Finished product

So I finally, FINALLY finished a project I started . . . oh. . . two years ago! I decided to decorate the children's room with zoo animal theme and somehow could never manage to get everything put up at the same time. We would have to re-arrange or someone would knock things down. . . . Anyway I am so excited that it is done and everything is exactly where I want it! Yippie! So I thought I'd share.

Shelves we got as a wedding present - painted by yours truly in animal patterns (the green one is alligator - yeah, John couldn't even tell, and he watched me do it.)

Ikea frames with pictures from old calendars. (Go budget!)
Scrap board from Home Depo. with paint and screw-in hooks. The dinosaur stickers are an addition from Grandma - they don't really match, but they are, and I quote "awesome."
My favorite. The watering hole puzzle. No, I did not put it together. But my siblings did and then had no place to hang it. "I know! I'll hang it up for you! Aren't I SO thoughtful? It will be at my house though. No big deal right?"

And the doll. She was made in Africa, I can't remember the whole story, but handicrafts are one of the few ways that women could make money and all the proceeds go directly back to the women who made them. The best part - she is carrying a baby on her back in a sling. SOOOO cute.