Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[golfnsuch]

Now that I know there are MV lurkers wave2: Hi Jamielynn & Judy) I'll wait to post picks of my FE gift until after the cruise.

Thanks to everyone else for their inspiration! I love reading this thread each week.
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[TinaRN]

My DD's BFF is joining us on our cruise. This is the first FE we have ever had/done. How can I add her BFF to it but be able to use it again on future cruises with just my family? I was going to have a pocket for DH & me, then DD, then DS (who we may tuck the pocket behind if we cruise without him since he is older, in college, and may not cruise with us in the future), so 3 pockets total. Any ideas would be great!

 

[mom of a lil pirate]

My DD's BFF is joining us on our cruise. This is the first FE we have ever had/done. How can I add her BFF to it but be able to use it again on future cruises with just my family? I was going to have a pocket for DH & me, then DD, then DS (who we may tuck the pocket behind if we cruise without him since he is older, in college, and may not cruise with us in the future), so 3 pockets total. Any ideas would be great!

The dollar store has some canvas bags, maybe pick one up and have the girls decorate it. Then just pin it to the bottom of yours. This way she can take home her own bag of goodies and you keep your FE the way you want it

 

[Amunet]

The dollar store has some canvas bags, maybe pick one up and have the girls decorate it. Then just pin it to the bottom of yours. This way she can take home her own bag of goodies and you keep your FE the way you want it

THAT is an amazingly awesome idea

 

[mom of a lil pirate]

THAT is an amazingly awesome idea

Haha! I just happened to be at the dollar store the other day and when I saw the little canvas bags I thought "those are perfect size for a fish extender."

 

[scrapindis]

re: adding a person
Could you velcro on an extension to your current FE?

 

[disneycr8zy]

My DD's BFF is joining us on our cruise. This is the first FE we have ever had/done. How can I add her BFF to it but be able to use it again on future cruises with just my family? I was going to have a pocket for DH & me, then DD, then DS (who we may tuck the pocket behind if we cruise without him since he is older, in college, and may not cruise with us in the future), so 3 pockets total. Any ideas would be great!

Our crew changes with each cruise and sometimes we split into multiple cabins so I have made DCL 'nametags' for each person and had them laminated and then we velcro names to the FE depending on who is with us and in which cabin (we have 3 FE hangers).

 

[caribear]

My DD's BFF is joining us on our cruise. This is the first FE we have ever had/done. How can I add her BFF to it but be able to use it again on future cruises with just my family? I was going to have a pocket for DH & me, then DD, then DS (who we may tuck the pocket behind if we cruise without him since he is older, in college, and may not cruise with us in the future), so 3 pockets total. Any ideas would be great!

I have had this same situation....so I made the pockets on my FE with a clear plastic pouch on the outside. You can buy the clear plastic at a fabric store...and it sews on easily.....just add it to the outside of the pocket. Then I print out pictures with our names on them....usually from the Disboards magnet post with all of the creative "dis"igners photos! Works great for us!! Here is a picture..

 

[nzdisneymom]

To the poster about the honey - I love that idea!
We took honey on the Baltic cruise in 2010 - we were going to see distant relatives in Helsinki and someone at home suggested taking honey as a gift - and there's someone at my work that jars honey, so we got a big jar to take with us. Because it was too large for carry on, we made sure to double ziploc bag it and put it in our checked luggage. We had no trouble with either the airline nor the cruise in taking it onboard. If you decide to pack it in your checked luggage, just be sure to double-ziploc it to protect everything else should anything happen to it - you don't want to have everything sticky in your bag.

VistaPrint is today's Living Social deal - $10 for $50 worth of stuff through the end of May.

 

[DizDragonfly]

VistaPrint is today's Living Social deal - $10 for $50 worth of stuff through the end of May.

What city is that deal for? It's not showing up for my area.

eta: Never mind. I found it. It's Tallahassee.

 

[Pixiegran]

What city is that deal for? It's not showing up for my area.

eta: Never mind. I found it. It's Tallahassee.

Where in Oregon are you located? I am in Redmond...eastside from Seattle.

 

[scrapindis]

Good news! I made my first FE!!

Bad News! 8.5 inches when finished!!

Oh well! It was fun! I will make another!

 

[DizDragonfly]

Where in Oregon are you located? I am in Redmond...eastside from Seattle.

I'm near Salem.

 

[Yvette563]

Hi everyone .. I told some of you of my ideas for an FE gift. I've been working on a sample (i guess you can call it that..) and here it is... I'm still thinking of ways to tweak it but the final will look similar to this.. Its a coupon/receipt book.. Would really like some feed back.. Any ideas on how to make it better are so very welcome!

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[Kangarucci]

It's fantastic!!

 

[mellers]

Hi everyone .. I told some of you of my ideas for an FE gift. I've been working on a sample (i guess you can call it that..) and here it is... I'm still thinking of ways to tweak it but the final will look similar to this.. Its a coupon/receipt book.. Would really like some feed back.. Any ideas on how to make it better are so very welcome!

So cute! I love it! Don't change a thing !

 

[wachnicki]

Very cute!

 

[Dislaney4n6]

Hi everyone .. I told some of you of my ideas for an FE gift. I've been working on a sample (i guess you can call it that..) and here it is... I'm still thinking of ways to tweak it but the final will look similar to this.. Its a coupon/receipt book.. Would really like some feed back.. Any ideas on how to make it better are so very welcome!

Looks great!!!
I have one little suggestion..the black Mickey heads along the flap edge.. the two on the ends that hang off, I would not put them on. (I have a feeling they will tear easily with use).

 

[Suz D]

Looks great!!!
I have one little suggestion..the black Mickey heads along the flap edge.. the two on the ends that hang off, I would not put them on. (I have a feeling they will tear easily with use).

Or follow the curve of the flap instead of a straight line. Leave out the one that would be directly under the bottle cap. Did you make or buy the cap? Adorable!

 

[trudyt623]

Hello. This is beautiful. I am new to this and would like to learn how to join an exchange group.