Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[bevtoy]

We made bottle caps and some I bought but it seemed like people really liked them! Some we turned into zipper pulls, some have magnets glued inside for the refrigerator!

 

[Ashansen]

Those bottlecaps are great! We make them for my daughters to put on their necklaces...How did you get the tops so shiny?

Is it Glossy Accents?

Ashley

 

[bevtoy]

Those bottlecaps are great! We make them for my daughters to put on their necklaces...How did you get the tops so shiny?

Is it Glossy Accents?

Ashley

Thats a product called " 3D Crystal Lacquer' it goes on opaque but dries crystal clear and its rubberized. awesome stuff that protects the surface from scratches, water, dulling. Accept no substitute, I got mine from Ebay a small bottle goes a long way. Its also acid free.

 

[flick]

These are soo cute! Can you tell me how to make them? I am so not crafty but I want to make these for my fridge.

Thanks
Kim

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[bevtoy]

These are soo cute! Can you tell me how to make them? I am so not crafty but I want to make these for my fridge.

Thanks
Kim

You buy the blank bottle caps at a craft store or on Ebay.
Using your PC select pictures you want and make them small enough to fit on the bottle cap.
Print them and cut them out or use a circular punch if you have one. Glue the picture to the bottle cap. Cover it with a layer of "3D Crystal Lacquer' and let dry.

Then glue a small circular magnet inside the cap and you have a magnet or drill a small hole and attach a lanyard hook.

I had scrapbookinladie from Ebay make some of them and some of them I bought from Ebay.
I sent scrapbookinladie the ships logo in miniature and she made them and put them on a dark blue bottle cap and sealed them with lacquer they looked great!
She also can add magnets or personalize any tiny photo you give her, even of a person!

 

[29apr00]

Don't be ashamed, your FE gift was perfect. If I am not mistaken your gift was one of the very 1st handed out, and it totally made my kids' evening.

AW Thanks! I did try and get them out as soon as possible just because i didn't want to have to worry about it with the VR coming up!

My kids thought the engraved pencils were so cool! DD6asked, "did she carve those letters and numbers in the pencils herself??" Ha! It was so exciting to go to our room and see if there were presents awaiting us! I'm not real creative either, and I totally appreciate the time and effort you all took to put together the gifts, the cute labels and bags etc.

thanks!!

 

[hawky7]

BEVTOY- I LOVE LOVE LOVE your bottle caps!! What a cute idea!!! Mind if I borrow it for my 1/21/10 cruise... They are so cute, I might end up keeping them all if I make them!!! Was it hard to make them into zipper pulls??

 

[hawky7]

These are soo cute! Can you tell me how to make them? I am so not crafty but I want to make these for my fridge.

Thanks
Kim

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Kim- I'm with you, I'm not crafty, but these are so cute. I looked up the seller she suggested on ebay and they are VERY inexpensive, well I think so, I'd thought they'd be more. So check it out on there!! Tons to choose from too!!!!

How I love all the AMAZING ideas from you great DIS gals!!!

 

[flick]

Thank you soo much for the info!!!

 

[bevtoy]

BEVTOY- I LOVE LOVE LOVE your bottle caps!! What a cute idea!!! Mind if I borrow it for my 1/21/10 cruise... They are so cute, I might end up keeping them all if I make them!!! Was it hard to make them into zipper pulls??

My husband drilled little holes in them with his shop drill and I got the pull hooks at a hobby store was pretty easy actually.
Go ahead and do it, you wont be sorry!

 

[bevtoy]

Kim- I'm with you, I'm not crafty, but these are so cute. I looked up the seller she suggested on ebay and they are VERY inexpensive, well I think so, I'd thought they'd be more. So check it out on there!! Tons to choose from too!!!!

How I love all the AMAZING ideas from you great DIS gals!!![/QUOTE]

The seller has a lot to choose from and is very reasonable... tell her Bev from teh Disney cruise sent you..LOL that woman must think I am crazy

 

[Arizona Rita]

To the very first poster who made the neat scrap mini album~
I wanted to let you know that I am scraplifting/borrowing, if I may, the way you put the year on the front of the book for our 2010 cruise. I am making cd cases for my disers to put their didgital photos on/in.
Just wanted you to know that I love your book and was inspired by it. Thanks!

To everyone else, there is some amazing talent, both crafty and brainy out there!

 

[o4me2playn]

Hi DisneyFreak1 -

Would you mind posting how you made these ornaments? I would love to make them for my Tree next year!

Thanks!
Deanna
Hollister, CA

Just returned today and I made and gave these ornaments:

 

[4everluvDisney]

I would love to know too!! They're great!

Hi DisneyFreak1 -

Would you mind posting how you made these ornaments? I would love to make them for my Tree next year!

Thanks!
Deanna
Hollister, CA

 

[disneyfreak1]

I would love to know too!! They're great!

Ok, the beads are strung on gold chenille stems. The large round circle holds 10 of the pattern I'm about to explain. The pattern is a gold ball bead, small acryllic pinwheel, 2 large acryllic pinwheels, small acryllic pinwheel. I began the large circle with 1/2 pattern, large pinwheel, small pinwheel and gold bead. That way, when the circle ended, I had a place to attach the elastic ribbon for the hanger. From the picture you can see where I placed the ears. The ears consist of the 5 of the pattern. To attach the chenille stem, just twist it around the previous chenille stem a few times.

I hope this makes sense. I made this pattern up on my own. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.

 

[croppincolburn]

Makes perfect sense to me. Thanks for sharing with all of us!

 

[Peaceableone]

Hi There..

Well, we are back from our Christmas cruise, so I can share what my kids and I had made for our FE Exchange.

This is called a 'Borax Ornament'. You can google for the simple directions. So easy, and so cool.

This is a polymer clay covered Altoid Tin.

I hope you like.

 

[hawky7]

Hi There..

Well, we are back from our Christmas cruise, so I can share what my kids and I had made for our FE Exchange.

This is called a 'Borax Ornament'. You can google for the simple directions. So easy, and so cool.

This is a polymer clay covered Altoid Tin.

I hope you like.

Love the tin!! How'd you make it? Is it hard to do??

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Ok, the beads are strung on gold chenille stems. The large round circle holds 10 of the pattern I'm about to explain. The pattern is a gold ball bead, small acryllic pinwheel, 2 large acryllic pinwheels, small acryllic pinwheel. I began the large circle with 1/2 pattern, large pinwheel, small pinwheel and gold bead. That way, when the circle ended, I had a place to attach the elastic ribbon for the hanger. From the picture you can see where I placed the ears. The ears consist of the 5 of the pattern. To attach the chenille stem, just twist it around the previous chenille stem a few times.

I hope this makes sense. I made this pattern up on my own. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.

Sorry to be dim but how do you attach the ears to the main circle?

Hi There..

Well, we are back from our Christmas cruise, so I can share what my kids and I had made for our FE Exchange.

This is called a 'Borax Ornament'. You can google for the simple directions. So easy, and so cool.

This is a polymer clay covered Altoid Tin.

I hope you like.

wow ...... these are lovely

 

[Peaceableone]

Love the tin!! How'd you make it? Is it hard to do??

It was my first attempts using polymer clay, after I understood it, it was easy, just time consuming. I made about 30 total (just in case something happened to them in transit). I used a pasta machine to get the clay into sheets. For the ears and waves, I used a printout from the computer and an exacto knife. The clay is soft, so you can smooth edges together and make it seamless. We can talk off line if you want to give this a try. Just let me know.