Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[marciemouse]

There are two different Mickey cartridges. One is Mickey font which has the Disney logo in the program. I made small Mickey heads with this program too. There is another cartridge that has more Mickey designs it's called Mickey scrapbooking. I purchased both the cartrides and vinyl on Ebay. I also purchased a Princesses cartridge.

This is very helpful to know. However, I still have no clue how to attach the cut-outs to the water bottles. Also, do I need to buy a specific brand/type of vinyl?

 

[swx72]

This is very helpful to know. However, I still have no clue how to attach the cut-outs to the water bottles. Also, do I need to buy a specific brand/type of vinyl?

You can buy sticky paper, but you may need the thicker cutter for the cricut. I am new to cricut and not used to mine as yet.

 

[Miz Diz]

Where did you get the hidden mickey Graphic? Have scribble necklaces and I would like to put them on the tiles. suggestions would be appreciated!!!!

Modern Marbling. She's a diser.

https://www.facebook.com/ModernMarblingDesign

She sells on artfire and etsy.

 

[swx72]

I just did a blog post added on to my personal TR showing all the FE gifts that we received on our Mexican Riviera cruise from 09/25/11- 10/02/11

http://johnandsigrid.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/fish-extender-gifts-received/

 

[Tracykim]

Just wanted to share one more item. I didn't use this as an FE gift, but will probably go with this for the adults next time. Since it will be a few years until we cruise again I thought I would post it.

I purchased a notebook and pen from Vistaprint. If you are thinking of getting anything from there make sure you sign up for there emails. They are always sending out deals and free items. I got the notebook, calendar postcards, and pen free with only the shipping cost. You would have to pay a few dollars per notebook after but with all the other stuff I got it probably would have worked out the same.

I thought it would be cute to take notes during your cruise and a nice reminder once home.

I LOVE this idea!! I use Vista Print all the time. How were you able to get the notebook free? Didn't you have to upload the picture? I'm going to play now!!

 

[Susiesark]

I thought I would share our FE gifts from Oct 20th. I got a lot of inspiration from this thread

I am cutting it out of my trip report so I will share homeade and everything else we gave.

Hope everyone liked their gifts

For the adults I made a magnet (I think all of the designs that have our cruise date were from Shadowryter except the itinerary photo which I think I got from Milliepie but adding the dates myself)

Every adult bag had a Halloween hand sanitizer from Bath and Body works (pretty much everyone except the little kids also got one but different designs)

I also gave every person in our group chapstick with a Disney Dream label. I ordered the lip balm and labels from Bulk Apothecary online and printed the designs on myself. I thought they turned our super cute. I had a hard time get the designs fitted on the labels right and Bulk Apothecary was nice enough to send me some more labels without having to pay the additional shipping charge. They customer service was great! I got vanilla or cherry for the females and regular (some might have ended up with vanilla since I didn’t open them) for the males.

I also used a Jordak the design (he is on the cruise magnet thread) and added a calendar file to make a large postcard for 2012. I was going to make it a magnet but decided to let people decide what to do with it on their own.

Adult FE-

I found pirate sandwich bags on clearance at Target for $.25 a few weeks before we left and used them for almost everyone except the little girls just b/c their gift didn’t fit.

Labels

We didn’t have any little boys. I think the youngest was 11? All the teen boys got

Pirate Playing Cards

(I forget who the stickers went to? Maybe anyone under 10)

Hand sanitizer- I tried to give them Zombie tonic and the others to the adults

They also got candy,gum, and lip balm

For all the girls I made necklaces. Little girls got characters, tween age got pirate, and older girls got Hidden Mickey designs

Most of the girls except the younger ones got Vampire Blood hand sanitizer. I thought it was cute since most girls seem to know Twilight. DD7 disagreed.

Older girls

There were only 3 or 4 other little girls besides Caitlin so I made them all photo albums.

Front and back
On the inside I put the itinerary

They also got candy and maybe stickers?

The photo albums didn’t fit in the pirate bags so I used princess lunch bags also in the Target $ section when school started.

Thanks for the ideas!

I'm picking up the Bath & Body Works AntiBac this week, at 75% off! So, please help me out here, how did you do the labels for the chapstick? Did you gt the graphic from DIS, and how did you gt it to fit, working with the labels from Bulk Apothecary? Thanks!!

 

[tiggercraZ]

I also thought of giving small bottles of hand sanitizer from Bath & Body. Since we have 25 cabins, I was worried about bringing all of those bottles on the plane and the ship. Didn't know if having so many small bottles of sanitizer would be an issue. I didn't want to risk having my luggage selected for a search. Did you have any issues getting the small bottles on the airplane or ship?

Great stuff pinkxray! Thanks for the ideas.

 

[tinkmom2]

I also thought of giving small bottles of hand sanitizer from Bath & Body. Since we have 25 cabins, I was worried about bringing all of those bottles on the plane and the ship. Didn't know if having so many small bottles of sanitizer would be an issue. I didn't want to risk having my luggage selected for a search. Did you have any issues getting the small bottles on the airplane or ship?

Great stuff pinkxray! Thanks for the ideas.

I just sent my box with all the hand sanitizer and FE gifts to the ship in a box. We didn't have any trouble with security coming home with our gifts we just got stopped for carrying our huge container of Lysol wipes through the security.

 

[tinkmom2]

This is very helpful to know. However, I still have no clue how to attach the cut-outs to the water bottles. Also, do I need to buy a specific brand/type of vinyl?

The paper I bought had a peel off back. You keep the backing on and run it through the Cricut on the sticky pad that comes with the machine. You choose your design and input the numbers. The machine cuts it out for you. You remove the design from the Cricut and peel off the backing and attach the letters(they will have the sticky on the back) or saying to your bottle. You can print multiple sayings to each piece of paper so you aren't wasting paper. You'll have to cut it down to make it fit the guide you will insert into the machine. There is a button that lets you repeat what you just printed. You can check places like Michaels or Jo Ann Fabrics for the vinyl paper also.

You can search the vinyl Cricut adheasive paper on ebay. That's where I bought mine.

 

[pinkxray]

I LOVE this idea!! I use Vista Print all the time. How were you able to get the notebook free? Didn't you have to upload the picture? I'm going to play now!!

I signed up with my e-mail to get special offers. I had seen others mention getting free items but I never seemed to get them. It took a little while before I got any free item e-mails. One day I opened my e-mail and there was an e-mail for certain items on the site for free. Usually it is just one item of whatever you are getting so the one notebook and pen were free and maybe a discount if you got more.

 

[pinkxray]

I'm picking up the Bath & Body Works AntiBac this week, at 75% off! So, please help me out here, how did you do the labels for the chapstick? Did you gt the graphic from DIS, and how did you gt it to fit, working with the labels from Bulk Apothecary? Thanks!!

I wish I was able to get them at 75% off. After I bought them all I started getting emails that they were reduced price


I did get the labels from Bulk Apothecary. You can probably use sticker paper and cut it done but I wanted the labels that sealed the chapstick shut so that everyone knew that they had been used or messed with. (I'm sure you could tell but I didn't want anyone to worry)

I got all the graphic from the Disign boards- mostly Milliepie and Shadowyter I think. The labels come on sheets and have 3 by 4 labels. I measured the labels and sized down the images to match. I just put 3 by 4 images on word document. I had a bit of a hard time figuring out how to get the images in position to line up with the labels and messed up a few sheets. I am sure many are better at computer software than I am though. I used trial and error, printing the squares on regular paper and tracing the outlines of the squares from the messed up sheets. It took a ton of inch and there must be an easier way but I didn't know what it was. I would move the images as needed when I printed a test run. Once I got it right I put the label paper in. Make sure you draw the tab if you get the lables with the seal b/c the image could end upside down if you aren't sure where the tab is.

It was a bit of a pain and took me sometime but as I said I am sure others could figure it out quicker. I was expecting some type of instuctions with the labels but there was nothing.

I did love the end result though.

 

[morgansmom2000]

I gave Halloween hand sanitizer last year and had no problem with it packed in my stowed luggage. I did put each bottle into its own small plastic baggie, just in case of leakage (they were then put into a goodie bag for each stateroom).

The DCL "logo" cannot be cut with the Cricut unless you have a program called SCAL 2 (which is no longer sold).

PinkXray, awesome stuff!

 

[marciemouse]

The paper I bought had a peel off back. You keep the backing on and run it through the Cricut on the sticky pad that comes with the machine. You choose your design and input the numbers. The machine cuts it out for you. You remove the design from the Cricut and peel off the backing and attach the letters(they will have the sticky on the back) or saying to your bottle. You can print multiple sayings to each piece of paper so you aren't wasting paper. You'll have to cut it down to make it fit the guide you will insert into the machine. There is a button that lets you repeat what you just printed. You can check places like Michaels or Jo Ann Fabrics for the vinyl paper also.

You can search the vinyl Cricut adheasive paper on ebay. That's where I bought mine.

Thanks so much! This is exactly the info I was looking for!

 

[mbbarron]

I wish I was able to get them at 75% off. After I bought them all I started getting emails that they were reduced price


I did get the labels from Bulk Apothecary. You can probably use sticker paper and cut it done but I wanted the labels that sealed the chapstick shut so that everyone knew that they had been used or messed with. (I'm sure you could tell but I didn't want anyone to worry)

I got all the graphic from the Disign boards- mostly Milliepie and Shadowyter I think. The labels come on sheets and have 3 by 4 labels. I measured the labels and sized down the images to match. I just put 3 by 4 images on word document. I had a bit of a hard time figuring out how to get the images in position to line up with the labels and messed up a few sheets. I am sure many are better at computer software than I am though. I used trial and error, printing the squares on regular paper and tracing the outlines of the squares from the messed up sheets. It took a ton of inch and there must be an easier way but I didn't know what it was. I would move the images as needed when I printed a test run. Once I got it right I put the label paper in. Make sure you draw the tab if you get the lables with the seal b/c the image could end upside down if you aren't sure where the tab is.

It was a bit of a pain and took me sometime but as I said I am sure others could figure it out quicker. I was expecting some type of instuctions with the labels but there was nothing.

I did love the end result though.

Yes, there is an easier way to do labels. In MS word, there is an option for creating labels. First click mailings, then labels. Then under that label box, choose options. That pulls up, you can choose the style number of the label. That creates a blank page of labels that is a template of the size you need so when you input your text in the boxes, it will match up when you print. For example, if you buy a pkg of standard size mailing labels by Avery (most popular brand), you will find an option for Avery 8160 (style # for that size), then it will pull up a page where you will see the outline of 30 label boxes on that page. You will only be able to put text into those boxes so that it will print correctly. Sometimes it's off slightly if you make your text too big in the boxes and it goes too close to the edge but that's usually easy to correct.

Hope that helps you so it's easier next time.

 

[pinkxray]

Yes, there is an easier way to do labels. In MS word, there is an option for creating labels. First click mailings, then labels. Then under that label box, choose options. That pulls up, you can choose the style number of the label. That creates a blank page of labels that is a template of the size you need so when you input your text in the boxes, it will match up when you print. For example, if you buy a pkg of standard size mailing labels by Avery (most popular brand), you will find an option for Avery 8160 (style # for that size), then it will pull up a page where you will see the outline of 30 label boxes on that page. You will only be able to put text into those boxes so that it will print correctly. Sometimes it's off slightly if you make your text too big in the boxes and it goes too close to the edge but that's usually easy to correct.

Hope that helps you so it's easier next time.

I knew there was a way to use that labels option. I will file this away for next time.

 

[Tracykim]

I signed up with my e-mail to get special offers. I had seen others mention getting free items but I never seemed to get them. It took a little while before I got any free item e-mails. One day I opened my e-mail and there was an e-mail for certain items on the site for free. Usually it is just one item of whatever you are getting so the one notebook and pen were free and maybe a discount if you got more.

After I read your post and went and played!! IT WORKED!!! I have been getting "free" stuff from them for years but never thought I could get an item for free when I was uploading a picture!!! THANK YOU!!!

 

[SheaBear]

I gave Halloween hand sanitizer last year and had no problem with it packed in my stowed luggage. I did put each bottle into its own small plastic baggie, just in case of leakage (they were then put into a goodie bag for each stateroom).

The DCL "logo" cannot be cut with the Cricut unless you have a program called SCAL 2 (which is no longer sold).

PinkXray, awesome stuff!

SCAL is still sold... you can just google it and find it. I typed in SCAL program for cricut.

 

[DizDragonfly]

SCAL is still sold... you can just google it and find it. I typed in SCAL program for cricut.

If you want to use SCAL with a cricut, it has to be SCAL2. SCAL3 was put out because ProvoCraft sued the makers of SCAL. So, the functionality for Cricut is no longer there. It still works with other brands of cutters though, but definitely not Cricut.

 

[morgansmom2000]

SCAL is still sold... you can just google it and find it. I typed in SCAL program for cricut.

SCAL 3 will not work in a Cricut, and that is what is being sold. SCAL 2 works in a Cricut that has not had its firmware updated.

 

[dolphingirl47]

How did you do the lanyards? They are awesome!!!

I downloaded the Disney font from the internet and then ordered the lanyards from a company doing all kinds of promotional items. I did custom lanyards again for our most recent cruise.

Corinna