Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[Binkers]

Wow, so many creative people that love to cruise. March 2011 is our first cruise and i'm just learning about FE's. I've spent hours on this thread getting ideas...my head is spinning! I want to run off to the craft store but....the family is hungry!

Kim

 

[shwarren70]

NOOO!!!! DON'T LOOK ETHEL!! I MEAN BLANCHE_NEIGE!!! lol you guys stop looking! I feel like I am fighting kids at Christmas! hehehe

I just now gotta make them work! I did a sample ones and ICK!! I am going to have to perfect it somehow. But I'll get it. moohahahahaha! But what to make the boys....

I swear I was just looking for ideas not to find what anybody on our cruise was doing... I promise I will skip any messages posted from you!

 

[Blanche_Neige]

NOOO!!!! DON'T LOOK ETHEL!! I MEAN BLANCHE_NEIGE!!! lol you guys stop looking! I feel like I am fighting kids at Christmas! hehehe

I just now gotta make them work! I did a sample ones and ICK!! I am going to have to perfect it somehow. But I'll get it. moohahahahaha! But what to make the boys....

You just reminded me, I forgot to look

It will have to be later, I have to take the kids to camp. Hopefully I will remember to peak

I can't believe I forgot!! this has to be a first

 

[bluemoon1070]

Thanks everyone for the great ideas. I am sailing in December and my GH and I are looking for some ideas. Hope to get even more ideas from this post.

 

[MommaMouse411]

hey how did you stick the presents under your tree?

 

[wcw57]

JenGC:

Ray Stevens fan, huh? Good for you. Say hello to Clyde

 

[JenGC]

JenGC:

Ray Stevens fan, huh? Good for you. Say hello to Clyde

Am I giving away my age?

 

[morgansmom2000]

i also did up these bags for my girl scout troop and was thinking of doing these for part of the FE as well

Tracy, do you have directions for this? And, where did you get the closure elastic?

 

[morgansmom2000]

Wow, I've spent most of the day looking through this thread! What amazing talent!

 

[BLTOH]

Tracy, do you have directions for this? And, where did you get the closure elastic?

yeah kind of..they are really easy.. just take a folded piece of fabric the size you want. the fold becomes the bottom of the bag. sew the sides of the bag...... to do the top portion.. you need to put a 1/8 inch cording and fold the fabric over the cording and sew the cording in..( kind of like what you would do for a curtian at the top for the curtain rod) do the same for the other side. you need enough cording to go around the entire bag (both sides) and a little extra. then you thread a cord stop thru both ends of the cord and tie the ends in a knot. and your done. I don't have an exact measurement of the ones i did as i just measured what i needed to put in them and made sure it was big enough to hold the biggest size item. i think the girl ones were around 5inches wide by 8 inches in length. Hope this is easy to understand..if not let me know and i can make one up and take pictures of each step i do. I was able to make 10 bags in an hour that how fast they sew up. i got the cording and fabric at joanne fabrics..they also carry the cord stops but i ordered my cord stops on the internet as i needed alot of them and they only come in packs of 2 per package around here.

i am making some for our tips on our next trip and probably make some for our FE.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Thanks, I can figure it out, I'm sure. Do you have a spot to get the little doohickey at the end of the elastic?

 

[BLTOH]

Thanks, I can figure it out, I'm sure. Do you have a spot to get the little doohickey at the end of the elastic?

those are called cord stops..you can find those at joannes in their sewing section. i ordered mine in bulk online. just do a google search for cord stops. ebay has them as well. they have all kinds of them. white, black, clear, minis, oval, etc. they all will work. one word of warning though you may have to adjust cording thickness to the size of cord stops you get.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Thanks! I'll order the cord stops before I get elastic!

 

[wcw57]

JenGC:

NAH! I just assumed your father made you listen to his old 45's

I, on the other hand, own all the old 45's

 

[JenGC]

JenGC:

NAH! I just assumed your father made you listen to his old 45's

I, on the other hand, own all the old 45's

I used to have a bunch of 45s! I remember when they were going out I bought EVERY Billy Joel record I could get my hands on. I have no clue where they are now.

 

[Boogie70]

mrskay9... we were on the same cruise as you last month. We loved the water bottle that you made. It was very cool!!!
When is your next cruise and where are you cruising to?

Boogie70

 

[morgansmom2000]

I designed & ordered custom luggage tags as one of the gifts I gave for our FE's. It was a lot of fun. I found this pic somewhere online (orig. in color) and I turned it to B & W and then added Mickey in his Captains uniform. Several of us were doing back-to-back cruises but there were also a couple of families that were only doing the 4 n cruise...so I customized the dates:

I just wondered if this image was available anywhere without the text?

TIA!

 

[morgansmom2000]

If you're sailing on the Magic October 30th don't look, unless you want to see your FE gift.......





























Okay so here's what the women / girls are getting (at least those over the age of 2) - One of each:

Necklace charm - I have plastic necklace cords as well. It's very soft and flexible and long

Keychain

Small Crochet purse (my mom made these before she had her stroke. She used to sell them. They're cute and well made, big enough for credit cards, ID, money, lip balm, etc)

I made the necklaces and the keychains.

Men will be getting more masculine mickey head keychains, homemade Halloween joke books, and a Canadian flag wallet.

I have different gifts for little ones (age 2 and under), and a different gift for boys aged 3-4.

Psst - Purple is my favorite color and DD loves red

(OMG, I love these so much!)

 

[PrincessTrisha]

Psst - Purple is my favorite color and DD loves red

(OMG, I love these so much!)

Noted.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Noted.