figmentfan814
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2007
I've had a couple of really hectic days and now I finally have some time to post my pictures from my recent purchases. As I said before I definitely cleaned out several of the Disney stores... it was a two state effort! My parents were visiting family in Indiana, so I had them pick up some items there and I hit up two stores in Michigan. Plus, my aunt ended up making a run to the Indianapolis store. I'm going to visit my DF this weekend in Ohio and am going to have to see if there is anything else I missed out on from the other stores 
These are some of my bags... you can kind of see our dog Molly peeking in at the side, I think she thought I was going crazy when I kept bringing in more and more bags. When I left the mall one of the girls working at the Disney store had to help me carry my stuff to the car.
Here are some of the items I bought for the gift bags. I had wanted to have some playing cards and was glad to find both the Mickey and Princess kinds. The cards were $1.99. The antenna toppers were only 99 cents. I got the pirate and princess toppers for the rehearsal dinner gift bags, we're going with a water theme for it. I've gotten some other cool pirate items that I will have to post another time.
A neat thing about the pencils is that some of them change color with heat. You can kind of see the pink a little bit on the purple pencil. Plus, all of them were only 99 cents!
This is what I decided to do for the main centerpieces. I originally had picked out some cylinders with floating flowers and candles. Anyway, when we were down for our planning session during our site visit to Ariel's I saw the setup for a reception that used Disney snowglobes for the centerpieces. I fell in love with the idea, but thought that it would be completely out of budget.
Guess what? When I went to check out the sale at Disney they had their snowglobes which were originally $89.95 and $69.95 down to $39.99. In the end, I saved over $500 off the original prices. The best part is that this is the same price as the rentals from Disney. Now I will be able to keep them or give them away to other people instead of just using something for one day. We will still have petals sprinkled around the bottom and possibly a few votives like originally planned for the other items. Another bonus is that I don't have to make table names now because the globes can be used instead of table numbers or names.
I cleaned out the store at the mall near me. I bought six at one time and had them reserve one at another mall for me. I then called my mom and had her run to the store down where they were visiting. We also coordinated so we were able to get enough playing cards, pencils, antenna toppers, and some kids items for all the bags.
We ended up with a Finding Nemo, Peter Pan, Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Snow White, Cinderella, and the Princesses. I am waiting on the Alice and Wonderland from my aunt. I also ordered a Pinocchio and a classic Disney characters one online. This will definitely be my biggest Disney touch to the wedding. The ceremony won't really have any Disney at it, so I think it will be a good mix.
The Peter Pan, Cinderella, and Finding Nemo ones have blowers for the glitter and light up.
Here are the placecards that we have been putting together. We bought the packs of placecards at the dollarstore (6 for a dollar) and are adding the rhinestones in the Mickey shapes. Kris has paid for my mom to take a calligraphy class that she has been wanting to do, so it works out perfect because she wants to write out all the cards.
These are some of my bags... you can kind of see our dog Molly peeking in at the side, I think she thought I was going crazy when I kept bringing in more and more bags. When I left the mall one of the girls working at the Disney store had to help me carry my stuff to the car.
Here are some of the items I bought for the gift bags. I had wanted to have some playing cards and was glad to find both the Mickey and Princess kinds. The cards were $1.99. The antenna toppers were only 99 cents. I got the pirate and princess toppers for the rehearsal dinner gift bags, we're going with a water theme for it. I've gotten some other cool pirate items that I will have to post another time.
A neat thing about the pencils is that some of them change color with heat. You can kind of see the pink a little bit on the purple pencil. Plus, all of them were only 99 cents!
This is what I decided to do for the main centerpieces. I originally had picked out some cylinders with floating flowers and candles. Anyway, when we were down for our planning session during our site visit to Ariel's I saw the setup for a reception that used Disney snowglobes for the centerpieces. I fell in love with the idea, but thought that it would be completely out of budget.
Guess what? When I went to check out the sale at Disney they had their snowglobes which were originally $89.95 and $69.95 down to $39.99. In the end, I saved over $500 off the original prices. The best part is that this is the same price as the rentals from Disney. Now I will be able to keep them or give them away to other people instead of just using something for one day. We will still have petals sprinkled around the bottom and possibly a few votives like originally planned for the other items. Another bonus is that I don't have to make table names now because the globes can be used instead of table numbers or names.
I cleaned out the store at the mall near me. I bought six at one time and had them reserve one at another mall for me. I then called my mom and had her run to the store down where they were visiting. We also coordinated so we were able to get enough playing cards, pencils, antenna toppers, and some kids items for all the bags.
We ended up with a Finding Nemo, Peter Pan, Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Snow White, Cinderella, and the Princesses. I am waiting on the Alice and Wonderland from my aunt. I also ordered a Pinocchio and a classic Disney characters one online. This will definitely be my biggest Disney touch to the wedding. The ceremony won't really have any Disney at it, so I think it will be a good mix.
The Peter Pan, Cinderella, and Finding Nemo ones have blowers for the glitter and light up.
Here are the placecards that we have been putting together. We bought the packs of placecards at the dollarstore (6 for a dollar) and are adding the rhinestones in the Mickey shapes. Kris has paid for my mom to take a calligraphy class that she has been wanting to do, so it works out perfect because she wants to write out all the cards.
good grief! lol
Cute place cards too!
I guess the more the merrier! We are going to have it coincide with the start of the campfire program so families can stay for the movie and for roasting marshmallows. The number you call about reserving the wagon rides is (407) 824-2734.
I figure that I will offer them to some of the people that are helping out with things at the wedding. That will be my "thank you" of sorts for everyone besides the wedding party who plays a part in the wedding.
