found at Jo-Anns in the Dollar Bins.

No Valentine's Celebration is complete without a Valentine exchange. When we saw these Adorable Heart Pockets on One Charming Party we knew they were perfect. Savvy and Simple just the way we like it!

Happy Valentine's Day......'I pick you'.

Each of our Play Parties also includes a coordinating story. So we read 'The Night Before Valentine's Day' while they ate their Valentine treats.

We found a great recipe over at Parenting.com for Cupcake Microphones that fit the theme perfectly!! Some serious faces, but they truly made their 'Hearts Sing'!

The kids got to rock out with their Conversation Heart microphones that were also a great DIY idea we shared as a sneak peek earlier in the month. These microphones can also be turned into Valentine topiaries. Just get yourself a metal bucket (found in Target Dollar bins most of the time) or a planters pot and stick into foam, rocks or sand and use for decor for your home or next party.

Rock On Friends........

And keep Making the EveryDay Savvy!

Smiles~

Amy & Bri

Total Cost of this Play Party: $65 (for 6 kids)

Funky Fashions by:

The Tiny Hiney

Sweet Things Kids

{Feature Friday} Green and Orange 2nd Birthday

January 28, 2011

When it comes to parties, really the sky is the limit. You can create a party around a theme, a character, a color or in this Friday's Feature, a word. Christi of P is For Party created her son's 2nd Birthday around a word that best describes him, "Silly". This green and orange "Sillybration" was first featured on the extraordinary Kate Landers Events and definitely kept us there for a while with all of the details that Christi so perfectly polished!

And how is this for an invitation? Christi worked with her designer friend Haley Hardcastle to create a kid friendly as well as fun invitation. Each guest received a colorful invite that was placed inside a mailing tube along with a sweet surprise, confetti and a blower!! Talk about creative!!


One of our favorite party trends right now are these 36" Round balloons.
These balloon make a BIG statement and come in lots of fun colors!

In keeping with the "Sillybration" Christi set out a "Let's Get Silly" station for the kids. Christi's friend Haley also designed the sign which she placed in an IKEA frame. This activity station was made up of an orange tub from Target that was also filled with the coordinating party colors; jumbo glasses, maracas, toy microphones, and white feather boas. This is a relatively inexpensive idea which I am sure had the biggest impact when it came to two year olds!!! Most of these items can be found at your local Dollar Tree.


The colors of the party were perfectly carried out on to the dessert table. Since dessert tables have become the big "Ta-Da!" of parties, Christi simply used a 4X6 board and covered it with fun fabric as her backdrop. She then placed 2 boxwood topiaries on each side of the table giving it balance and that POP! of green.

The cake, which was the centerpiece of the dessert table was perfectly silly!

The boxwood topiary balls placed in white ceramic pots also from IKEA were carried out on to the guests tables. These were a perfect kid-friendly centerpiece idea and can be re-used again and again! There were also centerpiece sticks created by Kelly Lyden of The Party Dress that were placed in the same white ceramic pots filled with white crinkle paper.

We also loved the traditional Party Hats that each kiddo got to take home! Celebrate Today and Posh Party Pretties had a hand in creating these fun hats!

One of our signature touches to our Play Parties are Placemats. We just loved this party detail. Each place setting had a custom placemat that added color and fun to the tables!

We may sound like a broken record but this was probably our favorite part of the whole party!!! For food, Christi treated the parents and kids to a Gourmet Grilled Cheese Station.....doesn't get any better than that!!! A great idea for food for those cold Winter Birthday's!! She also had peanut butter and banana sandwiches, as well as chips and fruit.



A warm touch to the party were these green and orange throws from IKEA that were placed out for the guests to cuddle up with.

{Photography by Melanie Pereira}
We just loved how Christi pulled this "Sillybration" off with so many SAVVY touches! For more inspiration and well if you just want to sit and stare some more, head over to Kate Landers Events to view more photos from this amazing day! Make sure you also check out more of Christi's party inspirations over at P is For Party.

Thank You Christi for sharing your creativity, you are an inspiration!

Smiles~

Amy & Bri