Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[TIGGERmetoo]

We received colored soaps made out of a Mickey mold. I put them in a dish in the bathroom that had been holding potpourri. They were great FE gifts.

I would totally love that gift! I am considering buying the molds to make my own soaps.

Sounds like a great idea. Are they hard to make?

 

[dolphingirl47]

Sounds like a great idea. Are they hard to make?

Not at all. When I still worked in a boarding school, I would always have soap making stuff in the activity cupboard. You can get melt and pour soap base that melts in the microwave in seconds. You can then add colour, fragrance and stuff like glitter to it and then pour it in a mould. It sets in a couple of hours.

Corinna

 

[tinkmom2]

Oct. 16th cruisers look away lol! I finished the fronts of my totebags today:

 

[dolphingirl47]

Oct. 16th cruisers look away lol! I finished the fronts of my totebags today:

They look fantastic

Corinna

 

[glassslipper2004]

The tote bags are fantastic! Did you iron on the Mickey heads or sew them?

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Not at all. When I still worked in a boarding school, I would always have soap making stuff in the activity cupboard. You can get melt and pour soap base that melts in the microwave in seconds. You can then add colour, fragrance and stuff like glitter to it and then pour it in a mould. It sets in a couple of hours.

Corinna

Sounds like something I could do! Where would you find the Mickey/Disney molds?

 

[heatherLOVESmickey]

Oct. 16th cruisers look away lol! I finished the fronts of my totebags today:

VERY Cool totes! I am a tote bag addict! I found ~20 when I was cleaning out my closet today.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Sounds like something I could do! Where would you find the Mickey/Disney molds?

We did not have any Disney molds, but I just had a look and Etsy and Ebay seem to have a good selection.

Corinna

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Thanks Corinna - I'll check there.

 

[tinkmom2]

The tote bags are fantastic! Did you iron on the Mickey heads or sew them?

I used fabric glue. No sewing or ironing involved

I let the lady at Joann's talk me into using felt for the Dis green Mickey but I think it still looks ok. My bags also have a logo on the back so I might cover it with fabric paint. What I really need is our logo embrodered. I will have to see if I can get someone to make it for me.

Here is the page I got the idea from:http://family.go.com/crafts/craft-9...-Facebook-DisneyFamily-Crafts-mickey-tote-bag

 

[MousseauMob]

We received colored soaps made out of a Mickey mold. I put them in a dish in the bathroom that had been holding potpourri. They were great FE gifts.

Oooohhh, I just had another idea with the molds. You can melt down crayons, and then pour it in the molds to make Mickey shaped crayons. We did a similar thing for Christmas gift packs my daughter was putting together, I didn't think of this for FE's until you mentioned this. Thanks!

 

[blueladybug]

If you are on the Oct 16 Dream, LOOK AWAY! Just like Santa I will know you peeked!


I started my FE gifts today. I am making tote bags for my fellow cruisers. Here's what they are going to look like. The back side does have some logo on it but I haven't decided what I am going to do with that side. I wasn't going to pay $5.00 for the canvas bags Joann's had. I found these each for a Quarter
The fabric was remnants for about $9.00 and the fabric glue was under $5.00.

I am making earrings too with these cute molds I found on Etsy.

Love these tote bags! Great job!

 

[blueladybug]

I am in need of ideas for boys. I have my adult and girl gifts, no boys gifts.

My 13 year old son says candy, gum, pack of cards, and glow sticks would be good ideas.

 

[mom3girls2000]

Okay, please forgive me if this is the wrong board for this question ...

I want to make an iron-on for the pockets of the FE I'm making. Idk if I should use the transfer sheets for white or for colored fabric.

I tried searching online for advice but got conflicting messages.

I do not want there to be "white space" in the designs. (I recently helped my oldest dd make a "flower girl" t-shirt for her upcoming wedding, and she wanted it on a red shirt. I bought the dark-fabric transfers and after reading through the instructions beforehand, I suggested finding a red background for the image to avoid white space. That worked fine for her purpose and dd's best friend (bridesmaid) who is the flower girl's Mommy loved it.) But I have FE fabric that's not a solid color, and I have no idea how I'd "mask" the white space. Actually, I want the pretty fabric (it has glitter in it) to show wherever there's no design printed, which would include within certain areas of the design, you know, like between letters, etc.

I thought that the white-fabric transfer sheets are also a white background, but it doesn't matter if you're putting it on white fabric. Is that true?

Is there actually an iron-on sheet that's actually transparent?

 

[thesaurinis]

subbing. Love all the ideas. We cruise 9/25-29 and its our first DCL cruise and first FE exchange. I am at a loss on where to buy a FE from. I am not craft enough to make one.

 

[tinkmom2]

subbing. Love all the ideas. We cruise 9/25-29 and its our first DCL cruise and first FE exchange. I am at a loss on where to buy a FE from. I am not craft enough to make one.

I have bought them both of Ebay and Etsy. Just search for them and you will find them.

 

[Blanche_Neige]

subbing. Love all the ideas. We cruise 9/25-29 and its our first DCL cruise and first FE exchange. I am at a loss on where to buy a FE from. I am not craft enough to make one.

Got mine on ETSY from the seller StitchesNBows. http://www.etsy.com/people/StitchesNBows?ref=ls_profile

She is amazing custom makes them to your specification.

 

[mom3girls2000]

A quick search on etsy or ebay, heck, even on google, will get you a variety of crafters/artisans who can create one for you. Good luck .

BTW, some people have just used a simple canvas tote bag, and I saw at least two who used one of those back-of-the-door shoe organizer bags from the dollar store. How did I know? Because I'm using one of those dollar store bags as the foundation for my homemade FE. It's a work in progress, I'll post pics when it's done.

subbing. Love all the ideas. We cruise 9/25-29 and its our first DCL cruise and first FE exchange. I am at a loss on where to buy a FE from. I am not craft enough to make one.

 

[sullins5]

BTW, some people have just used a simple canvas tote bag,

That's what I did for my Inlaws Fe! We made our Fe, but I really didn't have the time to invest for theirs, since their not participating in our groups FE. I made them one though, since it's their 50th Anniversary so I can put little 'happies' in it everyday. Yes, we're participating in our meets FE, but they didn't want to and didn't understand! So ta-da~ Here's their little FE to put Anniversary surprises in along the way:

So, it's their FE and their FE gift for the first night! And what's even nicer, is that unlike ours, they can use theirs for a 'day' bag anywhere they want to go!

 

[mom3girls2000]

That's what I did for my Inlaws Fe! We made our Fe, but I really didn't have the time to invest for theirs, since their not participating in our groups FE. I made them one though, since it's their 50th Anniversary so I can put little 'happies' in it everyday. Yes, we're participating in our meets FE, but they didn't want to and didn't understand! So ta-da~ Here's their little FE to put Anniversary surprises in along the way:

So, it's their FE and their FE gift for the first night! And what's even nicer, is that unlike ours, they can use theirs for a 'day' bag anywhere they want to go!

See? And I bet they loved it regardless. That pirate design is very cute, btw