Category Archives: Create

Fabulous Fairy Light Idea

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I was scrolling through some blogs the other day and came upon one which I just had to share.  Blob Lights;  using battery operated tea light candles and cut off balloons you can create coloured party lights.  Home Savvy stocks battery operated candles, which are available in various sizes, of course…..

Follow this link for the instructions:   Blob Lights

What can I do with affirmation cards and books

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Recently I was  given a set of affirmation cards and an inspirational book, I don’t have anywhere to display them and have been racking my brain as to what to do with them.  They are beautiful and deserve to be used, so here are some ideas (other than on the desk or the coffee table):

Affirmation Cards:

  • Book mark -  Use them in recipe books, magazines, novels everywhere.
  • Note or gift cards – Remember when you used to be given writing sets as presents (back when snail mail was popular) , why not use the affirmation cards the same way – Write a note on the back and send one to a friend (it still is a buzz to get mail other than bills), write on them and use them when gift giving.
  • Sneaky notes – it makes you and the recipient happy when they get a little something extra with their lunchbox, bag or homework book
  • Notice board – stick them on your fridge, noticeboard
  • If you scrapbook or are doing photo albums include them or their quotes to sum up the person, event or day you are featuring on the page
  • Frame them and hang them on the wall or put them amongst a group of photos on furniture

Affirmation Books:

  • Frame the sayings especially if they have cute images with them – they look great in the nursery, amongst photos, in magnetic frames on the fridge.
  • Use the quotes in your card writing – many cards now days are blank and we have to think hard to get the sentiment we want – use a book, save brain cells
  • When you find the small quote books use them as cards, write in the front of them and attach the whole book to the present with a big bow.

Travel Organisers

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Last year I went to Melbourne on a girls week-end. Yes, the week-end was fantastic, but the major dilemma was:

°               2 women

°               Scrabbling to find items in their suitcase

°               Very small ‘economical’ hotel room

°               Needed to keep luggage contained in a small space

°               Shopping to be organised as well

With more travel planned for this year with family & maybe another one or two girls week-ends, I have invested in these great  luggage organisers from Lapouche.  They allow you to pack like items (or whole outfits) together and if you are looking for something, you need only get out the organiser it is in, rather than empty your whole suitcase.

I think they’re a great idea and not just for the girls either, fabulous for guys too – my brother-in-law who travels frequently loves them.
With a great variety to choose from – larges and small with either one or two compartments, laundry bags, shoe and boot bags organisers and great toiletries bags with hooks to hang them off a towel rail or shower screen.

Here’s how I use them….

Luggage Organiser

Mix and match three sizes as required
to pack pants, shirts, dresses and skirts
separately, or pack individual  outfits
The mesh front allows clothes to breathe
and makes for easy identification.Available in
small, medium and large.
Packing Cube

Pack your pants in one pocket and your
tops in the other, or easily divide your
clean & dirty washing in separate pockets
but in the one handy pouch.
Available in small and medium.
Toiletries Bag

A space for everything with a large
central area, zipped pockets and mesh
compartments.  Foam reinforcement
ensures its contents are protected and
a handy hook allows the organiser to
be hung for easy access and storage.
Available in medium and large.

Shoe Bag

Keeps shoes in mint condition and
separate from your other belongings.
Laundry Bag

Features two clever pockets for
separating laundry items, a
handle and a snap-lock magnet
to conceal its contents.

Boots and All Bag

Stores larger items and carries
high-legged boots to avoid scuffs
and scratches.

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY HOME SAVVY

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This week is our 8th Birthday and we are left asking ourselves, where has the time gone?  In commemoration of our progression so far, we have decided to take a little trip down memory lane.

HOME SAVVY’s simple beginnings originated in October 2001 as a home and gift ware party plan business. This went so well that we opened the doors on our first boutique at 625 Stafford Rd, Stafford

What had to be tackled first up….. Is it really the same place??

As you can see the previous tenant certainly didn’t tidy up before departing, they even left dirty dishes in the sink.  Once the clean up was done, the place looked like a million dollars and the doors of the HOME SAVVY boutique opened on 31st May 2003.   By January 2005, we had outgrown the 35 sqm and were bulging at the seams so moved just a few doors along to our bigger and current location at 613 Stafford Rd.

HOME SAVVY circa 2005

Then in late 2008 we had a little make over :

Over the past 8 years we have met so many wonderful people many of whom have become not only clients but friends. You  have shared good and bad days / times  (mostly good)  and we have watched many a baby grow into lovely energetic young people.   You have also shown us appreciation for our efforts in; our attention to detail, the range of products that we present,  our support of the local community and charities and our customer service, by nominating HOME SAVVY for local and state recognition.  We were winners of the  Quest Business Achievers Awards  in 2003 and 2006 and finalists every other year and runners up in the Queensland Government Business Awards in 2006. Thank You

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY HOME SAVVY- come on in for our great birthday specials - valid till Saturday 4th June 2011…. and have some of our birthday cake & biscuits while they last….