Homemade FE gifts - Part 2

[Dream_2011]

Omg, great idea I saw them last week on the FE and I order a few key fob to see and practice before my cruise but I think we are in the same cruise next year seeing your countdown if you going do give this I need to get another idea.my practice one that I bought I will give them as a mother gift for my closer friend is so practical, for busy mom

[Dream_2011]

Another good idea is the cricut cartridge Mickey friend and Mickey font for the FE hard to find only sell on eBay I hope that I could win one for the past week they over bit me. Is a hard to find cartridge is out of stock everywhere.nice stuff for deco the door and FE.

[sillywin]

Thanks for sharing, great ideas!

[modegard]

Originally Posted by tiggerb

modegard ~ where did you come up with or find the Pirate's Creed? Love those too!

I believe I got it off the Disboards DISign thread. Here is it....

[modegard]

Originally Posted by TinaRN

Everything you made was awesome! Do you mind telling me what program you use to make all of these great personalized gifts? I would love to do something like this, but have been unable to make them so far with the programs I have or at least know I have!

I use Photoshop Elements 9 and a really old version of Ulead. I had someone on the Creative DISign Forum make me the magnets with the ship and the sail date. Some of the other graphics I found on there as well and then personalized them. The bookmarks and the calendars I made using Ulead with some of their preset guides and images.

The Creative DISign Forum is awesome and the DISigners will personal graphics for you and then you can print them in whatever program you have.

[dolphingirl47]

Originally Posted by golfnsuch

Hi there. For those who asked, the key fobs were much easier than I had expected. Using the 7/8" ribbon, I fused it to 1 1/4" webbing with 7/8" Heat n Bond, then stitched along both sides of the ribbon with matching thread on top and webbing colored thread in the bobbin.

Using a rotary blade, I cut the length to 11" and stitched the two sides together 1/4" from the ends. The key fob hardware then clamps to the stitched end covering that stitching. For ease of handling, I worked on sections of 44" at a time.

I love the key fobs.

Originally Posted by GooniesAndy

For our recent cruise, I made magnets for each room (mostly I gave 2 princesses and 1 Mickey):



Pendants for the women and older girls:



And Mickey and Minnie ears for the younger kids:



I couldn't come up with something homemade for the men and older boys, so I gave the men Mickey-themed calendars or planners, or little Spanish-English dictionaries, and the older boys got either Disney word searches or movie candy. I also found a bunch of High School Musical things for one young man who I'd heard loved it. We had so much fun participating in this!

Those Minnie and Mickey ears are great.

Corinna

[HebeJebe]

Originally Posted by golfnsuch

I REALLY love mine! Thank you! This was the best FE yet I think!

[MickeyMinnieMelanie]

Thank you for continuing this thread. I love looking at everything. It gets me so excited about FE Exchange and sparks my creativity. I love all of the stuff you all have done on these 2 pages. They look great!

[lucky1]

Originally Posted by golfnsuch

Hi there. For those who asked, the key fobs were much easier than I had expected. Using the 7/8" ribbon, I fused it to 1 1/4" webbing with 7/8" Heat n Bond, then stitched along both sides of the ribbon with matching thread on top and webbing colored thread in the bobbin.

Using a rotary blade, I cut the length to 11" and stitched the two sides together 1/4" from the ends. The key fob hardware then clamps to the stitched end covering that stitching. For ease of handling, I worked on sections of 44" at a time.

These are so neat. Where did you find the Mickey Head split key ring?

[mommy2jarod]

The mickey ring can be found on ebay
The seller is lalangjewelry
18KGP Mickey Rings Fit Keychain

Ribbon can be found on ebay:
CRUISE LINE SAILOR MOUSE GROSGRAIN RIBBON
seller is ribbon-scraps

[LuvEeyore]

Thanks for starting the new thread!!

I am doing emergency kits/essentials for 1 of my FE gifts:

1) anyone who had done this do you have a cute poem/note to go with it?
2) What do you all think of my contents
All in a zip lock bag
clothes pins
bandaids
hand sanitizer packs/wipes
paper clips
shout wipes
sample size spf 15 sunscreen (1 oz)
ink pen
purse size pack of tissues
Clips(paper clip-the heavy ones)
3) Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance!!

[WhitGB]

Originally Posted by LuvEeyore

Thanks for starting the new thread!!

I am doing emergency kits/essentials for 1 of my FE gifts:

1) anyone who had done this do you have a cute poem/note to go with it?
2) What do you all think of my contents
All in a zip lock bag
clothes pins
bandaids
hand sanitizer packs/wipes
paper clips
shout wipes
sample size spf 15 sunscreen (1 oz)
ink pen
purse size pack of tissues
Clips(paper clip-the heavy ones)
3) Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance!!

Highlighters for the navigator are nice. And you can get some at the dollar store. We did the same thing and my husband had me put two bottles of rum in each one but I know some people frown on that. He did have a good time with the extras.

[WhitGB]

Originally Posted by lilbug13

Where did you get that ribbon??? And the metal mickey heads? These are amazing.

What do I type in to eBay to search for the ribbon? I tried Disney cruise line ribbon but had no success. Disney cruise lines brings up way to much. TIA.

[Mom2PrincessesLinSy]

Here are some pictures of the things we got from our Alaskan cruise on the Wonder this August 2011:





What we had made for our FE gifts in Alaska:


Pages from the Journal book we made for everyone: included tips for your cruise, an "Alaska Cruise Alphabet" of things to find and take pictures of from A to Z, and Disney themed cartoons from the newspaper.







Already started on some items for our NYC Magical Cruise

[Dream_2011]

Originally Posted by WhitGB

What do I type in to eBay to search for the ribbon? I tried Disney cruise line ribbon but had no success. Disney cruise lines brings up way to much. TIA.

I just bought them the same just browse with out the blue word, and the seller combine the shipping.