Packed & Moved..Disboutiquers Part 6 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes we sew

[jessica52877]

When Drew was a baby, I was really worried that Riley would be very envious of her because she didn't have to deal with being sick and going to the doctor and getting poked and all of that other yucky stuff that Riley has to do on a regular basis. I was so upset. I worried a lot about how that would affect their sister relationship. A very wise gal in my Bible study said "Drew is going to be the one who is jealous. Riley is going to grow up know how to deal with her stuff, but Drew is going to see all of this attention that Riley gets and feel left out."

I had never thought of that. From that day on we have tried our best to keep the girls from feeling left out, but honestly sometimes it is hard. Riley has been sick since April (this go-round) and over that time I have witnessed Drew become more and more winey and clingy. Obviously I need to do better to make her feel included. About a month ago she asked me if Riley was going to die. I felt horrible. I had just assumed that she knew what was going on and didn't ever really sit down and explain it to her.

So now that I have written my book.......... I think that this is such a great thing to do for these families. These families have so much to deal with. I would really hate for us to add the guilt of leaving out the other child/children to the mix. I can't even begin to tell you what a gift it is going to be for these mommies and daddies to treat every single one of their kids like a little prince or princess for a few days.

I agree with Lisa. I would rather give 3 families 3 outfits each rather than give 1 family enough outfits to fill their luggage.

I just wanted to let you know that I have been reading along and praying for Riley and the family. I hope they are able to find out something. And I was sick to my stomach when you said that the docs thought she was faking it!

 

[revrob]

Very good!! I love it!



Oh no, I love yours too!!

HEY! We can use them both!

ANYONE that would like to help! PLEASE pick a siggy link so that people can link to the BIG GIVE information straight from your siggy. It's an easy way to encourage everyone to give and take them to all of the information at the same time.

Thanks so much Castle & Lisa for creating GREAT siggys! They're both awesome!

Dear Friends,

My name is Bill. I am one of the founders of the Wish Trippers Unite! web site. I hope that I have come to the right place. If not, please PM me the link.

On behalf of all of the present and future Wish Trip Families, I want to thank you for your love and kindness to our friend Heather and her family. You are such amazing people. May you be richly blessed for your kindness to these kids and families who have suffered so much in their young lives.

Wish Trips to Orlando can vary a bit, but the typical trip is 6 nights and 7 days at Give Kids the World Village or a Disney Resort if the village is full. This usually includes a 3-Day Park Hopper Pass to WDW, a 2-Day Park Hopper Pass to US and IOA, and one day at SW. The first and last of the 7 days usually are taken up by travel, orientation and check-in, check-out. That means 5 days of theme park visits. If the kids stay at Give Kids the World Village, then they will have Village tee shirts to wear one day. Laundry facilities are available so outfits could be worn more than once.

Anything they wear that helps identify them as Wish Trip Kids is helpful to Cast Members at WDW or Team Members at Universal/ IOA.

If you want to know more about Wish Trips, check out the links in my signature. Again, thank you for your kind hearts.

Bill

BILL! Thanks so much for stopping by! You're a true treasure! Feel free to click the link in my siggy for big give info!

 

[Jajone]

We offered my DD8 a choice for her Bday in October (ok, I'm Jennifer and I'm a planaholic). She could have a large party with friends and a small gift or a cake and ice cream with immediate family (grandparents and Godparents) and a more expensive gift. She has been wishy washy with what she wants and frequently changes her mind as to the theme of the party. It's driving me nuts! Anyway, her latest is that she wants a My Twinn doll. She has a cheap version AG doll that she received as a gift 3 years ago that hardly gets played with, so I don't know why the obsession. She just recently discovered AG dolls through reading the books. She wants a My Twinn because she wants one that looks like her and thinks that is cool. My question is...is she getting too old for this? She will be 9, do girls that age still play with them or do they sit on a shelf? I won't buy it to sit on a shelf. I know many of you have purchased the AG dolls. Has anyone looked into the My Twinn dolls? Pros/cons?? Differences? Are all the clothes interchangeable? Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[jham]

We offered my DD8 a choice for her Bday in October (ok, I'm Jennifer and I'm a planaholic). She could have a large party with friends and a small gift or a cake and ice cream with immediate family (grandparents and Godparents) and a more expensive gift. She has been wishy washy with what she wants and frequently changes her mind as to the theme of the party. It's driving me nuts! Anyway, her latest is that she wants a My Twinn doll. She has a cheap version AG doll that she received as a gift 3 years ago that hardly gets played with, so I don't know why the obsession. She just recently discovered AG dolls through reading the books. She wants a My Twinn because she wants one that looks like her and thinks that is cool. My question is...is she getting too old for this? She will be 9, do girls that age still play with them or do they sit on a shelf? I won't buy it to sit on a shelf. I know many of you have purchased the AG dolls. Has anyone looked into the My Twinn dolls? Pros/cons?? Differences? Are all the clothes interchangeable? Thanks for any help you can give me.

My DD10 (almost 11) has a My Twinn doll and 3 AG dolls. She never plays with her My Twinn doll, probably in part because it's hair is out of control It is also much larger than the AG dolls so doesn't fit in any of the fun clothes they have. She LOVES her AG dolls and plays with them nearly every day. Most of her friends also have AG dolls. Sugarbees DD12 has just about all of the AG dolls and still loves them. I don't know how often she "plays" with them but she loves collecting them and dressing them up. I want an AG doll for myself, so I guess I'm not too old

 

[mytwotinks]

We offered my DD8 a choice for her Bday in October (ok, I'm Jennifer and I'm a planaholic). She could have a large party with friends and a small gift or a cake and ice cream with immediate family (grandparents and Godparents) and a more expensive gift. She has been wishy washy with what she wants and frequently changes her mind as to the theme of the party. It's driving me nuts! Anyway, her latest is that she wants a My Twinn doll. She has a cheap version AG doll that she received as a gift 3 years ago that hardly gets played with, so I don't know why the obsession. She just recently discovered AG dolls through reading the books. She wants a My Twinn because she wants one that looks like her and thinks that is cool. My question is...is she getting too old for this? She will be 9, do girls that age still play with them or do they sit on a shelf? I won't buy it to sit on a shelf. I know many of you have purchased the AG dolls. Has anyone looked into the My Twinn dolls? Pros/cons?? Differences? Are all the clothes interchangeable? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Riley will be 11 in October and loves her AG dolls!!!! I think that as she gets older she appreciates how special they are. We just saw the movie today and she and her friend and Drew and her friends teenage sister all took their dolls with them. It was adorable. She plays differently with them than Drew does at 6, but honestly I think she enjoys them more.

I prefer AG. I love the books, I love the selection, and I have heard that the MT dolls don't have great hair.

Hope that helps.

 

[livndisney]

We offered my DD8 a choice for her Bday in October (ok, I'm Jennifer and I'm a planaholic). She could have a large party with friends and a small gift or a cake and ice cream with immediate family (grandparents and Godparents) and a more expensive gift. She has been wishy washy with what she wants and frequently changes her mind as to the theme of the party. It's driving me nuts! Anyway, her latest is that she wants a My Twinn doll. She has a cheap version AG doll that she received as a gift 3 years ago that hardly gets played with, so I don't know why the obsession. She just recently discovered AG dolls through reading the books. She wants a My Twinn because she wants one that looks like her and thinks that is cool. My question is...is she getting too old for this? She will be 9, do girls that age still play with them or do they sit on a shelf? I won't buy it to sit on a shelf. I know many of you have purchased the AG dolls. Has anyone looked into the My Twinn dolls? Pros/cons?? Differences? Are all the clothes interchangeable? Thanks for any help you can give me.

I am not 9 (Morgan thinks I am 24 ), but I have both AG dolls and MY Twinn dolls. I love them both. I don't know if this helps. My Twinn is 23 inches and AG dolls are 18 inches. MT can wear some baby clothes and shoes, but the patterns are VERY limited. AG dolls have tons of patterns to sew from.

 

[Bill_Lin]

HEY! We can use them both!

ANYONE that would like to help! PLEASE pick a siggy link so that people can link to the BIG GIVE information straight from your siggy. It's an easy way to encourage everyone to give and take them to all of the information at the same time.

Thanks so much Castle & Lisa for creating GREAT siggys! They're both awesome!

BILL! Thanks so much for stopping by! You're a true treasure! Feel free to click the link in my siggy for big give info!

When I clicked on your signature, the only thing that linked was the countdown signature. I wonder if the link is working.

Thanks,

Bill

 

[disneymommieof2]

I've never found knits in the Wal Mart fabric department but I do sometimes check the racks in the adult sections, especially the plus sizes. I'm usually making something for a child so most pieces can be cut out of a larger adult sized tee. It's hard to find cut knit prints locally so I'm trying to think "outside the box". I've even begun checking the section with sheets because some of the jersey knit sets are really cute prints.

Yep sure is a sickness- I have a brand new flannel sheets I just can't decide to use them for the original purpose or cut them up and make pants for ds and dh. They are transformers and are so much cuter than the fabric the are selling!!

When I clicked on your signature, the only thing that linked was the countdown signature. I wonder if the link is working.

Thanks,

Bill

EVERYONE ADDING THE MAKE A WISH THINGYS:
Make sure you take out the . in the [/URL. and the img.

 

[teresajoy]

I think for ages, we should let the family decide if the older kids would wear the clothes. We could always give them a link to our photobucket account so they can see the range of styles we call "custom". Of course we'd need to be clear the photos in that account are not what they'd receive but more the kinds of outfits people here make. Many older kids (and adults) who would never wear character clothes at home could be the first to do so on a Disney trip. For a child of any age, I think Heather's idea to ask for dislikes is a good idea. Some girls will only wear dresses or skirts while some the same age won't wear them unless forced.

As for the number of outfits, I really think setting it at 3-4 per child in the family would be a good number. Although WE all love having at least one custom outfit per child per day, some people actually don't plan their clothes based on which park or ADR they have that day! I know, it's shocking but true. I think 3-4 outfits will give them a good variety without being overwhelming. Personally, I'd rather know we're giving 3-4 outfits to children in 2 or 3 families rather than 7-8 outfits for only one family.

That sounds good.

This is for Teresa:

She was in a mood this morning, lol. I told her she was a teenager-in-training.

I love it!!!! Megan, you look adorable!!!!

Thanks Steph!

Yes, the lightning bugs are out! I hope you have a great time in Michigan! It'll be nice and hot and muggy for yah! Or not, you never know in Michigan! I think Coldwater is the closest city to us, it's almost an hour.

I am SO glad you corrected her!
And, remember, we don't drink no stinkin SODA here!
Pop, I tell you! It's POP!

Just for fun. DS2 had his Bday party Sunday and got to wear his Mickey custom again. Here's my lame attempt at making a cake!
http://

Cute cake!

Hi Everyone! Fun times at our house...we had severe lightening at our house today, and it struck the water main in front of the house..so you guessed it. No water, also for some reason our satelight isn't working either, so no TV... And did I mention that I haven't showered for work yet tonight...I don't know what I'm going to do. I can't even fathom showering in a patients room...ICK times 1000!! I wonder how many bottles of Dasani it would take to wash my hair...

Uggh! That sounds like a pain!

Also, some accounts don't let me use a hyphen in my user id so in the photobucket account and on the Disboutiquer ProBoard my user id is Tifanicole (see, the last 2 letters of my first name are the same as the first 2 letters of my middle...how clever am I ). Which just has always been my default user id so I DID NOT COPY OFF teresajoy, heathersue or candicenicole.

Sure, we believe you!

When Drew was a baby, I was really worried that Riley would be very envious of her because she didn't have to deal with being sick and going to the doctor and getting poked and all of that other yucky stuff that Riley has to do on a regular basis. I was so upset. I worried a lot about how that would affect their sister relationship. A very wise gal in my Bible study said "Drew is going to be the one who is jealous. Riley is going to grow up know how to deal with her stuff, but Drew is going to see all of this attention that Riley gets and feel left out."

I had never thought of that. From that day on we have tried our best to keep the girls from feeling left out, but honestly sometimes it is hard. Riley has been sick since April (this go-round) and over that time I have witnessed Drew become more and more winey and clingy. Obviously I need to do better to make her feel included. About a month ago she asked me if Riley was going to die. I felt horrible. I had just assumed that she knew what was going on and didn't ever really sit down and explain it to her.

So now that I have written my book.......... I think that this is such a great thing to do for these families. These families have so much to deal with. I would really hate for us to add the guilt of leaving out the other child/children to the mix. I can't even begin to tell you what a gift it is going to be for these mommies and daddies to treat every single one of their kids like a little prince or princess for a few days.

I agree with Lisa. I would rather give 3 families 3 outfits each rather than give 1 family enough outfits to fill their luggage.

Thank you for sharing your experience with this with us Denise. Poor Drew, it must be hard on her too.

Wow! I'm surprised that anyone remembered those sets...it was ages ago.

OH Elisa, we remember EVERYTHING!!!
Say, have you done any deep sea shark fishing lately??

Dear Friends,

My name is Bill. I am one of the founders of the Wish Trippers Unite! web site. I hope that I have come to the right place. If not, please PM me the link.

On behalf of all of the present and future Wish Trip Families, I want to thank you for your love and kindness to our friend Heather and her family. You are such amazing people. May you be richly blessed for your kindness to these kids and families who have suffered so much in their young lives.

Wish Trips to Orlando can vary a bit, but the typical trip is 6 nights and 7 days at Give Kids the World Village or a Disney Resort if the village is full. This usually includes a 3-Day Park Hopper Pass to WDW, a 2-Day Park Hopper Pass to US and IOA, and one day at SW. The first and last of the 7 days usually are taken up by travel, orientation and check-in, check-out. That means 5 days of theme park visits. If the kids stay at Give Kids the World Village, then they will have Village tee shirts to wear one day. Laundry facilities are available so outfits could be worn more than once.

Anything they wear that helps identify them as Wish Trip Kids is helpful to Cast Members at WDW or Team Members at Universal/ IOA.

If you want to know more about Wish Trips, check out the links in my signature. Again, thank you for your kind hearts.

Bill

Thanks for the information Bill!

 

[teresajoy]

If anyone is looking for something to do, I just updated my Trip Report.

 

[minnie2]

Just for fun. DS2 had his Bday party Sunday and got to wear his Mickey custom again. Here's my lame attempt at making a cake!
http://

The cake came out GREAT! I am making a Mickey cake for DS6 who has always been obsessed with Mickey! Mine is not going to be nearly as fancy! I am just making 3 circles and putting them together and icing them. If i am feeling really creative I may make one circle chocolate and one white and one marble. That is about the extent of my cake making skills!

How did you make th eMicke head?

Hi Everyone! Fun times at our house...we had severe lightening at our house today, and it struck the water main in front of the house..so you guessed it. No water, also for some reason our satelight isn't working either, so no TV... And did I mention that I haven't showered for work yet tonight...I don't know what I'm going to do. I can't even fathom showering in a patients room...ICK times 1000!! I wonder how many bottles of Dasani it would take to wash my hair...

Oh no!!! Do you have water back yet?

Thanks for all the sprained ankle advise everyone. I know that was COMPLETELY off topic! It's hurting pretty bad again tonight from being up and around all day so I'm sitting on my couch with the laptop and I'm letting DD watch CARS...she's thrilled! It better heal up soon. I have lots of "getting in shape for Disney" to do!

feel better!

I know there is a resort thread but since I spend more time here than anywhere else I'd like to get ya'll's opinions.

Ok, the original plan was that we were going to WDW in December and staying at POFQ (DH's choice) I wanted to stay at CR because that's where the girls and I stayed last year (DH didn't go). He doesn't like CR but since then he's been acting like a complete knob about the whole thing so I'm going to do the same thing I did last year and just plan for me and the girls. I've been looking at WL and it looks great especially since they have so many activities for the kids. I also thought Coronado Springs looked relatively nice as well. My question is given the choice where would you choose to stay? I've seen tons of pics of both but it's not the same as getting feedback from those in the know. Thanks.

Sorry don't have any advice but i just wanted to say. IMO When it comes to Disney how can you go wrong with any of the resorts?!?!?!
We where originally going to stay at POR because our friend had 3 kids ad it was the best option with out going to a deluxe resort or a suite. DH always wanted to stay at AKL but we could never afford it. Then next thing you know it we are walking through the mall and we check out Doorway to Dreams and DH bought a DVC at AKL! So this trip we are staying at SSR since our resort isn't finished.

I will say though that over on the DCV board a lot of people LOVE WL. My sil and my girlfriend do love CS.

Sorry like i said I was no help!

 

[minnie2]

BIG GIVERS!

I'm listening! I'm taking notes! Thanks for your input, please continue to post whatever comes to your mind.

I really do believe that with the very high number of families, that we should consider doing 3-4 outfits per child per trip. I really do think that would still be considered a sizeable gift, and make their trip extra special. It would also allow us to help more families in a shorter amount of time.

I think that I will include a statement on the application regarding children that says something to the extint of "please include all children that would be interested in wearing customs" for the children's sizes section and then a statement with the adult section that says "please include all travellers that were not listed in the children's section" That will allow the families to decide who will receive customs and who will receive t-shirts.

Keep the suggestions coming!

You are doing an amazing job organizing this all! When my sewing gets better I will contribute. Right now I pale in comparison. I am very proud of all of you who are involved!

I LOVE your new sig with the Big Give! Tink looks great!

I didn't know that there was a disboutique board all it's own!!! Checking that out now!

Me neither! i will check it out in a bit!

 

[revrob]

When I clicked on your signature, the only thing that linked was the countdown signature. I wonder if the link is working.

Thanks,

Bill

Sorry, Bill. I couldn't figure it out last night. I gave up and went to bed. I'm on it again this morning. Hope it's working soon.

EVERYONE ADDING THE MAKE A WISH THINGYS:
Make sure you take out the . in the [/URL. and the img.

Thanks so much! I'll give it a try again.

 

[minnie2]

I've never found knits in the Wal Mart fabric department but I do sometimes check the racks in the adult sections, especially the plus sizes. I'm usually making something for a child so most pieces can be cut out of a larger adult sized tee. It's hard to find cut knit prints locally so I'm trying to think "outside the box". I've even begun checking the section with sheets because some of the jersey knit sets are really cute prints.

What great ideas for finding fabric!

Check on the Creative DISigns board. I think there are several there.

Do you have a link to the Disign boards?

We offered my DD8 a choice for her Bday in October (ok, I'm Jennifer and I'm a planaholic). She could have a large party with friends and a small gift or a cake and ice cream with immediate family (grandparents and Godparents) and a more expensive gift. She has been wishy washy with what she wants and frequently changes her mind as to the theme of the party. It's driving me nuts! Anyway, her latest is that she wants a My Twinn doll. She has a cheap version AG doll that she received as a gift 3 years ago that hardly gets played with, so I don't know why the obsession. She just recently discovered AG dolls through reading the books. She wants a My Twinn because she wants one that looks like her and thinks that is cool. My question is...is she getting too old for this? She will be 9, do girls that age still play with them or do they sit on a shelf? I won't buy it to sit on a shelf. I know many of you have purchased the AG dolls. Has anyone looked into the My Twinn dolls? Pros/cons?? Differences? Are all the clothes interchangeable? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Nikki (8) LOVES her AG dolls! LOVES THEM! I don't think she is to old for them at all. She has read lots of the books even from dolls she doesn't have as well as some of the fun books.

I don't know too much about the MT dolls but personally I never think they look like the kids. If your dd wants a doll that looks like her i would check out the Just Like Me AG dolls.

My DD10 (almost 11) has a My Twinn doll and 3 AG dolls. She never plays with her My Twinn doll, probably in part because it's hair is out of control It is also much larger than the AG dolls so doesn't fit in any of the fun clothes they have. She LOVES her AG dolls and plays with them nearly every day. Most of her friends also have AG dolls. Sugarbees DD12 has just about all of the AG dolls and still loves them. I don't know how often she "plays" with them but she loves collecting them and dressing them up. I want an AG doll for myself, so I guess I'm not too old

I actualy have an AG doll for me! My mom got tired of me trying to convince Nikki to get the Molly doll . Molly looks just like me as a kid! I had glasses since I was 18 months old so as a kid my mom always looked for dolls that had glasses and back in the 70's there were none. So last Christmas my mom broke down and bought me a Mini Molly. She couldn't justify spending that much on a big doll fo rme. I even tried to convince Nikki to get her this past weekend and it didn't work Of course when I got my Molly Nikki tried to convince me that she was lonely and she needed to be with her other AG friends

My SIL and My MIL both have AG dolls! Their excuse is they want to make clothes for them for Nikki and my sils god child. Yeah sure I will go with that story

My mom also loves the store and the dolls. I told her it is a good thing that my brother is having a boy they are happy with matchbox cars!

For all of you AG doll lovers around Christmas time Costco usually has the books sets with the mini dolls at a really good price.

 

[Jajone]

The cake came out GREAT! I am making a Mickey cake for DS6 who has always been obsessed with Mickey! Mine is not going to be nearly as fancy! I am just making 3 circles and putting them together and icing them. If i am feeling really creative I may make one circle chocolate and one white and one marble. That is about the extent of my cake making skills!

How did you make th eMicke head?

painted styrofoam balls

 

[minnie2]

painted styrofoam balls

What a great idea! I bet you could use mushed rice crispy treats?

Thanks!



OMG ladies I have been checking out the other board and it is amazing! I am not going to get anything done today and I so need to!


Another pain in the but ? from me.

If I have a pattern for a size 7 (boys) and i want to make it bigger (size 10) how much should I add to the pattern? Or where can I go to find this info?

 

[kjbrown]

I know there is a resort thread but since I spend more time here than anywhere else I'd like to get ya'll's opinions.

Ok, the original plan was that we were going to WDW in December and staying at POFQ (DH's choice) I wanted to stay at CR because that's where the girls and I stayed last year (DH didn't go). He doesn't like CR but since then he's been acting like a complete knob about the whole thing so I'm going to do the same thing I did last year and just plan for me and the girls. I've been looking at WL and it looks great especially since they have so many activities for the kids. I also thought Coronado Springs looked relatively nice as well. My question is given the choice where would you choose to stay? I've seen tons of pics of both but it's not the same as getting feedback from those in the know. Thanks.

I haven't stayed at CR, WL or Coronado Springs, but I have stayed at POFQ and really enjoyed it! I liked the small feel of the resort, the great pool and the bus service was terrific. I stayed at POR and hated it! Just my two cents.

 

[revrob]

DESIGNING MOUSE
I'm sorry I didn't answer your question about resorts yesterday. I wanted to come back to it today when I had a somewhat clear mind.

We have stayed at WL several times and we really enjoy it. We love that we can get on a boat to go to MK, and we love the atmosphere. You asked about another resort, but now I don't remember if you meant Carribbean beach or Contemporary resort (I know it was a C ). If you meant Carribbean beach, we have stayed there several times, and we really enjoy the atmosphere. It doesn't have a table service restaurant (I don't think?), but we eat most meals in the park, so that didn't really bother us. I hope you have a great time whatever you decide.

 

[HeatherSue]

BIG GIVERS!

I'm listening! I'm taking notes! Thanks for your input, please continue to post whatever comes to your mind.

I really do believe that with the very high number of families, that we should consider doing 3-4 outfits per child per trip. I really do think that would still be considered a sizeable gift, and make their trip extra special. It would also allow us to help more families in a shorter amount of time.

I think that I will include a statement on the application regarding children that says something to the extint of "please include all children that would be interested in wearing customs" for the children's sizes section and then a statement with the adult section that says "please include all travellers that were not listed in the children's section" That will allow the families to decide who will receive customs and who will receive t-shirts.

Keep the suggestions coming!

Yes, I agree 3-4 outfits per child would be great! Are you going to include a section for "likes" and "dislikes" for each person? I would really hate to spend time making something that wouldn't be worn!

I'm having a hard time finding any Big Give information on the other board. All I can find is a "test" thread. Could you post a direct link to the thread where the info is?

Thanks again for organizing this, Shannon!

I have been wanting to post this question, but I've been too lazy!

I can get to the pages on the tags, but not when I am trying to look by a person.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Also, some accounts don't let me use a hyphen in my user id so in the photobucket account and on the Disboutiquer ProBoard my user id is Tifanicole (see, the last 2 letters of my first name are the same as the first 2 letters of my middle...how clever am I ). Which just has always been my default user id so I DID NOT COPY OFF teresajoy, heathersue or candicenicole.

We believe you.

About a month ago she asked me if Riley was going to die.

Poor Drew, she must have been so worried about her big sister. I know first hand how much little sisters can love their big sister. This is just so hard on the whole family, isn't it?

Wow! I'm surprised that anyone remembered those sets...it was ages ago.

I remember them, too! They were adorable! Nothing says Sea World like ruffles and dolphins!

Me either!! I just got done sewing myself a shirt - but will have to wait a few more posts before I can put up pics! Is it at ten posts that you can then post pictures?

Yes, go ahead and post silly stuff until you get up to 10!

Dear Friends,
My name is Bill. I am one of the founders of the Wish Trippers Unite! web site. I hope that I have come to the right place. If not, please PM me the link.

Welcome Bill!! It will be difficult to incorporate a MAW theme in each outfit. But, maybe the kids could wear MAW pins or something so they can be easily identified!

I am not 9 (Morgan thinks I am 24 ), but I have both AG dolls and MY Twinn dolls. I love them both. I don't know if this helps. My Twinn is 23 inches and AG dolls are 18 inches. MT can wear some baby clothes and shoes, but the patterns are VERY limited. AG dolls have tons of patterns to sew from.

Wait a minute, you're NOT 24?!

I am SO glad you corrected her!
And, remember, we don't drink no stinkin SODA here!
Pop, I tell you! It's POP!

OH Elisa, we remember EVERYTHING!!!
Say, have you done any deep sea shark fishing lately??

It IS pop!
That deep sea shark fishing picture was one of the funniest things ever posted on here!

If anyone is looking for something to do, I just updated my Trip Report.

And it's a FANTASTIC update!! I loved it!!

 

[revrob]

Yes, I agree 3-4 outfits per child would be great! Are you going to include a section for "likes" and "dislikes" for each person? I would really hate to spend time making something that wouldn't be worn!

I'm having a hard time finding any Big Give information on the other board. All I can find is a "test" thread. Could you post a direct link to the thread where the info is?

Thanks again for organizing this, Shannon!

Yes, likes and dislikes are on the form. I think I've pretty much got the form ready to go, but I've got just a tad bit more tweaking to do, and then it'll go out to families.

I haven't listed family information on the board yet. I'm in the final organizational stages now. I wanted to have everything organized and ready to respond before I contacted all of the families. There are 5 maybe 6 families that I have on the list to contact. Once I have received the information from them that I need and have verified that they have a confirmed MAW trip, I will list the families individually by trip date on the board. Until I have that information, I can't post. It will be soon. Very soon.