Disney Buttons and Ornament

Stay At Home Mom's Quest For Her Bathing Suit Body!!!

shares with us this button and ornament idea today.

August is a big month in our house. Big Sister was born on Breadwinner's birthday- August 16th, and Little Sister came along 2 years and 3 days later- August 19th.
For the past two years we've celebrated at Disneyland.
I already shared our birthday Mickey Ears, but wanted to show share another fun tip.
Did you know Disney has free souvenir pins?

You've probably seen the Happy Birthday button type pins if you've been to the park in the last couple years, but did you know they have pins for every occasion? First trip, Happy Anniversary, Celebrating, Happy Ever After, you name it-they have it...and they are FREE at the information stations.
Last year we discovered these button pins make the perfect photo ornament to remember our special birthday trips each year. What a fun way to watch our girls grow around our Christmas tree!

Here's how:
Start with your pins (ours were for their birthdays, but of course any button will work!) and your favorite trip pictures.

Grab your circle cutter- mine happened to be Creative Memories.
The back of the Disney buttons is 3 inches- if you are using buttons from a trip somewhere else you might want to measure before cutting.

Cut your 3 inch circle

(yes, this is a different pic- Big Sister and Little Sister each needed an ornament)
Pop the bottom of the picture under the lip of your button

make sure the pin part is at the top of your picture

Use the pin to add your ribbon holder.
You can loop your ribbon through before or after you put your picture in place. Before is definitely easier, but when I made them last year I did it after.

As far as I'm concerned when it comes to ribbon, wider is better (the same does not apply to my thighs, though after having these girls that seems to be the case, ugh!)
I like to use a small bead of hot glue between the ribbon and the button back to keep the pretty bow (or knot) at the top from spinning.

I also use a small bead of hot glue to hold the bottom of the picture in place.
Because of the pin in the back your photo will bow a little. I didn't mind the gap at the top. In fact, the more I tried to push it down, the more the picture wrinkled, so I recommend leaving it this way. You can't even tell when the ornament is hanging.

I also like to cut another circle from a transparency sheet and slide it in on top of the photo to protect it. This step is pretty tough to photograph since the transparencies are, well....transparent! Run a bead of glue around the inside lip of the photo to hold it in place. You could add glitter to the bead for a little more sass.

We went with pink and black ribbon this year to emphasize the birthday hats.
Conveniently, the numbers on their hats remind us of the year, otherwise I would recommend writing it on the front of the ornament.

If we keep up the tradition of a Disneyland birthday trip, we may need a separate tree each year just for Disney ornaments!!
They made great gifts last year for family who went with us on the girls very first trip to Disney World, too! It helps when everyone in your party gets a button- more buttons=more ornaments!
I also made these little autograph books for the girls before we left.

I used the thin cardstock found inside a few fat quarters I purchased at Joann's a while back, covered them in fun, coordinating paper, stapled some printer paper cut to size and viola!

Oh- and how easy is it to make Mickey Ears with 2 different circle punches? Quick and easy peasy. We tied a few coordinating ribbons to the end of a pen for each of the girls to go with their books.

If you make your own Disney button ornaments be sure to leave a link in the comments on her blog. Thanks for looking!

Thanks Bathing Suit Body Mama!!!! Really fun ideas!

Cinderella Tutu

This beautiful Cinderella tutu is contributed by Crafterhours

Hello everyone! Adrianna from Crafterhours here.

Supplies:
- 4.5 yards of 60 inch wide light blue tulle
- 1 yard of shiny white fabric (I used a polyester satin) You'll have plenty left over.
- 1 yard of synthetic white ribbon
- length of 1 inch elastic, cut to fit around wearer's waist
- fire

Using these supplies, I was able to make a size 4ish tutu, but depending on how long you want your tutu to be, this could easily fit a 2-100 yr old :)

Step 1:
Cut your tulle into 60 x 32 inch rectangles. If you fold your tulle lengthwise into fourths, you'll have an easier time cutting across the entire width. You should end up with 5 rectangles and a little scrap leftover.

Step 2:
Take your rectangles and stack them all on top of each other like a big tulle sandwich.

Step 3:
Carefully fold that entire stack in half lengthwise, so you now have a 60x16 inch rectangle. Pin at the fold so nothing shifts. It is more important that the tulle stay put at the fold than at the raw edge. If the raw edges aren't perfectly equal, that's just fine.

Step 4:
Using a very low heat setting, press the fold to secure it, but leave the pins in. Make sure the iron doesn't melt your tulle!

Step 5:
Sew a seam 1.5 inches away from the fold, all the way across the 60 inches. You will be sewing through 10 layers of tulle.

Step 6:
Thread the elastic through the tube you just sewed. Sew the ends of the elastic together and arrange the tulle over the elastic so it is all covered and the gathers are evenly distributed. Now you should have this:

See how the uneven hem just makes it more frothy and tutu-ish?

Step 7:
Fold your white fabric and cut 2 rectangles that measure 15 x 13 inches. You'll end up with 4 rectangles.

Step 8:
Lay all the rectangles on top of each other so the 13 inch sides make the top and bottom, and cut them all so the two bottom corners are rounded.

Step 9:
Sew two of the rectangles right sides together: First, sew a seam across the flat top. Stop halfway across and leave a 2 inch hole so you can flip it right-side-out later. Then, using your longest stitch length, sew 4.5 inches down both sides of the rectangle. Continue sewing around the rounded corners at a normal stitch length.

Step 10:
Pull on the bobbin thread to gather the top 4.5 inches of each rectangle where you used a longer stitch length. Once these are gathered as tight as they'll go, sew over them with a regular stitch to secure. This picture might help:

Step 11:
Flip the rectangles right-side-out, push out all the corners and curves, and press. Repeat steps 9 & 10 on your other two rectangles.

Step 12:
Find the point on your tutu where the tulle is open and sew one top corner of each white rectangle to the elastic at that point. This will attach the white parts, but also ensure that your elastic doesn't flip around. Seriously, what are those white parts called on Cinderella's dress? I'm calling them "white parts".

Step 13:
Bring the white parts around to the front of the tutu, and sew them down, leaving a gap in between.

Now your tutu will look like this. See how the white parts stick up at the top? Let's take care of that, shall we?

Step 14:
Flip the white parts up and find the center point.

Sew that point down, right sides together, to the elastic of your tutu.

When you flip it back down, it'll look like this. Now we have that nice poofyness and drape like the white parts on Cinderella's dress!

Step 15:
Use your ribbon to make a bow and sew it to the front of the tutu. You could do this by actually making a bow, or by assembling each bow "part" separately and sewing them all on for a "faux bow". Ha! Faux bow! I've got to copyright that! Ok, sorry, it's been a long tutorial.

The fire I mentioned earlier is to melt the ends of the ribbon so it doesn't fray. Make sure you don't actually put the ribbon into the flame, but hold it near enough that it begins to melt. My Faux Bow© construction looked like this:

Step 16:
Slip that tutu onto the cutest belly around and enjoy!

Wow! I see a lot of these in the future for lots of little girls.

Thanks Crafterhours.

Disney Bucket Hat and Countdown Bunting

This Disney bucket hat and countdown bunting are from

Sugar Bee - Craft Edition!

I'm sure everyone has seen that amazing bucket hat from Sew Much Ado - looking at the tutorial it look relatively simple, so I thought I'd whip one up. I thought it'd be cute for Disneyworld. It is cute. But for some reason I didn't recall that my toddler doesn't wear hats. At all. Ugh. The picture above is where he stuck it on to show someone - he looks very proud of it - but then he whipped it off before I could get a non-blurry picture, let alone show off the other side. I'm still bringing it on our trip - you never know....
Here it is from the right angle:

Cute, right? The green fabric (decal and lining) is just a sheet from a garage sale, and I don't even know what project I used the brown on, but it was in my stash, so this project was a freebie. And it went together really easily. I did have a slight issue with the decal:

See that weird-looking bear thing on the right - that's my version of a Mickey head. I thought I could just wing-it, with a couple of circle items for templates. But obviously I couldn't. So I googled Mickey Head, printed off an image, and traced it. Then I just stitched it on to where I wanted it. I also added the year with my embroidery machine. Voila, one cheap - err, free - Disney souvenior.
Here's a better model, although I think he has a small head:

My son is almost 2 and the hat is size 2t-3t and it was a little big. I was say it's a solid 3t. But it's all about the noggin size of the kid - pictured above is a 5-year-old, and it seems to fit him fine. Once again, just follow the tutorial at Sew Much Ado.
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I also made the boys some shirts - very plain - I didn't think my almost-8-year-old would appreciate anything all busied up with Disney. So I just ironed Heat-N-Bond (fusible webbing stuff) to a square of fabric, used the same template as the hat, and cut out a decal, then peeled the back off and ironed it on to a shirt on the pocket. I did not stitch these. So, Disney T-shirt, check. I think they were about $3-$4 each. In park, what, $20 a shirt?

Countdown Bunting:

Does it seem like buntings (those banner things) are all over? So with them on the brain, when I wanted to make a countdown to our family vacation, I immediately thought, countdown bunting.

So, how to make a Countdown Bunting?? easy - cut some shapes that are relevant (can you guess where we're headed??) and then cut/punch/use stickers to mark each shape with a number. Punch holes in them and string them up somewhere that is a hot-spot in your house. I hung ours over our computer desk which is in the eat-in area of our kitchen - the go-to hub for us. Voila, that's it. Rip one off each day and let the excitement build!!




Thanks for both of those great ideas! The hat and small Mickey head are perfect for tween and teen boys (and even Dads). Love the idea of countdown bunting. Visit Sugar Bee today to tell her thanks!

Disney Link-UP!

Welcome to the
DISNEY
Categorically Crafting Show
where you can show off all of your fun projects featuring anything Disney!

Since there have been so many project so far this week, I'm only highlighting a few different Disney goodness!
Samster's Mommy made this ridiculously cute fairy romper. The green one looks like Tinkerbell. Check out the Tinkerbell romper tutorial.

At Second Street threw her daughter an amazingly awesome party. Every detail screamed Minnie - even the pinata! See this Minnie birthday party!
Save yourself money by making your own autograph books before you head to Disney. See this idea at Fingerprints On The Fridge.

(If you would like to have free advertising for your blog by rounding-up a Categorically Crafting post, email me at somedaycrafts@gmail.com)

Please join your crafty post if, and only if, it corresponds with the category and theme of DISNEY. (If it doesn't fit in this category, please link it up to Whatever Goes Wednesday.) Link up crafts, decor, sewing projects, food, tips, etc, that has to do with DISNEY. If you have joined a DISNEY project to a party on my blog before, feel free to add it to this show too! If you have a lot of candy corn projects, please choose your favorites. (Please no more than 4 posts per blog). Link to the specific posts, not to your main blog page.

Let's see what you have created (either recently or in the past)!

You can paste the "Categorically Crafting" button onto your blog post. I would love to see these floating around so more people can post their themed projects. I will leave this linky post open until next CC Show. Keep checking back for more ideas!!!
The next 4 Categorically Crafting Shows are as follows:

Oct. 15 - Pumpkins

Oct. 22 - Costumes

Oct. 29 - HALLOWEEN

Check back here to see the rest of the Candy Corn ideas from the last CC Show- Amazing!!

Bleach Stencil Shirts

Our Family, Our Way

shows how to make simple bleached stencil Mickey shirts!!

We have planned for an upcoming trip to Disney in October. In an attempt to be ahead of schedule (Ha!), I am trying to create some non-cheesy yet simple Family Disneywear without breaking the bank, and without disapproving my soon to be 10 year old. I would totally toddlerfy my girl in cute boutique Mickey attire if she hadn't somehow moved past that stage :(

First on the list was this simple, but great technique that I had seen used for something totally different but thought that it would work for me as well.

1) Find a Mickey Head Template (which can be quite difficult) Here is the one I used. Just right click save as to grab it.

You can open it up in paint and adjust the percentage levels for the size. For the kids I used 350% and for the adults 400%. If distorted, its alright.

2) I learned by trail and error but lay the shirt flat and between the top and bottom portion by the tag, lay some aluminum foil in between. Two of mine have bleed through, but oh well. We are keeping them :)

3) Mix a spray bottle with about 20% bleach and the rest water.

4) Cut the printed Mickey head and lay about 3-4 inches from collar. You can also print a font of your childs' name too. I happened to have some cheap iron-on letters from Wal-mart handy, so I used those.

5) Make sure sprayer is at a fine mist spray. Spray directly up in the air letting the water and bleach fall to the shirt, while shapes and letters are covered. I sprayed about 20 times of fine mist. Just a matter of the look you are going for.

I still have to make Daddy's, but so far so good.

Disney themed non-cheese attire. Check. Stay tuned for further projects. Tie Dye Mickey.

Can't wait to see all the inspiration! I am actually leaving for Disney this Friday! Woo-hoo!

Have a great day!

Angela:)

Thanks Our Family, Our Way f

or showing us this easy, non-cheesy way of making Disney shirts!