Wrap It Up: Put Your Budding Artist's Work to Good Use


Updated 12/16/08 2:56 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 1 comment

Wrap It Up: Put Your Budding Artist's Work to Good Use

My daughter's backpack is always filled to the brim with paintings, pictures, and doodles that I can't bring myself to toss. Rather than tuck them away to collect dust, I'm putting them to good use this holiday season — let's face it, we can only keep so many! We're using her lil masterpieces — including completed coloring book pages — to wrap small gifts. Tucking the artwork around books, Read more

21 Disposable Products You Can Reuse


Updated 03/30/12 1:45 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Can I Reuse Disposable Things?

Even when the product is supposedly "disposable," you can always reuse it. Wise Bread shares awesome ways to reuse these 21 disposable products. It’s said that we live in a disposable society. But the word "disposable" is a misnomer. Disposable is considered throwaway, something you use once and dump, regardless of the life that may be left in it. As a frugal shopper with a concern for the Read more

Danny Seo Shares His House Styling Secrets!


Updated 03/27/12 8:29 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Style Your Home Like a Magazine Shoot

I'm excited to present a post from guest writer, eco lifestyle expert, and all-around awesome guy Danny Seo. As a former magazine editor, I produced and styled dozens of decorating and entertaining stories for a number of publications including Country Home, Better Homes & Gardens, Elle, Everyday With Rachael Ray, and InStyle. Every shoot was different than the next one in terms of style Read more

10 Surprising and Easy Holiday Decorating Ideas From Sabrina Soto


Updated 12/19/11 12:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Decorating With Everyday Items For the Holidays

You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to create an amazing holiday look at your house this year. Sabrina Soto, Target Style Expert for Home and HGTV Designer on The High/Low Project shows us just how easy it is to use everyday objects and materials to create a unique and beautiful holiday decorating scheme. Keep reading for her ideas! Candy If it’s colorful, festive and/or sugar Read more

Dance Through Wedding Season on a Budget


Updated 06/15/11 12:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Save Money as a Wedding Guest

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Flowers, dresses, friends, yummy food, cake, and dancing. What’s not to like about weddings? Well, just one little thing: its drain on our bank accounts. Getting married is a big deal, and you want to be there to celebrate with your friends. But that often entails shelling out for an engagement gift, a shower present, the Read more

DIY: Book-Wrapped Trophy Mount


Updated 04/24/12 3:53 AM · Posted by · 9 comments

DIY Deer Head Art

Over a year and a half ago, I ordered a Styrofoam taxidermy mount with the intention of finishing it in some fun, unexpected way. Then the mount sat in my garage for over a year while I attended to other projects. Just a few months ago, I finally got around to finishing the mount. If you admire the look of the trophy heads you've seen everywhere from Anthropologie to Neiman Marcus, but don't want Read more

The Art of Gifting


Updated 04/01/11 7:27 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Gift-Giving Tips From Author Emily Giffin

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post written by Emily Giffin, author of Something Borrowed and four other best-selling novels. For more from Emily, like her on Facebook. At this point in my (very) late thirties, I don’t necessarily relish the anniversary of my birth, but I do confess to loving a beautifully wrapped, satisfying gem of a gift. My dearest friends certainly delivered last Read more