Finished Baskets - Part 2

Scrumpy60

RustyFlange wrote: »

Welcome to the madhouse Scrumpy60, now you have finally got out of the lurking stage and become a fully fledged posted on this thread there is no turning back ... so sit back, relax, take in the ideas, join in with your own ideas and most of all save lots of pennys on gifts that look so expensive and wear that smug smile knowing you paid less that you should

Haha thank you! My mum was so shocked with a food hamper that I did her for Christmas that she nearly cried and it took her 3 weeks to even take it out of the cellophane! She was so worried that I'd spent a fortune on all the brand names, it was really rewarding

rainmac

Scrumpy60 wrote: »

Haha thank you! My mum was so shocked with a food hamper that I did her for Christmas that she nearly cried and it took her 3 weeks to even take it out of the cellophane! She was so worried that I'd spent a fortune on all the brand names, it was really rewarding

Bless her, hope you didn't let on how much it really cost you... :rotfl:

Welcome to the thread scrumpy

rainmac

JaneLiz wrote: »

I changed my mind on the tea hamper for my parents anniversary and it's just random things they'll like now, really.

I'm struggling a lot with what can be in there for my dad though.. any ideas? He likes gardening, his chickens, self sufficiency and stuff like that.. hates watching sports and stuff like that. Any ideas please?

A gardening journal/notebook?

Do you cook? Could include homemade treats such as chutney, jam, biscuits...

Aesop

Hi Ladies

Where do you buy cheap cello from? is it ebay?

riggerz

I know this is prob the wrong place to post but Ive been reading these threads for a while and finally decided to start making some of my own.
Anyway, just found these and thought they may be useful for somebody
http://www.basket-ware.co.uk/shop/catalog/index.php?cPath=55&sort=3a

ZLS1984

aureol212 wrote: »

Hi Ladies

Where do you buy cheap cello from? is it ebay?

Hi there is a shop on Ebay called Wrappings and Bows they sell the Cello and it comes with free ribbon.

Click the name above and it will take you there.

Aesop

riggerz wrote: »

I know this is prob the wrong place to post but Ive been reading these threads for a while and finally decided to start making some of my own.
Anyway, just found these and thought they may be useful for somebody
http://www.basket-ware.co.uk/shop/catalog/index.php?cPath=55&sort=3a

Hi riggerz

Thanks for this, I get my baskets local to me, in our cheap shop for about £2 or less, sometimes the charity shops have nice ones cheap. And I have heard Wilkinsons, Poundland and Dunelms sell them quite cheap.

agatha_misty

JaneLiz wrote: »

I changed my mind on the tea hamper for my parents anniversary and it's just random things they'll like now, really.

I'm struggling a lot with what can be in there for my dad though.. any ideas? He likes gardening, his chickens, self sufficiency and stuff like that.. hates watching sports and stuff like that. Any ideas please?

Hi,
The bookpeople at the mo have a great book - The concise guide to self sufficiency which is £3.00 !! The gardeners pocket companion £2.99. What about some nice gardeners handcream, gardening gloves. Some seeds, subscription to a gardeners mag or practical poultry or the smallholders mag. Perhaps just buy him the latest editions. Send off for some free seed catalouges, Dobbies have a nice one. Does he have a greenhouse - perhaps a thermometer. A toy for the chickens, they love small sized footballs - this stops them from fighting and they love something to keep them amused, you could make a quirky little label up for it. A journal or two, one for chickens and one for the veggies.
Aggie
(a chicken keeper/smallholder) :rotfl:

xkymx

i am not sure where to post this hopefully someone can tell me where it should be posted picked these up today in poundland these were the only dif sizes i could see in my local store thot they would be good for hampers or something

maria_and_the_imps

RustyFlange wrote: »

A while before christmas a lady called Maria and the imps posted up about wrapping up to batteries together, adding a piece of paper saying gift not included! I found that quite funny as normally they all say batteries not included

sorry hun not me but i will happily take all the credit lol xxxx