Hi Everyone… my sweet husband has whisked me away for a little R and R to celebrate my birthday and our Wedding Anniversary.  I’ll be Revisiting a few of my favorite blogs for the next three days… enjoy!

I always believed myself to have that inner Martha Stewart.  You know, that Type A personality that drives people like me (and Martha) to try and do things perfectly and well… my way!  I am known to take on more then I have time for and frankly, I love every bit of it!  I seriously thrive on this stuff!  My case in point, last year at my husband’s birthday party… I couldn’t just put out white paper napkins…. heaven’s no!  I had to iron the napkins into the perfect rectangle and then make custom paper napkin rings to coordinate with the theme of the party.  I couldn’t just buy some flowers for the table… no way, boy’s don’t want (or care) to have flowers!  I had to create a hanging chandelier of concentric paper circles and fishing line to hang from my lighting fixture down to the table… and when I thought the fishing line wasn’t hanging straight enough, I couldn’t leave well enough alone.  I took my creation apart and glued dimes between the layers of paper circles to add a little weight… voila!  This is the stuff I do to myself and when my guests ask when I had the time for all of this, I simply smile and shrug my shoulders.  The truth is I don’t want to tell them that I stayed up all night, figuring out templates and ironing napkins… a gracious hostess would never tell.

What is crazier, is that my stationery BFF, Dabney of Dabney Lee Stationery, is just like me!  She can never stop obsessing over the details too.  So, when I had the idea to work on a special Halloween template for our readers, she couldn’t be more excited to supply me with her fabulous patterns.  I immediately started creating a template for the project.  The result… a super cute treat bag to fill with sugary sweets for your friends and family.  The best part is the hard work is already done.  So grab your x-acto knife and start printing!  And when your guests ask… when did you find the time to do all this?… your secret can be that you actually slept the night before!

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Lauren