Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[morgansmom2000]

subbing. Love all the ideas. We cruise 9/25-29 and its our first DCL cruise and first FE exchange. I am at a loss on where to buy a FE from. I am not craft enough to make one.

I got mine on eBay from Gradysmommy (if you search for store there, you'll find her stuff), incredibly well made!

 

[joius24]

I got mine on eBay from Gradysmommy (if you search for store there, you'll find her stuff), incredibly well made!

That is where I got mine too (the FE) !.... really nice and made to exacly the specs I wanted Worth it!

 

[KarlaG4Kids]

That is where I got mine too (the FE) !.... really nice and made to exacly the specs I wanted Worth it!

I agree that the FE I got from Gradysmom is very nice and well made. Just allow plenty of time to get your order. I ordered over a month prior to our trip and she only shipped it 3 days before wee left, then with a slight mis routing from the post office we almost didn't get it. The postmaster in our town had to drive 60 miles to pick it up and we got it just 11 hours before our 4am departure. Most postmasters wouldn't have been so helpful. So allow plenty of time!!!!!

 

[QuiltTeddy]

I agree that the FE I got from Gradysmom is very nice and well made. Just allow plenty of time to get your order. I ordered over a month prior to our trip and she only shipped it 3 days before wee left, then with a slight mis routing from the post office we almost didn't get it. The postmaster in our town had to drive 60 miles to pick it up and we got it just 11 hours before our 4am departure. Most postmasters wouldn't have been so helpful. So allow plenty of time!!!!!

Wow, that's amazing how the USPS went above and beyond for you! You must live in a small town.

 

[morgansmom2000]

That is where I got mine too (the FE) !.... really nice and made to exacly the specs I wanted Worth it!

I sent Tiffany some Disney Halloween fabric I had bought (to make my own), and she returned all she didn't use, and did a great job on it. I love it so much!

I agree that the FE I got from Gradysmom is very nice and well made. Just allow plenty of time to get your order. I ordered over a month prior to our trip and she only shipped it 3 days before wee left, then with a slight mis routing from the post office we almost didn't get it. The postmaster in our town had to drive 60 miles to pick it up and we got it just 11 hours before our 4am departure. Most postmasters wouldn't have been so helpful. So allow plenty of time!!!!!

Wow! She must have been super busy. We got ours in plenty of time.

 

[mrp4352]

Okay, please forgive me if this is the wrong board for this question ...

I want to make an iron-on for the pockets of the FE I'm making. Idk if I should use the transfer sheets for white or for colored fabric.

I tried searching online for advice but got conflicting messages.

I do not want there to be "white space" in the designs. (I recently helped my oldest dd make a "flower girl" t-shirt for her upcoming wedding, and she wanted it on a red shirt. I bought the dark-fabric transfers and after reading through the instructions beforehand, I suggested finding a red background for the image to avoid white space. That worked fine for her purpose and dd's best friend (bridesmaid) who is the flower girl's Mommy loved it.) But I have FE fabric that's not a solid color, and I have no idea how I'd "mask" the white space. Actually, I want the pretty fabric (it has glitter in it) to show wherever there's no design printed, which would include within certain areas of the design, you know, like between letters, etc.

I thought that the white-fabric transfer sheets are also a white background, but it doesn't matter if you're putting it on white fabric. Is that true?

Is there actually an iron-on sheet that's actually transparent?

We used the fabric that goes through your printer for ours and put an edge around the picture. After printing out the picture and trimming it down, we used liquid stitch to attach the fabric to the FE. Maybe that would work for you?

Oh, and we found the fabric at Joann's in the iron-on section. It's in a tube.

 

[swx72]

They are 5" circles cut on my Cricut machine with the Mickey and Friends cartridge.

I remembered going through this thread about a month ago trying to get ideas for my FE gifts as we are going on our first cruise in September. I didn't know if anyone is interested but JoAnns has a sale on cricut machines this week. The Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter is down from $199.99 to $59.99 for stock on hand. The cricut Imagine is $349.99 instead of $399.99 and all other machines are on sale too. Accessories are 25% off and cartridges are $29.99. I've treated myself to the personal electronic cutter and also 2 of the disney cartridges. Can't wait to get trying it out and plan to try to make some bookmarks (amongst other things) for my FE gifts.

Thanks for all the tips on this thread.

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

I remembered going through this thread about a month ago trying to get ideas for my FE gifts as we are going on our first cruise in September. I didn't know if anyone is interested but JoAnns has a sale on cricut machines this week. The Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter is down from $199.99 to $59.99 for stock on hand. The cricut Imagine is $349.99 instead of $399.99 and all other machines are on sale too. Accessories are 25% off and cartridges are $29.99. I've treated myself to the personal electronic cutter and also 2 of the disney cartridges. Can't wait to get trying it out and plan to try to make some bookmarks (amongst other things) for my FE gifts.

Thanks for all the tips on this thread.

I just caught the craft bug and have been hanging out at Joanns,Michaels and Hobby Lobby, what is a circut machine and what does it do!

 

[thesaurinis]

I got mine on eBay from Gradysmommy (if you search for store there, you'll find her stuff), incredibly well made!

I just ordered 1 yesterday from Gradysmommy. After reading a few more reviews I hope its here in plenty of time. We Leave the 22nd of September (doing land first) then cruise, but I did notice they are going on a retreat then their own cruise. It gives her about 7 weeks so hopefully thats plenty of time.

 

[Twinprincesses]

Oooohhh, I just had another idea with the molds. You can melt down crayons, and then pour it in the molds to make Mickey shaped crayons. We did a similar thing for Christmas gift packs my daughter was putting together, I didn't think of this for FE's until you mentioned this. Thanks!

I have been working on the crayon project for a couple weeks. I have burns on my hand and have gone through a ton of crayons

 

[morgansmom2000]

I just ordered 1 yesterday from Gradysmommy. After reading a few more reviews I hope its here in plenty of time. We Leave the 22nd of September (doing land first) then cruise, but I did notice they are going on a retreat then their own cruise. It gives her about 7 weeks so hopefully thats plenty of time.

Did you give her your time frame? I'm sure she'll come through for you!

 

[siburdue]

subbing. Love all the ideas. We cruise 9/25-29 and its our first DCL cruise and first FE exchange. I am at a loss on where to buy a FE from. I am not craft enough to make one.

Here is a link for a very easy FE to make, you only need to have a sewing machine for a straight line. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2722209

 

[Joy]

We got ours from Gradysmommy too. We told her when we needed it and we got it right on time. It is very well made. We are very happy with it.

 

[breakingd_awn]

Gradysmommy must be really busy, cause I ordered an FE from her too. She said if you give her plenty of notice you get a free gift . Our cruise isn't till March 4th so I'm excited to see what free get she sends me. I love how you could personalize your Fe. When I made one for our first cruise it cost about the same and didn't look half as good.

 

[mainstreetmagic]

I ordered my FE from StitchesNBows on Etsy. Don't be afraid to use her. She was wonderful, very accomodating!

 

[Blanche_Neige]

I ordered my FE from StitchesNBows on Etsy. Don't be afraid to use her. She was wonderful, very accomodating!

I second that I got mine from her and I love it

She works with you colors, details, etc.

and she also has many different Disney relate items dresses, sailor hats, embroiled pillow cases for autographs, etc.

 

[Deealee]

I just ordered mine from her. I can't wait to see it.

 

[jrfaith]

Just a heads up, I was in Hobby Lobby yesterday and they had a huge 1/2 off sale. I got a ton of hair ribbon and other supplies for half off.

 

[tksbaskets]

I just ordered 1 yesterday from Gradysmommy. After reading a few more reviews I hope its here in plenty of time. We Leave the 22nd of September (doing land first) then cruise, but I did notice they are going on a retreat then their own cruise. It gives her about 7 weeks so hopefully thats plenty of time.

We got ours from Gradysmommy too. We told her when we needed it and we got it right on time. It is very well made. We are very happy with it.

Gradysmommy must be really busy, cause I ordered an FE from her too. She said if you give her plenty of notice you get a free gift . Our cruise isn't till March 4th so I'm excited to see what free get she sends me. I love how you could personalize your Fe. When I made one for our first cruise it cost about the same and didn't look half as good.

No worries!! I ordered mine from Gradysmommy too and was sure to let her know when I needed it. It arrived with time to spare and she was great with her communication.

I am a sewer and quilter with little spare time. I was VERY pleased with the quality of Gradysmommy's work. SO NICE!

When I was delivering FE gifts on our recent cruise I think about 50% had FE from this same crafter. I think one was pretty custom too because it had Donald and Daisy Duck heads. I'll have to ask her if she did those because I'd love to have them for my next cruise.

Hope you all love your FE too!

 

[uncw89]

No worries!! I ordered mine from Gradysmommy too and was sure to let her know when I needed it. It arrived with time to spare and she was great with her communication.

I am a sewer and quilter with little spare time. I was VERY pleased with the quality of Gradysmommy's work. SO NICE!

When I was delivering FE gifts on our recent cruise I think about 50% had FE from this same crafter. I think one was pretty custom too because it had Donald and Daisy Duck heads. I'll have to ask her if she did those because I'd love to have them for my next cruise.

Hope you all love your FE too!

I got mine from her too a few years ago! I just ordered some pillowcases from her and she brought them to me!!! She happened to be visiting my city for the day. I said to her I bet she sees alot of her stuff on the ship!! She said on her last cruise that she had seen quite a few of her FE's!