Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[cryssi]

Double post

 

[cryssi]

Crysii, I love your FE gifts. I've never seen the glass tile magnet. Is that expensive to do? Looks like it would be heavy if you taking a lot of them on a plane. I had hoped to get lip balm through Bulkapothocary.com, but I couldn't figure out how to print the picture to size. Did you have much trouble with it? Planning on those for our next cruise. I've already purchased the BONES Anti-Bac on clearance from Bath & Body to go with it.

If you buy from unitedcrafters.com, it is really reasonable to do the magnets. The rare earth magnets doubled in price since I made them earlier in the year for our Alaska cruise, but the finished product was still around $1 apiece! I was so pleased with how they turned out that I will probably always make them for FE gifts.

For the lip balm, it took me about 4 tries to get them lined up. I printed on regular paper before printing on the labels.

 

[PizzieDuster]

I made large (1 7/8") glass magnets

and "pirate balm"

I don't seem to have any other pics, but for the rooms with kids, I gave some pens, stickers, and candy canes to each kid. For the rooms with only adults, I gave a bag of popcorn.

Best price on glass magnet supplies is at unitedcrafters.com, and thank you to the person who posted about bulkapothecary, as that is where I got the lip balm.

AWESOME! Wow! I just love that magnet.

 

[Susiesark]

If you buy from unitedcrafters.com, it is really reasonable to do the magnets. The rare earth magnets doubled in price since I made them earlier in the year for our Alaska cruise, but the finished product was still around $1 apiece! I was so pleased with how they turned out that I will probably always make them for FE gifts.

For the lip balm, it took me about 4 tries to get them lined up. I printed on regular paper before printing on the labels.

That site is confusing. What do I look under at Unitedcrafters.com?
What materials do you need besides the glass block? Thx!

 

[HermanTriplets+1]

If you buy from unitedcrafters.com, it is really reasonable to do the magnets. The rare earth magnets doubled in price since I made them earlier in the year for our Alaska cruise, but the finished product was still around $1 apiece! I was so pleased with how they turned out that I will probably always make them for FE gifts.

For the lip balm, it took me about 4 tries to get them lined up. I printed on regular paper before printing on the labels.

Were the rare earth magnets from united crafters strong?? I like a magnet that holds a bunch of papers - nice and strong. Also, wondering how the price at United (which looks pretty good to me!) compares with buying the same supplies at a big crafts store like Michaels. Can anyone comment on that?? THANKS!

 

[HermanTriplets+1]

OK, silly question time!
When making bottle cap gifts, do you put the picture on the inside or the outside of the bottle cap???? If I do bottle cap magnets, where does the picture go and where does the magnet go ??
THANKS!

 

[shadowryter]

I used the flattened bottlecaps. The picture was placed inside with a bit of craft glue then sealed in with a premade dome that sticks to the image. I bought mine as a kit through etsy. It had the bottlecaps and domes and bails or jumprings already attached. I might do magnets next time and you would just stick the magnet on the back. I purchased self stick by the yard. Just cut with scissors, peel and stick. Easy. Have fun.

 

[cryssi]

Were the rare earth magnets from united crafters strong?? I like a magnet that holds a bunch of papers - nice and strong. Also, wondering how the price at United (which looks pretty good to me!) compares with buying the same supplies at a big crafts store like Michaels. Can anyone comment on that?? THANKS!

Yes, rare earth magnets are VERY strong! I used one 1/2" magnet on the tiles. It would early hold papers and things. For alaska, I used 4 1/4" magnets, one in each corner. That was a bit of overkill, but you would be able to hold several sheets of paper then. I think they may sell rare earth magnets at michaels (they are silver, not black), but they will 6e a lot more expensive. I looked at several online sites, ebay, and etsy, before I found unitedcrafters.

Here is the back of my alaska magnet for reference:

 

[cryssi]

The bottlecaps are so cute! I loved the ones we got on our cruise. They were done up as zipper pulls. I have one on my mini backpack!

 

[HermanTriplets+1]

I used the flattened bottlecaps. The picture was placed inside with a bit of craft glue then sealed in with a premade dome that sticks to the image. I bought mine as a kit through etsy. It had the bottlecaps and domes and bails or jumprings already attached. I might do magnets next time and you would just stick the magnet on the back. I purchased self stick by the yard. Just cut with scissors, peel and stick. Easy. Have fun.

So THAT'S what those sticky plastic domes are for!!
THANK YOU!
For magnets would you use the flattened or the regular?? Did you use a 1 inch picture?
Sorry so many questions!

 

[shadowryter]

All my images were 1 inch squares which I created in Photoshop but I imagine other software will do the trick. I used a 1 inch circle punch and they fit perfectly. I've never done magnets but I did receive some from our last cruise. They were both small... squares which were of the cut type I think and little rounds.

 

[pdjfish]

How did you do the sticky pad notebooks? I really like those

 

[Canadian Disney Mom]

We are leaving in the early AM for California where we will be vacationing for a week prior to our Jan 8 sailing on the Disney Wonder. I thought I would post these pics in hopes that the others in my FE Group won't peek

Thanks to all of the wonderful ideas on this thread. As you can see I stole a few. I have always heard that imitation is the greatest form of flattery!!

This is my first Disney Cruise and as a result, my first participation in an FE. Hopefully I did okay!

1) Personalized Magnets for everyone in the cabin (Stick Figures and Name Tags)

2) I am from Canada, so I thought I would give a little piece of home: Mini chocolate bars for everyone which I am told are not available in the US, some Canadian Tattoos, and a pin from my hometown (Quispamsis, NB)

3) A calendar I made using those little plastic photo albums. I personalized the week of our cruise with the itinerary and put little Disney related photos on each of the holidays

4) A CD I titled "The Disney Wonder Pirate Jam"

5) A little necessity/shore excursion kit with Hand Sanitizer, kleenez, mints, hand wipes, q-tips, and the piece de resistance - HOCKEY CANADA BAND-AIDS!

6) In honour of pirate night, I made everyone in each cabin a bookmark and gave glow in the dark bracelets, and some treasure - Disney Princess candy bracelets for the little girls, rocket pops for the boys, Cars pop rocks for the kids, and chocolate loonies and pirate tattoos for all!

7) I made some home made trinkets for everyone in the cabin, some of which likely look pretty familiar!

Bracelets for the adult ladies:

Pony Bead Keychains for the men:

Pony Bead Bracelets for the boys:

For the girls 17+:

For girls < 17:

 

[lisaradz]

We are leaving in the early AM for California where we will be vacationing for a week prior to our Jan 8 sailing on the Disney Wonder. I thought I would post these pics in hopes that the others in my FE Group won't peek

Thanks to all of the wonderful ideas on this thread. As you can see I stole a few. I have always heard that imitation is the greatest form of flattery!!

This is my first Disney Cruise and as a result, my first participation in an FE. Hopefully I did okay!

7) I made some home made trinkets for everyone in the cabin, some of which likely look pretty familiar!

Bracelets for the adult ladies:

Pony Bead Keychains for the men:

Pony Bead Bracelets for the boys:

For the girls 17+:

For girls < 17:

Wow great gifts! Do you mind sharing where you purchased the charms?

 

[mlholster]

I would love to know where to purchase the charms too! You did a great job on all the FE gifts!

 

[Susiesark]

Canadian Disney Mom Wow, what a lot of stuff you give, and you have to bring it all the way from Canada! Those stick figure magnets are so cute. I'm near Disneyland - can you bring me some COFFEE CRISP? I haven't seen it for sale in the states. Have fun!

 

[Keurigirl]

I think I am in trouble. We have six families participating in the FE exchange and I've already spent $150 on my FE stuff and I'm not done yet! LOL!!! I'm planning on something for everyone each day, though, since we only have 6 families participating for a 7 day cruise.

But man, this is FUN!

 

[MrsPotatoHead425]

where did you find the stick figure magnets?? (okay i'm assuming you made them.. so where did you find the graphics???) they are TOO cute!!!!

 

[Canadian Disney Mom]

I bought the beads at Michaels and the charms on eBay.

For the stick figure magnets, I got the pictures on the graphics thread (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2745821). I downloaded the Walt Disney font from the Internet and used PowerPoint to add the names on the hats. I then printed them out on a
Laser printer and laminated them. Then I stuck magnets on the back and voila!!

I really had fun putting everything together!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Great work! I have a friend in Ontario and she's always bringing me smarties and aero bars. Love them!