Finished Baskets - Part 2

Ruth_honey

I bought myself a pink smartcafe mug (like a cafetiere & mug in one) just before christmas and yesterday my DH mentioned something like that would be good for him to use at work. I had a look online today and the cheapest one I found was on Amazon and it's red. Thought I'd start with this and create a little valentines hamper for him. Will add some coffee, biscuits and a sweet Edward Monkton book on Love. Does anyone know where I can get fruit shrewsbury biscuits? Can't recall seeing them in Tesco, but ours is only a small store anyway.
I know what you mean about obsession, Sian...LOL!

brookeslay

Hi lovely ladies,

Hope everyone is warming up or slowly thawing as the case may be:D I haven`t been on for a couple of days and missed soo.. much.

Sorry about some poor receptions over hampers if they only knew the time and effort you all put into them they should be extremely honoured and flattered to recieve one. Your hampers are suberb rainmac !!!

Rusty Glad you hubby is being pro active with job searching my OH is working for his dad on very low pay atm fingers crossed he gets another job too !. the valetines hamper is fab :T

You could make shrewsbury biscuits ruth honey ( laughs as she lives nr shrewsbury) I can look at ironbridge cafe they sell loads of loacl biscuits and send you some if you have problems.


As most of you know i`m expecting an arrival immentiently. I would like to make a Daddy Hamper for Oh and a Grandparents one for inlaws as it is there first.


The daddy hamper :

earplugs
energy tablets
picture frame
i love daddy bib


grandparents

a journal
picture frame
mini champagne

any other ideas gratefully recieved.

many thanks

b x

RustyFlange

brookeslay wrote: »

The daddy hamper :

earplugs
energy tablets
picture frame
i love daddy bib


grandparents

a journal
picture frame
mini champagne

any other ideas gratefully recieved.

many thanks

b x

Sorry I have edited your post .....

Is this your first child? you could add things to daddys like

couple of disposable nappies, instructions on how to change a nappy, a peg for his nose, a mask for his face, some hand wash or some of that gel which sterilizes your hands without having to use water, a miniature whisky to help make him sleep through those sleepless nights, some new PJ's for when the baby is sick all over him? disposable changing mat?

As for grandparents you could put together a small caddy of things they will need for babysitting ... a bit like the johnsons boxes you can get but with various things in, i.e small bottle of talc, some calpol, some teething gel, a couple of nappies, some wipes, some baby shampoo, baby wash, some hand cleaner (same as above) disposable nappy mat, some nappy rash cream. A couple of bibs? a spare bottle ? some sterilising tablets/milton?

Not brilliant ideas, but more practical ideas. May be no use to you at all but just a suggestion and I hope your little one arrives safely

RustyFlange

I am starting to struggle, I have most of the items for my OH's top gear hamper ...just waiting on the arrival of 1 mug and I have to order a personalised posted.

However I haven't made the cool wall and I am really struggling as OH is obviously not at work due to being laid off meaning I have no time or space on my own to get this sorted ..... any suggestions on how to get rid of my OH?

Ruth_honey

brookeslay wrote: »

Hi lovely ladies,

Hope everyone is warming up or slowly thawing as the case may be:D I haven`t been on for a couple of days and missed soo.. much.

Sorry about some poor receptions over hampers if they only knew the time and effort you all put into them they should be extremely honoured and flattered to recieve one. Your hampers are suberb rainmac !!!

Rusty Glad you hubby is being pro active with job searching my OH is working for his dad on very low pay atm fingers crossed he gets another job too !. the valetines hamper is fab :T

You could make shrewsbury biscuits ruth honey ( laughs as she lives nr shrewsbury) I can look at ironbridge cafe they sell loads of loacl biscuits and send you some if you have problems.


As most of you know i`m expecting an arrival immentiently. I would like to make a Daddy Hamper for Oh and a Grandparents one for inlaws as it is there first.


The daddy hamper :

earplugs
energy tablets
picture frame
i love daddy bib


grandparents

a journal
picture frame
mini champagne

any other ideas gratefully recieved.

many thanks

b x

Thanks brookeslay! You've just reminded me that I will quite probably be passing through Shrewsbury at the start of Feb! Duh...silly me! My friend and I are having a mini trip and visiting Bicester outlet village & the QVC outlet in Shrewsbury (time permitting!) on the way to Warrington for an overnight stay and more shopping. Didn't link up the whole Shrewsbury=Fruit Shrewsbury biscuits...:rolleyes: To be fair, I've had a long week...went away on Sunday and came home Tuesday to find that someone had tried to break in! :eek: So this week I've been having visits from the police, forensics(!) and the safer neighbourhood team, as well as having people come and measure up the door for insurance. I'm tired...

PS-Would attempt baking them, except I messed up the Dalek cookies yesterday, and they were from a packet mix! Add water, roll out, cut shapes, cook...and they were rock hard! Still ate them though.

brookeslay

Many thanks for the suggestions Rusty:j i don`t want to spend too much so will make a list and and work out prices first ! I tried to get a stig mug at Christmas only to have the order cancelled !. Can you get him to buy something you forgotten off the shopping ?? to give you an hour free.

big HUGS!!!! Ruth-Honey about your horrid week it does shake you up when things like that happen. Sounds a pretty extensive shopping trip i didn`t even know QVC had a shopping outlet near me .

I can`t walk well ,waddle that far atm even though I would love to go sales shopping not been yet apart from a quick whizz around.

I should really freeze my credit card atm the moment as I`d be very tempted..lol

b

mary43

Ruth -sorry to hear that..............hope they catch the ***** responsible.
We've had similar in the past and it really leaves an nasty feeling in the stomach.

Sian_the_Green

brookeslay wrote: »

The daddy hamper :

earplugs
energy tablets
picture frame
i love daddy bib

any other ideas gratefully recieved.

I think a cigar would be very traditional, if you aren't a fan then maybe a chocolate one
All the best with everything!

RustyFlange

Ruth - Oh no that must be awful, hope they get things sorted for you and fast!

Brookeslay, I could have done but he would just say oh don't worry we will go do it tomorrow or something silly ... plus it wouldn't take him long, I thought I had my chance tonight as he normally goes out on a fri to a local pub with his mates for a couple of hours, he hasn't been out for about 6 weeks now due to christmas etc but said he was going to go out tonight, then my FIL called and has asked me to cover a shift ..., I start at 6 and won't be home til midnight so no can do there either ... I will have to try get rid of him one day next week, tell him to take our little girl out somewhere or something ...

thevicster

Paddington - have you found a pink hamper box yet? I bought a pink canvas box with white spots on from Au Natrale for £2.50 this week if you have one near you? Also, they had some of the mugs with spoons through the handles for £1...think someone was asking about them?

Just started on my next hamper...my best friend is getting married in August and thought I would do her and hubby a little treat basket...so far have got;

2 books - Donts for husbands and Donts for wives (£2.03 each, whsmiths)
Travel journal, travel wallet (will put some money in) and luggage tags (approx £10, paperchase sale)
mini sparklers (£1, whsmith)
bath confetti (lying around the house)
dove and heart table confetti to sprinkle over everything (25p, Woolies RIP)

Also going to make a wedding journal jar with 52 questions so they'll have some memories of how they felt/what they saw etc if that makes sense?

Also want to buy some champagne glasses/mini bottles of cava and some silver party poppers, champagne bubbles and little things like that.

Love the things on Amazon particulary the lanterns so might wait and see if they go down after Valentines day along with anything else in the shops!

Any other ideas would be very much appreciated!