Disney's Animal Kingdom resort is by far one of my {FAVORITE} resorts on Disney property! The theming is absolutely fantastic, and the atmosphere of an African savanna makes you feel transported to a world away. Our family had an opportunity to stay at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, and I want to share with you what we loved about it.
What we LOVED about Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge:
The lobby. Honestly, we loved it. It is so gorgeous! The wood floors, African themed totem poles, and bright colors really add to the resort.
There are huge windows all around Jambo House with viewing decks. You can go out, or look out the window, and see animals in the savanna. When we were there, we'd often make a stop on the way back to our room to see if any giraffes or zebras were roaming around. Sometimes we saw some-it was super cool!
The pool area was great for our kids. The pool at Animal Kingdom Lodge-Jambo House-is a zero entry pool. That is so nice when traveling with little kids. Also, the pool area is just big enough to have room for fun, but small enough that I could keep an eye on the boys while they enjoyed the water slides and still play with our little one in the shallower area.
So, we love us a good Disney countdown in our house. The days are passing {slowly}, but there's excitement every time I change the number! Last year we did the paint chip countdown-and I wrote a fun fact on the back of each one which made it super fun for the kids. This year, I wanted something that I could start even earlier-you can only fit so many paint chips on an 11x14 canvas, right? So after scouring my When You Wish Upon a Star board, I decided to use my Silhouette {shocking, I know} and create this fun countdown to hang in our kitchen.
Today I am going to share with you the DIY Distressed Sign I made for a friend. She has a "woman cave", and it's all beach themed. She also happens to be the secretary where I work, so I thought it'd be awesome to make her something for her beach room as a Secretary's Day gift! I had pinned a lot of design ideas to my CC {Carrie's Cameo} Pinterest board, and finally settled on making my own. Love it! I was so tickled to give it to her, and she had lots of squeals over it. It was a GREAT moment! Anyway, I am so in awe of all those Etsy ladies who work hard to make these signs and sell them...it's a lot of work, but the end result is fab! I didn't take a ton of pictures along the way, so I am showing you the finished project, and laying it out in step by step directions. I love it so much, I want to make another one! The best part is, I used all materials we already had at home-including the wood!
I LOVE making monogram projects for gifts and for around our house. With baby & wedding shower season coming up, I wanted to share some ideas for using monograms in your home decor. Maybe you need to do a little freshening up in your home, you want to create a special gift for a family member, or you need to experiment some more with your Silhouette . No matter what, here are 12 Easy Monogram Projects for you to try!
"Wow" is all I can say about the many announcements made this week at Disney Parks. I am so excited about all of the fun things they have in store for us this summer!!!! With the Release of Monsters University, they have based their entire summer around Mike and Sulley, and BOY is it going to be fun!
The First Announcement was actually NOT Mike and Sulley based, but this one will happen this will happen this week. I am going to be honest; my inner nerd is going crazy!! “May The Fourth Be with You” will be celebrated at Hollywood Studios for “Limited Time Magic”! There will be special fireworks, a dance party, and characters will be showing up in Star Tours to ride with you. Yes, this is so exciting for every Star Wars Fan!
Next is the Kick Off of the “Monstrous Summer” at Disney Parks. To kick this off, 3 Parks will be open for 24 straight hours from 6AM-6AM on May 24th! There will be Special Events going on throughout the day:
· In Florida, Magic Kingdom will feature a “Monsters University” Theme where Mike and Sulley will be the Grand Marshalls of the “Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade” and make appearances in TomorrowLand. Characters will be dressed in their PJ’s in the early morning and late night hours, and there will be late night Dance Parties in and around the courtyard of Cinderella’s castle!
· In California, you will be able to party the night away about both parks! They will have a Dance Club and Star Wars Characters in TomorrowLand and the new Fantasy Faire Royal Theatre at Disneyland will become a Royal Dance Hall late at night with a live band and dancing.
All three parks will feature limited edition specialty merchandise and food offerings, plus many surprises! Friends, I WILL be in attendance so be on the lookout for a blog post after this event about the MAJOR FUN! Also, check out the YouTube video below on how they announced this! Amazing! Did I mention I love Disney?
Other announcements included that Mike and Sulley will be in the parks all summer! At Hollywood Studios you will find the Monsters University Student Union where you can peek at the campus, and at Disney California Adventures Park you‘ll find them right outside the university dorms!!
This summer is going to be amazing at Disney, and for any Disney Lover like me, this week did NOT disappoint!
Angela is a Disney Vacation Specialist and Orlando Travel Expert with Destinations in Florida. She specializes in traveling with young children, and children with food allergies. She would love to plan your next vacation! You can contact her on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/AngelaDestinationsInFlorida or email at angelas@destinationsinflorida.com
Walt Disney World sponsors many running events throughout the year. There's the TOT 10 Miler, The Princess Half Marathon, the Walt Disney World Marathon, and several others. My sweet friend Miranda is running in the Walt Disney World Marathon as part of the Give Kids the World Team. GKTW is an organization that exists soley for fulfilling the wishes of children who are suffering from life threatening illnesses. Her nephew, Brayden, has benefited from Give Kids the World, so Miranda is running to raise money for this awesome organization. EVERY SINGLE PENNY that she makes from her Etsy shop goes to her Give Kids the World run. You can read more about Miranda's cause and her running story HERE.
Miranda is a fellow Disney nut, an Etsy shop owner, and she's offering a custom made Mickey IPhone skin to ANYONE who donates $20 or more to her GKTW run! The cool thing about this skin is that you can't buy it in her Etsy shop! It's just for anyone who donates to her marathon run at Disney World.
Donations of $20+ will receive a free Mickey silhouette iPhone4 skin. Upon completion of the donation, you must forward a copy of the receipt to disneygirl32830@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Skins should ship within 7 days.
Hi! It's Jilly! I'm happy to be here today on My Favorite Finds! My hubby and I were able to go on a little vacay last month...without the kids! We went on a cruise, then spent a few days in Orlando at Universal Studios. In my last post here as the travel contributor I gave you guys some Tips for First Time Cruisers. Today we're discussing how to have a great time at Universal Studios.
Flip flop your eating and riding times. Most people stop for lunch between noon and 1:00, and dinner around 5 or 6. So, the lines for all the rides are shorter during those times, and the lines for food are shorter before and after those times.
Universal Meal Deal. If you are planning to buy food in the park anyway, you might want to get the Universal Meal Deal. For only $21.99 (ages 10+)/$10.99 (9 & under) you get unlimited food at 3 restaurants in the park. It's not 4-star restaurant food, but it's decent and the portions are large. With each meal you get a main entree, side dish & dessert. But, you can get as many meals as you want all day long! (So do the squirrels. Little punk stole my onion ring!)
While you are here, there's still time to enter to win TWO DISNEY WATER PARK Tickets. They don't expire, so if you have a trip planned, you should for sure enter!
I hope you are ready to make your "to do" list for the weekend!There will be so many great recipes, ideas, and projects shared that you'll need to start pinning ASAP! Last week's most viewed links were:
I can't wait to share the links that really caught my eye at last week's Pinworthy Projects party. Did you happen to see that I'm giving away TWO tickets to a Disney water park?! Yes!!! There's a handy link on the side bar in case you haven't entered yet. You'll for sure want to enter! And check out Just Us Four and Atkinson Drive to see what they featured this week, too! Now, on to my {FAVORITE} Pinworthy Projects:
I had been wanting to make some of these pretty flowers for my daughter's room for quite awhile, and I finally got around to it. She, and I, absolutely love them! They were super simple to make, and even if you don't have a Silhouette, you can still make them using a Cricut or maybe even a paper punch. If you need to, you could even freehand them and cut them out of pretty paper. I had pinned these from Positively Splendid, and they did turn out splendid!
. No matter what, here are 12 Easy Monogram Projects for you to try!
