Pots of gold help!

karendb

nettles77 wrote: »

What way do you buy the cellophane? is it a roll? where would be best to buy it? Thanks

Yes - I would like to know this as well! Also, where can you find the cheapest supplies of other "Pots of Gold" fillers like shredded paper, etc. as well as ribbons and streamers etc. I don't have a Hobbycraft near me although I do have a large Arts & Crafts shop.

I don't want to spend a lot of money on things that are probably going to get thrown in the bin (not everyone's like me who keeps stuff like that for future use)

It did occur to me that I could buy/use shredded paper and spray it gold for use in the bottom of pots - this would probably be cheaper than buying.

Oh, and while I remember, I saw some little gold wedding/birthday cake boxes in Tesco's today. They came in a flat pack of 10 I think and cost £1. You could put slices of cake in them of course but you could also fill them with sweets or even other little toys and games. What do you think?

Karen

hayleythedaisy

Hobbycraft do cellophane on a roll... think it's cheaper than the florist.

So glad I found this... you can guess what I'll be doing next weekend!!!

Edit - yellow cello roll - http://www.cheapwickerbaskets.co.uk/items/packaging-supplies/cellophane-rolls/yellow-tint-cello-50-by-25-detail.htm

HTH

*Louise*

nettles77 wrote: »

What way do you buy the cellophane? is it a roll? where would be best to buy it? Thanks

Hobbycraft have it reduced to 99p a roll atm (christmas design)

Failing that, I also ordered some from ebay, cost about £2.50, inc p&p

karendb

Hi - I've just seen on Ebay these two 10M x 80 cm rolds of cellophane with gold trims:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390094820187&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

and also:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150354725999&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Karen

nettles77

It will have to be Ebay for me as we dont have that Hobbycraft shop, i dont think we do as never heard of it!!! Thanks for the help.

RustyFlange

nettles77 wrote: »

It will have to be Ebay for me as we dont have that Hobbycraft shop, i dont think we do as never heard of it!!! Thanks for the help.

This seller is fabulous, I bought this gold hessian cello for my pots of gold, it was fast delivery aswell. I have made 5 pots of gold and only bought 5metres from her but she is a really good seller

nikki702

I agree that seller is excellent I got my cello bags from her

hayleythedaisy

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/cms/storefinder.asp there might be one closer than you think

*Louise*

nettles77 wrote: »

It will have to be Ebay for me as we dont have that Hobbycraft shop, i dont think we do as never heard of it!!! Thanks for the help.

If you had one nearby...you would know!!!!!(You would be a lot poorer lol)

My hubby despairs whenever I head for our local one, he knows it will be a while before he sees me again :j

mary-op

I'm doing pots of snowballs this year. Got the packets of snowballs - when is the best time to put them in the jars ? Would it be ok to do that now or would they go 'off' ? I've taken a chance on one lot that I put in an empty maltezer tube that I'd sort of turned into a snowman for sons girlfriend.
The rest are going into empty mayonnaise jars so they'll be fairly air tight I'd have thought.........plus one is an empty gravy tub.
I'm wanting to get all the stuff sorted and packed into respective boxes before I forget who's having what.