Grandparents Day is September 7. Have you bought a present yet?

If you’re looking for a unique piece of personalized silver jewelry, Tiny Tag Designs carries a wonderful line of silver bracelets and necklaces. The silver discs are hand-stamped. I have a two-disc necklace with the names of my daughters and I can honestly say I’ve worn it nearly every day since it arrived in the mail. It’s a nice, understated piece of casual jewelry that looks great with a t-shirt and jeans or a solid-colored sundress. So much of the personalized jewelry on the market geared toward moms and grandmothers is more formal, so Tiny Tag Designs is a great line for those who want a casual piece of jewelry.

Tiny Tag Designs is advertising on Savvy Housewife this week.

Click on the Tiny Tag Designs ad in the upper right corner of the Savvy Housewife sidebar and check out the special 20% discount code for Savvy Housewife readers! While you’re ordering a present for Grandparents Day, you might just want to order a little something for yourself, you know while you’re at it.

What if you could buy a great looking t-shirt AND help plant a tree?

Tees for Change are comfy, inspirational and hip t-shirts that have been featured in Fit Yoga magazine and The Seattle Times.

Tees for Change has partnered with American Forests’ Global Releaf to plant a tree for every shirt purchased at retail price from their website. By the end of 2006, American Forests had planted 25 million trees in more than 500 projects across the United States and internationally. I especially like the bamboo raglan t-shirts, as seen below, which retail for $32.

With positive, inspiring messages like Seek Balance (hmmmm…I could use that one), Choose Happiness, and Live Mindfully, they are great for yoga class or just any day you feel inspirational and need a little fashion ommmm to kick your karma into gear.

Tees for Change also has a line of wonderfully whimsical organic onesies for babies that would make a wonderful gift for that special baby in your life.

Mompreneur Andreea Ayers founded Tees For Change while pregnant with her first child in 2007. She created a t-shirt for herself with the words “Be Courageous” that she proudly wore during the home delivery of her son. The entire line reflects Andreea’s commitment to living an eco-friendly lifestyle and her belief in positive thinking.

Use the coupon code SAVVY for 15% off any order from Tees for Change now through August 31, 2008.

We have a winner! Cassandra, who commented August 1: Holy-moley, roly-poly! This is amazing! Thank you!” She blogs at Love Without Wings. Thanks to everyone who entered!

Every mom needs that one ultra hip t-shirt. You know, the one you can put on with a pair of great jeans to attain instant fashion Zen.

Well, now you can attain t-shirt nirvana. Look hip for a good cause with this gorgeous CARE t-shirt. Savvy Housewife is proud to offer this beautiful shirt (retail value $38) from PeaceLoveMom as part of the Bloggy Giveaways quarterly carnival.

The Powerful Mom tee celebrates the strength, passion and dedication of women around the world by helping benefit and promote CARE. Savvy Housewife is giving away one of these beautiful t-shirts to one lucky winner. Simply leave a comment on this post. Entries will be closed midnight Friday, August 1; a random winner will be drawn from all eligible comments.

For each Powerful mom tee sold, PeaceLoveMom will give $3 to CARE to help advance their work to empower women all over the world. CARE is a leading non-profit humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. They believe that if equipped with the proper resources, women everywhere have the power to change lives.

Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival

Savvy Housewife readers get free shipping on orders $20 or more from PeaceLoveMom with code BLONDEMOM now through August 7.

For more information about CARE, visit their website at www.care.org

The fabulous mamas behind the fun line of rock star mama t-shirts at LTDChix.com want to extend a special discount to all Savvy Housewife readers who entered the recent t-shirt giveaway. For 15% off your order at checkout just click through this post. It’s a holiday week, so you might as well kill a little time at the office doing some shopping.

 Here’s the lowdown on additional Savvy Housewife discounts.

Summer is here which means school is out and family vacations are in (although with the price of gas, some families won’t be traveling too far from home.) Do you need to find a babysitter for your kids or a pet sitter to check on your resident Fido while you’re out of town? Save 10% off registration at SitterCity.com using code BLONDEMOM at checkout. Scroll down to view and click on the banner ad at the bottom of SavvyHousewife. SitterCity offers a four-step screening process, free access to background checks, comprehensive profiles on the sitters in their database, and a ZIP code based search engine that also allows you to narrow your search to nanny, doula, mother’s helper, or babysitter.

TruKid is offering Savvy Housewife readers 20% off online purchases of $25 or more now through September 13 using the code blonde at checkout.

July 4th will be here before you know it. Savvy Housewife has pulled together the best Web guide to guarantee your holiday will be festive, stress free, and fun.

Throwing a backyard bash? Here are some links to get you inspired:

Send out invites via Pingg.com, a new online event management and invitation site featuring stylish, swanky invites (no corny clip art here)

Recipes, craft ideas, printables, and how to videos from Family Fun magazine.

Fireworks art project from ParentsConnect (great for kids age 3 and up)

Martha’s July 4th how-tos.

Patriotic Party Menu from Kraft Foods.

This red, white, and blue ice cream cake from Epicurious looks absolutely divine.

Festive Starfruit Cocktail Garnishes and Fun 4th Of July Cocktails from Hostess Blog.

These glory dishtowels from Crate and Barrel would be a lovely hostess gift.

Now that you’re set on food and drink, you need something to wear. At some point you outgrow your mother’s whim to deck you out like Old Glory for the 4th, but it’s still a great excuse to shop.

These twirly tutus from Etsy seller Zoes Couture Boutiqe are perfect for your little Miss Firecracker.

Patriotic Posies hair clips from Etsy seller Cute And Sweet are just that

I love this fun and funky capri set from CWD Kids.

A hippy dippy tie-dyed t-shirt is great for boys too cool to dress like Uncle Sam.

This crab crate navy T-shirt is also a good color scheme for boys reticent to deck out for the 4th.

These star espadrilles for girls are on sale at CWD Kids and make me long to be little.

Baby sister would make a splash in this patriotic bikini and at what other point in a girl’s life will she look stunning in stripes?

This smocked bandana print top from Old Navy screams summer, not Yankee Doodle Dandy.

An understated red and navy striped button down for Dad will carry him through cool summer evenings.

Don’t forget the classic navy sundress (like this one from J Crew).

Renee, who commented “I love the gator clips!” is the winner. Congrats Renee and thanks to everyone for entering.

Savvy Housewife is hosting a giveaway for two free products of the winner’s choice from the Oopsie Dazie website.

Oopsie Dazie specializes in unique and trendy hair clips in a wide variety of ribbon choices. The store motto is “Clips so cute you’ll buy outfits to match!” so you know this is a girl friendly website (speaking as a mother to two little girls who were accessorizing in the womb.) Oopsie Dazie also features headwraps and cute flower headbands. Savvy Housewife was sent two flower headbands and her oldest daughter fell in love with the deep purple headband with a sparkley diamond rhinestone in the center of the flower.

Oopsie Dazie also features hair accessories for women, which makes Savvy Housewife very happy as no one should be denied cute hair accessories! The fabric-covered button ponies are only $3 (the smaller child-size ponies are two for $3) and fabric headbands are also available.

My girls have very different hair texture. My youngest daughter has down to her waist curly hair and my oldest daughter has shoulder length straight fine hair. It’s difficult to get them to pull their hair back at all so the cuter the hair accessory the better. Oopsie Dazie’s prices are reasonable, and they offer free shipping to mailing addresses in the U.S. and Canada.

Savvy Housewife is sponsoring a giveaway for two fabulously cute hair accessories from Oopsie Dazie! Simply visit Oopsie Dazie.com and come back and leave a comment on this post with your favorite product. I’ll draw a random winner from all eligible comments left by midnight Saturday, June 28.

Stimey, who commented “My favorite is the minivan one because that is actually my life. Literally.” is the winner of the LTDChix.com t-shirt. Congratulations and thanks to everyone for entering!

Take one former account executive and one former CPA and corporate financial analyst who traded in their careers for the biggest job of all, motherhood, and you have the inspiration behind LTDChix.com t-shirts.

These cute, comical t-shirts are perfect for soccer practice, feeling up produce at the grocery (I do love a good, firm avocado), or just any day you want to poke fun at your rock star mommy existence, which for me is practically every waking minute.

From the LTDChix.com website, here’s an excerpt of how it all began…

In the summer of 2005, our two families were spending the day together at the beach. Late that afternoon, as we wrestled to get seven rambunctious kids back into the truck, we…laughed at the insanity of it all. Kids were fighting, sand was all over the place, wet bathing suits were soaking into the seats, someone had lost a flip-flop and two boogie boards were sticking out the back window. We had to laugh…instead of pounding our foreheads into the car until we passed out.

What had happened to that idyllic dream of being the perfect mom with the perfect kids and the perfect life?

We came to a few conclusions that day. First: this was it. We were Living the Dream. Being a Mom really is tough sometimes, we’re faced fairly often with some pretty insane and chaotic situations, and WE LOVE IT! We wouldn’t trade it for the world!

…We decided then and there that we should come up with a line of T-shirts that relate to all the moms out there – shirts that really express what we all experience on a daily basis.

Co-founders Cindi Schmitzer and Nina Frye came up with the slightly sarcastic theme – “Living The Dream“ – and with the help of illustrator Steven Anderson created their signature mom who looks happily frazzled lugging laundry, driving her minivan, or pushing a shopping cart.

Help the LTD Chix moms introduce a new dad line. The winner receives a free t-shirt featuring their design and recognition on the LTDChix site. Written descriptions, as well as drawings, are welcome. The contest is open until July 12. Submit ideas to info {at} ltdchix(.)com

Savvy Housewife is giving away a LTD Chix t-shirt! Visit the LTD Chix website and come back and leave a comment here telling which of their fun t-shirt designs is your favorite. For two chances, leave a comment here and blog about this contest; be sure to leave the link in the comments. A random winner will be chosen from all eligible comments (U.S. and Canadian addresses only) left by midnight Saturday, June 21.

I know what you’re thinking. A tie? For Father’s Day?

Let’s face it. Some dads are traditional. They don’t want a feng shui office makeover, a paraffin wax hand treatment, laser hair removal, or a man bag.

Bird Dog Bay makes fabulous, fun silk ties featuring traditional designs and more funky lines tied to nature featuring feathered and furry creatures, from toucans to one of my favorites, dog park. Need a tie for next year’s Kentucky Derby? Try this one. I also love the political debate Poll Position tie and the Adirondack Afternoon pattern.

Actually, you’d be hard pressed not to find a tie for your favorite guy at Bird Dog Bay, based in Chicago.

Be sure to check out Bird Dog Bay’s Gus Happens page where you can see what general misadventures the resident dog and Bird Dog Bay mascot has been up to (and what he’s been gnawing on).

Use the code dadsday for 25% off your Bird Dog Bay purchase (where they’re offering free shipping on purchases of $100 or more.)