Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[sheryl921]

Whew, finally made it through this whole thread (after to take time out in the middle to explain to DH why I was looking at pictures of paintbrushes--loved that idea BTW!). So many ideas...

I always try to get a Christmas ornament from our vacations, so I'm hoping no one will think it's too wierd to get an ornament for an FE gift on the January 3 cruise!?! Now I want to get started on making some, and I don't even know if anyone's doing FEs on our cruise yet...heading over to that thread next...

 

[simbasmom2]

Here are some pics of the FE gifts I have been working on for our spring break cruise on the Dream (YAY!!).
I am doing necklaces for the girls/women, and keychains for the boys/men.
I got more age appropriate gifts for the younger kids, but hope the older kids like the homemade gifts!
It has been fun making them (they are scrabble tiles).

Sorry some of the pics are a little fuzzy, and the close ups look kind of pixilated, but they don't look like that in person!!

Love the keychains! Where did you buy the empty keychains?

 

[simbasmom2]

Are the keychains tiles, too? Is the picture a sticker? How did you get the ring on a tile? SOOOOOOOOOO many questions!

 

[JackNMel]

Simbasmom,
The keychain rings I got at Michael's craft store in the jewelry section. They are all scrabble tiles. I sized the pictures and printed them on photo paper. Glued them on with white glue, then trimmed them once dry. Covered them with a clear epoxy sticker, glued a silver bail onto the back (for the keychain/necklace to go through), and put them onto the necklace or keychain. There are lots on instructions on youtube that can give you a visual. Honestly they are easy to do, just lots of steps and you should let them dry in between.
Glad you like them, they are fun to make, and the possibilities are endless if you can get your pic down to the right size (hubby's job, lol). And as a bonus, they don't take up very much room when you are packing for a cruise. I am doing back to back cruises, and will have around 170 or so FE gifts to give out. I have been busy!!

Melody

 

[uncw89]

Simbasmom,
The keychain rings I got at Michael's craft store in the jewelry section. They are all scrabble tiles. I sized the pictures and printed them on photo paper. Glued them on with white glue, then trimmed them once dry. Covered them with a clear epoxy sticker, glued a silver bail onto the back (for the keychain/necklace to go through), and put them onto the necklace or keychain. There are lots on instructions on youtube that can give you a visual. Honestly they are easy to do, just lots of steps and you should let them dry in between.
Glad you like them, they are fun to make, and the possibilities are endless if you can get your pic down to the right size (hubby's job, lol). And as a bonus, they don't take up very much room when you are packing for a cruise. I am doing back to back cruises, and will have around 170 or so FE gifts to give out. I have been busy!!

Melody

I was wondering how you did theses too. Where did you get the tiles?
Thanks!

 

[JackNMel]

I got the tiles from ebay, and from hasbro (the game company). You can order scrabble tiles for $6.50 for 100 tiles. I looked at lots of thrift stores for old scrabble games, but had no luck. If you could find them that way, they would be really cheap!

 

[sorul82?]

I was wondering how you did theses too. Where did you get the tiles?
Thanks!

I think there are Scrabble tiles from the game.

 

[sorul82?]

I got the tiles from ebay, and from hasbro (the game company). You can order scrabble tiles for $6.50 for 100 tiles. I looked at lots of thrift stores for old scrabble games, but had no luck. If you could find them that way, they would be really cheap!

Any ideas of something to use that are a larger than scrabble tiles? Something 1"x1" maybe?

 

[Woobie]

I make wine charms and necklaces similar to the scrabble tile ones. However, I use clear glass tiles. The image is applied on the back to show through the front. They come in all sorts of shapes (square, rectangle, circle, oval) and sizes (smaller for earrings to 1x1 and maybe bigger), but you need to make sure you get CLEAR. I get mine from etsy.

 

[tngal]

We were on Magic Feb. 12-19. I made three different gifts - paperbag scrapbook albums (1 per family for the moms), post-it note holders for the dads and grandmas, and more durable photo albums for the kids (based on Milliepie's awesome Disigns). A lot of work, but we only had 9 or 10 staterooms participating so it was manageable.

Here's the paperbag album:

and the post-it matchbook:

and the kids' album:

Can I just say ...I LOVE THESE!!! would you have detailed instruction or a website that gives step by step on how to do all of these? I would love that info ! Thanks and great job!

Lisa

 

[sorul82?]

I make wine charms and necklaces similar to the scrabble tile ones. However, I use clear glass tiles. The image is applied on the back to show through the front. They come in all sorts of shapes (square, rectangle, circle, oval) and sizes (smaller for earrings to 1x1 and maybe bigger), but you need to make sure you get CLEAR. I get mine from etsy.

Thanks! What would you suggest getting for making keychains? I have a 1"x1" picture to insert or glue.

 

[Woobie]

Not sure I can post a link, but I'll try. There's this option: http://cgi.ebay.com/50-Blank-Acryli...017?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item256188b0a1 (I googled acrylic keychain blanks)

or google this: "1 inch 60 CRYSTAL CLEAR Textured Glass Tiles Squares for Magnets Pendants HIGH PROFILE" (I found it on etsy, so I KNOW I'm not allowed to post that link even though I have no affiliation of preference for one vendor of these vs another). You'll need the bales and rings for these.

Sorry to take over from the original poster. Feel free to interject or poo poo my thoughts. lol

 

[sorul82?]

or google this: "1 inch 60 CRYSTAL CLEAR Textured Glass Tiles Squares for Magnets Pendants HIGH PROFILE" (I found it on etsy, so I KNOW I'm not allowed to post that link even though I have no affiliation of preference for one vendor of these vs another). You'll need the bales and rings for these.

Those just might be perfect! Thank you!!

 

[capitalmom]

Can I just say ...I LOVE THESE!!! would you have detailed instruction or a website that gives step by step on how to do all of these? I would love that info ! Thanks and great job!

Lisa

Thanks For the paperbag album - see post #1598 on the previous page, where I tried to explain how to make them as best as I can - I kind of made it up as I went along, but scraplifted some of the indivdual layouts from this similar album I found on Two Peas: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/147880-gruv/638022-disney-paperbag-album/

For the post-it note holders, you can find instructions for a similar one at: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/matchbookpostit/ using either 4 x 3 or 3 x 3 post-its. However, note that you can't fit a full regular size pad of post-its or the matchbook won't close properly - you need to split it in half or thirds...

The kids albums are based on Milliepie's Disigns http://www.4shared.com/dir/19077581/4fa6c900/sharing.html, which I downloaded, customized in Photoshop using Waltograph font, and then had them printed as 4 x 6 photos at the photo centre at our local supermarket (where I also bought the albums for $1 each). Then I just matted the photos and inserted them in the cover slot. For the back cover, I just printed her pic of the DCL logo and at the bottom just printed "Made especially for you by" and added our family name and hometown.

Hope this helps!

Danielle

 

[sorul82?]

Not sure I can post a link, but I'll try. There's this option: http://cgi.ebay.com/50-Blank-Acryli...017?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item256188b0a1 (I googled acrylic keychain blanks)

or google this: "1 inch 60 CRYSTAL CLEAR Textured Glass Tiles Squares for Magnets Pendants HIGH PROFILE" (I found it on etsy, so I KNOW I'm not allowed to post that link even though I have no affiliation of preference for one vendor of these vs another). You'll need the bales and rings for these.

Sorry to take over from the original poster. Feel free to interject or poo poo my thoughts. lol

How fast is the shipping with etsy?

 

[moomy-san]

Etsy is all private sellers.. so you can generally ask for what ever shipping option works best for you, and you should definitely communicate with the seller if you need the item quickly. Every one I have dealt with has always been happy to accommodate any requests.

 

[uncw89]

I got the tiles from ebay, and from hasbro (the game company). You can order scrabble tiles for $6.50 for 100 tiles. I looked at lots of thrift stores for old scrabble games, but had no luck. If you could find them that way, they would be really cheap!

That's good to know. I was wondering where you would get the tiles!

Not sure I can post a link, but I'll try. There's this option: http://cgi.ebay.com/50-Blank-Acryli...017?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item256188b0a1 (I googled acrylic keychain blanks)

or google this: "1 inch 60 CRYSTAL CLEAR Textured Glass Tiles Squares for Magnets Pendants HIGH PROFILE" (I found it on etsy, so I KNOW I'm not allowed to post that link even though I have no affiliation of preference for one vendor of these vs another). You'll need the bales and rings for these.

Sorry to take over from the original poster. Feel free to interject or poo poo my thoughts. lol

These look cool. What are bales? Is that the necklace?? I guess the rings would be for the keychains??? The rings are the things you attch so you can put it on a necklace???
I'm new to these kinds of things, but think they could be good FE gifts. Are you doing the FE?
Thanks!

 

[itgirl1002]

Here are some pics of the FE gifts I have been working on for our spring break cruise on the Dream (YAY!!).
I am doing necklaces for the girls/women, and keychains for the boys/men.
I got more age appropriate gifts for the younger kids, but hope the older kids like the homemade gifts!
It has been fun making them (they are scrabble tiles).

Sorry some of the pics are a little fuzzy, and the close ups look kind of pixilated, but they don't look like that in person!!

Beautiful!!
Where did you get the ribbon-y things for the necklace part?

 

[silence]

We made magnets for our 2/20 MR cruise on the wonder, as well as goodie bags (w/hand sanitizer, santizer holders, highlighters and magnetic clips).

Here are our magnets. I found the metal letters at Michael's. I even got them on clearance. We then used the Cricut for the Mickey shapes and some jewels from Walmart. Added the ribbon and magnets. I thought they turned out good. Most of the W's ended up wth the same Mickey font as the D's and M's, not what it is in the photo.


w magnet by silencerobinson, on Flickr


d magnet by silencerobinson, on Flickr


m magnet by silencerobinson, on Flickr

 

[DisNeed]

Okay... YOU are all so crafty!

Just wondering, I had heard of something a little more practical more like an Disney Cruise Emergency Kit - for all of the things that we forget to pack (hand sanitizer, safety pins, magnetic clips and such) Does anyone have any cute ideas for packaging something like this or has anyone made anything like this???

I am clearly not as creative nor do I have the imagination to do some of the amazing FE Gifts that I've see here

Thanks!
Elizabeth