Disney Frames (Fish Extender Gifts)

Okay, bear with me.  I have one more Disney post and then I'm done.  Maybe.  Okay, I promise you won't see any more Mickey this month, how about that?  :)

Disney cruises have a gift exchange tradition called Fish Extenders or FE's.  Last time around I made hand sanitizer bottles and magnets.  This time I decided on personalized frames.  I found four-frame collages at the dollar store.  I knew I wanted to personalize the frames with Disney paper and vinyl lettering.  Since our itinerary had four ports of call I opted to vinyl a port on each frame, plus I added a Mickey head in the center. On the back I added the family's name and the ship name.  They turned out super cute!

Here is my personal frame:

You may notice my frame has three ports and one ship name.  We actually missed a port on our trip due to 7 foot swells.  Unfortunately I couldn't make changes to the gift frames on board the ship.

A second friend liked my frame idea and decided she also wanted to give frames as her FE gifts.  Unfortunately I had already cleared out these particular collage frames, but she found a smaller collage frame at a second dollar store.  This is how her frames turned out:

Disney Bon Voyage Breakfast

We are back from vacation!!  I had fun on my first Disney cruise, but our second cruise just was amazing fun!!  My 5 yr old pirate became good friends with Peter Pan, our excursions were a blast, and we were even invited to a private character party on our last night!!  But this is a vinyl blog, so I had best get back on track!  :)

I wanted to show my Mickey glasses in action.  Here is a shot of our "Bon Voyage Breakfast."  The boys were super surprised and loved our party. 

The table was set with a red tablecloth embellished with vinyl Mickey heads.  This is a super cute, inexpensive way to personalize for any party or holiday.    The centerpiece of the table was a Mickey head fashioned out of three large, black, round placemats I found at Walmart.  On top of that Mickey Mouse was sitting next to our countdown.  Notice our countdown is at the number "0".

 The place settings were paper goods to make for super quick and easy cleanup.  I did not want to worry about dishes when I knew we would be rushing to get out of the house.  I used as square black plate as a charger and a smaller red round plate for our food.  The utensils were yellow.  Breakfast was delicious apple danish, but I kicked it up a notch with colorful Mickey Mouse sprinkles.  Doesn't everything taste better with sprinkles on it?  My boys certainly think so, even my husband.  :)

When the boys got to the table they found rubber bracelets and Mickey Mouse blow party favors.

It was a great way to start our vacation, and good practice for the future.  I'm planning on a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party for my baby next year.

Disney Glasses

I'm not the only Disney cruiser this season.  Four of my friends are also booked on Disney adventures, with one of my friends cruising over Christmas.  How fun!  This friend approached me to make some fun stocking stuffers for the adults in her party.  I loved her idea!  She found some wine goblets at the dollar store and asked for Mickey heads in black and colorful dots in red and yellow.  We decided to use more of my new polka dot vinyl.  We stuck them on the glasses and finished them off with ribbon tied around the stems.  Adorable!

So adorable in fact, that I decided to make some for the adults in my traveling party for our "Bon Voyage Breakfast."  And I made the red plastic cups above for my boys.  I figured it would be a safer option, I am sure my boys will be wild with excitement on our cruise morning.  :)

Here We Go Again, Disney Countdown!

So as much as my wonderful hubby hated the price tag of our first Disney cruise, it didn't stop him from wanting to go on a second cruise.  Disney announced cruises leaving from Texas, and later a kids sail free promotion and BAM!  We were booked.  :)

I decided to make a simple countdown for my kids to enjoy.  I vinyled "Days 'till we set sail" in a Disney font on blue cruise paper.  I placed it in an acrylic frame.  On my next trip to Home Depot I collected several paint swatches in a bright rainbow of colors, and added Mickey heads with number cutouts. 

Let the countdown begin!! :)