Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[1DCL11]

Here is my FE... cant show the gifts yet... we leave on 10/23 !

 

[7evans]

Canvas bags for each cabin ...

Metal Water bottles for the men and teenage boys...

Necklaces for the Women ... (the back of the charm says, "Disney Wonder, October 2011)

Necklaces for the teenage girls ... (pink and black zebra or pink and brown cheetah)...

Watches and PEZ for the little boys ...

For the little girls, hair bow or necklace ...

(Charm made out of polymer clay)

Gifts I made for my kids ...
Autograph books: (which they had a BLAST getting signed!)

T-shirt, pants, notebook and pens for the girls:

Clock ... I used a basic clock from Walmart or Target, and popped the top off, took the hands out (gently), and then cut out the clock design and glued it in, replaced the hands, and top)

Embroidered towels ...

Photo books ... from the Dollar store, with details from my vinyl cutter

Our Family T-shirts:

We wore our shirts on embarkation, and were even stopped by Christian, the cruise director ... he told us that they were his favorite shirts he's seen!
I also made pillowcases and a photo mat. We got both of them signed ... I'll have to take pics later and post them.
sorry this post is so long! But I had such a great time preparing for this trip! Now I need a vacation to recover!
Mindy

 

[ILoveDisney&Cruising]

7 Evans:

OH MY WORD!!!!! ALL your 'stuff' is completely incredible!!! How lucky those FE participants were!

And the family gifts = equally amazing!!!

P.S. Have you ever thought of opening an etsy shop? I'd be first in line!

Christian was right -- I the shirts!!! What does the fine print say? "Family ___" (reunion? vacation?) and what's to the left of "October 2011"? EDITED: I squinted harder ... I think it says "Mexican Riviera"?

SUPERB job on everything!!!!!!

 

[Woobie]

7 Evans... will you adopt me? At the very least, will you go on my next cruise with me? Those are AWESOME!!!

 

[LindaBabe]

Those gifts are AMAZING! I have NEVER seen any so elaborate before. ILove is right - you *SHOULD* open an ETSY shop!

 

[heatherLOVESmickey]

I agree with the others and echo what they said, you should open up your own busy. If not on etsy why not a blog! You do great work!

 

[clarefb]

7 Evans... will you adopt me? At the very least, will you go on my next cruise with me? Those are AWESOME!!!

me too, me too!!! Or at least cruise with me next time! Pretty please?!?!?! I LOVE everything - tell me where it's from/how it was all done. I'm in awe of you

 

[ppiew]

let me know when your next cruise is - i'm going!!!!!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Wow! Wow! Wow!

I need details! Do you use a Cricut and SCAL or something else?!

 

[Sinderelly]

Those gifts are awesome! You are so talented and creative. I'm sure everyone on your cruise LOVED their gifts. Now when's your next cruise...

 

[goofymom68]

I'm joining the 7Evans fan list! Wow - anything we do for our cruise is going to pale in comparison.

 

[dennisbryce]

Gifts I made for my kids ...
Autograph books: (which they had a BLAST getting signed!)

T-shirt, pants, notebook and pens for the girls:

Clock ... I used a basic clock from Walmart or Target, and popped the top off, took the hands out (gently), and then cut out the clock design and glued it in, replaced the hands, and top)

Embroidered towels ...

Photo books ... from the Dollar store, with details from my vinyl cutter

Our Family T-shirts:

We wore our shirts on embarkation, and were even stopped by Christian, the cruise director ... he told us that they were his favorite shirts he's seen!
I also made pillowcases and a photo mat. We got both of them signed ... I'll have to take pics later and post them.
sorry this post is so long! But I had such a great time preparing for this trip! Now I need a vacation to recover!
Mindy

Did you make those shirts Those are so cool
You are very talented

 

[jessica52877]

Jumping on the fan wagon!! LOVE everything! I think we are going to cruise in January and need to figure out what I want to do for FE gifts!

 

[Susiesark]

Wow 7Evans, you went to a lot more work, and expense, than I ever thought of! That's a lot of stuff to pack. I'm jealous of your FE group.

 

[7evans]

Thank you for all your kind words! I decided that preparing for this cruise was like Christmas! You spend so much time preparing and anticipating it, and then it's over!

This was our first cruise with our family, so I wanted it to be perfect! We have 5 kids, so family vacations are hard to plan, but this was by far my favorite! We weren't able to re-book on board, but I am hoping that someday we will be able to cruise again!

Thanks again for the complements! All the hard work was so worth it!!!

Mindy

 

[7evans]

7 Evans:

OH MY WORD!!!!! ALL your 'stuff' is completely incredible!!! How lucky those FE participants were!

And the family gifts = equally amazing!!!

P.S. Have you ever thought of opening an etsy shop? I'd be first in line!

Christian was right -- I the shirts!!! What does the fine print say? "Family ___" (reunion? vacation?) and what's to the left of "October 2011"? EDITED: I squinted harder ... I think it says "Mexican Riviera"?
SUPERB job on everything!!!!!!

Yes, the shirts say "Family Vacation", but the fonts was terrible to work with! My SIL and I promised that we would never use that one again! By the time we finished making our FOURTEENTH shirt
and yes, at the bottom, it says, Mexican Riviera October 2011
I used iron-on vinyl, and cut them out on my vinyl machine. I have a machine from UScutter, but you could use a cricut or a silloutette.
some of the vinyl started to peel, but I re-ironed it when I got home, and washed them all and they seem to be doing fine!
Bought the t-shirts at Hobby Lobby when they were half price, and they were about $2 each!!! About $2 worth of vinyl, so $4 per shirt!!!


Mindy

 

[AlaskaCruiseMom]

7evans, did you put the logos on the totes too?? Your stuff is all a.maz.ing!

 

[7evans]

Wow! Wow! Wow!

I need details! Do you use a Cricut and SCAL or something else?!

I used my vinyl cutter which is from uscutter ... but I think SCAL would be better! I hate the software that came with my cutter, (got it off of ebay a couple of years ago) ...

The font is free from dafont

It took me a while to figure out the heat transfer vinyl, but once I did, I went a little crazy! haha!

Good luck!

Mindy

 

[7evans]

7evans, did you put the logos on the totes too?? Your stuff is all a.maz.ing!

yes, with heat-transfer vinyl.

 

[morgansmom2000]

I used my vinyl cutter which is from uscutter ... but I think SCAL would be better! I hate the software that came with my cutter, (got it off of ebay a couple of years ago) ...

The font is free from dafont

It took me a while to figure out the heat transfer vinyl, but once I did, I went a little crazy! haha!

Good luck!

Mindy

I used the heat transfer vinyl to make our shirts too, but with the Cricut. Love what you did!