Just before school started this fall we took an end of summer break trip to California. Although we were originally just going to visit with friends in the San Jose area, we decided to make a hop over to Disneyland before heading home. We hadn't been there in six years. At that time our now four-year old hadn't been born yet and the last time we took a trip to Disney it was to … [Read more...]
Can You Find Disney’s Hidden Mickeys?
In the past two years I've done more Disney vacations (and definitely more viewing of Disney Junior) than I've done in my entire life. When my brother and I were kids, we went to both Disneyland and Disney world only once. At that time there was only Epcot Center, but now there's so many attractions and different resorts at Disney World - it makes me tired just to think of … [Read more...]
Personalized ABC Photo Books – Disney Style
I know I've written a few posts about Disney photo books and yes, this is another one. I swear I do not work for Disney, but having a little one who loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Jake and the Neverland Pirates, makes me a little biased. I suppose it's our fault as parents for turning on the Disney Junior channel for Photo Book Baby in the first place. We've probably created … [Read more...]
How To Rescue a Bad Photo – Go Black & White
I'm currently going through about 800 photos that I've narrowed down for my Ultimate Disney Photo Book. Yes folks, I'm not done with it yet. In fact I'm only on Step 3 of Part 1 of my series: "Edit Photos". I have to tell you that working on this site, is putting a series dent in my photo book making time! Okay, enough of the sob story and down to business. What happens when … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Disney Photo Book – Part 3 Hand Drawn Chalkboard Doodles
To see all my posts on all things Disney click here! Hey Folks, did you think I forgot about my Disney photo book series? I actually didn't but I was working quite a bit on preparing for my third anniversary which just passed and now that the giveaway is over, I can finally concentrate on my photo book projects again. If you missed my series, you can catch up here: Part 1: … [Read more...]
Making the Ultimate Disney Photo Book Part 2 – Scanning Travel Mementos
Hi all! It's time for Part 2 in my how to series: "Tips for Making the Ultimate Disney Photo Book". If you missed Part 1 which discussed how to find the best Disney clip art and fonts, you can catch up via the link. I also wrote another Disney post on my best tips to get those coveted character photos with Mickey (on a Disney cruise). (Did you like my photo with Mickey? My … [Read more...]
Disney Cruise Photo Tip #1: How to Get Photos With All Your Favorite Disney Characters
I had heard all the hubbub from other parents about getting photos with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and the gang, but I didn't expect that I would be so eager to have Photo Book Baby's picture taken with them. Never having done this before and being that Photo Book Baby is still quite young we didn't know if he'd be scared (yes, we've all seen those tear-strewn, red-faced … [Read more...]
Tips for Making The Ultimate Disney Photo Book – Getting Started – Disney Clip Art & Fonts (Part 1)
Click here for a list of all my Disney photo book related posts! Hey Disney fans (and photobooking fans), as I mentioned on my Facebook page, my current project is a photo book of the Disney cruise we took this past November. From the response I got from many of you, there's a lot of interest in this topic in general and I'm not surprised - Disney resorts, theme parks and … [Read more...]
