tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68638264405566250002024-03-13T05:29:01.647-07:00Dreamin' of DisneyI have been a Disney Girl my whole life. When I was a girl I wanted to be a Mouseketeer more than anything. There aren't too many things that I enjoy more than talking about anything Disney & sharing tips about Disneyland so this is my "Happy Place" to do just that. Welcome!Dawnellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367336693142215784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863826440556625000.post-63140099031791022592011-09-03T19:51:00.000-07:002011-09-03T19:52:07.134-07:00and then there's those Disneyland photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-065IlKoxe_s/TmLR2r7TJBI/AAAAAAAABfI/fXRVlkE31lE/s1600/What+a+Character.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-065IlKoxe_s/TmLR2r7TJBI/AAAAAAAABfI/fXRVlkE31lE/s200/What+a+Character.JPG" width="200" xaa="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uomu8zO6WEc/TmLb9_Z73wI/AAAAAAAABfQ/Seqk3QFMizA/s1600/Big+Monster%252C+Little+Monster.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uomu8zO6WEc/TmLb9_Z73wI/AAAAAAAABfQ/Seqk3QFMizA/s200/Big+Monster%252C+Little+Monster.JPG" width="200" xaa="true" /></a>As far as I'm concerned no trip to Disneyland is complete until I've put all my wonderful memories into a scrapbook.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>If you're a scrapbooker like me you're always on the lookout for new layout ideas and tips. These are a few of my favourite layouts & some photo organization tips that I use to keep my Disneyland scrapbook stress to a minimum. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EnY27HkzG7U/TmLgAUcoPzI/AAAAAAAABfU/HnPIr0XO3Jk/s1600/Make+it+Pink+l.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EnY27HkzG7U/TmLgAUcoPzI/AAAAAAAABfU/HnPIr0XO3Jk/s200/Make+it+Pink+l.JPG" width="195" xaa="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I am an avid photographer. Dorothy likes to tease me that my camera is just an extension of my body. She's not far from the truth. The trouble with this is that before I know it I have taken over 600 photos in just five days! Fortunately for me we now are in a digital age and I can easily pick & choose my favourites. I keep all the photos I've taken but I make a file called "Not Using" and transfer any photos that I don't feel are "scrapbook worthy" into this file. After that I divide my photos into themes or colour schemes like this one called "Make it Pink". <em>(left) </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B57qxWnStV0/TmLlgkKrxOI/AAAAAAAABfc/Mez37QmbK7M/s1600/Apple+journalling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B57qxWnStV0/TmLlgkKrxOI/AAAAAAAABfc/Mez37QmbK7M/s200/Apple+journalling.jpg" width="160" xaa="true" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kzCIV7rnDiw/TmLk6FSLUrI/AAAAAAAABfY/oBiCFaud4Nc/s1600/Aladdin%2527s+kiss+right+side.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kzCIV7rnDiw/TmLk6FSLUrI/AAAAAAAABfY/oBiCFaud4Nc/s200/Aladdin%2527s+kiss+right+side.JPG" width="199" xaa="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Often I will choose to journal first and then pick one or two photos to go with the story. I know journalling is a scary word for a lot of scrapbookers out there but I dare you to give it a try. This layout <em>(right)</em> is an example of two photos enhancing the story instead of the other way around. Or if you have a photo editing program on your computer you can journal right on the photograph <em>(left), </em>print it as a 8x10 and you have an instant layout done in just a few minutes!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QR24tOyZqJc/TmLmBDqzT8I/AAAAAAAABfg/FK_eXhlPczM/s1600/IMG_4764+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QR24tOyZqJc/TmLmBDqzT8I/AAAAAAAABfg/FK_eXhlPczM/s200/IMG_4764+copy.jpg" width="142" xaa="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One small drawback (if there is such a thing) to visiting the Magic Kingdom so many times is that our photos tend to start looking the same. I mean how many pictures can you really have of the Matterhorn? So on our last trip together we decided to give ourselves each a particular subject to look for and photograph. Dorothy's subject was rabbits and mine was apples. We had a lot of fun with this new type of treasure hunt, almost like searching for hidden Mickeys, and we were surprised how well we did.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One of the best things about a trip to Disneyland is enjoying those photos & memories over and over again and I hope that you found some of these ideas helpful.</div>Dawnellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367336693142215784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863826440556625000.post-9811783322827115382011-08-23T12:10:00.000-07:002011-09-03T18:06:23.018-07:00Our Tips for Disneyland<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dorothy & Me - 2009</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I have no idea what it is about Disneyland that I love so much. I have given up trying to figure it out. All I know is that I am not alone. There's alot of us out there! We are the "Disneylandophiles!"<br />
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My friend Dorothy is one of those people. Between the two of us we have been to Disneyland a combined total of 22 times and each time we come home we have learned something new. Together we have written a small book called "Dawnelle & Dorothy's Tips for Disneyland." It's 28 pages long and it's filled with all sort of tips & ideas that we've collected over the years. For the past few years we've sold it just through word of month and the response we've received has been very encouraging. <br />
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So now we're debating whether to sell it online or not. For now, if you'd like a copy please leave me comment and for just $8 we'll make sure you get a copy.Dawnellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367336693142215784noreply@blogger.com0