Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[cruisecrasher]

Wow...everyone here is so talented! Guess I'm super lucky tha I still have a year and a half to figure out our next F/E

 

[DCLaholic-mom]

I wonder how much he would charge for one of those watercolor pictures? I wouldn't mind having one myself.

 

[cryssi]

Love those watercolor pics!

 

[sorul82?]

I wonder how much he would charge for one of those watercolor pictures? I wouldn't mind having one myself.

Unless he got permission from DCL, he can't sell them. Now trade would be another story.

 

[mpicchioldi]

Watercolors are amazing. Makes me think I need to step up my game for our cruise later this year.

 

[asmith1113]

I wonder how much he would charge for one of those watercolor pictures? I wouldn't mind having one myself.

I think we're going on the Western 7 day trip next summer, so maybe our paths will cross and you'll get one then! Thanks!

 

[Curious & Curiouser]

Hey
My family and I are park pros but cruise newbies...we have booked our 1st for 9/9/12 on the dream. So im a lil lost lol what the heck are these FM gifts?? does it have anything to do with the pocket thins people hang next to their doors???? if not then what are those for???
I love crafting and stuff so i really am wondering if someone could fill me in

Thanx

 

[cruisecrasher]

Hey
My family and I are park pros but cruise newbies...we have booked our 1st for 9/9/12 on the dream. So im a lil lost lol what the heck are these FM gifts?? does it have anything to do with the pocket thins people hang next to their doors???? if not then what are those for???
I love crafting and stuff so i really am wondering if someone could fill me in

Thanx

Here's a link to FE (fish extender) 101: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33184281&postcount=2

Happy sails!

 

[sullins5]

Hey
My family and I are park pros but cruise newbies...we have booked our 1st for 9/9/12 on the dream. So im a lil lost lol what the heck are these FM gifts?? does it have anything to do with the pocket thins people hang next to their doors???? if not then what are those for???
I love crafting and stuff so i really am wondering if someone could fill me in

Thanx

We're like you..park pros, but new to the Disney cruising. But can I say, we are loving getting ready for our first this October? We've made our FE (fish extender), and have gotten gifts together to pass along. Think of it like 'secret Santa' or trick or treating w/o knocking on the door! We're going to drop our gifts into everyone's FE on a night or early morning. So you try to make or buy gifts appropriate for your cruise! And usually, someone from your cruise sets up an FE info/sign up sheet so you know how many ppl and how much to do! Hope this helps! So far (and we're 4 months out), it's really helped the anticipation factor!

 

[Curious & Curiouser]

Thank You guys SOOOOOO much ! This sounds AWESOME ! I love this idea ! WHOO - HOO I AM SOO DOING THIS LOL

 

[sorul82?]

Thank You guys SOOOOOO much ! This sounds AWESOME ! I love this idea ! WHOO - HOO I AM SOO DOING THIS LOL

It's a lot of fun!

 

[AmandaRG]

Thank You guys SOOOOOO much ! This sounds AWESOME ! I love this idea ! WHOO - HOO I AM SOO DOING THIS LOL

It is a blast! Have you found your cruise meet yet? That is the first place to go to get signed up!

 

[Curious & Curiouser]

i looked in the meets for 2012 and they didnt have mine so i did my own and i already found one person going it is far out for us but ..... I CANT WAIT LOL

 

[poohluv2u]

Crikey ... I have a terrible memory

I love your version ... you don't mind if I borrow it .... I am cruising again on the WBTA but I may not make the same thing ( in case anyone is browsing !! )

i'm browsing sarah

Sarah & Karen.....I'm lurking behind you! I got some good ideas from here last year so I've started checking again!

I'm lurking too!

And I'm crouching in your shadows! Great minds.....or just a very busy WBTA bunch. There are some seriously creative Dissers, that's for certain. I've chosen my FE gift from this thread...oops, can't say anymore because there are so many of us here .

Guess I'm in good company

Note to self: do not post pictures of FE gifts on this thread until after cruise

 

[miry]

subscribing

 

[abcangie87]

Just got back from our Dream Double Dip cruise! It was so fun! This was our 3rd cruise but first time participating in the Disboards/FE exchange stuff, and I loved it. So many fun things, both homemade and not, it was awesome.

Now I can finally post what I did!

For the teens, I did those squishy-water ball things.
For the kiddos, I did shovels that had a label on them that said "Dig up some fun! from abcangie87 and family"

fe2 by abcangie87, on Flickr

For the women, I found these little purse compacts for 10cents each, and put a quote in them that said "It is nice to be beautiful, but more beautiful to be nice"

IMG_0829 by abcangie87, on Flickr

And then I made the women necklaces. Some had a picture of the Dream in them, some had a picture of Pelican Point.

IMG_0831 by abcangie87, on Flickr

For the guys, instead of making the above pendants, I turned theirs into magnets. They also each got a pair of small nail clippers.

We had about 50 cabins in our FE exchange, and I would say that with the size of the dream, that was a little much! I had to deliver in two different segments because I just couldn't get it all done at once! It was way fun though! If your group gets larger than 30ish, I'd split the ship fore/aft for the group. It's a really long boat!

Thanks for all the fun and ideas on here! I'm sure some other people in my group will have some great photos to share now of what they did!

 

[mpicchioldi]

So many of you are so crafty. What about us fumle fingers? Any suggestions?

 

[tebi73]

I'm loving lurking around & looking at what you guys are posting! I just booked our first cruise (Disney or any other) on Saturday & we can't wait! We don't cruise until April 2012, so I still have a while!

 

[Miz Diz]

Just got back from our Dream Double Dip cruise! It was so fun! This was our 3rd cruise but first time participating in the Disboards/FE exchange stuff, and I loved it. So many fun things, both homemade and not, it was awesome.

Now I can finally post what I did!

For the teens, I did those squishy-water ball things.
For the kiddos, I did shovels that had a label on them that said "Dig up some fun! from abcangie87 and family"

fe2 by abcangie87, on Flickr

For the women, I found these little purse compacts for 10cents each, and put a quote in them that said "It is nice to be beautiful, but more beautiful to be nice"

IMG_0829 by abcangie87, on Flickr

And then I made the women necklaces. Some had a picture of the Dream in them, some had a picture of Pelican Point.

IMG_0831 by abcangie87, on Flickr

For the guys, instead of making the above pendants, I turned theirs into magnets. They also each got a pair of small nail clippers.

We had about 50 cabins in our FE exchange, and I would say that with the size of the dream, that was a little much! I had to deliver in two different segments because I just couldn't get it all done at once! It was way fun though! If your group gets larger than 30ish, I'd split the ship fore/aft for the group. It's a really long boat!

Thanks for all the fun and ideas on here! I'm sure some other people in my group will have some great photos to share now of what they did!

We loved these gifts!

Thanks so much!

 

[cruisecrasher]

Thank You guys SOOOOOO much ! This sounds AWESOME ! I love this idea ! WHOO - HOO I AM SOO DOING THIS LOL

You're welcome!