Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[dolphingirl47]

I realized that I still have not posted my FE gifts from the last cruise.

Cabin gifts:

Christmas ornament

I also had a second cabin gift, which was a beaded metal bookmark with a Mickey head key charm, but for some reason, I do not have a photo of this:

Men:

Glass Tile Magnet

Cuff Links

Women:

Tinkerbell Glass Tile pendant

Women and girls aged 10 or older:

Princess Bag Charm

Girls under the age of 10:

Mickey hair clips

Girls under the age of 6:

Bottle cap necklace:

Girls from 6 to 13:

Ariel or Tinkerbell Glass Tile Necklace

Teenage girls:

Hidden Mickey Glass Tile Necklace

Boys:

Pirate Zip Pull

Bottle Cap Key Chain

Toy Story or Jungle Book for boys up to 10:

Villains or Nightmare Before Christmas for the older boys:

Corinna

 

[morgansmom2000]

Incredible stuff! When are you cruising again?

 

[HermanTriplets+1]

Love the bottle cap jewelry! Can you post the kind of bottle caps you got and where you got them? Did they come with the thingy for hanging it on a chain/lanyard (I know it has a name, can't remember it!!)? GREAT!

 

[jenandjuice]

Thank you all so much for all the ideas!!! I'm not cruising until 11 months from now, but I think this gives me time to start planning and purchasing supplies (it won't seem so expensive if it's all spaced out)

This will be our honeymoon cruise and I have a feeling I'll be going overboard, but it seems like so much fun!

 

[Wendy&Grumpy]

This will be our honeymoon cruise and I have a feeling I'll be going overboard

Is that a honeymoon ritual in your family?

 

[jenandjuice]

Is that a honeymoon ritual in your family?

HAHAHA so didn't realize how that came out....hope it's not foreshadowing

I actually meant going overboard with making too many fish extender gifts...

 

[dolphingirl47]

Incredible stuff! When are you cruising again?

The next cruise for us will be the inaugural Hawaii cruise in April.

Love the bottle cap jewelry! Can you post the kind of bottle caps you got and where you got them? Did they come with the thingy for hanging it on a chain/lanyard (I know it has a name, can't remember it!!)? GREAT!

I got them from Etsy. Just search for flattened bottle cap pendant and yes, they came with the split ring.

Corinna

 

[HermanTriplets+1]

I got them from Etsy. Just search for flattened bottle cap pendant and yes, they came with the split ring.

Corinna

Thank you!

 

[jpabst17216]

I have a friend who has offered to let me use her cricut. (She only uses it for scrapbooking though, so no help with my questions!) I've never used one before. How do you cut out the DCL logo/etc? Is it a cartridge you purchase or what? Even a Mickey head would work, too. I was thinking of making stainless steel water bottles (kind of like 7evans did). I'm guessing you use vinyl, but how do you apply it to the water bottles? Thanks!

I used the scal program to make my dcl logo. If you have it email me and I will send you the file. I use outdoor industrial vinyl I bought from us cutter's website. You can also go to your local vinyl sign shop and they will give you scraps of vinyl that are too small for them to use on their machines (that way you can practice on the free vinyl). You cut the vinyl like you would the paper using a kisscut setting so it cuts the vinyl but not the paper backing. After your design is cut you "weed" the vinyl getting rid of all the extra vinyl leaving only your design. You then apply masking tape on top of your design, pull off the paper backing so your design is stuck to the tape. You then apply your taped design to your object and carefully pull off the tape. For easy designs like a solid mickey head you can just peel it off and stick it to your bottle. Youtube has great videos on this.

 

[shadowryter]

Hi all, just back from our Dream cruise, Oct 23 ~ 27th, so I wanted to post pic's of my FE gifts. These were as much fun to make as they were to give out. Can't wait for our Fantasy cruise next year.

Book marks for all...smaller ones for kids and personalized ribbon for adults

Bottle cap carabiners for men, teens and kids(10 and up)

Bottle cap necklaces for the women and teens(10 and up)

Itinerary and calendar magnets

 

[morgansmom2000]

Great stuff!

 

[jenandjuice]

Shadowryter,

Love love love the necklaces, I so wish I was on your cruise!! Any chance you could change your plans and sail on the magic 9/29/12?

 

[HermanTriplets+1]

Hi DISsers
Can anyone help me out with step-by-step directions for making pictures small enough to put on bottle tops, or the 1x1" square glass tiles? I use MS Word, and I'm not very computer savvy! THANKS!
(request a.k.a. "How do you get those big pictures on those little things?")

 

[uncw89]

Hi all, just back from our Dream cruise, Oct 23 ~ 27th, so I wanted to post pic's of my FE gifts. These were as much fun to make as they were to give out. Can't wait for our Fantasy cruise next year.

Book marks for all...smaller ones for kids and personalized ribbon for adults

Bottle cap carabiners for men, teens and kids(10 and up)

Bottle cap necklaces for the women and teens(10 and up)

Itinerary and calendar magnets

Great stuff!!! I was wondering where you got your images and how did you size them? (Dream logo,,etc) I did some for my cruise in Aug but I like the images that you used. (see below)
I was also wondering where you got/ordered your ribbon. Thanks!

Hi DISsers
Can anyone help me out with step-by-step directions for making pictures small enough to put on bottle tops, or the 1x1" square glass tiles? I use MS Word, and I'm not very computer savvy! THANKS!
(request a.k.a. "How do you get those big pictures on those little things?")

I ended up buying some images off off etsy for the 1 x1 glass tiles.

 

[ladybug23]

Hi DISsers
Can anyone help me out with step-by-step directions for making pictures small enough to put on bottle tops, or the 1x1" square glass tiles? I use MS Word, and I'm not very computer savvy! THANKS!
(request a.k.a. "How do you get those big pictures on those little things?")

I too used pictures in MS Word. For me it was just trial and error. I kept resizing the photos until they fit into the 1 inch area that I wanted to use my 1" punch on. Not all photos will be the same size as it depends on exactly how you want that photo to fill out the 1" area. Just try putting the pictures you want to use on one page in varying sizes so that you can get a good idea once you print how it will look. I suggest that you just print draft style or black and white just to save on ink. Here are directions I swiped from somewhere on disboards, but again - I could not follow these exactly as the measurements did not work for my pictures. Good luck!

I made the image so that the circle is 1 inch (the image itself is 1.5 inches but that includes the white box around the circle) which I think is the size you will need to make a bottlecap necklace. Make sure you click on the image in my 4shared, then when the next image pops up...click on the "download" button to save to your pictures. Do not right click and copy the image.

You can insert the image into word and change the size if needed. Here is how:

• Insert the picture(s) you want on the page by going to the top of Word and clicking on "Insert" then in the drop down menu click on "Picture" then "from file".
• To change the size of the picture left click on the corners of the picture and drag them towards the center to make the picture the size that you want. You can also go to the top of Word and click on "format" then "picture" and in the "size" tab you can change either the height or width. Word will automatically fix the other side for you so that the image doesn't distort.

Most of my pictures were sized to 1.2 or 1.3 inches square and then I used my 1" punch to cut the holes out for the bottle caps. Again Good luck!

 

[shadowryter]

Great stuff!!! I was wondering where you got your images and how did you size them? (Dream logo,,etc) I did some for my cruise in Aug but I like the images that you used. (see below)
I was also wondering where you got/ordered your ribbon. Thanks!



I ended up buying some images off off etsy for the 1 x1 glass tiles.

Thanks....I created the designs on my own. I have Photoshop so it makes it pretty easy. I got my ribbon from Ribbon Warehouse...they are fantastic. You have many colors of ribbon and fonts to choose from. They claimed it would take a few weeks but I got them in less than one. For anyone who is interested I have full pages pre-made of all the images I used. I also have Tiana and Rapunzel for the princesses I'd be more than happy to send the file/files your way if you care to pm me with your email.

 

[HermanTriplets+1]

I too used pictures in MS Word. For me it was just trial and error. I kept resizing the photos until they fit into the 1 inch area that I wanted to use my 1" punch on. Not all photos will be the same size as it depends on exactly how you want that photo to fill out the 1" area. Just try putting the pictures you want to use on one page in varying sizes so that you can get a good idea once you print how it will look. I suggest that you just print draft style or black and white just to save on ink. Here are directions I swiped from somewhere on disboards, but again - I could not follow these exactly as the measurements did not work for my pictures. Good luck!

I made the image so that the circle is 1 inch (the image itself is 1.5 inches but that includes the white box around the circle) which I think is the size you will need to make a bottlecap necklace. Make sure you click on the image in my 4shared, then when the next image pops up...click on the "download" button to save to your pictures. Do not right click and copy the image.

You can insert the image into word and change the size if needed. Here is how:

• Insert the picture(s) you want on the page by going to the top of Word and clicking on "Insert" then in the drop down menu click on "Picture" then "from file".
• To change the size of the picture left click on the corners of the picture and drag them towards the center to make the picture the size that you want. You can also go to the top of Word and click on "format" then "picture" and in the "size" tab you can change either the height or width. Word will automatically fix the other side for you so that the image doesn't distort.

Most of my pictures were sized to 1.2 or 1.3 inches square and then I used my 1" punch to cut the holes out for the bottle caps. Again Good luck!

Thank you!

 

[Canadian Disney Mom]

I just had to share this! This is not about a homemade gift, but rather a home made FE.

My mom just finished our Fish Extender for me. We seem to have misplaced one of Mr Potato Head's Mickey Mouse gloves, but we are on the hunt!

All I had to do was show Mom a picture of an FE that I found on the net & she did the rest!

I love my Mom!!!

 

[LindaBabe]

I just had to share this! This is not about a homemade gift, but rather a home made FE.

My mom just finished our Fish Extender for me. We seem to have misplaced one of Mr Potato Head's Mickey Mouse gloves, but we are on the hunt!

All I had to do was show Mom a picture of an FE that I found on the net & she did the rest!

I love my Mom!!!

THAT's VERY cute! I thought she must have used one of the spoon handles - never thought of mr. Potato head.

 

[PnJmom]

very cute