What Does YOUR DCL magnetic door sign look like? With other great tips for your sign

[Im_A_Princess]

aloha,
Here is a web link for magnetic paper they are very cheap. It's $1.00 per page. You can order one sheet or as many as you want. When you order up to 24 sheets it's $5.95 shipping. When you order 25 or more it goes to $7.95.

http://www.escapadedirect.com/mainpa.html
I ordered through them an it was great. I took normal shipping and it came in 3 days. Hope this helps.


aloha,

hawaiian mickey

THANKS!!!!!

 

[mizcolon]

I just found some in all sizes at my local dollar general store!!

 

[dredick]

Here is our door. This was sooo fun to do. We got a lot of comments as bypasser kids and parents would say, "Look at their door mom. I want ours to be like that!" "I guess they thougth ahead."(PARENT)

WOW! great door!!!TFS!!!

 

[dahuffy]

WOW! great door!!!TFS!!!

Talk about an Overloaded FE!

 

[morgy827]

Okay, this is my first try posting a photo so I hope it works. This is the door sign I made for our honeymoon in April on the Disney Magic. In the middle I hung a magnetic note pad with magnetic pens and a note asking people to leave us well wishes for our marriage so that I could scrapbook them. It went really well and we got some great messages. I also used the same door sign for the rest of our trip at Port Orleans Riverside.

 

[dredick]

love it!!!!

 

[mollygirl13]

Okay, this is my first try posting a photo so I hope it works. This is the door sign I made for our honeymoon in April on the Disney Magic. In the middle I hung a magnetic note pad with magnetic pens and a note asking people to leave us well wishes for our marriage so that I could scrapbook them. It went really well and we got some great messages. I also used the same door sign for the rest of our trip at Port Orleans Riverside.

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You did SUCH a fantastic job!!

 

[Marble8]

Hi there. I love all the incredible door designs. Mindy - do you have clip art for the personalized hats on your door (black and yellow)? How do you personalize them to look like the embroidered ears you get in the parks? TIA!

Marble8
(melinda)

 

[mindy327]

Hi there. I love all the incredible door designs. Mindy - do you have clip art for the personalized hats on your door (black and yellow)? How do you personalize them to look like the embroidered ears you get in the parks? TIA!

Marble8
(melinda)

Thanks for all of the great comments guys. Actually, I designed these hats myself and as far as the embroidery goes, I just glued it on very slowly and carefully with yellow embroidery thread. It took some time, but I wanted to have it look as authentic as possible. It is very dooable!!! I am sure I could creat a clip art for anyone if they want it for their doors too. Just let me know, I would be glad to help.

 

[CastleCreations]

Where is the best place to get your magnetic sheets from?
Also, did I notice some people laminate your magnets?
Thanks!

I didn't use magnetic sheets. I bought magnets that were very flat and sticky on the back. I had my sheets laminated at office max for a few dollars and stuck the magnets on the back. It worked great, and saved me money!

 

[Zandy595]

I didn't use magnetic sheets. I bought magnets that were very flat and sticky on the back. I had my sheets laminated at office max for a few dollars and stuck the magnets on the back. It worked great, and saved me money!

I might try what you did. How much did it cost to laminate the sheets? Where did you get the magnets you used?

 

[dahuffy]

I didn't use magnetic sheets. I bought magnets that were very flat and sticky on the back. I had my sheets laminated at office max for a few dollars and stuck the magnets on the back. It worked great, and saved me money!

This is was I did. Took them to a "Mom and Pop" place,had 17 items done for less than $5.00.

 

[Disneynut71]

Thank you for sharing all these great ideas. I just took my first trip to DLR last month and tried T-shirts for the first time. I am planning my first DCL trip in June 2009 and I can't wait to work on the door. Keep the ideas coming.

 

[andriade]

A lot of you around here seem like experts. I am having issues printing some of the designs I have found on here. They are either coming out blurry or too big. Can I gets some tips on how to print these things out. I have asked some designers for some designs and so far only one person has done it. I am sure they are so incredibly busy so I just went to one person's photobucket where she offered her old designs. I found many that I could use for my family. The problem is in the printing! I am going nuts! Any advice would be great!

 

[suezyq50]

I would like some input as andriade. I also understand and see the many requests. A lot of great work. I would like to know if desgins can be used and add our own wording.

 

[Disneynut71]

Question?

I am sure I missed this but the pouches hanging outside of the rooms, what are they for?

Thanks

 

[Anal Annie]

Question?

I am sure I missed this but the pouches hanging outside of the rooms, what are they for?

Thanks

Those are called "Fish Extenders" (or sometimes just FE's). People on a meet thread sometimes join a FE exchange. They make these FE's to hang off the fish next to their door then they take turns surprising each other with little gifts. (There are also threads devoted to FE's just like the door signs.) We have 11 families I think it is participating in ours. A lot of people will bring things from their hometowns. Some will make things. Some will go with a Disney themed item. It varies & is fun to see the creativity some people have when it comes to this stuff.

 

[jmatias]

Question?

I am sure I missed this but the pouches hanging outside of the rooms, what are they for?

Thanks

The pouches are called Fish Extenders or FE. It's a way for people to leave gifts for their cruisemates.

On the Cruise Meets board several of the groups decide to do FE gift exchanges for fun.

HTH

Jen

 

[nenner1]

A lot of you around here seem like experts. I am having issues printing some of the designs I have found on here. They are either coming out blurry or too big. Can I gets some tips on how to print these things out. I have asked some designers for some designs and so far only one person has done it. I am sure they are so incredibly busy so I just went to one person's photobucket where she offered her old designs. I found many that I could use for my family. The problem is in the printing! I am going nuts! Any advice would be great!

I'm not an expert by any means but I can help you a little....
If the pictures are blurry it means they have been resized and are now too big. It's called pixellization (sp?)...and some types of digital images cannot be made larger without sacrificing image quality. A lot of clip art out there (on websites) isn't useful for making magnets for that reason. Most of the images in this thread are large enough and of good quality to make sharp clear magnets.......which brings us to your next issue....images too large. I can truthfully say I haven't had this problem as most of my magnets I've made I want BIGGER... Anyhoo there are a lot of graphic/image software programs that can resize these images. Most well known is obviously photoshop which is not only $$$$ but not so easy for beginners. There is a program out there called pix resizer that is very easy but measures in pixels, which can be confusing. There is also free photo editing software called Gimp that is supposedly user friendly but I have not used it. Google can find thos two free programs for you. One way you can do it is simply to cut and paste the image into Paint or Word and click on it to bring up the double arrow, then just drag the corner of the image (not the sides, only the corner or proportion will be lost) to make it smaller. Its not always the easiest thing to explain so I hope that helped you!

I would like some input as andriade. I also understand and see the many requests. A lot of great work. I would like to know if desgins can be used and add our own wording.

Yes, I think all of the images on this thread are there for us to take and use as we wish. I know Brooklyn, Bevtoy, and Zandy for sure have stated that. There are some Diser's out there who create artwork for others (Kristine has a magnet thread, for example), and most things you find there will already be personalized so I would think it would be up to those individuals if you wished to take their creations and edit them....but I do know everything here is up for grabs!

Question?

I am sure I missed this but the pouches hanging outside of the rooms, what are they for?

Thanks

It is called a Fish Extender. It is used by Diser's (usually who meet through the cruise meets thread fo rtheir cruise) to pass communications and little trinkets and gifts to each other. There is a whole thread on them out there somewhere, which gives ideas on how to design and create them, and also gives ideas of what little gifts to buy or make to hand out.

HTH!

 

[rlcook]

OK you creative ones out there- What are the dimensions of the stateroom doors and where does the door number fit into it? Also, are there any codes about covering th edoors in fabric?

Lora