Finished Baskets - Part 2

threelittlepigs

i got some of those gold halmark boxes today in home bargains
i love them thanks Rainmac (i think):D
wish i had got another set now though
hopefully they will have some left when i go again

Popkins

Rusty - I think your daff looks fab!!! fyi I made my first sock monkey today!! Thanks to you starting that post ages ago!!! Should've been doing housework and going to the supermarket so not sure hubby's gonna be too thrilled when he asks whats for dinner and I introduce him to 'Mabel' LOL!! Best he likes her though cos I bought some socks with red hearts on and I'm going to make a valentine sock monkey to put in his hamper!!! Here's a photo of Mabel (have posted on sock monkey thread too!) Have you made any recently?

Kandipandi

:T She is fantastic!:T

mary43

Popkins - Mabel is lovely...............OH will be smitten:rotfl: Well done:T

Kandipandi

Today my best friend has had her offer accepted on her first ever house! We were so excited !!!!

So, I need to make her a 'Happy New Home Hamper' do you wonderful ladies have any ideas?

I have been racking my brains and I came up with :

Maybe something for the first week in the new home - wine and chocs and a plant type thing or an essentials hamper - things she prob wouldnt have thought of as she has always lived with her parents.

Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.

GrumpyButGorgeous

I'm a newbie to making hampers only found this thread after xmas you'll end up with loads of good ideas from here but here is a few from me
how about for essentials
can opener / bottle opener (+ wine)
lightbulbs
nice airfreshner like a plug in
i would say cleaning items but they might not look so pretty so what about some lush stuff for a nice bath and a fluffy towel
voucher for diy store or something

or a first night hamper, tea, coffee sugar wine! biccys, voucher for a pizza or chinese, dvd
oh dear i am rubbish at ideas that is why i will be trwling this thread when i'm making hampers lol
soz i'm all out x

RustyFlange

Kandipandi wrote: »

Today my best friend has had her offer accepted on her first ever house! We were so excited !!!!

So, I need to make her a 'Happy New Home Hamper' do you wonderful ladies have any ideas?

I have been racking my brains and I came up with :

Maybe something for the first week in the new home - wine and chocs and a plant type thing or an essentials hamper - things she prob wouldnt have thought of as she has always lived with her parents.

Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.

You could fill a washing up bowl with cleaning goodies and essentials like kitchen roll, toilet roll, teabags, coffee, sugar, long life milk, dusters, lightbulbs etc shouldn't cost much to put together either ... people always forget the essentials when they move house, generally they are packed but more often that not when leaving home for the first time then she is even more likely to forget

Kandipandi

Brilliant guys, keep em coming.

I'm off to do the ironing I will check in tomorrow x

paddingtondoo

How about washing up liquid, toilet brush
smoke alarm, microfibre dusters, key ring, change of address cards, extension cable, stamps, shopping list pad and pen, cookery book, tub of salt and pepper, bottle of sauce, ice cube tray, shopping trolley token, shopping bags, plastic bag holder.......

Run out of ideas now - :rotfl:

cumbrianshopaholic

Thanks to 'Kandiipandi' I made 2 home movie hampers today. I was really chuffed with them... thanks again Kandi for sharing your idea and helping inspire me. I made one each for my niece and nephew (twins who were 18 today)

I got the DVD boxes from Poundstretcher (Instore) £2.49 each but were on 3 for 2 offer (they had pale pink, black, white and cream)

I went into my favourite shop (Home Bargains) and bought big red plastic tubs of popcorn (99p) and individual crisp size bags of original flavour pringles.

I had already bought some cider and wine and I put a personlised lable on the bottles.

Also included were a block of personalised chocolate and a plain glass jar for each of them filled with celebrations with a personalised treats lable.

And last but not least Kandi's great idea of a blank dvd case with their Birthday money inside.

I bought a roll of the white spot sellophane and a couple of rolls of poly ribbon from a local florist and then came the mammoth task of trying to wrap them lol. Do you sellotape the sides to make them look presentable as I ended up doing this with mine to try and get it to look right lol.

I made my own pom pom bows with the poly ribbon and I was pretty pleased with how they turned out.

I also gave them each an A4 size personalised credit crunch gift certificate .. which basically had 18 x 1p coins stuck on it in the shape of a number 18.

I will post the pics in the next few days as soon as I get chance to upload them.

Thanks again for sharing your brilliant ideas.