Finished Baskets - Part 2

PootleFlump_3

Where do you all buy your baskets from or do you just use old boxes and cover them with paper? I havent had time to read the whole thread yet!!!

Wendy5704

I get most of my baskets from dunelm mill, home bargains or morrisons depending on the sizes.

Charley1234

Hi, heres the Link for the dunelm baskets

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?freeText=basket&storeId=10551&catalogId=11100&langId=-1

Also Ikea have some nice ones too,

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/?query=basket

I like the branas baskets

Hope the links work.

kayandy_2

gemnjordsnjades wrote: »

Hi hope im not too late to help you out! I bought some retro sweets in next a few weeks ago. There were mini refresher bars and the white choc buttons with sprinkles on also a few others but I cant remember what they were. 99p a bag.

Also today in somerfield they had discontinued cds reduced to 74p and 99p some were top of the pops from various years between the 60s and the 90s. Tried to find my year but they didnt have it. Could be worth a look?

Thanks this helped alot my local carboot have a sweet stall that sell retro sweets too... the cds are a great idea thanks x

Giggles_Fairy

Hi everyone, Ive not participated in this thread before but Ive been a keen reader! It was my brothers 23rd bday in May and hes the boy with everything so we were really stuck on what to get him. He is going Florida in August so we decided to do a hamper for him for this as it is all struff he would have to buy anyway so we knew he would definately need it!

I was really pleased with the result and hope you all like it The stuff inside it came to about £33 in total (most of that cost was the suncream, its just so expensive!)

mary-op

Giggles - thats brilliant and what a novel way of covering it :T

Giggles_Fairy

mary-op wrote: »

Giggles - thats brilliant and what a novel way of covering it :T

Thank you Mary . I felt a little bad lieing to the travel agent as to why I needed Florida brochures but I am thinking of going Florida next year hahaha

There is also a towel in there but I have just realised that you cant really see it on the picture!

nikki2804

Okay i'm getting prepared for Xmas (a little early) but I said that I would help my mum to do my cousins presents. Typically I/we want to do hamper (my mum always spends way to much on Xmas presents).

I came across a bottle of chocolate bath bubbles in Asda (50p) and decided to do a chocolate hamper. My cousins are 10 and 15, was thinking of the bubble bath, a chocolate slab (hand decorated of course)maybe snowman soup but then im lost. The 15 year old is into make up etc and the 10 year old is very girly.

Any ideas?

mary-op

How about chocolate scented candles -15 year old would probably like them more than 10 yr old.
I managed to get some from a charity shop (unwanted gift so still wrapped) and they do actually look real chocolates......and somewhere I've seen a recipe for a chocolate bath mix -and you could do some sachets with chocolate drinks in (the individual ones) -make your own little holder to pop them in.
Ferrero Rocher choc. covered in the gold paper and put in a jar would do for a 'pot of gold' (or any chocolates wrapped in gold paper would do)

Can't think of anything else.............hope that helps

jem1276

nikki2804 wrote: »

Okay i'm getting prepared for Xmas (a little early) but I said that I would help my mum to do my cousins presents. Typically I/we want to do hamper (my mum always spends way to much on Xmas presents).

I came across a bottle of chocolate bath bubbles in Asda (50p) and decided to do a chocolate hamper. My cousins are 10 and 15, was thinking of the bubble bath, a chocolate slab (hand decorated of course)maybe snowman soup but then im lost. The 15 year old is into make up etc and the 10 year old is very girly.

Any ideas?

http://www.lush.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=121&category_id=499&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=80 chocolate orange lip balm from Lush

There are chocolate shampoos made by Mark Hill and John Frieda in Boots and http://www.boots.com/en/Palmers-Cocoa-Lip-Butter_955263/ palmers chocolate lip butter, buy one get 2nd half price at the moment.