Finished Baskets - Part 2

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EstherH

My daughters sorted the photos out for me, so here they are.

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Can't post pics of all as it would take me forever... however I'll explain what went into each one!

Here's a pic of a few of them...



Mum -





Fur gillet - £7.50 - BOOHOO.com sale
Various homemade mix cds - free, already had (albums, to do)
Family wall organiser - £3
La Senza knickers - £2
2GB SD memory card for new camera - £5.00
ELF pumping lip gloss - £1.50
‘Just for girls’ tape measure - £land - £1
ELF bronzing power - £1.50
Travel carry bag & heat proof mat for hair tongs - Ebay - £4.49
Pink tool box - £1 - £land
Frame with picture in of sister - £3.00
Nicky Clarke Pro-Ceramic Digital Curling Tong - £14.89 - ArgoS
Debenhams gift card £20 for January sales! - £20.00
Anti stress face back - free, 3 for 2, Superdrug
Mix CD plus 4 albums - free
TOTAL = £47.48
BUDGET = £50.00

Dad



Time traveler’s wife - £3 - Amazon.com
Radox sleep easy - free (buy one get one free) - Superdrug
Oatcakes with olive oil - 79p
Demerara fair trade brown sugar - 87p
Starbucks ground coffee - £2.22
Amoretti biscotti biscuits - £1.74 (big bag)
Various cheeses; £2.93 (Goats cheese, white stilton with blueberries and somerset brie)
Cadbury’s fruit and nut choc - £1.05
Coffee beans - ‘Mocha Italia’ - Whitard - £2.20
Caramel coffee syrup - £3.50
Chocolate cream wafers - £1.00 - £land
Various samples of Twinning’s tea bags - freebie
Sample of Jelly Belly jellybeans - freebie
Cheese board with cheese knife - £1.00 - £land
'Bite' railway food & drink discount card - free, sent off for it
TOTAL = £20.30
BUDGET = £20.00

12 yr old brother



New Scientist book set - £5 - Tesco - already had
Build a Voltswagon Beetle car kit - £5 - PLAY.com
‘The Boys’ Annual book - £land - £1
Dunlop golf towel - Sports Direct - £3.99
Bart Simpson socks - £1.00 - £land
Jar - £1.99 filled with sweets (‘children’s favourite’ and Haribo mix’) - £2 for both, £land
Mini Umbro football - £2.99
USB mouse/earphones - £land - £1
Red coca cola glass - £1.00 - QD
TOTAL = £17.98
BUDGET = £15.00

3 year old sister

Wooden Puppet Theatre - £15.00 (reduce from £30.00) - WHSmith
TOTAL = £15.00

Nan



‘Wet ones’ handbag wet wipes - freebie
Kleenex tissues - freebie
Baylis & Harding rose and raspberry luxury hand wash - £1.50
‘Rochas’ nail polish (posh nail polish given to me by a friend) - free
Bounce DVD - eBay, £2.49
Lavender wheat bag - The Works - £2.99
Pretty Woman DVD - PLAY.com £2.99
Cocoa body butter - £1.00
Seaside rock - £3 in jar - £1.99
French vanilla candle in pot - 99p - QD
Sachets of hot choc/Horlicks (x4) - £1.08
Dish for candle - 99p - QD
Frame with picture of sister - £2.25
Facemasks - 1 chocolate - 1 anti-stress - £1.87
Necklace - Superdrug - £2.00 (half price)
Johnson’s holiday skin - £1.00
Elvis calender - £1.00 - £land
TOTAL = £27.07
BUDGET = £15.00

Grandad



De-icer spray - £1
Selection of David Attenborough dvds - eBay - £2.00
Microfibre car towel - £land - £1
Mini xmas tree - £2.50
Jar - £1.99 - full of old fashioned sweets - £3.00 - Old Sweet Shop
Hair gel - Bryll cream - Bits & Bobs - £99p
Coconut ice - 59p
Roasted/salted cashew nuts - 1.65 - Tesco
TOTAL - £14.72
BUDGET = £15.00

Mum's OH



Hugo Boss ‘Soul’ shower gel - £2
Heat/cold reusable gel packs (for running) - £land - £1
Radox herbal bath muscle soak - £1.70, Superdrug
Wild Tiger herbal muscle rub balm - £land - £1
Travel mug - £1.86
Keychain torch with compass - £1.00 - £land
Nike beanie (for running) - £3.00 - Sports Direct
TOTAL = £11.56
BUDGET = £10.00

Friend



Anchorman mug (his fav movie) - £5
Starburst (fav sweets, filled mug with them) - £land - £1
TOTAL = £6.00
BUDGET = £10.00

PRESENTATION
Cellophane wrap (patterned) - Ebay - £3.25
Pull bows - Ebay - £2.49
Tissue paper - Ebay - £1.99
Baskets/gift boxes: £1.25 + £2.00 + £1.00 + 99p + 99p + 1.49 + £1.49 =
TOTAL = £16.94
BUDGET = £20.00
OVERALL BUDGET = £200
OVERALL TOTAL SPEND = £197.10

Came in under budget! :money: Thanks so much for all the ideas, inspiration and motivation, guys.. I'm knackered, but I can't wait to give them to everybody tomorrow. Have a wonderful christmas!

mary43

Beautiful hampers all of you:T
Just given my last one out to ex foster girl..........she was over the moon ! I tried to wrap the cello round so she couldn't see too clearly what was inside......just enough to intrigue her.

For her OH I did a loo roll, reindeer head, retro sweet box and book - 'don't get me started on that'............he;s always having a rant over something, same as my OH(got him same book........lol) and a racing car money box.

Total cost for him was about £7

I've really loved doing all of this...........my first year and not my last by no means...................have a lovely christmas all...........its well deserved
:xmastree: :santa2:

junior_j

:beer:Hampers are fantastic everybody!

All the people i done hampers for were amazed!

Especially my godson and his brothers

My godson pulled things out one by one , and was grinning ear to ear as he showed his daddy what he had , he especially liked his underground earnie talking train and fire man sam painting boards.

Merry christmas everybody!
x

poppyolivia

Thanks to all the tips on here, my baskets went down a storm although they wouldn't open them straight away as they were scared to mess them up!lol

ZLS1984

Here here poppy, my hampers went down a treat, everyone was pleased with the effort I put in. My daughter was excited at first but her excitment trailed off a bit although she does keep going back to it to use things in it. I think the thing she likes the most is the body glitter, she is more sparkly than the christmas decs lol.

mazza1970

Hi everyone, I made hampers for the first time this year and they went down well, the feedback that I got was "what a good idea, they are more personal, think I will do hampers next year".

SeaBee

Well all you lovely people, sorry for not posting before the big day, but I was having some "quality time" with OH. I hope you have had a lovely Christmas and that all your hard work was appreciated.

Once again "Thank you" for all your help, ideas and advice. Everything that I have made has been well received and people were touched at the thought and effort that had gone into everything. :T

Candy bouquets for staff at work - all loved them and thought they were much better than the tin of biscuits/roses etc that they normally get

Snowman soup - couldn't believe they were homemade and not shop bought :rotfl:

And as for the hampers - OHs daughters couldn't wait to open them - eldest pulled everything out while youngest didn't want to as she thought it looked so nice! OHs mum loved her hamper and towel cake.

Off down to Kent to see daughter and sisters tonight - lets hope they like theirs as much.

Happy New Year to you all xx

soblivion

lovely to read that your hampers were such a success everyone. I only did the ice cream hamper but my son was so chuffed with it.
Hope you all had a great Christmas.