Let Freedom Ring

Happy Independence Day!

Hope you have fabulous plans for this americana holiday...

 I wanted to share with you these images of Disneyland Main Street
which I took while on my yearly birthday visit just 4 days ago.
I love the old buildings with the red white and blue flag decor.
I threw in a picture from the past with Walt Disney to...
Enjoy!

I love how they still use the same celebration decoration!

All color photos by Jenna Graviss

Black and White Photo of Walt Disney from Red, Walt, and blue

Giveaway coming...

Stay tuned!

My Inspiration ~ disneyland visits

Every time I go to Disneyland, 

which is at least once a month, 

I am always inspired!

So here are some of the photos 

from my most recent trip that 

hopefully can inspire you too

New shot of the castle that I got by sticking my hands thought the fence with the camera angled up

Did you know there are more then 20 mail boxes in Disneyland?

 My favorite shop on Main Street!

 

This was the first time I noticed this mural, beautiful.

 nice concrete imprint, I love it's simplicity

this was in one of the store windows, I so love it.

I'm loving bunting these days and found this in Critter Country

One of my favorites... I find Tim Burton very inspiring and look forward to this time of year

so love this boat

thought this was wonderful since I am clearly a lover of typography plus it's fun to read.

A Disneyland Halloween Window Display

all images by Jenna Graviss

Farley the Fiddler

This is Farley the Fiddler, one of the long time performers at Disneyland.

Nick and I are regular watchers of Day at Disney.  It's a 45min. video... yes, VHS.  

They don't make it on DVD so we keep a VCR just so we can watch this video.  

It was made back in 1993 and they have yet to duplicated this amazing video.  

You can find it on youtube here in 4 parts, it's a great watch for you true Disneyland fans.

So back to Farley...

On Thursday we were walking through Frontierland when Nick turned to me and said "I think that's the same guy from Day at Disney" so I decided we needed to ask him,

and as soon as Nick asked he started playing the song he played in the video

"Turkey in the Straw" 

This was Nicks reaction when he started playing... it was awesome!

We helped him sing the song (not that he needed it) and then after, like he was a rockstar, we took a picture with him.

  

We go to Disneyland at least once a month so this was a wonderful surprise for us... 

we both agreed it was better then World of Color, which was the reason we went this trip.

More to come about our trip soon, 

I made some great purchases this time and I wanna share...

wonderful weekend

It's that time of year again! so happy.

My favorite time... Halloween Time

I can't even tell you how much I love Halloween, 

but to combine it with Disneyland is awesome!!!

I was lucky enough to visit the 16th and 17th 

so I have lots to share this week, 

like Farley the Fiddler and Day at Disney, World of Color, and some photos...

Also, tucker reece is the shop of the week today over at papernstitch so please go take a look.

In the meantime, 

while I am in the studio working on everyone's orders...

I hope you all have a 

wonderful weekend

Celebrate - Happy 55th Birthday Disneyland!

Walt Disney with his opening speech at Disneyland on June 17th 1955

I love this speech and every time I hear it I can't help but tear up!

"To all who come to this happy place; welcome.  Disneyland is your land.

Here age relives fond memories of the past...

and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future.

Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, 

the dreams and the hard facts that have created America...

with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”

Walt Disney
 

Photos through the last 55 years

yes, that's me in the 80's

"Disneyland will never be completed. 
It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world."
Walt Disney

Thank You Walt Disney for your imagination!

 

Celebrate - Another Disneyland Birthday

Nickolas and Me (Jenna) 

in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle, Disneyland CA 

For the last 3 years I have spent my birthday at Disneyland.  As you might have already realized I am a huge Disney, specifically Disneyland fan.  I have loved it since I was a little girl and more than anyone I have ever met until I met Nickolas.  His love is as much as mine, if not more, but more importantly we love it for the same reasons.  We can sit on a bench in front of the castle for hours or ride Casey Jr. over and over because we love to see Storybookland.  We can spend the day looking for hidden mickeys or making sure we have all the newest smash coins.  We go because we love Disneyland not because it's an amusement park.

So here are some of the photos I took.  It was hot and crowded, so I didn't take as many as I usually do.  However, I did get some really great shots of the few I did take...

Starting with...

Once Upon a Time & happily ever after 

which you can find as you enter and exit Disney Animation at California Adventure.

some the lovely favorite characters statues

wonderful store windows

beautiful Rivers of America (finally open again after months of renovations)

Sadly we will not be returning until at least September when all of the vacation crowds go home and it will be back to out annual pass crowd, I love them so much more!

but then again,

if I have withdrawals...
I might just have to deal with the summer again, hee hee 

we'll see...