Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[dolphingirl47]

Can anyone tell me if you are supposed to put a note with the gifts you give saying who they are from? We've cruised before but never done the FE exchange. For our upcoming cruise we're participating and I'm not sure whether we're supposed to add our names to the gifts or just leave them anonymously.

This is essentially up to you. One our very first cruise I did not label anything. We booked the cruise on fairly short notice and there were over 400 DISers on that cruise. For the second and the third cruise, I labelled everything with who it was from and for whom it was. This worked well for the second cruise as we had less than 20 people, but on the third cruise we had about 100 and dropping the gifts off took forever as I had to make sure that the right gift went into the right Fish Extender. On our Med cruise this year I just labelled everything with my name so that people new who the gift was from and that worked well. This time round I have decided to be lazy. I had business cards printed with my DIS Name, real name and email address and I will just add them to the gifts. That way people know who the gift came from and they also have contact details if they want to keep in touch afterwards.

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I am going to see if I can fit "on the Wonder" and the date.

They are great. I wish I was on your cruise.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Corinna-- I did business cards for the Western too, it was so much easier. I put those in the adult gifts and the kids gifts I made address labels for and just typed who it was from and for whom and stuck them to the baggies I put their gift in....It took awhile to deliver all those!!

I too like the idea above....very cute! Wish I could sew!

 

[LORNADUCK]

Jen is making my FE, she is good.\
Jen yes I would like it by the 4th, if it can be done, want to show it to everyone we will be camping with on the 4th. I forgot that I do want my Dis name on it. I am sure what ever you do will be great, can't wait to see it. I am crafty but can't sew and what I have seen of your work is great.

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Can anyone tell me if you are supposed to put a note with the gifts you give saying who they are from? ... I'm not sure whether we're supposed to add our names to the gifts or just leave them anonymously.

As others stated, it's really up to you, but regardless how small or grand the gift is, I like knowing who to think of and thank when we receive a goodie.

This year, I also had double-sided social/business cards made that includes contact info for after the cruise and beyond DISboards. (For purposes of posting on the boards, note I blocked out my last name, thus you'll see a "smudge".) I also had a "free" rubber stamp (just paid S&H) made by VistaPrint that will be used as well.

 

[nettii]

As others stated, it's really up to you, but regardless how small or grand the gift is, I like knowing who to think of and thank when we receive a goodie.

This year, I also had double-sided social/business cards made that includes contact info for after the cruise and beyond DISboards. (For purposes of posting on the boards, note I blocked out my last name, thus you'll see a "smudge".) I also had a "free" rubber stamp (just paid S&H) made by VistaPrint that will be used as well.

Hi I love your cards! please just beware of vista print they charged my credit card for all kins of services i never used or signed up for. So please watch your bill and call them asap if you notice anything unusual! Happy Fishextending!

 

[K8T]

Hi

I printed off a couple of sheets of sticky address lables, with a little note and my Dis board name. Put my gifts into a small ziplock (I thought it may come in useful later) stuck a label on.

Cheap and Cheerful - that's me!! We did get a few without names and it would have been nice to be able to say thank you to the people who gave.

Kate

 

[mrp4352]

I have a question, please...

I started working on my FEs last weekend and hit a small bump in the road. I would really like to hot glue them, but the piece is tiny. I thought about melting glue sticks so I can dip the piece rather than try to get the gun in there. Can I melt glue gun sticks in a paper bowl in the microwave? Or should it be in a double boiler type device (in a bowl I can afford to lose)? Or should I just let the glue drip from the gun onto a paper plate and catch from there?

Thanks!!!

 

[mrskay9]

started working on my FEs last weekend and hit a small bump in the road. I would really like to hot glue them, but the piece is tiny. I thought about melting glue sticks so I can dip the piece rather than try to get the gun in there. Can I melt glue gun sticks in a paper bowl in the microwave? Or should it be in a double boiler type device (in a bowl I can afford to lose)? Or should I just let the glue drip from the gun onto a paper plate and catch from there?

I'm no crafting 'expert' per se, but when I was heavily into crafting, I would use what I would call Liquid Glass. Held great. I was trying to find a link for you, but I'm at work and it doesn't want to find it. There's different brands of it, but if you live by any craft store, there should be some in the scrapbook aisle.

The bottle has a tiny tip. More precise than a glue gun.

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Hi I love your cards! please just beware of vista print they charged my credit card for all kins of services i never used or signed up for. So please watch your bill and call them asap if you notice anything unusual! Happy Fishextending!

Thanks! I really thought Zazzle.com did a great job on the cards!!!

I received the stamp from VistaPrint for this upcoming cruise about 18 months ago, and I never have had any problems. That's a shame that happened to you.

....I thought about melting glue sticks so I can dip the piece rather than try to get the gun in there. Can I melt glue gun sticks in a paper bowl in the microwave? Or should it be in a double boiler type device (in a bowl I can afford to lose)? Or should I just let the glue drip from the gun onto a paper plate and catch from there?

Thanks!!!

Hmmmmm....most hot-melt adhesive sticks have a very high melting point, so I'm not sure melting in the microwave would even work. If you want to try it, make sure you get low-temperature sticks.

Have you thought about using an iron-on hem tape or Tacki-Glue that you can get at a craft/fabric store?

 

[cruisindisney]

I received the stamp from VistaPrint for this upcoming cruise about 18 months ago, and I never have had any problems. That's a shame that happened to you.

What do you get on your stamp?

 

[JenGC]

I received the stamp from VistaPrint for this upcoming cruise about 18 months ago, and I never have had any problems. That's a shame that happened to you.

I have used them a lot too and haven't had any problems either. I love vista print. They sometimes have specials where if you order $30 worth of stuff, shipping is free. If you then load up on their free stuff, you can REALLY get some good stuff! I wanted some stationary but they dont make it in the motif that I have.

 

[tinkmom2]

Can anyone tell me if you are supposed to put a note with the gifts you give saying who they are from? We've cruised before but never done the FE exchange. For our upcoming cruise we're participating and I'm not sure whether we're supposed to add our names to the gifts or just leave them anonymously.

We cruised during November so we used Xmas decorative bags and a xmas type tag with our DIS name and real name. I also put their cabin number on there so I knew whos was whos. Some people used address labels to tag their stuff.

 

[randc01]

Love how creative everyone is! We are booked on our first Disney Crusie and will have to see if anyone has organized one of these for our cruise.

 

[mrp4352]

I'm no crafting 'expert' per se, but when I was heavily into crafting, I would use what I would call Liquid Glass. Held great. I was trying to find a link for you, but I'm at work and it doesn't want to find it. There's different brands of it, but if you live by any craft store, there should be some in the scrapbook aisle.

The bottle has a tiny tip. More precise than a glue gun.

Thanks! I'll look for that! The Tacky glue Buckeye Gal mentioned might work, too, I think it has a small nozzle. Unfortunately, it's not fabric to fabric, so the iron on hem or stitch witch is out.

 

[golfnsuch]

I am going to see if I can fit "on the Wonder" and the date.

These ROCK! Are the designs only for a particular embroidery format?

 

[JenGC]

These ROCK! Are the designs only for a particular embroidery format?

Oh no. They come in different formats. I dont know what ones are available, but mine was in pes format

 

[Buckeye Gal]

What do you get on your stamp?

It's nothing fancy because its purpose is to just note who the gift bag is from. It's all text with one thick solid line under the first row of text.

WB Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise
September 18 - October 2, 2010
Buckeye Gal wishes you a Magical Trip!​

 

[minniemoms]

Who made those I'm catnapping, etc.... those sleep things.. I loved them... How do we get in touch with her...

 

[smartkim]

Awesome job! Love these!!

 

[minniemoms]

I got them. I LOVE them