Ansley's party: Part 1

********** FYI I tried and tried to get the pics to go in order, but I believe blogger has put a curse on me and won't let me move any of my pics!! I'm hating blogger!!!!**************

Here we go with part 1 of Ansley's party! I'm hoping that there will only be two parts! lol. I started planning a few months before her party and I'm so glad that I did! Let's face it, I don't do well under pressure and when I'm surrounded by tons of people I become overwhelmed with stress! Hince why there aren't a tons of pics the day of the party or of all the decorations!

INVITES! Zach's grandma Carolyn and I made these adorable little monkey's! I found the idea from  Martha Stewart and loved the way they turned out! Thanks again Carolyn!

PARTY FAVORS: I looked and looked all over for party favors and of course found almost every idea from Etsy or my cousin Bethany! (She's an awesome planner and loved all of the ideas she gave me) Thanks again Beth! :)    

These adorble little banana's came from this shop! She was awesome to work with and the monkey erasers in the center were the icing on the cake! :) I got them in pink and yellow! I figured the few boys at the party wouldn't want pink!

Her Birthday shirt, balloons and PDF file came from this shop! I thought the balloons were going to be a little bigger, but I still loved them! I had a few issues with the PDF file, but Teresa figured them out for me!

Suckers! I made the suckers! Zach picked up the "I'm 1" mold from a candy shop in Wichita and were super EASY to make! I used a simple hard candy recipe with a little strawberry flavoring! SIMPLE!! I loved the way they turned out and I think I made 20 of them! I wrapped them with clear gift bags and put a "thank you for coming" sticker on them! :)

Monkey Munch! This idea came from Bethany! My husband made the monkey munch and it was a huge hit! I'll be honest I make the first batch and it looked terrible! I don't think I used enough powdered sugar! Anyway, my husband came to the rescue and it was delicious!

I ordered the plates and napkins online from here!

Thanks to my Aunt Brenda! She let me use her Cricut! I made 2 banners from her cricut! They turned out great and thanks again for helping with the banner's! I found the paper from Micheal's!

Banana soap                                                             b-day balloons! Had 2 of these

Suckers! and the PDF file that I used as stickers!

 Monkey Munch

Ansley's name banner used by the cricut!