<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466</id><updated>2009-11-12T09:21:59.831-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Tara's Tips</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>132</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-4609599921312514687</id><published>2009-11-12T09:12:00.014-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T09:21:59.844-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Savvy Weddings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='signature drinks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coole Swan'/><title type='text'>Savvy N' Coole!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvwmlEcI-aI/AAAAAAAABT8/RWT96MiC46I/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 366px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvwmlEcI-aI/AAAAAAAABT8/RWT96MiC46I/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403236071226538402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;is’ the season for festive drinks! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A winter wedding or a holiday event wouldn’t be complete without the unique and frothy appeal of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cooleswan.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Coole Swan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;dairy cream liqueur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A blank palette for drinks this season, you can turn any cocktail into it’s own little winter wonderland.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Light and refreshing, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cooleswan.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Coole Swan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; redefines cocktails into chic, buzz-worthy ornaments in the hand. Here’s my favorite way to drink this moonlight treat:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;Coole &amp;amp; Dreamy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;1 oz Coole Swan &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;2/3 oz vanilla vodka &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;1/3 oz Frangelico    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Garnish: Strawberry and dark chocolate shavings.              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Combine all ingredients together in a shaker with plenty of ice. Shake well and strain into chilled martini glass.   Garnish with a fresh strawberry and shavings of dark chocolate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-4609599921312514687?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/4609599921312514687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=4609599921312514687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/4609599921312514687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/4609599921312514687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/11/savvy-n-coole.html' title='Savvy N&apos; Coole!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvwmlEcI-aI/AAAAAAAABT8/RWT96MiC46I/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-3687543994354286062</id><published>2009-11-04T13:35:00.011-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T14:32:23.125-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dixie Dixon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Savvy Wedding Styles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Katelin&apos;s Wedding'/><title type='text'>Savvy In-House Engagement!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvHglMDAXAI/AAAAAAAABT0/mk8sSgtOJI4/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 380px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400344357687548930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvHglMDAXAI/AAAAAAAABT0/mk8sSgtOJI4/s400/Picture+1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvHgWbY4MLI/AAAAAAAABTk/nlGi7IqR0IU/s1600-h/10135_604862289144_18302459_35536559_7620941_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 379px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400344104107782322" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvHgWbY4MLI/AAAAAAAABTk/nlGi7IqR0IU/s400/10135_604862289144_18302459_35536559_7620941_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photos taken by &lt;a href="http://www.dixiedixon.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dixie Dixon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Nothing is more comforting as a bride than knowing that you aren’t alone in the journey…and what better way to step alongside you for your experience than to have our in-house bride-to-be walk you through her own planning? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;My name is Katelin, and I’m the newest addition to the Tara Wilson Events team. I’m also newly engaged and ready to share my walk (and sometimes run) toward the aisle with you. Stay posted as I will be guest blogging to give you a window into my design and planning process so we can all learn, laugh, and have fun with the numbered days we have left as 'single girls!'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;For starters, I wanted to share these beautiful engagement pictures taken by one of the most talented girls I know, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dixiedixon.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Dixie Dixon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;. Someone once recommended to me to look for images that really captivated me and then to find out who took those pictures; that's how you know who your photographer should be. My wedding-in-the-works has a vintage yet classic feel, and I knew exactly what I wanted. I've always been entranced in those old Ralph Lauren Romance advertisements, and here was my chance to be the girl I'd always envied. It's never to early to start your own fairytale--why not with your engagement pictures? And if you're looking for someone local,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dixiedixon.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Dixie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; knows all about making it happen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-3687543994354286062?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/3687543994354286062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=3687543994354286062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3687543994354286062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3687543994354286062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/11/savvy-in-house-engagement.html' title='Savvy In-House Engagement!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SvHglMDAXAI/AAAAAAAABT0/mk8sSgtOJI4/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-8366779610330031812</id><published>2009-10-29T12:49:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T08:01:14.344-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chambord'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Savvy Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TomKat Studio'/><title type='text'>Savvy Halloween Tips!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sunj7436XHI/AAAAAAAABTc/ar7Uqp8qLS4/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 375px; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398096246398934130" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sunj7436XHI/AAAAAAAABTc/ar7Uqp8qLS4/s400/Picture+1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photos by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;TomKat Studio&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This Halloween, spook your guests with creative and eye-catching ideas:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Devilish Drink Station:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Stock your station with both creepy cocktails and monster mocktails. My favorite Halloween cocktail is the Chambord Liqueur Royal de France blood-red martini; this extravagant black raspberry liquor gives the potion a red tint. Top it off with some gummy eyeballs to give it a Halloween twist. And in keeping with the hit movie, &lt;i&gt;Twilight&lt;/i&gt;, try a 'Shape-Shifter' mocktail. For these recipes &amp;amp; more, check out more &lt;a href="http://www.chambordonline.com/flash/flash.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Cocktails&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-6441-Cocktails-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Halloween-themed-Twilight-mocktail-drink-recipes?cid=exrss-Cocktails-Examiner"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Mocktails&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Trick or Savvy Treats: &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#999999;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ffer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span"&gt; your trick-or-treaters the sweet dessert-scape of their dreams. Make your entryway a spookily inviting atmosphere of wrapped orange cupcakes, giant swirly lollipops, packaged candies in giant apothecary jars, and miniature boxes of candy corn. Don't forget to dress the items up with festive tags. We love &lt;a href="http://tomkatstudio.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Tom Kat Studio's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tags(featured above)!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;A Ghostly Entrance: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Make your front door &lt;/span&gt;scream&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span"&gt; Halloween. Buy white pumkins and paint your favorite Halloween silhouette (bats, ravens, or witches) in black on the outside. Pick up fall garlands at your closest craft store, put up bewitching signs, and make your guests as fearfully excited as they can be to enter your 'haunted' house!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eerie Invites&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: Set the spooky tone with invitations to die for! Box invitations up and include cauldron-esque items like a black rabbits foot, a locket of hair, a skeleton bone, and a glass eyeball (use a large marble). Set the tone with a rhyme or poem that gives the details for the deadly delight.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Light Fright:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; Change your party pad into a darkened den by covering each can light with tissue paper. Just measure the circumference of the can light and then draw out a circle that will fit over the opening. AFfix the tissue paper to the base of the light with double-sided tape to cast a ghoul-like glow. Try blood red, burnt orange, or midnight black.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-8366779610330031812?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/8366779610330031812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=8366779610330031812' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/8366779610330031812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/8366779610330031812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/10/savvy-halloween-tips.html' title='Savvy Halloween Tips!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sunj7436XHI/AAAAAAAABTc/ar7Uqp8qLS4/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-6038138677362450200</id><published>2009-10-23T17:24:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T17:54:49.035-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fashion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Savvy Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tuxedo suit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parties'/><title type='text'>Savvy Dressing!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SuIw8P4yvRI/AAAAAAAABTA/xuko3BlHORE/s1600-h/Tux+Blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 377px; HEIGHT: 375px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395929115158297874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SuIw8P4yvRI/AAAAAAAABTA/xuko3BlHORE/s400/Tux+Blog.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;Designs by Yves Saint Laurent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What's a girl to do when she has a special event to attend and feels a little less than "Little Black Dress" worthy? You know what I'm talking about ladies...when you feel as if there's nothing in your closet that fits or looks good? What do you wear then? I have a savvy standby...&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;the dressy black tuxedo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. It's perfect for any evening event and the jacket hides all my flaws when I'm feeling a bit, well you know, bloated!&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With the tux you can glam it up (wear a sequin top and bold jewelry) or keep it classic (think black cami and pears). To really punch it up, invest in great pair of high heels that make a statement such as red satin or bright patterned pumps. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Having a "go to" outfit makes getting dressed for a special event so much easier. And knowing you look fabulous allows you to focus on what's really important...having fun! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-6038138677362450200?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/6038138677362450200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=6038138677362450200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6038138677362450200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6038138677362450200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/10/savvy-dressing.html' title='Savvy Dressing!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SuIw8P4yvRI/AAAAAAAABTA/xuko3BlHORE/s72-c/Tux+Blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-3979025905869885553</id><published>2009-10-22T15:21:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T16:11:58.390-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding Dresses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Trends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding Colors'/><title type='text'>Savvy Soft Palettes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SuC_8R7ISQI/AAAAAAAABR8/40JpxC03KZo/s1600-h/Picture+8.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Images from &lt;a href="http://www.style.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;www.style.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;With the season for winter whites on its way, it’s time to pay attention to the new showstopper of the chilly wedding season. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Nudes are the new neutral&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;; everything from camel and beige to champagne and blush create a monochromatic palette for a rich and flavorful dress. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are several places to incorporate these barely-there shades into your big day—from the undergarments you wear to the dress that you walk out in, you’re sure to feel fresh-faced and current. One of my favorite bridal down designers, Vera Wang, showcased the gorgeous hues for next year's collection. Nude and ivory tones look best on women with fair skin. If you’re very pale, consider using one of these colors to compliment the color of your skin and add some warmth to your look. Always check to see if a dress you love comes in both white an ivory or nude—you might be surprised to find which one looks better on you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-3979025905869885553?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/3979025905869885553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=3979025905869885553' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3979025905869885553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3979025905869885553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/10/savvy-soft-palettes.html' title='Savvy Soft Palettes!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SuC_8R7ISQI/AAAAAAAABR8/40JpxC03KZo/s72-c/Picture+8.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-6539072684762628306</id><published>2009-10-15T10:51:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:25:35.890-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Party Supplies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drinks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PAMA Liqueur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parties'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Green Events'/><title type='text'>Savvy PAMA-Tini's</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StdMW7-0bbI/AAAAAAAABR0/RwxcDVJEtnY/s1600-h/Picture+18.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 375px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392863035741466034" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StdMW7-0bbI/AAAAAAAABR0/RwxcDVJEtnY/s400/Picture+18.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photos by &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;TheKitchn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;Tonight is another night for a party in the life of an event designer, and now we're adding an interesting twist. We're showcasing a hip 'green' party--with everything from organic invitations to the beautiful setting of the great outdoors. This is sure to be a fabulous dinner and cocktail soiree on the lawn, with plenty of fun to go around.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;Keeping with the theme, we're serving organic wines, micro brew beers, and all-natural cocktails. We're most excited about the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt; PAMA-tini's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"&gt;we'll be making with &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pamaliqueur.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;PAMA Liqueur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; as tonight's signature drink. All natural and made in California, PAMA Liqueur is the perfect compliment to any drink--it's sweet yet tart--and it's sure to make a statement. Here's how we're making the signature PAMA-Tini's tonight, so you can join in the 'all natural' celebration yourself:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt;1 1/2 oz PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt;1 1/2 oz Vodka&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt;1/4 oz Orange Liqueur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt;Shake and strain. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt;Garnish with orange wedge and pomegranate seeds. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-6539072684762628306?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/6539072684762628306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=6539072684762628306' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6539072684762628306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6539072684762628306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/10/savvy-pama-tinis.html' title='Savvy PAMA-Tini&apos;s'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StdMW7-0bbI/AAAAAAAABR0/RwxcDVJEtnY/s72-c/Picture+18.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-5261000102592211919</id><published>2009-10-08T15:18:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T15:54:25.303-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Trends'/><title type='text'>Savvy Girls Love the 80’s</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StTf-XgCQQI/AAAAAAAABRk/feEOwrGvlPc/s1600-h/1151787_dde2_625x1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StTf-XgCQQI/AAAAAAAABRk/feEOwrGvlPc/s400/1151787_dde2_625x1000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392180916422590722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StTf93PdKzI/AAAAAAAABRc/MVMaqaK5tdQ/s1600-h/neonblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StTf93PdKzI/AAAAAAAABRc/MVMaqaK5tdQ/s400/neonblog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392180907763116850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It’s undeniable that fashion, style, and space design is cyclical. So here we are today, in 2009, with the highly controversial statements of the 1980’s at our helm. Bold shoulders, cinched waists, neon pops of color, leather, blinding lip hues, and mega statement jewelry. But this version carries a sophistication of it’s own, if you use it to your advantage!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;How to Wear it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; Who doesn’t need a suit these days? For both work and play, the blazer is the best of all worlds.  Check out Chanel’s hot shades of fuschia or pink-orange lips to add a pop to your outfit, and don’t be afraid to mix and match. Pull out your favorite one-shoulder gown or micro-mini bodycon, and get ready to be in touch with your feminine side all over again!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;How to Create it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6666;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; If the 1980’s did something right, it was that they knew how to party! Give your party or reception a fun kick with a mirrored disco ball, some cheeky cocktails adorned with neon straws, GoBo’s of sexy and angular silhouettes (this is cute for couples!), and graphic prints on invitations.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Statement jewelry as party favors or screen-printed tees of iconic bands make for a great kickback to the era!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-5261000102592211919?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/5261000102592211919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=5261000102592211919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5261000102592211919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5261000102592211919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/10/savvy-girls-love-80s.html' title='Savvy Girls Love the 80’s'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/StTf-XgCQQI/AAAAAAAABRk/feEOwrGvlPc/s72-c/1151787_dde2_625x1000.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-1460034060565011987</id><published>2009-10-01T12:00:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T16:15:54.565-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Runway to Party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Trends'/><title type='text'>Savvy Hidden Jewels</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Ss5U4yAyekI/AAAAAAAABQg/xaEYAxN8YFw/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 389px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390339138483550786" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Ss5U4yAyekI/AAAAAAAABQg/xaEYAxN8YFw/s400/Picture+4.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SsTmpm29K6I/AAAAAAAABOw/nj12BiqWF-0/s1600-h/Picture+21.png"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Ss5VEi40PGI/AAAAAAAABQo/d897kCY8PWc/s1600-h/Jewel+Tones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 388px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390339340582009954" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Ss5VEi40PGI/AAAAAAAABQo/d897kCY8PWc/s400/Jewel+Tones.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you haven’t yet noticed, fall is beckoning in a warm glow of gorgeous colors, just in time for the rich season of fall and winter weddings. Bold fuchsia, ruby red, emerald green, deep amethyst purples, heavy topaz turquoise, midnight navy, and sapphire blues are seen anywhere from runways to receptions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are a plethora of events that line up once you’re engaged, from engagement parties to showers, weekend getaways and the rehearsal dinner, there are plenty of times to express your personal style as the new future Mrs., so don’t be afraid to be bold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;How to Wear It:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; When you’re shopping, look for flirty takes on the skirt-suit in this rainbow of rich colors, fun-colored furs to wrap around as a cape, and (of course) sky-high pumps in purples and greens. Mix in some animal prints for a kick of personality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;How to Create It&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; Your reception is the perfect place to show your true [jewel] colors. Create a sophisticated ambiance by draping tables in royal hues, but be sure to pair it with a neutral to keep the balance. Centerpieces can bring out the bright colors and look great paired with oversized rhinestone detailing. If you’re on the conservative side, you don’t have to go all out, just pick some details to accent. Think about tinting the room in your favorite jewel-tone lighting scheme, or have your bridesmaids in bold and bright frocks!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-1460034060565011987?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/1460034060565011987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=1460034060565011987' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1460034060565011987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1460034060565011987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/10/savvy-hidden-jewels.html' title='Savvy Hidden Jewels'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Ss5U4yAyekI/AAAAAAAABQg/xaEYAxN8YFw/s72-c/Picture+4.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-2018834766418286019</id><published>2009-09-30T10:25:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T11:35:05.108-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Wedding Guys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Couture Bridal Market'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unveiled'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kleinfeld&apos;s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding Trendspot'/><title type='text'>Savvy NYC Bridal Market Fantasy Package</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SsN91wt5gAI/AAAAAAAABN4/4VyNbxgMlZI/s1600-h/Picture+14.png"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 119px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387287941829197826" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SsN91wt5gAI/AAAAAAAABN4/4VyNbxgMlZI/s400/Picture+14.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You've heard me talking about &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Unveiled&lt;/span&gt;, 'the ultimate wedding event,' for months now. It's finally right around the corner...this Sunday, October 4th from 10am to 5pm at the Dallas Convention Center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Wedding Guys have upped the ante and have announced 'The New York Bridal Market Fantasy Giveaway' for one lucky bride attending Unveiled this weekend! They've partnered with Mix 102.9, Delta Vacations, and weddingwire.com to provide two round trip tickets to New York for an all-expense paid three day, two night experience at the International Couture Bridal Market!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how it breaks down: Your trip begins with a swanky NYC dinner on Friday night with The Wedding Guys, a trip to Kleinfeld's in Manhattan to tour the dresses and meet some of the stars from 'Say Yes to the Dress,' and a Broadway show Saturday night. On Sunday morning, you will experience the &lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"&gt;Wedding Trendspot Press Fashion Show with front row seats held exclusively at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel! This show is for retail buyers and international press only--it's not even open to the public, which means no other brides will get this experience!&lt;/span&gt; What's better is that you get to go backstage and meet the designers while seeing the gorgeous gowns close up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what do you have to do? Come to &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Unveiled&lt;/span&gt;! The lucky bride will be drawn on-stage live by Victoria Snee from Mix 102.9 after the 4:00 fashion show on Sunday. Don't forget to get your &lt;a href="http://www.unveiledweddingevent.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;tickets&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in advance!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-2018834766418286019?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/2018834766418286019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=2018834766418286019' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/2018834766418286019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/2018834766418286019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-nyc-bridal-market-fantasy-package.html' title='Savvy NYC Bridal Market Fantasy Package'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SsN91wt5gAI/AAAAAAAABN4/4VyNbxgMlZI/s72-c/Picture+14.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-3352890808141577003</id><published>2009-09-22T08:36:00.016-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T10:34:00.907-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Susan Kreal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Suzie Q Frames'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Living'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homegirl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gina Bishop'/><title type='text'>Savvy Crafters!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrjX13ExHrI/AAAAAAAABNM/VSYfAHk_lC8/s1600-h/Suzie+Q+Frames.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 380px; HEIGHT: 378px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384290674838412978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrjX13ExHrI/AAAAAAAABNM/VSYfAHk_lC8/s400/Suzie+Q+Frames.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Kara and Tera from Suzie Q Frames of Franklin, TN &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;I just love meeting new people, especially the interesting and creative types! I had the pleasure of meeting several at the CL Country Fair this weekend. First, I met the adorable girls, Kara and Tera, from &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Suzie Q Frames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; when I stopped them to inquire about their fabulous aprons. They made them! Look at the details...from the bird and the breast cancer ribbon (to honor Susan Kreal) to the vintage fabric and polka dotted ties. Too cute! And so are their handmade frames. When I asked how much of the frame they Tera replied, "everything!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrjYHUNCRKI/AAAAAAAABNU/cyrYojgW9do/s1600-h/Gina+Bishop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 376px; HEIGHT: 382px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384290974715495586" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrjYHUNCRKI/AAAAAAAABNU/cyrYojgW9do/s400/Gina+Bishop.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gina and Brian Bishop (and Amanda Trueman in the back) of &lt;a href="http://www.homegirlshop.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Homegirl &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;And speaking of someone who does everything, Gina Bishop is a firecracker! This homegirl is a modern crafter, creating pieces that this southern girl just couldn't pass up! From sweet owl pillows made from vintage fabrics to original artwork made from bottle tops, Gina turns old and boring into new and glam! Fingers crossed, we should be seeing more of her and her company, &lt;a href="http://www.homegirlshop.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Homegirl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, in the pages of Country Living Magazine. Keep an eye out for her...she's going places! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-3352890808141577003?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/3352890808141577003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=3352890808141577003' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3352890808141577003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3352890808141577003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-crafters.html' title='Savvy Crafters!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrjX13ExHrI/AAAAAAAABNM/VSYfAHk_lC8/s72-c/Suzie+Q+Frames.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-8382510455725041065</id><published>2009-09-21T13:20:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-21T14:07:04.964-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Suzie Q Frames'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Living'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homegirl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gina Bishop'/><title type='text'>Savvy Finds!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrfMHoSsk-I/AAAAAAAABKk/EQT_8_zQLLc/s1600-h/Patina.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 380px; HEIGHT: 383px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383996310991705058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrfMHoSsk-I/AAAAAAAABKk/EQT_8_zQLLc/s400/Patina.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;At the Springfield Antique Fair with my new cooper bucket.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Wow! I made off with a ton of wonderful loot this weekend in Ohio! Saturday we went back to the &lt;a href="http://tarastips.blogspot.com/search/label/Country%20Living"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Country Living Fair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for another round of shopping and then headed to Springfield, Ohio to the Antique Fair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I picked up two beautiful milk glass cake plates for &lt;a href="http://savvyentertaining.blogspot.com/search/label/Dessert-scape"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Savvy Sweets&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an interesting oil painting for the kitchen, a wire locker basket (for under $12...a rare find!) and a beautiful cooper bucket with a great patina. Along the way I also scored a few antique dish towels that I think would be fabulous as pillows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While all these goodies make me happy, the best part of this whole road trip was spending quality time with my mother and meeting the interesting people behind all the beautiful crafts. Check back later for my posts about the rockin' Gina Bishop of &lt;em&gt;Homegirl&lt;/em&gt; and the super-talented gals from &lt;em&gt;Suzie Q Frames&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-8382510455725041065?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/8382510455725041065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=8382510455725041065' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/8382510455725041065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/8382510455725041065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-finds_21.html' title='Savvy Finds!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrfMHoSsk-I/AAAAAAAABKk/EQT_8_zQLLc/s72-c/Patina.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-27764713054872701</id><published>2009-09-18T13:47:00.017-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T15:17:27.013-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Living'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Apple Tree Mercantile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jan Blough'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McMaster and Storm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earth Angels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Silhouettes and More'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jennifer Lanne'/><title type='text'>Savvy Finds!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrPlFzE6KhI/AAAAAAAABJg/EHMfdpKfsyQ/s1600-h/Me-CL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 379px; HEIGHT: 387px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382897867410778642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrPlFzE6KhI/AAAAAAAABJg/EHMfdpKfsyQ/s400/Me-CL.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh my goodness...Oh My Goodness...OH MY GOODNESS! The &lt;a href="http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-road-trip.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CL Country Living Fair&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was worth every minute of the 17 hour drive! Where do I even begin? I was literally dancing with glee as I walked in and saw the savvy selection of vendors!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;At the entrance we were greeted by the sights and smells of fall with a lavish display of pumpkins, gourds, mums and fall leaves. The first tent we entered was that of the &lt;a href="http://www.earthangelstoys.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Earth Angels&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I'm absolutely in love with Jennifer Lanne's &lt;a href="http://www.earthangelstoys.com/html/jennifer_lanne_-_originals.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;mixed media&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; paintings!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;From there we progressed to The Apple Tree Mercantile where I swooned over the hand crafted wool pillows, purchasing not one but two for my living room! A short walk down I spotted a booth that my client, Deziree, would love; &lt;a href="http://silhouettesandmore.com/page/o7q0/Home.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jan Blough&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; creates custom silhouette necklaces, ornaments and much more! My excitement was almost more than I could take and we hadn't been there more than 15 minutes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrPklcbVy6I/AAAAAAAABI0/ZfsSf1uwiZA/s1600-h/CL+Blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 375px; HEIGHT: 382px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382897311575034786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrPklcbVy6I/AAAAAAAABI0/ZfsSf1uwiZA/s400/CL+Blog.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Ephemera from McMaster &amp;amp; Storm. Rustic crown from The Red Chair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The best way I can describe the fair is eye candy and inspiration for the creative soul! And inspired I was from the moment I walked into &lt;a href="http://www.mcmasterandstorm.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;McMaster &amp;amp; Storm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. With a tag line, "a petite department store," who wouldn't fall in love with crafting? They had all the ephemera one would ever need! I just couldn't help myself...I kept buying things!&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Before I left Texas I pulled a few images from magazines and catalogs of items I hoped to find while on this trip. To my delight today I landed two of the three "must have" items, including a rustic crown for holding candles. I can't wait to tell you what I discover tomorrow!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-27764713054872701?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/27764713054872701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=27764713054872701' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/27764713054872701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/27764713054872701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-finds.html' title='Savvy Finds!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrPlFzE6KhI/AAAAAAAABJg/EHMfdpKfsyQ/s72-c/Me-CL.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-1900533388784039108</id><published>2009-09-17T21:22:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T21:40:42.245-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gateway Arch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iPhone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Road Trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric Kass'/><title type='text'>Savvy Arrival!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrLwjoCK_CI/AAAAAAAABHc/LEMIBrSwQbQ/s1600-h/Gateway+Arch.png"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 349px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382628999493778466" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrLwjoCK_CI/AAAAAAAABHc/LEMIBrSwQbQ/s400/Gateway+Arch.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;This photo was not taken by me...I pulled it from Google Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mercy...I must admit...that drive was a whip! Man, oh man! We live in a beautiful country but I think I would prefer to see it from the air going forward!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No seriously, my mother and I had a wonderful drive from Arkansas to Ohio. We left this morning at 6:15 a.m. and pulled in to our hotel around 8:30 p.m. We traveled through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Some of the highlights include a quick glimpse of downtown St. Louis and the Gateway Arch as well as row upon row of corn fields in Indiana. I did realize that my graphic design friend, Eric Kass, lives a short distance (100 miles or so, but who's counting?) from our direct path to Ohio. I thought about detouring for coffee with him but was to eager to roll into Columbus before night fall. Maybe on the way back?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I apologize that I really don't have many pictures to show. Since I was driving the whole time and my mother really doesn't know how use my iPhone, we were limited. I did teach her how to scroll up and down the screen so she can read me my email messages while I'm driving! Priorities, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check back tomorrow...we're headed to the fair bright and early...I hope to have lots to report!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-1900533388784039108?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/1900533388784039108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=1900533388784039108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1900533388784039108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1900533388784039108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-arrival.html' title='Savvy Arrival!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrLwjoCK_CI/AAAAAAAABHc/LEMIBrSwQbQ/s72-c/Gateway+Arch.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-3837970497180897840</id><published>2009-09-16T22:18:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T22:40:54.722-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Living'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Road Trip'/><title type='text'>Savvy Road Trip!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrGvTL-w4GI/AAAAAAAABHU/gRg2noVVg60/s1600-h/Wanda+and+Tara.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 363px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382275773852868706" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrGvTL-w4GI/AAAAAAAABHU/gRg2noVVg60/s400/Wanda+and+Tara.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm 5 hours in to my 17 hour road trip to Columbus, Ohio for &lt;a href="http://www.countryliving.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Country Living&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Magazine's Country Fair. I've made it from Fort Worth, Texas to my hometown of Mulberry, Arkansas...population 1,444. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Since it's such a long trip I decided I needed a partner-in-crime for this little outing...who better to take along than my 70 year old mother, Wanda! After all, she introduced me to Country Living, both the lifestyle and the magazine. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope you'll follow along as these two savvy southerners make our way across this great country to enjoy one of the most amazing craft and antique fairs produced. To learn more about the CL Country Fair, check &lt;a href="http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2008/09/savvy-weekend.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;my post&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from last year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-3837970497180897840?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/3837970497180897840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=3837970497180897840' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3837970497180897840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/3837970497180897840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-road-trip.html' title='Savvy Road Trip!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SrGvTL-w4GI/AAAAAAAABHU/gRg2noVVg60/s72-c/Wanda+and+Tara.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-2217166836857782506</id><published>2009-09-15T13:55:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T14:30:20.494-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Savvy Winner!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sq_q3X3ijdI/AAAAAAAABHM/93fsWbYOk4I/s1600-h/Picture+13.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 153px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sq_q3X3ijdI/AAAAAAAABHM/93fsWbYOk4I/s400/Picture+13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381778316751703506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tara Wilson Events is happy to announce the winner of our first set of giveaway passes to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Unveiled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;, the ultimate wedding event, in Dallas on October 4, 2009.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;Sammyc, congratulations!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Please send us your information and address to katelin@tarawilson.com and we will get the tickets in the mail.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;If you missed your chance last week, it's not too late to win two passes to the event as well as two tickets to the bridal runway show (a $40 value). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Remember, if you win, you must respond within 48 hours in order to claim your passes! And if you don't win, you can always visit&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.unveiledweddingevent.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unveiled Wedding Event&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;to buy general admission tickets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;Here is the weekly question:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt; What is the theme of your dream wedding reception? Vintage or Modern? Cultural or Classic?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;We'd love to know...just post your comment below!&lt;/span&gt; We'll post the winner next Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-2217166836857782506?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/2217166836857782506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=2217166836857782506' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/2217166836857782506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/2217166836857782506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-winner.html' title='Savvy Winner!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sq_q3X3ijdI/AAAAAAAABHM/93fsWbYOk4I/s72-c/Picture+13.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-6474513580183715337</id><published>2009-09-14T08:05:00.016-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T13:56:28.819-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James Beard Book Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Flavor Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Karen Page'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Andrew Dornenburg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><title type='text'>Savvy Anniversary!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sq5KHnQy2-I/AAAAAAAABGo/Nd9J_7E5zAQ/s1600-h/The+Flavor+Bible+Blog+Photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 372px; HEIGHT: 375px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381320099413285858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sq5KHnQy2-I/AAAAAAAABGo/Nd9J_7E5zAQ/s400/The+Flavor+Bible+Blog+Photo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This week marks the one year anniversary for the publication of the oh-so-helpful-book &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;The Flavor Bible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by authors Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg. You might recall this must-have guide to herbs, spices and seasonings won the &lt;a href="http://tarastips.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Flavor%20Bible"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;2009 James Beard Book Award&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; earlier in the year. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.becomingachef.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Page and Dornenburg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; have put together the savviest guide to flavors, which allows the reader to cross reference literally any ingredient and find others that will be a compliment. Additionally, the book is dotted with quotes and inspiration from leading chefs from across the country. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I keep &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Flavor Bible&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;at my finger tips when cooking. It was especially helpful this summer when my herb garden was overrun by mint and rosemary! Did you know that rosemary pairs beautifully with anchovies and garlic? That's just one of the many surprising combinations you'll discover in this book. I highly recommend you &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flavor-Bible-Essential-Creativity-Imaginative/dp/0316118400/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1252936486&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;grab a copy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; today!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-6474513580183715337?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/6474513580183715337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=6474513580183715337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6474513580183715337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6474513580183715337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-anniversary.html' title='Savvy Anniversary!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sq5KHnQy2-I/AAAAAAAABGo/Nd9J_7E5zAQ/s72-c/The+Flavor+Bible+Blog+Photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-4158312533597348332</id><published>2009-09-08T11:27:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T12:08:44.345-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Wedding Guys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unveiled'/><title type='text'>Savvy Unveiled Giveaway!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SqaMDSINyzI/AAAAAAAABE0/J_IIwC9wZkw/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 369px; HEIGHT: 154px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379140792974428978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SqaMDSINyzI/AAAAAAAABE0/J_IIwC9wZkw/s400/Picture+4.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;If you think you've seen it all in bridal events, you haven't! The Wedding Guys are bringing &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Unveiled&lt;/span&gt;, 'the ultimate wedding planning event,' to The Dallas Convention Center on October 4, 2009 from 11am to 6pm. I like to consider &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Unveiled&lt;/span&gt; a day of bridal eye-candy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;We love it so much that we want to share the experience with you. From now until the event,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Tara Wilson Events is giving away two passes per week to attend &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Unveiled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt; We're even including two tickets to the bridal runway show to make your experience more complete (a $40 value). So be sure to keep logging on to &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Tara's Tips&lt;/span&gt; for our weekly questions and post your comments for a chance to be entered into the drawing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Remember, if you win, you must respond within 48 hours in order to claim your passes! And if you don't win, you can always visit&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.unveiledweddingevent.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unveiled Wedding Event&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;to buy general addmission tickets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Here is the weekly question: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Who's shoes you will be wearing on your big day? Kate Spade or Christian Louboutin? Giuseppe Zannotti or Steve Madden Bridal?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;We'd love to know...just post your comment below!&lt;/span&gt; We'll post the winner next Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-4158312533597348332?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/4158312533597348332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=4158312533597348332' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/4158312533597348332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/4158312533597348332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-unveiled-giveaway.html' title='Savvy Unveiled Giveaway!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SqaMDSINyzI/AAAAAAAABE0/J_IIwC9wZkw/s72-c/Picture+4.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-5243958664178450898</id><published>2009-09-04T08:48:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T09:06:04.592-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invitations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='See Jane Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Savvy Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ballard Designs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paper-Source'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Folders'/><title type='text'>Savvy Folders!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SqEcHQu1JHI/AAAAAAAABEs/iwtipju47f8/s1600-h/Folders.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 368px; HEIGHT: 368px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377610341133132914" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SqEcHQu1JHI/AAAAAAAABEs/iwtipju47f8/s400/Folders.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo by &lt;a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/jump.jsp?itemID=0&amp;amp;itemType=HOME_PAGE"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Ballard Designs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess I'm a paper junky or maybe I'm just crazy about designer folders. Either way, I just ordered six sets of of these great animal print folders from &lt;a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/Accessories/Office-Accessories/Set-of-Twelve-Animal-Print-File-Folders/p/6194?path=1%2C2%2C1558%2C1564&amp;amp;iProductID=6194"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ballard Designs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I just hate rollin' up to a client meeting carrying a boring manila file folder. After all, nothing says 'my planner is hip and creative' like a sassy bit of paper bling!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When planning your next event, keep yourself organized &lt;em&gt;and inspired&lt;/em&gt; with designer paper goods. Some of my favorite places to purchase folders include Target, Barnes &amp;amp; Nobel, &lt;a href="http://www.paper-source.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Paper Source&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.seejanework.com/ProductCart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;See Jane Work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-5243958664178450898?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/5243958664178450898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=5243958664178450898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5243958664178450898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5243958664178450898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-folders.html' title='Savvy Folders!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SqEcHQu1JHI/AAAAAAAABEs/iwtipju47f8/s72-c/Folders.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-1408695350998619641</id><published>2009-09-03T10:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T10:47:33.014-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Luxury Wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bridal Fashion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weddings'/><title type='text'>Savvy Wedding Shoes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlzpxbPJbqI/AAAAAAAAA7w/JzrkFi6kCtg/s1600-h/image_small_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlzpxbPJbqI/AAAAAAAAA7w/JzrkFi6kCtg/s400/image_small_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358414691998199458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo from &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lanalia.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;Lanalia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know that "it's the shoes that make the outfit." So if you're having a hard time finding the perfect shoes to match your perfect dress, I've found a savvy solution for you! Personalization is an inventive way to both remember your wedding day and to get exactly what you want from your footwear! And what better way to remember taking the big step than by customizing your wedding shoes?  &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lanalia.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;Lanalia &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;bridal shoes are handmade in LA and the company specializes in creating shoes for the big day to your exact preferences.  This way, you become the designer of your own look and the company will tailor the shoes to fit your style. I see this as a fabulous way to show off your sense of fashion and your sentimental side on a day you will never forget!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-1408695350998619641?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/1408695350998619641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=1408695350998619641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1408695350998619641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1408695350998619641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-wedding-shoes.html' title='Savvy Wedding Shoes!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlzpxbPJbqI/AAAAAAAAA7w/JzrkFi6kCtg/s72-c/image_small_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-5225335153057374548</id><published>2009-09-03T10:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T10:38:27.966-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invitations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eco Friendly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weddings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Savvy Green Invites!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Slzse1MtjvI/AAAAAAAAA8A/3cbJxOjfX-0/s1600-h/savethedate.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Slzse1MtjvI/AAAAAAAAA8A/3cbJxOjfX-0/s400/savethedate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358417671084674802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo from &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.theinkspott.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;InkSpotts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first statement you make about your special day is the invitation announcement you send in the mail- so why not make it savvy?  The invitation sets the tone for your wedding and gives your guests an idea of who you are as a couple and what your ceremony will be like. This lasting impression demands style, elegance, and creativity. It gives you a chance to provide a sneak-peek of all that is to come. Not only is it a window to your wedding, but invitations can also be cause-conscious themselves!  &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.theinkspott.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;InkSpotts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, known for their handmade and eco-friendly invites, is a company that uses the concepts of no chlorine in their ink and paper that is 100% recycled and 100% post-consumer waste.  Angie Bowman, the designer for &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.theinkspott.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;InkSpotts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, is creative and loves to help create beautiful, interesting designs. You can find some examples of her fun and eco-friendly craftsmanship on her website. So after the big day, your memories can live on and your impact on the environment won't!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-5225335153057374548?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/5225335153057374548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=5225335153057374548' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5225335153057374548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5225335153057374548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/09/savvy-green-invites.html' title='Savvy Green Invites!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Slzse1MtjvI/AAAAAAAAA8A/3cbJxOjfX-0/s72-c/savethedate.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-7076744771043799678</id><published>2009-08-01T14:56:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T15:29:38.435-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Dalmore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Richard Paterson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scotch Tasting'/><title type='text'>Savvy Scotch!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SnSj8PcWBAI/AAAAAAAABAk/UNpCLeCI_Ls/s1600-h/dalmore_detail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 350px; HEIGHT: 397px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365093311437997058" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SnSj8PcWBAI/AAAAAAAABAk/UNpCLeCI_Ls/s400/dalmore_detail.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo by The Dalmore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the benefits of being on the fringe of the media is getting invited to fun events like the Scotch Tasting I attended Thursday night. &lt;a href="http://www.thedalmore.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Dalmore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; sent their third generation master blender, &lt;a href="http://www.whisky-pages.com/stories/richard-paterson.htm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Richard Paterson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, to teach us Texans a few things about this legendary whiskey. We learned to sip, spit, sip some more, swish, and swallow. The mostly female crowd was treated to three of the six Single Highland Malt whiskies: The 12, The Gran Reserva and my personal favorite, The 15. We paired The 15 with a bite of dark chocolate to release the spiciness of the scotch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to all the pointers for tasting scotch, (Did you know you should vigorously fling your first pour of scotch out of your glass? This helps clean the glass and eliminate any odors.) Richard provided some historical facts about this beverage. The term "scotch on the rocks" comes from a time when men would walk down to the snow covered river beds and pick up stones to place in their warm scotch. Interesting, huh?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My favorite part of the evening was discovering one of The Dalmore's slogans is, "I Shine...Not Burn!" So remember that the next time you order a scotch and make it The Dalmore whiskey.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-7076744771043799678?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/7076744771043799678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=7076744771043799678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/7076744771043799678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/7076744771043799678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/08/savvy-scotch.html' title='Savvy Scotch!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SnSj8PcWBAI/AAAAAAAABAk/UNpCLeCI_Ls/s72-c/dalmore_detail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-5764818197978741891</id><published>2009-07-23T21:12:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T21:21:28.777-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tabasco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invitations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Savvy Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Tequila Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holiday Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Favors'/><title type='text'>Savvy Tequila Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SmkaIb6TNrI/AAAAAAAABAc/U8DA7xWYCno/s1600-h/TabascoTequila.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 324px; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361845563594847922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SmkaIb6TNrI/AAAAAAAABAc/U8DA7xWYCno/s400/TabascoTequila.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.liqurious.com/post/1137/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;LIQURIOUS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s face it, there’s a reason no one writes songs about cognac. It’s just doesn’t have the same revelry inducing qualities as Tequila – the libation that is the subject of no fewer than, oh I don’t know, about a million songs?! So when National Tequila Day rolls around on July 24, you can bet we’ll be doing at least two things: Singing along with Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville and drinking our favorite Tequila while we entertain south-of-the-border style!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need ideas to create your own fabulous fiesta? Grab a shot glass -- or caballito -- and read on!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Nothing says, “This is the best party ever!” like a margarita bar. Mix it up with fixins for a variety of drinks, like a sweet and spicy Tex-Mex Martini, an oh-so-refreshing Mexi-cone (margarita snow cones), and the head honcho of them all – the Uber-rita made with the best Tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and sugar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. The only thing better than grilled chicken and shrimp is Tequila-infused grilled chicken and shrimp! Pump those babies up with a shot or two and you’ve got kabobs your guests will never forget (no matter how much Tequila they’ve had!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Liven up the landscape with Agave plants and other succulents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Hire a mariachi band or set up a karaoke machine and let your friends belt out “Mas Tequila” by Sammy Hagar! (take lots of pictures!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. For décor, string small piñatas between light paper lanterns, use empty Tequila bottles as vases, or simply fill clear bowls with limes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Instead of typical place cards, make cards that feature unusual or little-known facts about Tequila, margaritas or Mexico. For example, the world’s first frozen margarita machine was invented on May 11, 1971 in Dallas, Texas (one more reason to love those crazy Texans!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Nobody loves free stuff more than I do…so make sure every guest gets a party favor! A CD of the aforementioned Tequila-themed songs would be quite appropriate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. For a cute invitation, hand-deliver mini tequila bottles with the invite attached.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Just for fun, have a lime-juggling contest. The winner receives… wait for it…a bottle of Tequila!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Finally, so no one parties until the Tequila Sunrise(s), wind the party down with plenty of bottled water and sopapillas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope these ideas will help you plan your National Tequila Day party. Until next year, adios amigos!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-5764818197978741891?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/5764818197978741891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=5764818197978741891' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5764818197978741891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5764818197978741891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/07/savvy-tequila-day.html' title='Savvy Tequila Day!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SmkaIb6TNrI/AAAAAAAABAc/U8DA7xWYCno/s72-c/TabascoTequila.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-5609178512646919776</id><published>2009-07-17T15:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T16:24:07.892-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economical Weddings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eco Friendly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weddings'/><title type='text'>Savvy Dress Shopping!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlT_TTV51nI/AAAAAAAAA5o/wqCoTpi1dlo/s1600-h/whitexchange.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 305px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356186563925104242" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlT_TTV51nI/AAAAAAAAA5o/wqCoTpi1dlo/s400/whitexchange.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo from &lt;a style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)" href="http://www.whitexchange.com/"&gt;White Xchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your wedding day, you have the perfect dress; unfortunately, it can cost an arm and a leg if you're not careful. I've always been sadden by the fact that I only got to wear my dress once. It was so beautiful it really should have been worn multiple times!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're concerned that after your reception the dress will hang alongside your old prom dresses and ugly bridesmaid dresses, then you should consider a pre-owned wedding gown. These days, its trendy (and cost-efficient) to wear a pre-owned dress. On websites like &lt;a href="http://www.preownedweddingdresses.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Pre-Owned Wedding Dresses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)" href="http://www.whitexchange.com/"&gt;White Xchange&lt;/a&gt;, you can look up different styles of gowns to find the one that's perfect for you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-5609178512646919776?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/5609178512646919776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=5609178512646919776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5609178512646919776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/5609178512646919776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/07/savvy-dress-shopping.html' title='Savvy Dress Shopping!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlT_TTV51nI/AAAAAAAAA5o/wqCoTpi1dlo/s72-c/whitexchange.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-6072174140925987156</id><published>2009-07-16T08:15:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T10:27:08.737-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cake Cutter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weddings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Ideas'/><title type='text'>Savvy Cake Cutting Knife!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlOom86M7SI/AAAAAAAAA44/WxBPpG5qRys/s1600-h/Cake+cutter+2009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 353px; HEIGHT: 311px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355809769012391202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlOom86M7SI/AAAAAAAAA44/WxBPpG5qRys/s400/Cake+cutter+2009.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo from &lt;a style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)" href="http://www.notjustanyoldday.com/"&gt;Not Just Any Old Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you the bride that's wearing your mother's dress and your grandmother's pears? Is every detail of your wedding tied to something sentimental? If so, what will you pass along to your daughter? You know I have a savvy suggestion...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you and your new hubby cut the cake, let it be with a memento you will pass down for generations to come. This hand-embellished silver cake cutting knife, personalized with the date of your wedding, will remain in the family for years to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a little more on the luxurious side at $249, but it's a great item to add to your registry. (We received one similar for our wedding...it's been used more than once...I've loaned it to several brides over the years.) This special piece can be purchased from &lt;a style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)" href="http://www.notjustanyoldday.com/"&gt;Not Just Any Old Day&lt;/a&gt; which specializes in gifts and memorabilia specifically designed for your wedding day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-6072174140925987156?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/6072174140925987156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=6072174140925987156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6072174140925987156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/6072174140925987156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/07/savvy-cake-cutting-knife.html' title='Savvy Cake Cutting Knife!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/SlOom86M7SI/AAAAAAAAA44/WxBPpG5qRys/s72-c/Cake+cutter+2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921018909508571466.post-1760729581805544533</id><published>2009-07-15T10:10:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T10:17:40.789-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invitations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eco Friendly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='InStyle Weddings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Green Field Paper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weddings'/><title type='text'>Savvy Green Invitations!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sl1TB2EFSII/AAAAAAAAA8Q/c7yTxWxGZMI/s1600-h/Green+Invitations.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 290px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358530422798370946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sl1TB2EFSII/AAAAAAAAA8Q/c7yTxWxGZMI/s400/Green+Invitations.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo from &lt;a style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)" href="http://www.greenfieldpaper.com/"&gt;Green Field Paper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every year billions of pounds of non-recyclable paper is piled into landfills across the world, some of which comes from wedding invitations. If you're a bride looking to reduce paper waste...here's a solution that is stylish and recently featured in InStyle Weddings! Check out recyclable invitations from &lt;a href="http://www.greenfieldpaper.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Green Field Paper&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The all-in-one plantable invitation is handmade, 100% recycled, with seeds embedded and printed with soy ink, to eliminate environmental impact. An added savvy bonus, the envelopes are superfluous because the invitation folds into itself and seals! So now you can make a difference all while making your wedding day the best! Now aren't you a savvy bride?! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4921018909508571466-1760729581805544533?l=tarastips.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/feeds/1760729581805544533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921018909508571466&amp;postID=1760729581805544533' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1760729581805544533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4921018909508571466/posts/default/1760729581805544533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tarastips.blogspot.com/2009/07/savvy-green-invitations.html' title='Savvy Green Invitations!'/><author><name>Tara, Your Savvy Girl!</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16489376034659174889'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EcgOGRjk3RU/Sl1TB2EFSII/AAAAAAAAA8Q/c7yTxWxGZMI/s72-c/Green+Invitations.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>