Our Fish Extender

One of my friends makes and sells fish extenders. As soon as we booked the cruise, I contacted her to see if she would make a customized one for me. I found one that I liked on the internet, and she worked with me to change a few things that I didn't like. 

She was slammed with last-minute orders for June! However, she came through for me, and I met her in Athens to pick it up last Saturday. She did an awesome job! 

Our Fish Extender

Fish Extender Gifts - Part 3

I read about making Post-It notepads earlier this year so I decided to try making them for a fish extender gift. I went with a beach theme instead of Disney. I cut out some card stock and printed paper and started scoring and glueing. They were so each to make!

I attached a little note in the shape of a Mickey head to the back of the pad. Can't wait to pass them out!

Fish Extender Gifts - Part 2

Last summer, Marc and I found these whiteboards at Staples for $1.00 each. We decided to buy 40 of them to put away for future fish extender gifts. I used my Cricut machine to cut out the waves and cruise ships, assembled them, added Mickey heads, and laminated them. 

This is the finished gift:

So, guess how many staterooms are in our fish extender group? Exactly 40! Seems like this cruise was meant to be!

Fish Extender Gifts - Part 1

One of the things we missed out on during our first cruise was participating in a fish extender group. A fish extender is a pocket or set of pockets that hangs from the fish outside your stateroom door, like so:

Then, you exchange gifts with other passengers in your fish extender group. There are no rules about what should be given or when so you never know what you'll get. (Think stocking stuffers on Christmas morning!) Some people give stateroom gifts, some give to each person in the room, and some give only to the kids. Some people only give one gift during the cruise while others give a few gifts or even something every day. 

So, Marc and I have decided to do two small gifts and one large gift for each stateroom. (Keep in mind that we've only known about this cruise since May 8 so we needed to choose simple gifts that didn't require a lot of time!!!)

For the first gift, we decided to take it easy. I've been experimenting with making subway art since January and finally found a photo-editing program that I love called PicMonkey! I started off with a blank white picture and added text and stamps until I came up with this:

Then I saved it to my trusty Pink Piggy and ordered some prints from Sam's Club. (A mere 13 cents each! Well, the ones I actually paid for. I got 25 free prints with my order!) I stopped by Hobby Lobby on the way and bought some bright card stock mats and magnetic tape. All that was left was the assembly.

The finished product...Disney Fantasy Subway Art Magnets!!!