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Crafty Friday: Create-a-treat Gingerbread House Kit

by FandPinLV

December 19, 2008

With the Christmas coming up in less than a week, I've raised the white flag of surrender and asked for some help keeping up with my posts here at Savvy Source Las Vegas. I am pleased to bring you one of my favorite friends from the blogosphere, the one and only San Diego's hottest mom, Red Lotus Mama . She and her princess built a great gingerbread house and she's happy to share her review  Read more...

Crafty friday: The holiday castle from hell

by FandPinLV

December 12, 2008

Okay, I really wanted to call this post "How I got more glitter on me than a Vegas stripper", but that seemed a bit much for this venue. This week, Boo and I took on Darice Foamies Very Merry Snow Castle kit , which claims to be "Fun and Easy to Make!" Well, uh, not so much. You see, although the package says It's for kids 4 , the construction of this foamy abode is a bit complex. Your little  Read more...

What's on our wish list this year

by FandPinLV

December 09, 2008

So, what's on your kids' wish lists? Every day it seems as though we're inundated with circular after circular, catalog after catalog with more and more toys that our kids claim to "need" in order to have a happy holiday. How do we wade through the morass to find the gifts that our kids not only want, but will actually play with for more than three seconds? What's going to break after its first  Read more...

Crafty Friday: Home for the Holidays Wood Ornament Kit

by FandPinLV

December 05, 2008

Welcome back to this week's edition of Crafty Friday, where we're taking a minute to enjoy the simpler (in theory), more handmade facets of the holidays this year. If you missed last week's installment, you can see our gingerbread tree (which, I am proud to say, is STILL in tact!) here . Who needs a bunch of shiny, mirrored balls or crystal icicles on their pre-lit tree this year? Well, we do,  Read more...

The Littlest Picasso

by FandPinLV

October 14, 2008

Art is a great way to get your little one to express themselves. It's amazing to see how they use shapes and colors to express their thoughts and emotions long before they verbalize the complex feelings that brew below the surface. How do you let loose their inner Renior or Georgia O'Keefe? You don't have to wait until their old enough to see Steve Wynn's latest collection.  It can be as  Read more...

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