Home made easter gifts

mary43

crazychatter = pure luck - I did well last year and got a whole load of 'unwanted pressies' for my hampers.......saw me through the year with enough left over for some birthdays this year :j

Think I'll have to go to Tescos...........I could always use the eggs for someone else. Thanks for letting me know that. Save decorating boring egg box I've got.........:rotfl:

threelittlepigs

a quick rough go at a carrot cone

Giggle

threelittlepigs wrote: »

a quick rough go at a carrot cone

I loveit what sweets did you use in side

threelittlepigs

Julie_H wrote: »

I loveit what sweets did you use in side

thanks
there just tic tacs but ideally could do with something
abit larger lol as theres 4 packets in there and is
quite small

rainmac

crazychatter wrote: »

Mary, how do you get such good charity shop bargains?! i never seem to find anything!!
Tesco are doing 'Happy Eggs' for £1, they are free range and come in a bright yellow carton, I have one you could have but it'd prob cost more to send it than to buy one??

I think mary has a qualification in finding the best bargains

rainmac

threelittlepigs wrote: »

a quick rough go at a carrot cone

Your carrot is soooo cute, I love it :T

sethsgran

How about this easter basket idea from Martha Stewart...

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/ms_living/2000Q2/la98153_0400_yellow_bask_l.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.marthastewart.com/article/classic-childs-easter-baskets%3Flnc%3Da489cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD%26page%3D4%26rsc%3Darticlecontent_holiday&usg=__zOP_His-xotodVHQKoppT-HIuO0=&h=281&w=225&sz=29&hl=en&start=26&um=1&tbnid=0RffGOaHC4HiCM:&tbnh=114&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmartha%2Bstewart%2Btissue%2Bpaper%2Beggs%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GFRD_enGB217GB218%26sa%3DN

soblivion

threelittlepigs wrote: »

thanks
there just tic tacs but ideally could do with something
abit larger lol as theres 4 packets in there and is
quite small

Love that carrot threelittlepigs. It looks so good.
Scuse my poking my nose in but I had a lightbulb moment this morning.
This isn't my website but I have ordered from here before and not had any problems.
http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Chocolate_and_Sweet_Foil_Wrappers.html

They sell orange foil, I bet probably ebay does too?, but I was thinking you could get any sweets or choccies and either rewrap or just overwrap with the foil. Anyway just a thought, hope it helped.
Not for carrots but just in general if you are struggling to get sweets the right colour you could do the same for easter sweets or valentine sweets, they have red or heart foils and easter ones too.
Just make sure you get the right size. I bought some that was too small, my own silly fault as it says on it clearly enough.

mary43

rainmac - wouldn't say I get the best bargains..........I got stuff from the charity shops all last year and thought I was doing well till I saw other people getting stuff from Poundland and other shops cheaper............still, its the kind of shopping I enjoy.........we've five of them in the town and it saves me getting the bus and being jostled round Lincoln...........:rotfl:

xkymx

hi was wondering if any one had any thoughts on making a pot of easter bits like the pot of love and pot of gold ? i would like to make something like that but stuck on what i could call it ?

thanks x