red dots

first, an appology for the lack of creativity in my blog lately. i've been working up a storm on all my halloween decorations and haven't wanted to reveal too many of the secrets before the big day. well, the hubby is getting sick of my halloween craftiness and i'm getting to the finish line on that decor anyway. today i have a goal to finish with the decorations (minus the food table) so that i can move on to my next top secret project, STUD october, or perhaps work on something that i can blog about imediately.

this brings us to the red dots. almost 4 years ago i threw a bridal shower for a friend and the theme was black-white-and-red. this was back when we were really broke. so my decorations were simple and i cooked up all the food by myself (with help from my mom). i bought fresh flowers the morning of the shower and made the cake myself (from a box). the only other significant decor from that party was what i like to call the "dot garland." so, when the party was over (after i left up the dots for another 3 weeks) i put the dot garland in a shoe box and shoved it under the bed. well, i'm really not sure if i put it under the bed in the apartment but that's where it was when i found it in the house today. i spent hours cutting out these paper circles and i couldn't just throw it away when the party was over.

**please ignore the fact that we lived in a tiny, 1 bedroom apartment and stored our bikes in the living room.

we have now arrived, almost 4 years later, to another party that can use this dot garland (minus the red dots). i riped off all the red dots and i will be hanging the black & white dot garland for my halloween party. i'm glad i kept it all these years.