Finished Baskets - Part 2

junior_j

Every ones hampers look great ! :beer:

I tried a box of asdas own truffles yesturday (they are £1.08 a box) and i must say they were very nice and didnt taste as "cheap" as some own brand chocolate

Just repeating my earlier question(in case people missed it..)

Any ideas what presents from the 1960's-1970's i can get my dear mum

thanks xx

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

Oh my word that is fabulous, it is for me isn't it...? :rotfl: Rusty, you are going to be going into the Guiness Book of World Records for the most amount of Cadbury's chocolate a person can fit into a box

Where did you get your box or did you make it, it is gorgeous :j

So sorry to see the sad face on your little one (only caught up with this thread now). Glad the doctor sorted you out with antibiotics. Hope she starts feeling much better soon as she looks so sad and poorly in the picture.

Edit: just read the posts and saw you got your boxes in Aldi - guess where I want to go tomorrow... ALDI!!!

I could get loads more in there Rainmac Shall I send it to bulgaria via Northampton?

got-it-spend-it

Well I wasn't around in the 1960s or 1970s but would your Mum like something like this DVD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coronation-Street-1970s-Disc-Box/dp/B0009PZ87Q

Or could you put together a seventies sweetie hamper ala this http://candy-crate.stores.yahoo.net/fadayrecagib.html. They're all American sweets but M & S have loads of old style sweets etc.

Toiletries brand from the sixties and seventies- not sure what they would be....hopefully someone else will be more helpful.

mary43

junior - for the era your looking for try putting it into google search engine -you'd be surprised what comes up I bet.
I cant think of anything myself...........I was getting married and having kids around then..........(ouch......made myself feel a bit wrinkly then!)
I did a whole folder for my son who was born in 1968 of stuff relating to that time..........what toys were around, music, fashion, houses........all that sort of stuff.
Good luck:j

Kandipandi

Finally got organised and made my 1st 'human hamper' for my MIL, Please be gentle with me:
contents:
Dove set broken up £7.50 with points from boots
Chocolates £1.99
Basket £2.50
Nightie £12.00
M & S Bath Treats - already had
Bath Bombs - already had
Kids Photo - frame £1.75
Calendar £2.00
Candle £1.00
Facecloth £0.75
Snowman Soup £1.00
Perfect man £ 0.20
Cava £1.25
Total £31.94 - not exactly cheap but she is worth it!

rinroo

I got my mum who was born in the late 50s the waltons and a little house on the prairie dvd, she loved the programms when they were on Amazon have season 1 for less than £8...?

Other than that a cd from that decade..sweets?

rinroo

Kandi Pandi Your hamper looks great, i like the way you wrapped it!

Kandipandi

Also, I got busy makin chocolate slabs for my lot - made them in those sillicone loaf tins from home bargains: im gonna add em to my hampers - if i dont eat em first - cost about £1.20 each and they are about 200mm thick.

miss*whisper

Kandipandi wrote: »

Also, I got busy makin chocolate slabs for my lot - made them in those sillicone loaf tins from home bargains: im gonna add em to my hampers - if i dont eat em first - cost about £1.20 each and they are about 200mm thick.

Sorry, deleted the piccy but they look gorgeous! :T

Can you tell me how you made them?

I want to make them for someone special [STRIKE]me[/STRIKE] my OH (who is reading over my shoulder :rotfl:

Kandipandi

Thanks - Easiest thing in the world, melted milk chocolate and mixed some crushed/halved maltesers in. Let them set and then added the white chocolate, for the second one just poared it down one side and tipped it across, then laid it flat and put it in the fridge to set.
Second one, similar, let the milk set and then splodge white choc on and swooshed it about with a cocktail stick and just flicked chocolate all over. It was quite good fun and even though im on a diet i got to lick the spoon yummm....