by jenn_davis | creative tips
Savvy, as defined in the dictionary, means to understand or comprehend, yet it’s funny how today we associate savvy-ness with budget friendly DIY projects. Perhaps savvy should be redefined with simply an image of Martha Stewart or perhaps the two sisters from A Beautiful Mess….and after Mandi’s post this week I believe her portrait would suffice as well!
With so many interpretations of savvy, I really wanted to sit down and define this word myself.
Resourceful.
Isn’t this more accurate? Shouldn’t being savvy relate more to how your knowledge is applied, and not just that you happen to know some stuff about stuff?
I thought I would share a recent example of my savvy resourcefulness.
If you happen to follow my personal blog then you have probably heard me mention several times that my best friend will be getting married in Las Vegas next month. This week I surprised her by making her wedding favors for her destination wedding.
I thought customized casino dice would be the perfect gift for a Vegas wedding….
This was an extremely easy and relatively inexpensive project. All it took was a little creativity, research, and resourcefulness.
Some call it Savvy!
by jenn_davis | weekly specials
This week’s focus is on vacation.
When I was a little girl some of my fondest memories were when my parents would pack up the car and take my brother, sister and me to the beach for a week. Looking back, it was such a simple trip; scrambled eggs and pancakes for breakfast as mom packed a cooler of drinks and sandwiches for the beach. We would all hop on the golf cart and ride through the camp ground where we would spend all day playing in the ocean and building sand castles along the water. There was never anything particularly extravagant about our family vacations….there was never the need. We made memories out of our time spent together and the older I get the more I long for times like that.
Now, as a mother, vacations and trips to the beach are never as relaxing as they once were. I imagine it will be many years before that happens again. The beautiful truth to what vacations have now become lies in a cooler filled with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and tiny sandcastles along the shore.
xoxo,
by jenn_davis | featured guests
introducing Emily from Beware the Kudzu….
I was so grateful when my friend Jenn asked me to pen a guest post for her new collaborative endeavor Sunny Slide Up. I was extra excited when I learned that this week’s focus was on the subject of humor. Humor is held in pretty high regard in our family. In fact one of my favorite quotes is:
“Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat.” – Joanne Woodward
It’s true. I tell people all the time how the hubs laughed the panties right off of me and we’ve been together ever since 😉 It would seem our daughter has inherited the family funny bone. Her comedic timing is uncanny; to the point where she will begin a maniacal laugh at just the right time during some highly inappropriate programming.
I hope that she stays funny and dare I say it, cultivates her comedic abilities. While most mothers have dreams of their children growing up to become educators, doctors, or the first female president I have much loftier ambitions for my darling girl. I desperately want her to join the ranks of Tina Fey, Mya Rudolph and my beloved Amy Poehler. Yes, I want my daughter to be a cast member on SNL. Ms. Fey’s book Bossy Pants, much like the complete works of Judy Blume, needs to be required reading for all girls before graduating high school if for no other reason than it teaches the lessons “Do your thing and don’t care if they like it” and “Bitches get stuff done”.
And before all you Kristen Wiig fans get up in arms about her absence from my list ~ the only reason I didn’t include her is because she is just coming into her own. She’s a baby compared to the holy trinity mentioned above but it’s only a matter of time before she fully joins their ranks. And I bet her mama is damn proud of her girl!
So if some day in the not too distance future Quinn comes to tell her dad and I that she is moving to Chicago to join Second City I’ll support her 110%. Or more so because I’ll probably be sending her rent money each month. I hope her spirit is adventurous enough to allow her to live her life in a YES, AND fashion and that the fear of failing never stops her from trying. And if she goes after her dreams with a heart full of gusto only to fall short, I hope she has a healthy sense of humor to see her through the harder times life has to offer. Because we all get knocked down throughout our journey and the next best thing to making the world laugh is the ability to laugh at yourself.
~ Peace
Em xoxo
