Finished baskets!!

Oh wow i am sooo impressed i am going to do exactly the same have always worried over presents for in-laws and these baskets are perfect, i am so excited i feel like going in town now and starting them!!!!

will you adopt me and make me a basket .............. please

The only thing I would suggest if you haven't made them before is to watch what you are getting and don't go overboard or get carried away like I have :eek:

I thought some of the ones on the thread last year were brilliant and decided to make toiletry ones for my three nieces (17, 19 and 21) and they were absolutely delighted with them.

I was quite chuffed with how well they went down that I decided I was definately going to do the same again this year for them and my female friends. I hadn't meant to but seem some great bargains that were loely and reduced to rediculous amounts in Boots' January Sale. Also, thanks to Boots, they had loads of "glitches" throughout the year, whereby I got loads of bargans for very little money and kept thinkging "they will do for my hampers". The drawers under my bed became so jam packed, that I started putting stuff in boxes in the loft and never quite realised how much I actually had until the other week.

It is my son's friend's 18th birthday next week and I wondered if I had any spare stuff in my stash to make her a wee hamper up. I went through it saying, one for Lynsey, one for Kirsty, one for Gillian, this one is for Anne, this one is for Diane, this one is spare, etc, etc. You get the idea?

Well, this is what I managed to make up with my "spares". God only knows how I am going to wrap my "real" ones - will I get baskets big enough? I think I'll need to make some more "spares" for myself and some charity functions I'm going to.

Anyway, I hope Emma will like it!!



I only thought to take the photo after it was all wrapped up so you can't actually see what is in it.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/anicholl/ContentsEmasCloseUp.jpg

It contains:

Botanics Waffle Mitt..................£1.35
Botanics Wipes .......................£0.00 (Free with Waffle Mit)
Botanics x 4 ............................£1.25 (Gift Set)
FCUK x 4 ...............................£1.00 (50p each on BOGOF)
Sanctuary x 3 .........................£0.00 (contents from Gift bag free with Boots Glitch earlier in year)
Tony & Guy Shampoo .............£1.69 (but got 200 AC points per bottle 31p in profit)
Tony & Guy Conditioner ..........£1.69 (but got 200 AC points per bottle so another 31p in profit)
Candles x 2 ...........................£0.00 (part of a gift set)
Naked x 4 ..............................£2.00 (50p each in Boots sale)
Manicure Set .........................£0.10 (reduced in Tesco)
Bath Pearls ...........................£0.50 (half a box of 12 reduced to £1 in Boots)
Flannel .................................£0.50
Nail Files x 2 .........................£4.00 (but got 500 AC points back)
Lip gloss ..............................£0.86 (reduced in Boots)
Various No.7 stuff .................£0.00 Two free No.7 GWP
Natural Collection Bath gel ....£0.50 (reduced in Boots sale)
Various face mask sachets....£2.50 (full price)


Underneath the top layer (out of sight)

A Make Up Bag ..................£0.00 (free No.7 GWP)
Original Source x 3 .............£0.00 (free samples sent for)
Cotton Wool Pads (200) ......£0.10 (reduced in Asda)


The whole lot when added up came to a total of about £18 but I did buy the botanics stuff, FCUK, face masks and a few other things with the AC points from boots so did actually only spend about £9 on this hamper but I was still shocked at how much extra stuff I had left over.

Don't become addicted like I have.

My name is Anic and I am a hamperholic.......

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


Edit : sorry for the long post


p.s. Cellophane and bows both bought from Ebay

Anic - Your hamper look very much like my hampers!! I love Boots, lol!!!

I've got about three black bags worth of various toiletries and make-up from the latest Boots sale, and it all cost less than £50! I've made five hampers already and i've still got tonnes of stuff leftover.

I would be dead chuffed to get that hamper, it looks fab and very expensive!!

someone on here was asking about mini whisks for hot chocolate hampers a while ago, i went to wilkinsons yesterday and they had them in a pack of 2 for 49p. they also had quite a few baskets from 99p. posted on the coupons board is a code for 15% off online if you go through student.wilkinsonplus.com and quote student 07.