Day 1266: Quoting

I've been doing these Quote Canvases for a while now, and I really believe the hardest part about them is choosing the quote you want most and then finding a design that will fit both the space and the theme. For the above work in progress, it wasn't that difficult, although it took some debating for sure. We knew we wanted something Pixar, and because it was going in our kitchen, we figured that Ratatouille would be a fair place to pick a quote from. 

But with so many great Disney quotes out there, how can you really pick just one? I mean, here are some of the brainstormed quotes that we've discussed for various canvas works: 

"Have Courage and Be Kind" - Cinderella

"All our Dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney

"Adventure is Out There" - Up

"Just Keep Swimming" - Finding Nemo

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it." - The Lion King

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Winnie the Pooh

To be far, those were just a few of the options that we've considered over time, and I would love to know what you'd put on a quote canvas like the ones I create! Let me know in the comments! 

Have a magical day!

Day 778: Scurry, Sniff, Flinch

I know already that this particular blog post will be a shorter one. As you know, college takes up a lot of time, and more often than not, the Disney references in my life are pretty small. Not insignificant, just small, and this is one of those times!

The other day, for some reason, my roommates and I were having a wild time in our back room, as usual. Things get pretty crazy when we're all sick of homework and are patiently waiting our turn to use the life-saving Keurig that sits on top of one of our mini fridges. Somewhere along the line, we ended up with Scurry, Sniff, Flinch, and then, before we got back to our work we had to have a Timon break: 

Of course, we also had to watch this one: 

Let's just say it was a good homework break. 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on February 24).

Day 638: Hakuna Matata

This particular post will be a a little bit shorter than usual, simply because college has me pretty busy, but I wanted to share the awesome amount of Disney in my day!

My friend Brian and I discovered as soon as we came back to SNC this fall that we have the same shirt, just in different shades of grey. I've collected my fair share of Disney themed shirts in the past year or two, and this was one I picked up at like Target or something for around $10, and I'm pretty glad I did, because we made it honorary Hakuna Matata Day!

Whenever I wear this shirt I always end up getting compliments on it, so that must mean that people like it, right? I sure do, so I don't blame them. 

Like I said...short post today, but generally they're pretty long so I figure I can make one shorter than usual and get away with it! 

Have a magical day!

(Note: This blog post was written on October 30).

Day 281: Show Your Disney Side

Now, I love watching the new campaigns for Disney Parks start out. It's just so much fun! And you know what that means, if I'm talking about that? That's right, Disney has begun it's latest campaign, and this time I absolutely love it.

The idea? Show Your Disney Side, and there's a bunch of components to this so I'm sure you'll be seeing and hearing more about it in the weeks to come. But tonight I wanted to share with you some of the first stuff we're seeing about this: commercials. And there's three great ones already out!

The first one, which has already been on TV for about a week or more, features our favorite bad guy, Darth Vader...as well as a home improvement store and some light bulbs. But you get the idea:

Next up, an Aquarium and a little mermaid...kind of. Wish I could do that when I go to the aquarium. Just saying. Oh yeah...at Disney you can do that, after all.

And finally let's take a step into the Jungle with the newest of the commercials, which should start your Lion King day off just right, if you know what I mean...

In the end this is a brilliant idea, because we really do all have our own Disney side. Now there's also a contest going on, but I'm not going to say anything about that until I figure out whatever it is that I'm doing for it. Don't want anyone stealing my ideas, after all! 

So what's your Disney Side? 

Here's today's Disney History: 1993: The inaugural hockey game of the Disney-owned Mighty Ducks is held at the Anaheim Pond in California. In their first season they will finish 33-46-5 with 71 points and fourth in the Pacific Division. Disney will sell the franchise in 2005 to Henry and Susan Samueli, who will change the name of the team to Anaheim Ducks). 

Have a magical day, and don't forget to show your Disney Side!

Day 251: Shopping

One of my initial concepts for this blog, and something I'm sure I've talked about before, was to talk about things that are, physically Disney, that popped up in my life. This means that it's not a reference to something, or something at Walt Disney World. No pictures on Instagram or anything like that. Nope, the idea was that it has to be something that says Disney on it. The idea was that it has to be something that is, or says Disney on it.

Well, yesterday was one of those days where that original idea came into play. After picking up a couple of my friends from college and going out for Froyo, I returned them to college and, instead of going back home as I intended, I headed towards Green Bay. Why? Well, it all started with a comment from one of my friends. I had been at home earlier in the morning, obviously, and didn't exactly have the right pair of socks to wear the shoes I had brought home, so instead I just threw on my boots. I also had like a black tank top on, and apparently when you put it all together I was almost dressed as Emma Swan.

Now, this goes even further back to over a year ago, when I was shopping with my best friend and I found a red leather jacket that seriously did remind me of Emma, and I didn't buy it. I sure regret that. So since I was in Green Bay, I started a search for a leather jacket, as well as for a pair of brown boots, but that's not what I came out with. In fact, I found neither, but I did find a few other things!

First, I found a Hakuna Matata shirt that I just pretty much had to buy. It's adorable, and I got it at target. I tried to find a picture of one so I could show it on here, but I didn't find one sadly. The same goes for the Mickey Mouse Club shirt I got at Old Navy. I looked for a picture but didn't find one. Of course, I'm too lazy to take a picture of my shirts and put it on here, but that's mostly because it's already dark in my dorm room and I don't feel like turning all the lights on for a picture.

But that's not all I got that was Disney! Today was my church's Rally Sunday, and I always work for it, for the past number of years by running the Duck Pond, a game where the kids pay a quarter and pick a duck and get a prize. It's adorable to watch the kids pick which duck they want and get one of the different prizes. And you know what one of the prizes were this year? Little Disney activity coloring books! Once everyone was finished I picked a duck of my own (ok, so maybe I had them memorized) and picked out my Disney coloring book, which I intend to color here at college when I need a break. Sounds like fun to me!

And so, those are the little bits of Disney that I found in the past couple of days. Granted, it has largely been on my mind, for obvious reasons. Only 287 days you know!




Today's #Frumpstagram post today is "Character Moment," so of course I had to choose my favorite guy, Donald, as my character for today! He is #1, after all. I mean, he told us so himself. He is pretty awesome though, and that's why he's one of my favorites. He's on my phone case too!






Here's today's Disney History: 1998: It's official...the Walt Disney World attraction Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is permanently closed. On this day work beings on Mr. Toad's home as it will become The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. One of the park's opening day attractions, it was modeled after the Disneyland attraction. Despite the ride's popularity and any protests, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride entertained guests for the very last time yesterday.

Have a magical day!

Day 220: D23

You know what's this weekend? You had BETTER know what's this weekend! D23! THAT'S WHAT!

Now, I'd absolutely love to be at D23 this weekend, but of course, I'm not. Instead I'm just here and I'll have to deal with that. But why not relive some of my memories from the last D23 Expo. You know? The one I was at!

You see, two years ago I went to Disneyland with my family, and we happened to be there at the same time as the D23 Expo, so we became D23 members and went, and it was amazing! In fact the entire trip was amazing! When we first got there our room ended up not being ready, so we waited, and then they called saying it was ready, but when we got there it obviously wasn't. So we went back and they ended up giving us an upgrade to a park view room, which gave me the amazing opportunity to watch World of Color EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. It was awesome!

Anyway, back to D23. There's lots of cool things going on at this year's Expo, but here are a few of the amazing things I got to experience back in 2011!

Well let's see. I think one of the greatest things for me was honestly just being there. Like I had never been surrounded by so many Disney loving people. I really wish I could have gone this year for the same reason, and because I have this blog and it's like "here's this perfect time to promote my blog" and I can't! Oh well! IT was still an amazing experience. 

And one of those amazing things was the different panels we got to sit in on. I mean, there was stuff on the Disney Parks as a whole, with the announcements from Disney Shanghai and Carsland and New Fantasyland. Yeah, I got to see the stuff from New Fantasyland way back in 2011! That's crazy! Although I guess they had already started construction and we knew, but it was still awesome! We even got to sit in on a panel with the people working on Carsland. And then some stuff happened and we learned about how John Lasseter was trying to find a picture of him as a Jungle Cruise Skipper. You know, I don't know if he ever did find one, but I hope he did. I want to be a Jungle Cruise Skipper someday too, so that was just really awesome. 

Oh yeah...and after that panel we stopped at the restroom and my dad and brother were in the bathroom with John Lasseter. Like I was standing outside and watched him walk in and I just stood there for a couple of minutes with my mouth hanging open. 

And then there was the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives, which will be back this year, just with a few different things. And I'm really excited because it's actually coming to Chicago this fall and winter, so I'll be able to go and see it. But it was there in 2011, and I got to see a whole ton of awesome stuff, all the way from the original Tron to stuff from Toontown at WDW and the future Buena Vista Street at California Adventure. It's such an amazing group of artifacts, it really, really is!

But by far one of the highlights of the entire expo was the very first screening of The Lion King in 3D. It's not every day you can say that you were in the very first screening of something! And while it was for a movie that has been out since like 1994, it still counts! It was awesome to be able to say to my friends that I had already seen it when they asked if I was going one of the first days it was out. They all just got confused. 

Along with all of that, I got to buy some really awesome pins, meet some really awesome people, eat some really awesome cupcakes and do many other really awesome things. UGH, I SOOOOO want to go to the D23 Expo because it was soooo much fun in 2011! But I guess I'll just have to wait until 2015. But don't worry, I will do my best to be there that year! I promise! 

Here's today's Disney History: 2000: Walt Disney World begins offering new sounds around the Magic Kingdom. The four new musical acts official debuting on this day in The Main Street Philharmonic (a 12-piece brass and percussion ensemble replacing the Main Street Marching Band), the Tomorrowland Blast (a 12-piece band specializing in rock 'n' roll), the Fantasyland Woodwinds Society (a quartet playing Disney favorites) and Notorious Bano Brothers and Bob (a comical traveling trio in Frontierland). 

Have a magical day!

Day 49: American Pickers

This evening I was watching American Pickers with my family...like I often do...but this new episode happened to have a Disney reference.

While looking through a prop house, Mike and Frank came across a large display that was obviously Mary Blair inspired...and that meant a history lesson on Disney and It's a Small World. It actually was a remake from Indonesia, but it was still cool, and they still bought it for $900.

I tried to find a picture, but I can't find one...probably because the episode was new tonight. But it was pretty awesome, and I thought I'd share. If I can find a picture as time goes on, I'll be sure to post it...but for now you'll just have to take my word for it.

Here's today's Disney History: 1995: Disney's The Lion King is released on VHS in the U.S. Some 20 million copies will be sold in the first week.

Have a magical day!