Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[mafpi]

Hi I was going to make theese as FE gifts, but as I did them for my kids, I realized how much work and money went into it. Thought i would share
Hi. Thought I would share what i did for my kids. A special journal for them. Special thanks to all the disigners that shared their work.

Sorry for all the pictures, but I wanted you to see the whole book.

 

[mafpi]

Hi I was going to make theese as FE gifts, but as I did them for my kids, I realized how much work and money went into it. Thought i would share
Hi. Thought I would share what i did for my kids. A special journal for them. Special thanks to all the disigners that shared their work.
Sorry for all the pictures, but I wanted you to see the whole book.

I missed two pages

 

[morgansmom2000]

morgansmom - love the shirts! I have a cricut also and think I can figure everything out except one little detail. The "bandana" on the rock princess skull...I'm guessing that is just the ears from one the the mickey carts, but how did you do the tied knot part on the side??? I guess I should just ask how you did the whole bandana? So, so cute!

I welded the ears to the skull in Design Studio. The red Mickeys are just small ones cut out with the Cricut. The bandanna is from Life's a Beach, I think. Let me see if I can find my files.

Okay I am not crafty, so I need some help.
I would like to give out Disney related page markers for books for the FE I signed up for. I use one now and love it. It's just made of a hard paper folded in half and theirs a magnet on both sides, so you can clip it in the page and close the book without dog earing it. Any idea where I can buy these? It seems like such a easy idea that I can't believe someone hasn't already done it. Thanks!

I made these in October! I cut paper to size, scored them in half, and cut the corners. Put on the picture, put the magnet on them, Voila!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Great t shirts

Corinna

Thanks!

 

[LuvEeyore]

Subbing and loving the ideas!! Keep the ideas coming so I can get some ideas for the cruise I am thinking about booking.

 

[2carsboys]

I am new to cruising and wondered where I go to find out if there is an FE group for our cruise, we will be on the Dream, July 29, 2011. Thanks.

 

[jilljill]

I am new to cruising and wondered where I go to find out if there is an FE group for our cruise, we will be on the Dream, July 29, 2011. Thanks.

You will need to check in with the meets thread for your sailing: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2335001

 

[jenbessey]

Okay everyone, I am going on the Dream in two weeks. I just started on this message board yesterday and I have purchase my fish extender today on ebay. Now after looking at all these wonderful gifts that you all have made, I don't know what to do. I need something quick and easy because I need to have it done by next weekend. I NEED HELP! Any more good ideas? Thanks in advance.

 

[CasaMartinez]

I would love to know how JackNMels DH got them small too. I have been using ModPodge to to glue the image on the tile an then a Diamond Glaze type on top. I have been getting some bubbles, would be interested in the stickers. I got the chains and bails from Etsy. Also will do keychains for the men.

I don't want to post a pic of mine until after the cruise. In case my fellow FE participants are lurking

This thread is great and I've been looking at all the amazing talent here for awhile. I would love to say that I wouldn't look at your pics if you posted them but I probably wouldn't be able to resist!!

 

[mafpi]

OK, I've had alot of people ask me how I did theese. So please bear with me as I try to explain. Remember, I am no expert, just a parent trying to make a special gift for my kids.
First I requested a welcome letter from a disigner, link below, printed it on photo paper and used it as page two.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2622431
Then I found another disigner and went thru his shared photos in his disney cruise folder and found logos and journal pages. link below
http://www.4shared.com/dir/19077581/...0/sharing.html
Then I just searched thru different disigner photo bucket and shared pages for autograph cards and downloaded them. Then I googled "Disney cruise name badge" and got one that I pasted on my front cover. link below
http://media.photobucket.com/image/d...s/01cruise.jpg
Then I dowloaded a walt disney font to put into my windows alphabet. link below
http://www.pickafont.com/fonts/W/Wal... V4 1.html
Then with The Print Shop Program, copy pasted, cropped inserted, made bigger, whatever my imagination thouht would look good, created the pages. Laid it out to how I thought it would look good. Printed double sided on heavy card stock. Printed the front cover, back cover and welcome letters on photo paper. Took it to a print shop, had them laminate the covers and spiral bind it. Now this might seem like alot, but if you take your time and let your imagination run, it will come out great. Everybody that I showed my book to loves it. I made four pages for autographs, eight pages for sea days, pages for the restaraunts, cabin, ports, friends, and crew members. Really look into that link that has the journal pages. They really get all the credit. Hope this helped. Cant wait to give them to my kids.
All three books costed me about $30

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Hi I was going to make theese as FE gifts, but as I did them for my kids, I realized how much work and money went into it. Thought i would share
Hi. Thought I would share what i did for my kids. A special journal for them. Special thanks to all the disigners that shared their work.

Sorry for all the pictures, but I wanted you to see the whole book.

 

[ernierich]

Love the book but I can't get the last three links to work (I think they have been truncated). Any chance you could re-post them?

Many Thanks

Ernie.

 

[Never to old]

Okay everyone, I am going on the Dream in two weeks. I just started on this message board yesterday and I have purchase my fish extender today on ebay. Now after looking at all these wonderful gifts that you all have made, I don't know what to do. I need something quick and easy because I need to have it done by next weekend. I NEED HELP! Any more good ideas? Thanks in advance.

We are sailing together. Don't stress over this. Here is a easy idea. You can make magnets. These can be paper or the wood. Sometimes AC and Michaels have pre-painted wooden things like skulls, flip flops, fish, sand castle, ships, etc. You can just buy a roll of self sticking magnetic tape and cut it into pieces and adhere it to the back.

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

OK, I've had alot of people ask me how I did theese. So please bear with me as I try to explain. Remember, I am no expert, just a parent trying to make a special gift for my kids.
First I requested a welcome letter from a disigner, link below, printed it on photo paper and used it as page two.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2622431
Then I found another disigner and went thru his shared photos in his disney cruise folder and found logos and journal pages. link below
http://www.4shared.com/dir/19077581/...0/sharing.html
Then I just searched thru different disigner photo bucket and shared pages for autograph cards and downloaded them. Then I googled "Disney cruise name badge" and got one that I pasted on my front cover. link below
http://media.photobucket.com/image/d...s/01cruise.jpg
Then I dowloaded a walt disney font to put into my windows alphabet. link below
http://www.pickafont.com/fonts/W/Wal... V4 1.html
Then with The Print Shop Program, copy pasted, cropped inserted, made bigger, whatever my imagination thouht would look good, created the pages. Laid it out to how I thought it would look good. Printed double sided on heavy card stock. Printed the front cover, back cover and welcome letters on photo paper. Took it to a print shop, had them laminate the covers and spiral bind it. Now this might seem like alot, but if you take your time and let your imagination run, it will come out great. Everybody that I showed my book to loves it. I made four pages for autographs, eight pages for sea days, pages for the restaraunts, cabin, ports, friends, and crew members. Really look into that link that has the journal pages. They really get all the credit. Hope this helped. Cant wait to give them to my kids.
All three books costed me about $30

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Your journal looks wonderful. I have saved all the pages I have found over the months for my girls. The youngest will be in 3rd grade when we go and part of the teachers vacation assignment is that they journal. I was gonna just hook them together with a ring but I love the spiral bound you have had done...very nice!!! Did you print them at home? It looks like it would take alot of color from the printer. Think I am requesting the print shop to do it for me! Thanks for posting, your kids will love them and they will make something awesome for their memory boxes!

 

[maggie blossom]

Does the self sticking magnet tape work on all kinds of surfaces?

My daughter is making some great things (think Mickey ears) from sculpey clay. I would like to attach a magnet. Anyone done this? Will that magnet tape work on this?

Many thanks!!!!

 

[DisneyZell]

Does the self sticking magnet tape work on all kinds of surfaces?

My daughter is making some great things (think Mickey ears) from sculpey clay. I would like to attach a magnet. Anyone done this? Will that magnet tape work on this?

Many thanks!!!!

I find that if the sticky magnets do not work, I will just hot glue them...works all the time for me! HTH.

 

[Lauralooneyfordisney]

Just FYI: I am making magnets for our door and magnetic bookmarks. I have a laminator at home so I use that. I have kept all the free magnets I get in the mail, or on phone books, etc.. from people wanting your business. I then glued the laminated picture to the magnets after I cut them to size. Very cheap and easy to do..

 

[Woobie]

I have kept all the free magnets I get in the mail, or on phone books, etc.. from people wanting your business. I then glued the laminated picture to the magnets after I cut them to size. Very cheap and easy to do..

That's a GREAT idea. I'm going to have to remember that the next time I get these in the mail!! Thanks. (kinda one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" lol)

 

[moomy-san]

For those of you wanting to do the tile necklaces:
You can also use a product called EP Lite available at Michael's. It is a 2-part epoxy/resin and you mix it in small batches, paint it on with a brush and use a straw to lightly blow out the bubbles. I am a hair-bow maker and my husband makes 2000+ bottle caps/year for me using this product. We tried every other method and this is a bit more work but a better result. Our key chains have gone thru the wash and the image didn't bleed or peel. The clear stickers tend to color over time, and the diamond glaze and stickers are not water resistant. HTH.

We did bottlecap necklaces and keychains for our FE on the Feb. 6 MR... hope everyone liked them

 

[glassslipper2004]

For the person looking for something quick -- how about little bags of candy, and postcards from your hometown?

 

[IWannaBeAPrincess]

I have many FE gifts (all handmade, of course- some in this thread, but the new ones are not) I need some feedback on an idea.

APRIL 4 - MEXICAN RIVIERA WONDERS - STOP READING NOW!

So I made these as one of my cabin gifts... This is not a label, they are lightscribed... (please excuse the poor lighting and flash)

and I wanted to make them so that people could go home and burn their digital photos to it... but I started thinking that maybe people don't have a cd burner (do computers even come without those these days?)

Should I put music on it instead?
or
Leave it blank with instructions on how to burn photos to it as a keepsake, because they probably are disers if they aren't computer savvy.