Day 129: My Disney Collection V2

Last time I talked about my Disney collection, I gave a basic tour of my room and then showcased the things that line my walls. But what about my bookshelves? There's plenty of Disney there too of course, and it makes perfect sense that they get an entire blog post just about them!

I have two bookshelves, although one is certainly more Disney themed than the other. Here's my first one, the non-Disney one, but it still has a few Disney parts to it, and especially around it. On top sits those Star Wars posters I talked about in the last volume of my Disney Collection.

And off to either side I've got things too. On the right sit some of my shoes, most noticeably my yellow converse, which I love to use for Disneybounding. But I have the grey shoes too, and use them as a Disney bound piece all the time as well. And on the left side, sitting on my bedside table, I've got my Han Solo M&M dispenser, which I got over a year ago. Obviously I keep it for the Han Solo-ness and not the chocolate. 

But as I said before, my other bookshelf is really where the Disney stuff sits. There's a whole bunch of it!

It all starts on the top of the bookshelf, where I have my Mickey Mouse lamp. It's pretty cool if you ask me. 

And the first shelf? It's all Disney! I have my copies of the Kingdom Keepers (not book 6 since that wans't out when I took these pictures, plus I don't know where I'll fit it yet!), as well as Peter and the Starcatchers. And then my Once book, my Disney dogs book, DisneyWar and the Quoteable Walt Disney. I have plenty of other books though...but that's for another volume.

But my next shelf is probably my favorite! It's filled with randomness, namely my CD's and such, but also has one of these little guys: 

If you visited Epcot several years ago you might have seen the Robots exhibit, and you could have gotten one of these for free. You'll see another one up on my shelf in one of the upcoming posts, but I'm sure I have at least four or five...just that I made. There are tons of other ones that people in my family have made too. 

But by far one of my most prized non-Disney (well...up until recently) possessions is the following: My Indiana Jones hat. Yes. It's official. I got it from Disney and everything. It's an Indy hat, through and through. Occasionally I'll wear it, but most of the time it sits proudly...right on top of two of my favorite books...my "The Making of Indiana Jones" and "The Making of The Empire Strikes Back" books! I got them both for Christmas, and don't think I could ever look through them enough. I tend to mark my favorite Harrison Ford stories too, but, as always, that's for another post.

And I guess you could say my last bookshelf is under my TV...where I keep all of my movies. I have them organized of course, and there's plenty of Disney movies down there! You can't really see it that well, but the taller stack in the back in my Disney movies...aside from those my family owns. The front stack is my general movies, and to the left I have my small selection of Blu-Ray's and Harrison Ford movies (yes, they're separate), and behind are Indy, Star Wars (Blu-Ray and VHS!), my Seasons of the Muppet show and I love Lucy. Hours and hours of stuff for me to watch when I get bored!

So that's the end of Volume 2 of my Disney collection. Of course, there's plenty more to see. In the next post we'll take a trip outside of my bedroom to see my Disney mug collection, and after that there's still the rest of my shelves and a very special Spaceship Earth collection!

Here's today's Disney History: 1954: Walt Disney's daughter Diane marries USC football player Ron Miller at the All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church in Montecito, California. The "Football" ceremony features a minister who was a former player & coach, and a five-tier cake topped with female and male football players. Diane and Ron will have seven children and in 1983, Ron will become CEO of Walt Disney Productions. 

Have a magical day!

Day 116: My Disney Collection V1

I've been wanting to do a series of these posts for a while, but I'm only just getting around to it I guess. I had to take a bunch of pictures, of course, and then edit them and so on and so forth, and that took a while, so I'm only just getting to it now. That's ok though, I'm sure this will stretch out for a while...but I'll break them up so it's not all at once.

This is, in fact, a blog about how Disney affects my everyday life, and it seems silly for me not to include something that really is one of the greatest Disney things I see each and every day...my Disney collection & bedroom. Yes, I have a Disney themed bedroom, and there's plenty to see, so let's get started.

I actually live in the guest room of our house, but it really is my bedroom now. Since my entire family is kind of obsessed with Disney, it's originally themed to Mickey...and still is, with my additions of Star Wars and plenty of Disney Parks Merchandise. As you can see, I've got a bed (who doesn't?), a desk, TV (with plenty of movies down below), multiple shelves, two bookshelves, a chair, closet and bathroom.

But for today's volume of my Disney collection, we'll take a look at what's on my walls...along with a couple of things that aren't. I have a pretty wide selection of things on my walls, but I have three things that aren't on my walls at all...but really still fit into this category. If you've been reading for a few months, you'd know that back at the Toy Show, I got three small Star Wars posters, and they now have a home on top of one of my bookshelves. They fit pretty nicely...honestly, I feel like that spot was made for them. 

Right above those three posters is my collection of prints by Larry Dotson. My parents got me my first one (the smaller Spaceship Earth in the middle), a number of years ago, and I've been collecting them ever since. I have one signed by him, when I accidentally met him at the Art of Disney store in Epcot (the Cinderella Castle), and my most recent purchase is the Illuminations Epcot one on the far right. Hopefully I'll be getting one from the Studios come July and a Cruise Line addition when my parents head out on the Dream next year.

On either side I have the pictures my parents originally had in the room before I moved into it. They're all Mickey, because in every way it wasn't a Disney room, but a Mickey room. My personal favorite is the one on the far left, with the history of the Mickey's from Steamboat Willie up to the 90's, which says "today." Sadly it's getting outdated, but I'm kind of afraid of what Mickey would wear if it was really today. I have one more picture on the other side of the room, a poster from "The Band Concert," but I apparently forgot to take a picture of it. 

Apart from the smaller Star Wars posters, the most recent addition (and reason that all of these pictures look so nice and organized on my walls) is my Empire Strikes Back poster. One of my friends gave it to me for Christmas this past year, and honestly I'm very happy with it. It took a while to find a frame big enough, but now it's nice to be able to see Han Solo every waking moment I spend in my room.

And finally, the stuff that is literally ON the walls...my wallpaper featuring Mickey Mouse!!!

So there you have it, the first addition to "My Disney Collection." Next time we'll look into my bookshelves, and after that, to the Spaceship Earth collection and more!

Here's today's Disney History: 1916: Actor & Voice artist Vic Perrin - one time narrator of Epcot's Spaceship Earth and Universe of Energy - is born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. (My mind was honestly blown by this. The fact that one of the narrators of SSE was born in Wisconsin is just amazing!)

Have a magical day!