Baby boy fun!

Thanks to a really awesome photographer (thanks Uncle Al) I stole borrowed these pics that were taken from my neice's baby shower. Jen, the mom to be, has decorated the little guy's bedroom in a monkey theme. We carried it over to the shower, adding a few more critters to make it a safari.The main goal was cheap,but cute! Aside from the awesome monkey & tree made from diapers and the food (lots of it of course) we kept the cost down by using a coordinating paper pack from Joann's.  I used this event to justify my Cricut purchase, and I got good use out of it:)

Monkey and tree made from diapers. I think I was supposed to put it together but Sara did an awesome job:)
Thanks Sis!



Making good use of the scrapbooking papers



Aunt Sara made the cool monkey!



Our cupcake models...hoping to get a quick lick

Dollar store boxes filled with animal crackers...and a chance to use the Cricut

Still using the same paper....

Sister and hostess of the party

The mom-to-be adding up exactly how much this new bundle is gonna cost them!

Ok, I may have gone a little overboard. Look close, you can see the "L" on the rings. I just couldn't help myself.

Fill the piggy game-all guests added coins equal their ages

Congratulations! We can't wait for the new addition!

My Menu Board

Perusing home dec blogs out there put me in a crafty mood. I have admired menu planner boards for a long time, but most of the projects out there are too complicated for my short attention span. I found one here at Ollibird that I thought I could work with. I of course could have made it easy and just used hers, but I recently broke down and bought a Cricut and am now obligated to use it! Hindsight I would have changed a couple of things (not in love with the border choice, and I probably could have matched borders up) but overall am a happy camper. Now I can just take a quick pic on the way to the grocery store and have my list already made out!

Thrift store frame...less that $2!

Lovin' my Cricut!

Laying out the board

Loving my handywork! (it looks wrinkled, but it was just the glare) I bought the dry erase markers have a magnet on the back. Hopefully I won't lose it!