Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[sorul82?]

looks like I need to start a new thread about confusing sigs...seriously, how do I change this thing? Heaven forbid I am known as Sandie.

Don't worry, no one can figure out my name either. It's So, are you late, too? My DIS friends now call me S'Late.

 

[DizDragonfly]

Don't worry, no one can figure out my name either. It's So, are you late, too? My DIS friends now call me S'Late.

So are you late too? Easy enough.

 

[o0lissa0o]

To get back on topic, here are some "homemade but not by me, but home altered by me" FE gifts:

These are ornaments made from crushed N.C. pecan shells. DH drilled the hole in the sand dollar and I added the ribbon.

love, love, love these! I want to be on your cruise! Makes me want to do a beach themed Christmas tree with beautiful ornaments like this!

Crazy huh? I think I should add a dash in my name! Wish I was traveling with you all!

It took me like 3 times of looking at your name to be able to see it too! theres something about the way the g hangs down that makes you think that "go" is a new word...strange. Makes much more sense now that I know what it really is! I was kind of wondering...what kind of name is sandy go susie? just didn't make sense!

 

[Makayna]

what kind of name is sandy go susie? just didn't make sense!

Kinda like Holly Golightly?

 

[Disneyelf10]

To get back on topic, here are some "homemade but not by me, but home altered by me" FE gifts:

These are ornaments made from crushed N.C. pecan shells. DH drilled the hole in the sand dollar and I added the ribbon.

love these!! When is your cruise? maybe I can book

 

[dolphingirl47]

For those of you looking for the HIDDEN MICKEY marblized pictures...go here: http://www.modernmarbling.com/HiddenMickey I found the lady on FaceBook and she said it was ok to share the link.

ENJOY!!

Thanks for sharing this. This just provided a missing piece for something I am working on at the moment.

To get back on topic, here are some "homemade but not by me, but home altered by me" FE gifts:

These are ornaments made from crushed N.C. pecan shells. DH drilled the hole in the sand dollar and I added the ribbon.

They are fantastic. I so want the dolphin ornament.

And because I have a 40 year old brain now, and can't remember what I posted, I'll share some more paintings:

The paintings are lovely.

Thanks so much for tracking down the hidden mickey squares - they are really lovely. Anyone know of similar ways to get Disney-themed graphics? Are there websites with graphics that others are permitted to use? I'm new at this but it looks like a lot of fun!

I got a bunch of 1 inch squares and 1 inch circles with various Disney characters from Etsy. I just searched for Disney Collage Sheets.

Corinna

 

[sorul82?]

love these!! When is your cruise? maybe I can book

We have already cruised and don't have anything planned for the future.

 

[gfolchick]

For the babies: I went to the Dollar Tree and found Disney splash balls for the pool or splash area. I also found Disney bath books. I put them together...one Little Mermaid for the girl and one Toy Story for the boy. I love the idea of a Disney plush.

I did the bath books for the 2 babies (under 2) on our last cruise too.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Hi!

I don't think they look homemade I think they look handmade and that makes all the difference! I like the idea that they are special, individual and easy to pack (especially important for folks who will be flying to and from their cruise port).

I have been struggling with what I wanted to do as well. I started on my FE goodies about a year and a half ago so you would think that I would be well and truly done by now but I have been working on things in fits and spurts so it has not been as swift a process as one might expect.

Personally, as this will be your honeymoon cruise and you are preparing for your wedding too I expect, I don't know how you will have time to do anything else We just hosted our oldest son's wedding here in our home in late March and I was swamped with all the last and not so last minute details.

But back to the bookmarks... I think they are cute, fun and would be appropriate for all ages and genders which I think make them a potential winner. Of course there is no rule that I know of which says that you have to give exactly the same things to each participant so you could always make some of these, some of those and some of the other things to keep it interesting for yourself, allow you to use up additional supplies you have around the house without breaking the bank and tailor the gifts to the receiver.

Hope that helps!

Take care, help lots of people and have a "Wonder"ful day!

Tisza

I agree with this.. I think they look great!
I love FE gifts that can actually be USED (and yes we definitely use bookmarks. In fact I bought one in SF because I'd forgot to bring one- and then ended up getting some as FE gifts later on LOL) and not only is it something easier for you to pack to get there.... I also love FE gifts that don't take up a lot of space for me to take home once I get that FE gift- yanno? So I think these are perfect -in all ways.

 

[Makayna]

So, I found these necklaces I've made but never worn and never gave away (some of them were completely made but never "cut" from the extra thread! LOL! Some were about 3/4 complete, and I just finished them up. Others were complete but still in my "not complete" bag.)

I was thinking about giving these, but with SO much variance with neck sizes and likes and dislikes, I'd HATE to give them to people and have them not fit, be colors that they don't like, or styles they don't like, etc... I think I might just bring them and give them to people who want them.

(Or, if anyone were to say, "I'm on your cruise and I want the _____ one" then that would work too! )

 

[pjstevens]

I was thinking about giving these, but with SO much variance with neck sizes and likes and dislikes, I'd HATE to give them to people and have them not fit, be colors that they don't like, or styles they don't like, etc... I think I might just bring them and give them to people who want them.

(Or, if anyone were to say, "I'm on your cruise and I want the _____ one" then that would work too! )

I received a beautiful necklace from a FE gift a few years ago. The person in our group asked for our fav colors and I think she asked for our neck size. I get so many compliments till when I wear that necklace.

 

[kgsmith]

So, I found these necklaces I've made but never worn and never gave away (some of them were completely made but never "cut" from the extra thread! LOL! Some were about 3/4 complete, and I just finished them up. Others were complete but still in my "not complete" bag.)


I was thinking about giving these, but with SO much variance with neck sizes and likes and dislikes, I'd HATE to give them to people and have them not fit, be colors that they don't like, or styles they don't like, etc... I think I might just bring them and give them to people who want them.

(Or, if anyone were to say, "I'm on your cruise and I want the _____ one" then that would work too! )

These are lovely!

 

[ArielRae]

I was thinking about giving these, but with SO much variance with neck sizes and likes and dislikes, I'd HATE to give them to people and have them not fit, be colors that they don't like, or styles they don't like, etc... I think I might just bring them and give them to people who want them.

(Or, if anyone were to say, "I'm on your cruise and I want the _____ one" then that would work too! )

For my FE gift I PMed the people in our group asking for their kids favorite characters so I can make individualized gifts for them. It is not uncommon to ask for what they may like. We have 30 staterooms so far and almost all of them have gotten back to me. I make the gifts as they write me back with the characters.

 

[Makayna]

These are lovely!

Thank you.

 

[ArielRae]

Here are a few items of what I am making.
If your on the OCT 30th Cruise don't look.
http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/kerf_99/disney/?action=view&current=100_3189.jpg

They are tags that can be hung anywhere. I figured the kids can use it after the cruise to hang on backpacks or anything else they would like. The Disers in the rooms get the DIS ID cards with the keyrings. DISers can wear them on the boat in their lanyards or use the keyrings to hang them off whatever they wish so they can be noticed. Nice ID card they can use on other trips too as they are laminiated.

I thought it was a cute gift, let me know if you like it or not.
Thought a homemade gift was better then buying something off the shelf.
Hope my fellow cruisers like them.

 

[yukongirl123]

So, I found these necklaces I've made but never worn and never gave away (some of them were completely made but never "cut" from the extra thread! LOL! Some were about 3/4 complete, and I just finished them up. Others were complete but still in my "not complete" bag.)

I was thinking about giving these, but with SO much variance with neck sizes and likes and dislikes, I'd HATE to give them to people and have them not fit, be colors that they don't like, or styles they don't like, etc... I think I might just bring them and give them to people who want them.

(Or, if anyone were to say, "I'm on your cruise and I want the _____ one" then that would work too! )

These are all very nice...and I'm on your cruise

Janice

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Here are a few items of what I am making.
If your on the OCT 30th Cruise don't look.
http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/kerf_99/disney/?action=view&current=100_3189.jpg

They are tags that can be hung anywhere. I figured the kids can use it after the cruise to hang on backpacks or anything else they would like. The Disers in the rooms get the DIS ID cards with the keyrings. DISers can wear them on the boat in their lanyards or use the keyrings to hang them off whatever they wish so they can be noticed. Nice ID card they can use on other trips too as they are laminiated.

I thought it was a cute gift, let me know if you like it or not.
Thought a homemade gift was better then buying something off the shelf.
Hope my fellow cruisers like them.

Very cute. I really like that idea - I may borrow it (if you don't mind).

 

[ArielRae]

Very cute. I really like that idea - I may borrow it (if you don't mind).

I don't mind at all. Since we have a good number of staterooms for our FE I wanted something that wouldn't take too much room in the suitcase.

 

[big jack 2002]

The ID tags are great. I like something small that will fit in our luggage. I am making something small for our group. We still use the door hanger that we got on our last cruise and I have the magnets that we got still on our refrigerator!! Every time I look at them, I can remember the great time we had.
Barbara

 

[MissReeRee]

Here are a few items of what I am making.
If your on the OCT 30th Cruise don't look.
http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/kerf_99/disney/?action=view&current=100_3189.jpg

They are tags that can be hung anywhere. I figured the kids can use it after the cruise to hang on backpacks or anything else they would like. The Disers in the rooms get the DIS ID cards with the keyrings. DISers can wear them on the boat in their lanyards or use the keyrings to hang them off whatever they wish so they can be noticed. Nice ID card they can use on other trips too as they are laminiated.

I thought it was a cute gift, let me know if you like it or not.
Thought a homemade gift was better then buying something off the shelf.
Hope my fellow cruisers like them.

I really like those!! What did you print the images on? I did luggage tags last year but they didn't turn out half as cute as yours!