Rock your Disney Side!

Hello everyone! I'm Carrie, the resident Disney Travel Expert here at Hi! It's Jilly! And I am so excited to bring you some of the best deals from the Disney Parks to make your next Walt Disney World vacation even more affordable! I blog over at My Favorite Finds, and I'd love to see you come and find some JOY in your everyday!

Rock Your Disney Side: What's better than being at the Magic Kingdom for 24 hours? Knowing you pulled off a super fun Disney trip at a great rate! With all the excitement brewing about the Rock Your Disney Side 24 Hour Event that was released this week, everyone is wanting to visit Walt Disney World for a quick weekend and enjoy the extra time at the Happiest Place on Earth!




You can laugh bigger, scream louder, and stay out all day and all night at this exclusive Magic Kingdom event! And for this event, our preferred travel agency-Destinations in Florida-has group rates at three of the best Disney Resorts:

Favorite Walt Disney World Photo Spots {Disney Contributor}

Hi! It's Carrie.Taking photos is a MUST on any Disney vacation.....at least on mine! It's not unheard of for me to come home with literally hundreds of photos from our Disney Vacations. The details that go into every aspect of the parks, resorts, and Downtown Disney area offer so much to look at-and perfect back drops for awesome family photos. As your friendly Disney contributor here on Hi! It's Jilly, I want to take some time today to share my Favorite Walt Disney World Photo Spots with YOU!

Awesome Discounts at Walt Disney World

Hi! It's Carrie. Are you planning on visiting Walt Disney World for your spring break? Or even your summer vacation? If so, you will want to take advantage of the Room Discount and combine it with the Free Park Ticket Offer! I'm here this week to share the current Walt Disney World Resort promotions with all of you here at Hi! It's Jilly! Anyone who books with me and mentions Hi! It's Jilly will get a resort credit of up to $35! How sweet is that!

Disney Resorts for Families of Five or More {Disney Contributor}

Hi everyone! My name is Carrie, and I blog over at My Favorite Finds. On My Favorite Finds, you'll find tutorials, recipes, organization ideas, and Disney travel tips! I love to share my {FAVORITE} ideas with my readers, and I hope you’ll check it out. I’m addicted to Starbucks, reading, shopping, and my sweet kids and hubby. I’m always looking for a new recipe or craft to fill our bellies or beautify our home. 

I’m also slightly addicted to planning, and going on, Disney vacations with my family. In fact, I love it SO much that I am a Vacation Specialist with Destinations to Explore, an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner. I can send you ANYWHERE. I really have a passion for Disney travel, so I will be sharing my Disney travel tips here with you! Ocassionally I'll bring you some general travel tips, and even some fun crafts! I love sharing my ideas about Disney planning on my blog AND on Couponing to Disney at Chip & Co.

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With over 20 resorts to choose from on the Walt Disney World property, there seems to be endless possibilities for accommodations. But, not everyone is the traditional family of 4 traveling together. We personally are a family of 5, so finding ANY hotel anywhere for the 5 of us can be challenge, especially now that the little princess isn't in a pack and play anymore. The first step in planning your Disney vacation is deciding which magical corner of the Walt Disney World Resort you're going to call "home". So, today I am going to share with you Disney Resorts for Families of Five or More!

In the Value Category, Disney's All Star Music or Disney's Art of Animation Resorts offer suites that will accommodate up to 6 people, PLUS one child under the age of 3 in a crib. So really, you can fit 7 people in the suites! The suites have a master bedroom with a queen size bed, which is atypical of the other Value Resorts {most of them have doubles}, and then there is a sleeper sofa and/or a sleeper chair to give plenty of room for everyone else! Another plus side of the suites is they have a kitchenette-making breakfasts before heading to the parks, a quick afternoon lunch break, or snacks as easy as pie!

Freezing? Then book a Vacay!

Hi! It's Jilly. Is it freezing where you are? Dreaming of warmer weather? Then check out these deals on vacations in Florida, California, and on cruises! Here's Carrie with more info...

As a frequent Walt Disney World traveler, and now a Disney travel agent I wait impatiently for the newest Disney discounts to be released. Our family travels to Walt Disney World every summer in June, and we can do it so affordably when Disney offers discounts. Plus, book your trip with me in January, and you'll get $25 to spend at Walt Disney World!

Plan your next vacation on Cyber Monday!

Hi! It's Jilly. I'm excited to be adding Carrie from My Favorite Finds as a contributor to my blog! I've been the travel contributor on her blog all this last year, which has been so great. Now she is going to be a contributor here! Yay! She will be sharing all things Disney with us. My family is fanatical about Disney, so it's a perfect fit!

Today she will be sharing with us some GREAT Cyber Monday deals for your next vacation to Disney, your next cruise, or your trip to Universal Studios. So, if you're thinking about going to any of those places you might as well get a quote, because the quotes are FREE and you could even save yourself a little money. That's always good, right?!

Now, heeeeeeeere's Carrie!

Are you thinking of your 2014 vacation yet? Spring Break? Cruise? Hawaii? Disney Parks? Sea World? How about Universal Studios? Then now is the time to book! With 50% off cruise deposits, ONLY a $200 deposit for a Disney vacation, and more special offers, you'll want to take advantage of our exclusive Bonus CyberMonday offer to add some extra savings to your 2014 vacation! So today, I'm sharing with you some of the highlights of special offers that are currently available! Remember, using a travel agent is FREE, so what do you have to lose?

Personalized Mickey Head T-Shirt Tutorial

Hi! It’s Jilly! A looong while ago I did a guest post at Debbie Does Creations about some Personalized Mickey Head Freezer Paper Stencil shirts I made for our family trip to Disneyland.

A week or two ago I got the awesomest comment on my Facebook page from a girl named Melissa who used my tutorial to make shirts for her family's Disney cruise!

Her comment totally made my day! It was so neat to see a project someone made from one of my tutorials! And her shirts turned out SO great! I love how she outlined the ears and letters in white. So clever!Melissa asked if I could please post my tutorial here for all of you. But, of course! (said in a French accent)

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This summer we were able to go to Disneyland with my husband’s parents AND my Mom- Eight people total. It was quite the group, but SO much fun!

I wanted some fun, personalized shirts for us to wear one of the days of our trip. I started looking for different ideas online and saw a lot of great ideas. I finally settled on a
design and decided to do a freezer paper stencil.

I used the free font Mickey Ears, which was so cute and easy. To make the template I just typed the first letter of each person’s name in a Word document, and increased the font size until it filled one whole page.



Then I printed it out, laid freezer paper over it, and traced around it with a pencil. You want to write on the non-shiny side, because the shiny side is the side that you will be ironing to your shirt.



Next, cut out your template with an x-acto knife.



You want to be sure you have enough paper left around the outside of your design so that it doesn’t cause problems when you are trying to paint and when you eventually peel the stencil off your shirt.



Once you have your stencil made, iron the freezer paper to your shirt, shiny side down.



After the shirt cools a little bit, start painting! The kids can even help with this step. You can get fabric paint in a huge variety of colors from your local craft store. Don’t forget to use your coupon and get 40% off!

Oh! And make sure you put a piece of cardboard or a paper bag inside the shirt between the front & back of the shirt. You don’t want to accidently paint the front & back together!!



Now, let the paint dry COMPLETELY!



Once dry, CAREFULLY peel the freezer paper off of the shirt.

(In this picture the bigger part of the stencil has been peeled off, but not the letter in the middle)

And that’s it!! Now you have a one-of-a-kind shirt to wear!!

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Here are some other easy crafts that might be right up your alley.