Finished hampers ***PICTURES ONLY****

indiegirl_2

Here we go with the six we've assembled this year:

Gardening Hamper for MiL:
MiL is a keen gardener... so this was an obvious choice:

Contents: plant labels, soft backed and heavy duty gardening gloves, seedling trays, bulb planter,
hand fork, hand trowel, dibber, seeds, kneeling pad & shears. All encased in a fantastic purple trug
I picked up from eBay for about £5.

USA Hamper for FiL:
The in-laws are off to the US on a driving holiday in April.

Contents: USA road map, Dummies Guides to California and Arizona,
Frommers Guide to Utah, Maglite torch, leather wallet / passport holder
and sunglasses. all wrapped in an Ikea Kassett DVD box.

Foody Hamper for BiL:
BiL likes two things: beer and food!

Contents: 3x beers, balsamic vinegar, roasted peppers, Jacobs cracker selection, food 'rubs' (Asda),
choc & chilli Schwarz rub, salami, lazy garlic, chutney 2x flavoured oils, 4x cheese truckles (not
pictured, in the fridge still!). Also in an Ikea Kassett box.

Gluten Free Choc 'treat' hamper for SiL:

Contents: 4x Thorntons choc, TruFree 'Choc Dip', TruFree luxury
choc biscuits, TruFree Brownies, Glebe Farm chocolate cake mix,
OK Foods choc sponge pudding, and a bag of Thorntons chocolate
coins. In a box we had lying around at home.

Mushroom Hamper for my sister:
She's obsessed with mushrooms, so I couldn't pass the opportunity to indulge her!:

Contents: Porcini pasta, creamed mushrooms & garlic, Geo Watkins Mushroom ketchup, dried
mushrooms, mushroom brush, individually designed mushroom-printed mug, mushroom Pot Noodle,
mushroom soup, Dr Weil's Mushroom face serum, Collins Mushrooms (identifying) book, Totally
Mushroom cookbook, mushroom bag (for storage), chargrilled mushrooms in oil, oh, and coconut
mushrooms! In a brown Ikea Nostalgisk box.

Chilli Hamper for Sister and her boyf:
Both of them are obsessed with chillies. It's a difficult choice between mushrooms and chillies for my sister:

Contents: Chilli pasta, Banks chilli & lime crisps, Kettle chilli chips, Bombay Bad Boy Pot Noodle,
chilli instant noodles, chilli and lemon seasoning, chilli seeds (to grow), chilli chocolate, Peri-Peri
ketchup, Hot Pepper sauce, artificial chilli string, habanero chilli nuts and three hot speciality sauces:
an Adam & Eve sauce and Dave's Temporary Insanity (boyf is called Dave). In a larger (I bought it
too big unfortunately) Ikea Kassett box.

All wrapped in silver-star cellophane from Flowerhour on Ebay.

Happy to answer questions about any of these by PM or in the chat thread (if I remember to check it!)

Popkins

Finished some more hampers today - really pleased with them...

My best friend:
Items:


Unwrapped:


Wrapped:


Basket - Wilkos - £4 (hope to get these cheaper in future!)
Cushion - Rosebys - £4
Fleece socks - TJ Hughes - £1.50 (part of 2 for £3)
Dove soap - Asda - 47p
Exfoliating gloves - Free - already had as part of unused set
Squidgy - Free - already has as part of unused set
Bayliss & Harding handwash - Asda - 98p
Skin Therapy Facial wipes - Wilko - 99p
Nivea Shower gel - Asda - 98p
Atrixo hand cream - Wilko - 95p
Flannel - Superdrug - 40p
Lipbalm - Wilko - set of 2 split up so approx 50p
Aero sweets - Woolies - £1.47
Wine - Asda - £1.59
Elizabeth Arden Cleanser - Free
Diamante photo frame - already had bought in sale AGES ago
Pampers wipes - already had
Total - £17.83 - budget was £15 so went a bit over!

My best friend's little boy who is 1yr old:
Items:


Unwrapped:


Wrapped:


Bin - Wilko - approx £2 I think
T/Shirt & Tanktop - Tesco - £6
Snackcatcher cup - Tesco - not sure how much
Alphabet bath set - 99p
Winnie the Pooh Height Chart - £1.50
Board Books x2 Reindeer & Santa - Matalan - £1.25 each
White Choc buttons & Mini Jammy Dodgers (his faves!) - part of multipacks
Lullaby Book & CD - Morrisons - £4.95
BEE Movie - Morrisons £5.99

I was doing really well budget wise until I went into Morrisons and bought the Lullaby Book and BEE Movie!! They both blew the budget - at that point I'd spent about £12-£13 which was what I'd planned!! Tut Tut!!

Hamper for my friend's 4yr old nephew - didn't want him to feel left out:
Items:


Unwrapped:


Wrapped:


Bin - Wilko - £1 I think
Lucky Bag containing games, stickers & sweets - 99p
Spiderman Stickers & colouring pack - The Works - £1.25
Crazy Kite - Tesco - £1
Mini Haribos starmix & mini jammy dodgers - part of multipack so less than £1

Popkins

And a couple more - these two are for my nieces who are 12 and 10 - we spent more than we normally would as we didn't get them birthday pressies this year as my OH was out of work back then - wanted to make up for it now he's working! We would normally spend £10-£15 on them

12 year old niece
Items:


Unwrapped:


Wrapped:


Pink Plastic Tub - Homebase - £2 approx
Pink Fleece Blanket - Primark - £1.96
Sweets: Tube of Smarties, Haribo, Rainbow buttons, pringles approx £1.50
Braid set - 50p
Pink Photo album - Asda - 50p
Fleece Socks - TJ Hughes - £1.75 (part of multipack price)
Red Leg Warmers - Primark - £1
HeadBand - Free - already had never used
Flannels x2 - 60p
Glow sticks - 99p
Butterfly clip for wrapping - £1.50
Eeeyore keyring - £1.50 (reduced)
Kitty in my pocket - 50p
Mug - 50p (reduced)
Snowdome - Hobbycraft £3
Digital Photo Keyring - £7.50
Bath Fizzers - part of set split up so approx 40p
Post its - Asda - pennies!
Total - approx £26 - wouldn't normally spend this much!

10 year old niece
Items:


Unwrapped:


Wrapped:


Blue Plastic Tub - Homebase - £2 approx
Blue Fleece Blanket - Primark - £1.96
Sweets: Tube of Smarties, Haribo, Rainbow buttons, pringles approx £1.50
Braid set - 50p
Turquoise Photo album - Asda - 50p
Fleece Socks - TJ Hughes - £1.75 (part of multipack price)
Blue Leg Warmers - Primark - £1
Shower Smoothies - Free giveaway at tube station
Magnetic photo frames - £2
Flannels x2 - 60p
Glow sticks - 99p
Butterfly clip for wrapping - £1.50
Spongebob pencil sharpener - £1.50 (reduced from £3)
Kitty in my pocket - 50p
Mug - 50p (reduced)
Snowdome - Hobbycraft £3
Silver Digital Photo Keyring - £7.50
Postits - Asda - pennies
Total - approx £27 - wouldn't normally spend this much!

x-Princess-Vikki-x

Apologies: My camera isnt great!

Baking hamper for my 4yr old neice:







Mini rolling pin - 69p wilko
wooden spoon - 29p wilko
festive cookie cutters - £2.50 woolies
Fairy apron and oven glove set - £2.50 QD
Pink silicone cake cases - £1 poundland
Minnie mouse cake mix - 79p Home bargains
Strawberry dessert mix - 19p lidl
cake decorations - 79p tesco
basket - 99p QD

Shelley3774

Christmas Eve hamper for my work friend who has two boys aged 13 and 2.

it contains:
Santa tray
Girls Aloud Calender
Thomas the Tank Annual
Disney Cars storage box
Next Mr Lazy Pyjamas
Mickey Mouse Pyjamas
Pooh Christmas Dvd
M&S Christmas cracker containing choccies
Santa beaker and mug
Santa china mug
Snowman soup
Chocolate santas and lollipops
set of pens

lovemoneysaving

Popkins wrote: »

Wrapped:

Hi Popkins, your hampers are so pretty :-) Can I ask you how you made the star gift tag? It's so pretty. Thanks

Popkins

lovemoneysaving wrote: »

Hi Popkins, your hampers are so pretty :-) Can I ask you how you made the star gift tag? It's so pretty. Thanks

Hiya - thanks!! I just made it on the computer using powerpoint, printed it and then cut it out and stuck it on with double sided tape - easy!!

Popkins

Here is my 16yr old nephews hamper now finished - once I started tallying it up I realised I'd spent less on him than my nieces hence why I've included a pot of choccie coins with a fiver!!

unwrapped


wrapped


T/Shirt - Primark - £3
Bin - Wilko - £2 I think
Belt - Primark - £3
Slazenger Smellies - Wilko - £1.97
Scarf - Tchibo - £5 (reduced from £7)
Linx shower gel - less than £1
Sweeties - approx £3
Flannels - approx 60p
No7 shaving balm - free
Fiver
£25 approx
again - we spent more than usual as we didn't get him anything for his birthday due to my OH being out of work at the time!!

Have also done my OHs hampers now so will post the photos in a mo...

Popkins

Here is my OH hamper for his birthday which is just before Xmas - I've done a movie night in hamper for him and he's actually gonna open it on Xmas Eve so we should have a nice mellow night in.... I've also been a bit cheeky and included some films for me!!! LOL! It wasn't particularly MSE but it is for his birthday and its thanks to him getting a new job and working SOOOOO hard that we're having a xmas at all!!! so he deserves it...

Items


Unwrapped


Wrapped


Popcorn Clapperboard Bucket - Matalan rrp £8 but I bought 3 for 2 so about £5 each
Bags of popcorn - Morrisons - 2 for £1.25
Aftereights - 2 for £1
Bottle of Magners cider, Speckled hen, Singha beer approx £1.30 each I think
Sopranos giftset - Zavvi - £28 (rrp was actually £61.99!! love that bargain!)
Atonement - Superdrug £5.99
Sex in the City - HONESTLY he wants to see it LOL! used some of my birthday money to buy it!! so not included in the budget!
Mamma Mia disc set - this was one of my birthday pressies from last week & just decided to include it!!
Total - approx £46

I've also done him a Xmas Eve hamper as follows:

Xmas Eve items


Unwrapped


Wrapped


Superman laptray - £6
Superman personalised mug - £6
Sticky toffee Puddy - 79p
Shortcake bikkies - 99p
Custard creams - 48p
Milk chocolate digestives - 44p
Kelloggs elevenses - £2.19
Crunchy peanut butter - 69p
Marmite spreadables - 70p
Cadburys sweets & choccie coins - £1 approx
Chalkboard storage box - £5 (but will use this every year from now on!!)

I know its a bit sad but I'm gonna do myself one of these too (got a pink chalkboard storage box for me) with bits I like / can have (can't have dairy!) - don't want to miss out myself and I know that no-one else is gonna do me one!! arrrrr!

Popkins

and here is OH Xmas Day hamper:

Items


Unwrapped


Wrapped - not very good - lost the will to live at this point ha ha!!


Slippers - Primark - £3
PJ bottoms x2 - Primark - £7
PJ t-shirts x3 - Primark - £5
Socks x5 - Primark - £4
Boxers x4 - Primark - £7
Radox - special offer - 50p I think
Hand & Nail cream - £1
King of shaves - not cheap about £4 I think but he loves it
Inflatable cone hat - Peacocks - £2 in sale (rrp £4) joke pressie for when he goes mountain biking they often have a silly hat ride!!
The Pocket dangerous book for boys - £8.99
Ties x2 - Primark - £4
Wheelie Bin numbers - 99p - ha ha ha ha!!
oh and cushion printed with one of our wedding photos and a special message!

Thats it - all done for OH now - oooh apart from a pot of gold...