Fun Find: Disney Christmas Gift Tags

Christmas is exactly one week from today!!!  I hope your holiday shopping is going better than mine!  Eliot and I are in pretty good shape, but I still have a few more things to do!  Of course, once the gifts are purchased, we still have to wrap them.  We have a huge selection of Disney wrapping paper; what I really need is some gift tags.  Luckily for me, today's Fun Find Friday is for just that: Disney Christmas gift tags!

About a year ago, I spotted these Disney Princess gift tags on the Oh My Disney blog page.  I thought they were really cute and I still do!  I absolutely love the style.

Photo Source: Oh My Disney

They're perfect for the princess in your life.  They're also neutral so you could use them for birthdays, engagement, wedding or baby shower gifts too!

Photo Source: Oh My Disney

If the Disney Princesses are not your cup of tea, here's another Christmas gift tag option of Mickey and friends from Disney Family.  (Download from their site here.)

Photo Source: Disney Family

I love how this has a large selection of tags in various shapes with all six members of the Mickey Mouse Club.  They're really cute!!!  Plus, Daisy is even on one of them!

Photo Source: Disney Family

If you don't have Christmas gift tags ready, this is the perfect solution.  All you need to do is print them on some card stock and cut them out.  Then, they'll be ready to tape to your gifts, or attach them with a ribbon!  Enjoy Disney friends!!!  °o°

I'm Leaving On A Jet Plane

We're leaving for Walt Disney World TOMORROW!!!  Woo-hoo!!!  

I really can't believe it.  This trip definitely snuck up on me between attempting to decorate the house, the holiday rush making all of my Happily Ever Hatter orders and then celebrating the holidays themselves!  I'm so excited to be going "home" again!!!

Photo Source: Pinterest

If you see me in Florida- say hi!  If you see me running the 10K- say hi!  But please don't be offended if I don't say much back during the race.  (I'm sure I'll be in deep concentration those 6 miles... repeating "I Can Go The Distance" from Hercules!!!)

Photo Source: Walt Disney World Facebook Page

For those of you who aren't going to be visiting Mickey Mouse with me, you can always virtually visit and follow along with the fun from the comfort of your own home! I'll be posting updates on my Facebook page as well as my Instagram account.  Stay tuned for many Walt Disney World photos... See ya real soon friends!!!  °o°

WDW January 2015 Bucket List

I can't believe we're leaving for Disney World in two days!  This trip crept up on Eliot and me!  I think it's going to hit me when we're on the plane.  In the meantime, I've been trying to get a lot of stuff done last minute: making a packing list, finishing some new Happily Ever Hatter designs, and trying to tie up loose ends around the house.

Photo Source: Walt Disney World Facebook Page

As you may recall, I made a trip bucket list for my October 2014 KeyCon trip to Walt Disney World.  I really enjoyed having goals for my trip.  Not only did it help me branch out to try some new things, but it also was a good way to make sure I experienced some of my favorite Disney things as well!  So, without further ado, here's my Walt Disney World January 2015 Trip Bucket List for this upcoming trip!!!

Melissa's January 2015 Disney Trip Bucket List:

°o°  1.) Finish the Walt Disney World Minnie 10K
°o°  2.) Watch Eliot, Jeremy and Dad cross the finish line at the Half Marathon

°o°  3.) Watch Eliot during the full marathon

°o°  4.) Try LeFou's Brew in New Fantasyland

°o°  5.) Eat Favorite Sweets- ice cream, candy apple, Dole Whip, Mickey Bar, etc.

°o°  6.) Go to Chef Mickey's for Breakfast

°o°  7.) Have More Waffles from Sleepy Hollow

°o°  8.) Get drinks at the Contemporary Hotel (must have another glowy drink!!!)

°o°  9.) Go on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride for the first time
°o° 10.) See the Frozen Sing Along

°o° 11.) See the Festival of Fantasy Parade with my Family
°o° 12.) Watch A Frozen Holiday Wish and See the Cinderella Castle Ice Lights

°o° 13.) Go back to the Animation Academy

°o° 14.) Go on the Characters In Flight hot air balloon ride in Downtown Disney

°o° 15.) Go to the Pool Bar at our Resort
°o° 16.) Go to Typhoon Lagoon
°o° 17.) Swim in the Pool at Pop Century Resort
°o° 18.) Wear New Ear Headband and Ear Hat Designs by Happily Ever Hatter

°o° 19.) Get Photos of Happily Ever Hatter Designs in Park

°o° 20.) Take my Family to Boardwalk area

Of course, the main purpose of this trip is to participate in the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend events so those goals are my top priority.  I also see this trip as a way to share some new experiences with Eliot and my family.  I did some of these on my trip in October, so now it's their turn to experience them!  I've also added a few things that I didn't get to try.  I still want to continue to experience new things!  

I'll check back after our trip to let you know how I did this time around!!!  °o°

Fab Five 4th of July Flag Printables- Part 2

Here's Part Two of the 4th of July Fab Five Printables.  If you're just joining me, here's Part One from yesterday.

For these, I used the Mickey & Friends Fourth of July Flag printable from Spoonful.  I modified these files the same way I made the others in yesterday's post.  If you'd like to make your own, but don't feel like going through the steps I did, I've posted my modified files below.  I do not take any credit for creating these!  They are property of Disney and Spoonful.  I just modified them to fit my needs!  Ok?  Got it?  Good.  :-)

 

 

Happy 4th of July Flag

Independence Day Flag

These large sized flags are the perfect size for decorating your kitchen cupboards and doors! If you're going to Disney for the 4th of July, you could print them on magnetic paper and put them on your Disney Resort door!

 

 

Medium Fab Five Flag

I made a medium size for smaller cupboards or window decorations.  You can also make them into paper garland, postcard style cards or note cards!

 

 

Small Fab Five Flags

 

I also made a smaller size because I wanted something that would work for scrapbooking or card making.  I'm going to use these for a 4th of July page layout!  They could also be used for 4th of July treat tags or as cupcake toppers if you glue them to toothpicks!

As you can see, the possibilities with these are endless.  Enjoy!!!  °o°

Happy 4th of July!!!  °o°

Fab Five 4th of July Printables- Part 1

After the popularity of my other Mickey and Minnie decorative printables, I've decided to make some Fab Five printables for the 4th of July!

I typically only post Mickey and Minnie printables.  But this time around, I saw a few other items on Spoonful that I thought might make cute decorations.  For these printables I used the Mickey's Fourth of July Hat printable from Spoonful.

I modified these files the same way I make Mickey and Minnie- by enlarging them and taking a screen shot.  I used Photoshop to get rid of the extra stuff in the background. Next, I printed them and cut them out on sturdy cardstock.  Then, I added Scotch tape to the back and viola!  I've created simple 4th of July cupboard decorations!

 

If you'd like to make your own, but don't feel like going through the steps I did, I've posted my modified files below.  I do not take any credit for creating these!  They are property of Disney and Spoonful.  I just modified them to fit my needs!  Ok?  Got it?  Good.  :-) 

 

Goofy and Donald

Minnie & Daisy

Mickey Mouse Happy Birthday America

 

These large sized printables are the perfect size for decorating cupboards and doors!  If you're going to Disney for the 4th of July, you could print them on magnetic paper and put them on your Disney Resort door!

Medium Fab 5 #1

Medium Fab 5 #2

I made a medium size for smaller cupboards or window decorations.  You can also make them into paper garland, postcard style cards or note cards!

Small Fab 5

I also made a smaller size because I wanted something that would work for scrapbooking or card making.  I'm going to use these for a 4th of July page layout!  They could also be used for 4th of July treat tags or as cupcake toppers if you glue them to toothpicks!

As you can see, the possibilities with these are endless.  Enjoy!!!  °o°

Happy 4th of July!!!  °o°

We're All In!

Hey Everyone!  

This has been another busy week!  Lately, that seems to be the new normal around here. But I'm not complaining; I like to be busy.  It's a lot better than being bored. Nevertheless, I can't believe that it's already Friday!

My parents and brother came to visit over the weekend.  We had a great Easter Sunday. As I mentioned the other day, it was also my Mom's birthday on Sunday.  Usually she and Dad are away on their post tax season vacation over her birthday.  But this year, they decided to go away a little later than usual so Dad could do more work before his April 30th deadline.  Therefore, this was the first time in years that we were all together to celebrate Easter and Mom's birthday!

Mom didn't really want to do anything in particular.  Her only request was that we go somewhere new and enjoy the spring weather.  We ended up having brunch at IHOP before going over to the local beach.  Eliot and I had never been there, and we can get special parking passes since we live here.  It sounded like a good plan so off we went!

We enjoyed the sun, surf and relaxation.  We were some of the only people on the entire beach!  It was far too windy to play ball so we left the toys in the car.  However, we all got to blow bubbles.  Well, the wind blew the bubbles for us anyways!  Since we had large bubble wands, the bubbles were huge!  Each dip into the solution could easily yield 20+ bubbles when the wind blew.  It was a lot of fun.

Next, we decided to go exploring some more and we all went to find a campground we were interested in going to this summer.  It's still early in the season, so there wasn't much to see, but it was nice to know where it was.  After locating our destination, Mom requested that we have some ice cream at Dairy Queen.  It wasn't birthday cake, but it sure was yummy!

It was nice to see my parents and brother.  (I don't think we've all been in the same place at the same time since we went to Disney World!)  While we were together, we talked about the 2015 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend.  Eliot and I had been planning to participate in it again. We assumed my family would be joining us, but we'd never actually talked about it.  I took the opportunity to ask everyone what their thoughts were...

Tuesday a few minutes before noon, Eliot and I sat at our computers ready to register. Eliot was registering himself, while I had the daunting task of registering 4 people.  I had a plan in place, and I was poised and ready to go.  After probably a hundred refreshes, (enough to crash on the site multiple times anyways) we were finally able to register.

Photo Source: RunDisney Website

Thankfully, my pre-planning worked.  I successfully got my mother and myself registered before I less frantically registered my brother and father.  And Eliot was registered before I finished.  A few hours later, some of the races were already filling up and selling out!

Here are the results of our registration for WDW Marathon Weekend 2015:

Melissa- Minnie 10K (6.2 miles)
Mom- Minnie 10K (6.2 miles)
Jeremy- Donald Half Marathon (13.1 miles)
Dad- Donald Half Marathon (13.1 miles)
Eliot- Goofy Challenge (Donald Half Marathon + Mickey Full Marathon= 39.3 miles)

My Mom and I both signed up to do the 10K that we originally planned on doing this year (2014) before it sold out.  I'm happy with this choice since I didn't finish the half this year. I'm confident that Mom and I can do the 6 miles together.  It will be a fun mother/daughter activity.  I'm focusing on finishing this race before eventually working towards doing the Princess and Tinker Bell half marathons.

Jeremy and Dad both decided that if they could do the half marathon this year, they could probably do it again next year.  I actually thought they might do the 10K with Mom and I so they could get a different medal.  But I'm excited that we can watch them and cheer them on when they cross the finish line!  (And the guys will be able to see us cross the finish line of the 10K!)  Plus, Eliot will also be doing the half on his quest to complete the Goofy Challenge.  Since all three of them are in the half marathon, Mom and I might even do the ChEar Squad so we can get a good view of the finish line!

Photo Source: RunDisney Facebook Page

Finally, my husband was seduced by the shiny 10 year anniversary Goofy medal.  To be fair, he's been waffling back and forth between the full marathon and doing Goofy ever since we got back from Florida.  He was leaning towards the full marathon, and then runDisney released the photo of the anniversary medal on their Facebook page.  Yep, that was all he needed.  I am very proud of him for challenging himself.  I just hope that it all goes well for him!  That's a lot of running over 2 days!

I'm definitely looking forward to going to Walt Disney World again with my family!  Plus, experiencing the races together is an added bonus!  Hopefully we'll all have shiny medals to show off by the end of the trip!  I'm also thinking about designing different t-shirts to coordinate with each of our races.  It would make for some fun photos!  I'm excited!

We're officially "all in" for Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend 2015!!!  °o°