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Rent the Runway.

Hi Lovelies,

I hope you all have been doing great! I wanted to blog about a fab little website I ran across and thought you all might just love.

It's called Rent the Runway. Now, imagine you have a fab event, be it wedding reception, cocktail party, or you're going out on the town with you beau - you saw Rihanna wearing a fab dress in the Vogue magazine - lets say it's Christian Lacroix - and you just HAVE to have that particular dress. BUT, the price tag at Neiman's is some crazy amount, lets say $5.600 (as much as your wedding photographer charges) and you're so sad. Imagine there was a website you could go to, rent the dress at 10% of its retail value and have the dress shipped to you. Not only do they ship you the dress in the size you specified, for good measure they ship you a dress in two different sizes, just to be on the safe side. You return the dress in the postage ready envelope they send you and ship it back. It's THAT simple.

I adore the idea. I think it's genius. How many times do we (ladies) go out and buy an expensive dress only to have it sit in our closet for months and months, never to wear it again? Lets break the cycle, lol - to get added to their waiting list. :)

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Hair Love

Lovelies,

I've missed you. I promise that the neglect will stop very soon. For those of you who don't know, I'm a full-time MBA student AND fabulous wedding planner/business woman all wrapped in one. This week I had presentation after presentation, paper after paper, and not to mention 3 client consuls. I have to stay up until the wee hours of the the night to talk to you guys, but sleepless nights are all part of the job. I'm truly in need of a good intern right now.

I wanted to give you some wedding juice. Ya'll need some wedding love. I was on Etsy earlier looking at hair accessories, and I absolutely LOVE classic, timeless hair accessories. I always look at the hair piece a bride wears as the finishing touch to her hair style of the day. Some brides opt to not wear anything, but then, there are the brides who come out in daring, gorgeous and dare I say FIERCE hair accessories.

On a side note, Savvy is going through a huge re-branding process and we'll be relaunching a NEW website, NEW blog and whole new attitude in 2010. I'm so excited to share so much with ya'll in the coming weeks.

One of my absolute favorite Etsy shops is Twigs & Honey by Myra Callan has some of the most amazing hair accessories. Her veils are something like amazing. Take a peek at some of my favorites.

The Marilyn Veil

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Jam Packed Recipe Tuesday

Good Morning!

It's not as sunshiney today - the view from my office is a little blah, but that's okay because something tells me that today is going to be a ridiculously fabulous day! Halloween is quickly approaching! I absolutely adore this holiday and cannot wait to get dressed up this weekend for one of the many Halloween parties I've been invited to.

I haven't posted a Recipe Tuesday in the past 2 weeks so today's will be jam packed with Halloween yumminess.

I adore Paula Dean so the first Recipe is compliments of The Food Network and Paula Dean. The super cool thing about this recipe is that it also offers you a healthier version by substituting certain ingredients with others or using less of a particular ingredient.

Pumpkin Baked Ziti

Ingredients

• Butter, for greasing
• 1 pound sweet Italian sausage (1 pound turkey sausage, for Richard Simons' version)
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 (15-ounces) can pumpkin puree
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage leaves
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup heavy cream (omit ingredient for Richard Simons' version)
• 1 pound ziti pasta, cooked (1 pound whole wheat ziti, for Richard Simmons' version)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
• 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan (1/4 cup Parmesan, for Richard Simmons' version)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter (8) 8-ounce ramekins.

Cook sausage in a large, deep skillet over medium heat until fat is rendered about 8 minutes. Remove from skillet with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and set aside. Discard any fat from the skillet in excess of 2 tablespoons.

Add onion, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes and oil to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally until soft; about 3 minutes. Stir in pumpkin puree, chicken stock and sage. Mix together and add salt. Bring to a boil then lower the heat and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in cream and sausage. Simmer until the sauce comes together and is thickened slightly.

Add cooked pasta and parsley to the skillet and gently toss all the ingredients together to coat. Divide the rigatoni mixture between the 8 prepared ramekins. Sprinkle the tops of each ramekin with Parmesan cheese and bake for 35 minutes until the topping is golden brown.

On to the next recipe - I love love love a good martini so what better way to mix Halloween than with candy corn martinis? OMG, I'm sooo ready to make these, but seeing that it's not even close to noon in Cali, I think I better hold off.

Candy Corn Cordials

Ingredients

For the infused vodka:

• 1/2 cup candy corn
• 1 1/2 cups vodka

For the cordials:

• 2 ounces orange liqueur
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 large egg white
• Candy corn, for garnish

Directions

Infuse the vodka: Combine the candy corn and vodka in an airtight container; set aside for at least 3 hours, then strain.

Make the cordials: Add 4 ounces of the candy corn vodka, the orange liqueur, lemon juice and egg white to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds. Strain into 2 chilled martini glasses and garnish with candy corn.

Doesn't that look AMAZING. Try them! I'm going to and I'll update you all with the outcome. The recipe is super simple so it doesn't take much brain power to whip these up after you put the Ziti in the oven to bake. :)

Lastly, on to the desserts! I looooove cupcakes and these are pretty simple to whip up.

Creepy Cupcakes

Ingredients

• GHOST CUPCAKES
• 24 baked cupcakes
• 24 Nutter-Butter cookies
• Chocolate frosting
• Vanilla frosting
• Tube of chocolate decorator's icing

• SPIDER CUPCAKES
• 2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts or crispy rice cereal
• 3/4 cup dry chow mein noodles
• 24 baked cupcakes
• White frosting

Directions
1. Coat each baked cupcake with chocolate frosting and partially insert a Nutter-Butter cookie into the top. Frost the remaining cookie with vanilla frosting. Draw a spooky expression on each ghost with the decorator's icing. Makes 24.
2. Make spiders by combining the chocolate chips and milk in a glass bowl. Microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until smooth. Stir in the peanuts or cereal and chow mein noodles.
3. Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper. Stick on extra noodles for spider legs and chill. Frost the cupcakes white. Then top each cupcake with a spider. Makes 24.

I hope you enjoy these recipes! I am so excited about celebrating Halloween this weekend and I hope that you all throw a fab soiree and tell me all about it.

I'll be back tomorrow! I've missed you all so!

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I'm back :)

Hi Lovelies!

I've been gone for the longest, I know. I'm so sorry, but life dealt my family and I a curve ball and I've been out of the loop for a while. We recently had a death in the family and I've been helping my family with making arrangements for my aunt's funeral. I'm going to try to blog more often and update you on wedding fab and party planning fun!

I wanted to write a quick blog to say Happy Belated Wedding Anniversary to one of my favorite couples, Damore and Rhondra. They were married on October 18, 2008 in a gorgeous, budget friendly garden wedding.

I'll be back with a jam packed Recipe Tuesday tomorrow.





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