APDG ~ Mickey Mouse's Birthday - 11/18

Did any of you know that November 18th is Mickey Mouse’s Birthday? Well, yes it is!

Mickey Mouse’s Birthday gives you the opportunity to .... you guessed it......celebrate that great mouse of all time, Mickey Mouse!

Mickey Mouse’s Birthday is the birthday of the fictional mouse created by Walt Disney and appeared in the short film “Steamboat Willy” in 1928. It is celebrated annually on November 18th by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse fans all over the world.

November 18th, 1928 is considered by most to be the official birthday of Mickey Mouse. That’s because this is when the mouse first debuted to the public in the short film “Steamboat Willy.” During the 1920s, Disney Studios created cartoon characters for Universal Studios. One of these animated characters was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. In 1928, Walt Disney noticed how strong the series was going, so he went to producer Charles Mintz and asked for an increase in the budget. However, Mintz refused and demanded that instead of a raise that Walt take a twenty percent cut to his budget. When Walt refused, Mintz told him that Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was owned by Universal, as was his other characters. He also told him that all of his animators were already signed to contracts to Universal. Instead, Walt finished the work he was contractually obligated to finish and started to start a new Disney Studio, complete with new animators. One of those animators was Ubbe Eert Iwerks – a man who was affectionately referred to as Ub Iwerks.

In 1928, Walt Disney asked Ub Iwerks to develop some new character sketches. Iwerks started drawing several prototypical animals which included cows, horses, dogs and cats. However, Walt Disney didn’t like any of them. Eventually, Ub Iwerks created a mouse which Walt Disney originally named Mortimer Mouse. That name didn’t last long, though. When Lily Disney, Walt Disney’s wife, found out the proposed name of the mouse, she didn’t like it at all and instead urged Walt to change it to something else. He did and changed it to Mickey Mouse.

People all around the world celebrate Mickey Mouse’s Birthday in a number of different ways. Some people spend the day watching Disney movies. Other people throw a “mock” birthday party at their homes – complete with a Mickey Mouse theme birthday cake. And other people travel to Walt Disney World to tell Mickey Mouse happy birthday.

Next onto our swap:

Post THREE (3) pictures and/or gifs to each of your THREE (3) partner's profiles with the theme "Mickey Mouse’s Birthday or Mickey Mouse". The pictures that you choose may be the SAME OR DIFFERENT between all of your partners. Please choose pictures that you think THEY will enjoy!

Only people with well filled out profiles may participate in this swap. I will be checking the night before partners get assigned.

If you get 3 pictures from your partner on "Mickey Mouse’s Birthday or Mickey Mouse" you have to rate them a 5. The heart on the rating is for if you like what they sent.

To leave a photo on someone's profile use this code ! [ ] ( Put image address here ) With NO spaces & paste the picture's link between the curved parentheses.

Practice on your own profile first to be sure it looks good because you can easily delete there.

Pick images that are size 300 wide or smaller to be sure they fit. I go to Google images to get my pictures.

Hover over images to see their size because there will be some larger sizes there too. If you really like something click on it and go to the words SEARCH BY IMAGE and click on that. THEN go to the word SMALL and see if there is one 300 size. There are other tricks in the group thread; AN EASY way to get a small PIC from a BIG one;-)

You can find moving pictures at http://giphy.com/

Please write the TITLE OF THE SWAP ON YOUR PROFILE DECO MESSAGE too! This makes it easier for partners that are in a lot of these swaps to rate it.

Any problems, feel free to contact me.

I want to thank @anrtist for allowing me to borrow SOME of her wording.