….now you’ll have no doubt. This winter we will be taking the family on a vacation to Disney World. I am a very big Disney fan (for reasons I’ll go into more depth on in a different post, but to get the idea: I love the stories, I love the family focus, and the engineer part of me loves the efficiency of Disney World. That place is one well-oiled machine, and I love seeing it operate. It really is magical to me!)

One thing the I love to do before a Disney vacation, is to get my kids hyped. So I came up with an idea for a “Magical Memories Box”. It’s where I’ll put our tickets when they arrive, our Mouse Ears, Disney Magical Express tags, the little booklet confirming our resort stay, our MagicBands, and the day we go….the kids will open the box and there will be some Disney candy inside ;)

As the separate surprises arrive, we’ll put them all in the box together (plus, it keeps all the important things together and I don’t have to worry about what I did with them).

So I got the idea for it, and then designed this box up. It’s made of maple; the handles are cherry. I made the mickey handles because the lid fits flush with the rest of the box, and I thought it would be interesting to make them contrast with cherry. I made the design in affinity designer, then cut the pieces and engraved it on my Glowforge. “Welcome Home” is the typical Disney World greeting when you arrive, and I loved the idea of using it on here. The people in the silhouette each represent one of us. All in all, I’m really happy with how this turned out, and I’m already putting it into action.