Disney Christmas Gift Guide

So it's that time of the year again, can you believe it?! I've put together some of my favourite Disney bits to share with you this festive season. From dolls to decorations, I've got something for everyone this Christmas!

 Ariel PJs | Beauty and the Beast PJs | Ursula PJs

Christmas is a time for getting cosy and warm in your PJs so why not buy someone a super cool pair of Disney ones! There are so many on the market right from Matalan, ASDA, Topshop, Asos, Primark..the list goes on. They be a really cool inexpensive gift that sometime can use for ages. 

Dumbo Soft Toy | Tinkerbell Animator Doll | Snow White Classic Doll

The Disney Store has a great range of dolls and soft toys for all ages. If you fancy something small, try a smaller plush or doll, if your looking for something abit bigger maybe the Animator Collection is more you. Disney's soft toy collection ranges in all different characters from princesses to some of your favourite animals to classic characters. If you love the look of the Animator Dolls but they are just abit too big, try the Mini Animator Doll Collection instead! 

Disney Traditions | Disney Princess Mega Figurine Set

Now Figurines are some of my favourites things to collect from the stunning Jim Shore Traditions to the Disney Store's figurine sets. This Christmas Disney have introduced the 'Mega Figurine Sets', which include all your favourite for a good price. Disney are generally having sales or offers all the time leading up to Christmas so I bet you can get these Mega sets for even less! For the more adult fan maybe a Jim Shore Disney Tradition is the way to go. There are endless characters, movies and scenes in stunning carved art. 

 Up Decoration | Alice in Wonderland Decorative Shoe | Disney Princess Hanging Decorations

Everyone needs a Disney Christmas Decoration whether it's on their tree or just as an ornament. Each year The Disney Store brings out new Disney Decorations ranging from Robin Hood to Peter Pan. They even have singing decorations, which are my favourite! Bring the magic of Disney home with classic scenes like the Up house or Ariel on her rock. There are also a range of Disney Shoe Ornaments, which are inspired by different characters and movies.

 Jack Skellington LE Pin | Animator Collection LE Pin Set | Moana LE Pin Set

 A slightly different gift idea next, Disney Pins. I'm a Disney Pin Addict as I love them so much so I just couldn't miss them from my list! Whether you like girly princess pins, dark edgy pins or just general classic pins..I'm sure there is one for you. From Jack Skellington to the newest Disney movie 'Moana' there are tons of pins to choose from.

Pinocchio Snowglobe | Aurora Snowglobe | Beauty and the Beast Snowglobe

If your looking for the perfect gift for an adult Disney fan then look no further than a Disney Snowglobe. The Disney Store have sold some beautiful snowglobes over the years, which if your lucky you could probably find on Ebay, but the website offers some lovely ones too. Some are even musical and light up, how cool is that!?

That's my Disney Christmas Gift Guide for 2016, hope it helps!!

Disney Store Wishlist - September 2016

The Disney Store is like another home and I'm always wanting things from there so I decided to make a wishlist to organise what I really want. Since I blog about all things Disney, I thought I might as well share my wishlist with you! 

1. Disney Chritmas Decorations - I LOVE Christmas and Disney so when Disney bring out their annual decorations I get so excited! They have made some really stunning decorations this year but my favourite has to be the Peter Pan clock one (pictured). I'm making it my mission to buy some for Christmas this year!

2. Animator Mug - The Animator Collection is one of my favourites and when they expanded it this year with figures, journals & mugs, I was beyond happy! I love the drawings of the Animator Collection and I'm so glad they decided to use them more. This mug uses the art and I love it!

3. Moana - Just this week Disney released the all new Moana merchandise for the new Disney Princess movie coming out later this year. I love the design of Moana as she is totally different to all the other princesses! I also love Moana's sidekick 'Pua' the pig, he is just so adorable! I will need a plush of him for sure!!

4. Snow White Pins - As you know I love pins and I'm collecting characters for my single character board so these new Snow White pins would be perfect as they include Snow White, the dwarves & the Evil Hag! The downside is that they are £130..yeah pretty expensive...I'm hoping they will go on sale soon for cheaper as they aren't selling out. Fingers crossed!

5. Libby Star Darlings Doll - I have two Star Darling dolls, Scarlett & Sage but I really would love Libby for my inner girly girl. I love Pink & Libby is all pink! I love her pink hair & dress so much.

She is on my Christmas list for sure :)

6. Beauty & the Beast Snowglobe - With all the new Beauty & the Beast merchandise coming out, they of course had to bring out a stunning snowglobe, and I mean stunning! I think this is one of my favourite snowglobes I seen and it plays 'Something There' aswell, which is super cute. The scene is the globe is actually one of my favourite as I love the outfits and when Beast gets covered in birds!

7. Merida Animator Doll - Over the past few months I've been loving the Animator Dolls. So far this year I've got Anna, Alice, Aurora, Snow & Belle! And now I'm on the hunt for Merida. I love the size & detail of these dolls, they are perfect! I also love Merida's ginger curly hair so much..I think that's what pulling me to her the most.

That's my wishlist so far, I've probably missed something but oh well!

Do you have a Disney wishlist?

Disney August Favourites!

I literally can't believe August is over and it's already September..next thing we know it will be Christmas here we come! Anyway, since another month is over that means a favourites is due! I'm hoping to do one of these for every month and have a simple run down of my Disney Favourites.

My first favourite this month has to be one of my favourite ever plushies, Gaston from Beauty & the Beast! Since it's the 25th anniversary this year of Beauty and the Beast they have released lots of new soft toys to celebrate including this amazing Gaston. Gaston is one of my favourite villains and characters from the movie so when I saw this I knew it had to be mine!

You can buy Gaston here

I've been loving the Animator Collection range that they have just released at The Disney Store. I love collecting the dolls and have quite a few including the mini ones, so when they made I found out they made figures I was so excited! I think they are some of the the most detailed figures I own and they have included lots of amazing characters that look just like the younger versions of them. I really hope they make another series with Tinkerbell & Alice!

You can buy the Deluxe Animator Figure Set here

I saw this bag & purse online and in store ages ago but they were quite expensive. I waited and I was super lucky to find them in the sale for an good price! It was just before I went to Disneyland Paris and my Mum treated me to them for the trip. I wore it for the whole trip and the bag is very comfy and a great length.

Sadly the bag is Out of Stock but you can buy the purse here

Over the last month I have been loving the new Disney Movie Collection books. I've been collecting all my favourites and these are just some on the picture. I love that they are hardback as I find paperback abit floppy and the illustrations are beautiful. I find these quite pricey for a book at £10 but luckily I bought alot on offers, so I'd wait till they are on offer again!

You can buy them here

I've also been loving Tsum Tsums this month with one of the August releases being Beauty and the Beast for the anniversary. I was so sad as I wasn't quick enough to get the tsum tsums on release day but luckily a friend of mine had some extras and sold them to me for retail price, which was truly magical! I got Beast, Belle & Gaston and I love them! I think they really look like their characters and the detail is great too.

Sadly all the Beauty & the Beast Tsum Tsums have sold out now.

August has been a busy month for pins as I went to Disneyland Paris and bought a ton there and got some at Comic Con too..(even though that was at the end of July!)..anyway, these are a few of my favourites in my collection that I thought I'd show. I was super lucky to have my amazing US friend pick me up the first 60th Disneyland diamond for retail cost and then bought the Peter Pan Designer pin from a UK seller for £10!! So happy with my pins this month :)

You can buy Disney Store Pins here

That's my August Favourites!
Hope you enjoyed, let me know your favourite on my list or if you have a disney favourite!

September Q&A

Even after a couple of years blogging I've never done a Q&A as I was always scared people wouldn't ask questions but I risked it all and decided now as the time to try! I asked my Instagram & Facebook friends to ask me Disney questions and luckily I got some responses! 

@katedoesdisney on instagram asks: What's your favourite Disney pin out of your collection?

My favourite pin is actually quite a recent one that I bought. It's a circular pin with Walt's picture in the mickey, surrounded by different Mickey's! 

@missalexmo on instagram asks: If you could choose a Disney sidekick to be you best friend, which one would you choose? 
Probably Tinkerbell as she is one of my favourite characters. She is a fairy, gets to be best friends with Peter Pan, live in Neverland & fight Captain Hook..total fun!
 
@missalexmo also asks: Which is your favourite Disney princess dress and why? 
It has to be Elsa! I love to ice blue dress so much, it holds so much empowerment and just reminds me of being free! 

@fairycollector88  asks: What's your favourite non disney princess character? 
Peter Pan of course!!

@disneybarbielove asks: Who are your top 5 favourite Disney instagram pages?
 I love so many including @katedoesdisney, @disneylushaddict, @disneyinparticular, @disneyfind and @disneycollectorx. 

@disneybarbielove also asks: What's your your top 5 favourite Disney princesses? 
Rapunzel, Elsa, Anna, Belle & Cinderella but I also love Ariel, Snow White & Merida!

@disney_obsesser_ asks: Which Tsum Tsum sets do you hope for the future?
As I said in my Tsum Tsum tag, I'd love more princesses like Aurora & Tiana. 

@thetikicandlecompany asks: What is your favourite Disney film?
Like my favourite character, my favourite Disney film is Peter Pan! :)

@enchanted_rose96 asks: Do you have an item in your collection that is special to you and why?
All my collection is special to me but my most special item has to be my Peter Pan snowglobe that I got for Christmas. Peter Pan means so much to me and so does this snowglobe! 

@enchanted_rose96 also asks: What was the first disney film you recall watching?
I thought it was The Lion King but according to my parents it was either Jungle Book or Winnie the Pooh!

@mirren_k asks: Who is your favourite Disney character to meet? 
Peter Pan..see a theme coming on! I really was super excited that I got to meet Peter Pan but Tiana & Naveen were amazing too! Oh...Donald and Rapunzel!

@mirren_k also asks: What character would you most like to meet that you haven't met in the parks yet?
Captain Hook! I didn't meet him on my last trip as he wasn't out on the day I wanted to meet him but he is my main goal for next time!

@collageconnection asks: If you could meet Walt Disney what would you ask him?    
 This is hard but I'd probably ask if he was proud of what Disney had become..

Whitest Fly on facebook asks: Is there any Disney story you would like to see a sequel of?
 I'm happy that Peter Pan already has a sequel but I'd love a prequel of that where he meets Tinkerbell..if that counts? I'd also love a Tangled sequel of Rapunzel and Flynn getting use to royal life, kinda like Cinderella 2!

Amanda Jane Philips on facebook asks: If you could be any Disney character who would you be? 
 Probably Tinkerbell for the exact same reason as I said why I'd love to be her best friend! Elsa would be pretty cool too!

   That's all my questions! Thankyou to everyone who asked me a question, I'm truly grateful!

The Tsum Tsum Tag

Another Disney thing I collect are Tsum Tsums. I love that are stackable and smaller cute versions of popular Disney characters. I found this tag on Lucy's blog, Disney In Particular, which you can see here. 

1. How many Tsum Tsums have you got?

I have 72 mini ones and 1 medium, which is Donald :)

2. What was your first?

My first tsum tsums were Minnie, Marie, Donald & Snow White. I ordered them from a friend on instagram in America, as they weren't out in the UK at that time. 

3. Do you have any full sets?

 I do have a couple but not many, as I collect so many other things I decided that I'd just collect my favourite Tsum Tsums instead of completing sets.  

4. What's your favourite set?

Peter Pan is my favourite set as it's my favourite movie and all the characters look awesome in Tsum Tsum form!

5. Who is your most wanted Tsum Tsum?

 Oo..that's hard. Probably Baloo at the moment as I missed his release and he reminds me of my Dad. Oh and Scar as he is a favourite of mine! 

6. What set do you want them to make?

 Weirdly enough most of my favourite Disney movies have been made into Tsum Tsums from Tangled & Frozen to Peter Pan & Beauty and the Beast..I'd like some more princesses in the future like Aurora & Tiana! 

7. Do you just collect Disney or do you collect the Star Wars & Marvel ones? 

I actually only collect the Disney Tsum Tsums as that's what I collect. I love Marvel but don't collect it so didn't see I point. I'm not a massive Star Wars fan so I didn't feel the need to buy those either!

8. Do you have any from Clintons/Target/Other non-Disney Store Shops?

I do have a few Clintons ones because sometimes I just don't have the cash on Tsum Tsum Tuesdays or I forget..or I can't be bothered to get up! I prefer the Disney Store versions but you can't have it all!

9. Do you dislike any Tsum Tsums?

I don't think the first Alice in Wonderland set was amazing..particularly the Mad Hatter, he just looks odd :(

10. Which characters do you think they should have released in previous sets?

I would have loved an angry red Tink in the Peter Pan set as a varient, she would have been cool!

I thought I'd end with some pictures of my collection. I store them in these super cute cubes and I've actually ran out of room so there may be no more Tsum Tsums for a while!

Sims 4: Disney Princesses

I love The Sims games and love making my favourite characters! If you followed my other blog you will have seen my other creations, if not you can see them here! I've made Equestria Girls, Ever After High, Disney Fairies..but now it's time for the Disney Princesses!

 

 

You can download all these princesses on my Sims 4 Gallery: nevergrowup_x

If you have a request of a certain Disney character let me know!

My Disney Pin Collection

I've been collecting Disney pins since 2014 and I'm totally addicted. I first noticed pins when I went to DLP in 2013 but only bought one. Then I started instagram and found out people where collecting & trading via social media. I loved looking at all the different designs and styles you could get of all different characters! It was an awesome way to collect Disney but it doesn't take up too much room..well so I thought! Two pinboards on my walls later, I've realised how crazy pin collecting can be! 

I sort my pins into different sections to make them look nice and tidy.

I collect:

• Frozen
• Peter Pan
• Tangled
• Disney Dreams
• Beauty & the Beast
• Villains
• Random pins that I like..(disneyland 60th anniversary, sets, princesses..)

 Frozen was one of the first collections I started as I love the characters and movie so much. The hype for Frozen pins was crazy and my collection is no where near other amazing collections. Since I live in the UK, it is extremely hard to get special LE pins or hard to find pins as they always cost crazy money because I can't just go to a Disney Park to pick them up myself! Luckily I got good deals on my pins and I'm proud of my collection. 

Beauty and the Beast is one of my newest collections as you can see by how small is it compared to others. I do have a couple of other pins like Gaston, Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth & Chip but they are on my other character pinboard. I love the gold that are used in these pins and I'm really proud that I collected the whole of the New Fantasyland set. 

Tangled was also one of the first collections I started since Rapunzel is my favourite princess. I have quite alot of special LE pins in my Tangled collection like the book & stained glass. I love all the pinks and purples that they use for Rapunzel and of course all the blonde hair! 

Peter Pan is my biggest collection and my favourite next to my Disney Dreams pins. Peter Pan is my favourite character and movie so it was an obvious choice to collect him. I love my Peter Pan pins and I was lucky to get alot of them for amazing prices! My favourites are the locket & the Designer Fairytale LE pin. 

These are my princess pins and shields. I'm extremely lucky to have all the shields in the collection as I know Snow White & Belle are hard to find now. I got these for Christmas one year from an amazing french seller, who kindly picked them up for me from DLP and sold at a great price! I wasn't sure on them at first but now I love all the colours and style. My favourite pins are the locket & top one with all the princesses one. 

I'm the HUGEST fan of the Disneyland Paris night time fireworks show 'Disney Dreams' and when I found out they made pins for it I knew I had to collect them. I bought all the OE bottom ones from the Disney Store website when I first started, then eventually bought the LE top pins. I know I'm still missing Alice in Wonderland & Tangled LE pins but one day they will be mine! 

 On the left is my small collection of a set called 'Once Upon a Time'. They came out in Disneyland & Walt Disney World in mystery boxes and I love them. I traded for 3 of them and bought the other 2 for an amazing price as they can be quite expensive. They are quite big pins and even have a little stand, which has their name on! On the right is my nesting doll set that came out last year in Disneyland & WDW. They are pins of some of the princesses and some other characters like the fairies from Sleeping Beauty, Tinkerbell & Mary Poppins. 

At the top are pins different sets such as the Princess Cameos, DLP Cast Member badges, Princess Cell Phones & Once Upon a Time Tokyo Show Pins. At the bottom are all my hotel, year, park & attraction pins. I'm trying to collect a year pin every time I go to DLP so I still need a 2013! I have a Santa Fe hotel pin as I stayed there when I went a couple of weeks ago. I have all my park pins and attraction pins from all the different parks too. 

These are random pins that I just like so I keep. I have a little Arisocats collection, Aladdin collection & then other randoms like Sofia the First, Up, Jungle Book..etc! 

 

These are some of my most treasured pins as they are for Disneyland 60th Anniversary. The blue diamond at the top is one of my favourite and most special pins. My Californian friend got it for me and I love it!

 

This is my Villains collection. I love the pop art looking ones as they are so different! I'm trying to get one of every villain, as villains are generally my favourite!

Then my newest collection and project is on a small pinboard. I'm trying to collect as my characters as my board will fit. So far I've done pretty well and can't wait to collect more and more different characters so by the end it will be one huge montage and of course Walt is in the middle!

That's my pin collection. I will blog about my pins more in other posts.

Thanks for reading :)