Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Holidays, Valentine's Day, tagged Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield, Valentine's Graphics, Valentine's Heart, Valentine's ideas on February 9, 2012| 1 Comment »
One of the things people have been searching for online this week are graphics for Valentine’s Day. I know this for a fact, because that is the most searched for thing that is bringing them to this blog. So here are a few graphics you can copy and use to your heart’s content.
And my personal favorite…
Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Valentine's Day, tagged Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield, Valentine ideas, Valentine party ideas on February 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
If you’re thinking about hosting a Valentine’s party, here are some easy tips to make your home look like the love bug has spun a magic little spell.
COLOR – The three colors that scream Valentine’s Day and red, white and pink. The combination of the three leaves no doubt as to what holiday is being celebrated. You can use ribbons, crepe paper, balloons, streamers, cut-out hearts and fabric to set the scene for your event.
DECOR – There are a lot of easy and fun things you can do to add a pop of Valentine’s cheer to your home decor. Here are just a few ideas:
INVITATIONS – Use a heart graphic or have your kids cut out and color hearts. You can also send Evites or electronic invitations to keep things simple.
FOOD – Have fun with the food you serve. You can cut bread into heart shapes with a cookie cutter or twist bread sticks into heart shapes. You can cut out meat, cheese, vegetables and fruit with heart-shape cookie cuttes to add fun accents to the meal. Italian is a good choice (think Lady and the Tramp) and something like spaghetti feeds a crowd easily. Add some heart-shaped bread and a salad with little heart-shaped pieces of cheese or cut out beets and you’ve got a fun meal. Finish it off with a decadent dessert or cupcakes frosted in red, white and pink.
She Who Really Likes this Holiday Color Scheme!
Posted in Entertaining Ideas, Holidays, Valentine's Day, tagged Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield, Valentine's Day Ideas, Valentine's Day Tips on February 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Just for fun, all this week I’ll post Valentine’s themed tips, recipes, ideas and ramblings.
Aren’t you excited, now?
I can hear the giddy clapping of your hands as you anticipate all the fun to come this week!
So today, I’m pilfering some fun ideas from other websites and sharing them here.
Red hot-filled vase with red tulips. Love this idea from Martha Stewart.
Sweet Treats from The House of Smiths. So fun!
Simple and sweet idea from Designs that Inspire to Create Your Perfect Home.
Heart Lollipop from Add a Pinch. How cute is this?
And Vintage Valentines from Amazon. These cute little cards are really speaking to me.
So there you have it… some fun Valentine ideas to get you started thinking about how you can make the holiday next week extra special.
She Who Needs to Get Busy on Some Ideas!
Posted in Entertaining Ideas, Musings, Success Tips, tagged Creative Proposal Tips, How to Propose, Proposal Ideas, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield, Will You Marry Me on January 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
If you couldn’t quite work up the courage at Christmas to pop the question, you’ve got another opportunity coming up that is very popular as a get-engaged holiday.
Valentine’s Day is all about love and romance – what better time to ask your sweetheart to be yours forever?
There is plenty of time to get creative with your proposal and make it uniquely special and memorable. Here are a few ideas:
• Food – you can spell out “Will You Marry Me” in any number of ways on food such as sliced olives on pizza, M&Ms on giant sugar cookie of blueberries on a pancake. You get the idea
• Toys – an Etch-a-Sketch or a Lite-Brite are perfect for spelling out those special words.
• Puzzle – order a custom puzzle with a photo of you two and the words “Will You Marry Me”. Do the puzzle together and be prepared for her stunned and excited expression.
• Treasure Hunt – make a map and hide “clues.” The treasure she will find in each location is an envelope with a card inside containing one word. Once she gathers all the envelopes, it should spell out, “Will You Marry Me?”
• Find Your Inner Poet – and write her a poem, a song or even make a video proposing to her.
• Use Nature – If you are on the beach, write it in the sand. Camping? Spell it out with rocks. Use flower petals to compose your proposal (best done on a not-windy day!).
• Get crafty – if you can cut and paste, you can make her a card using glitter, hearts, lace, asking her to marry you (she will keep this forever, I promise!). Go to a craft store and gather up some cardstock, glue and Valentine-themed sparkles.
Dress in your best when you are doing this. If you have a shirt she loves to see you wear, put it on.
Also, most women do not want a huge audience when you pop the question so keep that in mind. Flashing it across a scoreboard at a game sounds great in theory, but think about how you’d feel if she said no in front of those thousands of sports fans.
Use your heart and your head and you’ll do just fine in coming up with a proposal you’ll both remember for a lifetime!
She Who Loves Romance
Savvy Entertaining 