New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

nomorespending

Hi all,

Been to wales for a couple of days and had a fab time!! I went to a carboot yesterday and managed to get baskets for each person I'm making a christmas basket for - they are lovely and in all different sizes and only 50 p each and I got one free - now I can start making them up!! Hurray!!

I also sorted my dads fathers day present out - I had planned for him to go to the war exhibitiion at east lancs railway but he had plans for both days already... However when in wales I came accross a place that sold locally produced honey - he loves honey so got him 2 jars which I know he'll love. May need to ge thim something else too but at least i've got him somethign thoughtful that i know he'll like.

I've also picked up a tesco smelly candle in a glass jar - really nice with the tag on for £1 ( think theyre about £6 - 7 in tesco at mo) so this can go in the chrsitmas basket for my sister in law..

Need to start work on OH presents as he is always the most expensive to buy for... Have made a list - jsut need to find space when hes not around to order / shop for..

Hope you all ok... will try and get a bit further with things this weekend..

x

cdsmiler

Mary - Sorry to hear about your cat!
The cake thats not a cake sounds fab!

Angela - your cake within a cake sounds good too....do you have a link??

Janebo - ooooooooooooooooo! 4 per month?? RIght, will have to get a proper look at that!

nomorespending - ooo which part of Wales?

Clare x

sarahf191979

(((((Hugs)))) to everyone who needs one, its been manic here doing jobs for my mum and running round with the kids while there off, not done much organising but it still 6 months off yet

Take care everyone

Anglea

Hi all

Clare here is a video of the cake made entirely from sweets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKEyYYN6hzI

There is another type called a Pinato where you have sweets and toys inside a cake that has to be broken as it has a hard outer shell from chocolate. There are lots of variations on this which you will see if you do a search on the name. Some people make the inside purely of sweets built up in layers, not in the way that is shown in the link below.

http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1290

NickyBo_2

mary-op wrote: »

Well, today started off on a 'down' note with our old cat having to be put to sleep..........poor soul was 17 and had got to the stage where her kidneys were failing and the vet said there was nothing could be done for her -we knew that really from previous cats we've had.
Still, at least now she's at peace and we've still got the other two younger ones. Can't be without my cats.

Sorry to hear about your cat Mary, sending you lots of hugs.

mary-op

Hello all :j
Thanks for the kind thoughts about my cat:o

Well been to GP yet again about ears and back..........been given yet another lot of ear drops and some more anti-inflammatory pills...........they haven't worked so dont know why he's given me more. I did protest a bit -well a lot really - so now he's referring me to physio for my back thank goodness. Hopefully it'll do the trick.
Bought a few bits for grandsons cooking birthday box then set to to do his 'sweet no cake cake'. Not sure I'll be doing that again................lol Number of times the marshmallows fell off..........:rotfl:Then OH came in and said how good it looked..............wish I taken a photo now.
Angela -thanks for those links..........wish I could do something like that. Mine looks ever so 'make shift' by comparison.
Oh eck..........only just logged on and dinners ready...............lol

mum2one

mary-op wrote: »

Hello all :j

Clare - is that what it is - madness ??? And there was me thinking it was some kind of illness ...........lol:rotfl:
We can't be that barmy surely........had a visitor this afternoon I hadn't seen since before christmas and I'd sent her a bag of allsorts of 'stuff' - post it note key ring, post it notebook with pen, peg with magnet on and flower......she loved it all :T So we can't be that bad can we ?

Well, today started off on a 'down' note with our old cat having to be put to sleep..........poor soul was 17 and had got to the stage where her kidneys were failing and the vet said there was nothing could be done for her -we knew that really from previous cats we've had.
Still, at least now she's at peace and we've still got the other two younger ones. Can't be without my cats.

Managed to get my plastic tub covered before my visitor arrived so thats all ready now -next thing is to do one of these 'no cake cakes'..............off to look up instructions again....................lol:rotfl:

Mary, so sorry about the cat, bless her she was a ripe old age.

Sounds like your friend hit the jackpot with all her goodies, and ur organised with the tubs etc. xx

mum2one

elysia2003 wrote: »

So sorry to hear your news Mary. It's so sad to have to do that, but as you know, it's kinder this way. (((big hugs for you)))

I have bought the retro sweets today to make a sweetie bouquet for my sister, to go with her presents. Hopefully it will turn out as nice as the one on Jamtarts blog.

Wow that is brilliant, you'd pay about £20 at least for one like that in the shops. xx

mum2one

elysia2003 wrote: »

So sorry to hear your news Mary. It's so sad to have to do that, but as you know, it's kinder this way. (((big hugs for you)))

I have bought the retro sweets today to make a sweetie bouquet for my sister, to go with her presents. Hopefully it will turn out as nice as the one on Jamtarts blog.

DD just poked her head round, can I have one......

elysia2003

LOL. Sis really loved it. It looked almost identical to Jammies, only I'd also put cello around it and tied it with a ribbon. She laughed her head off - she's not a flowers sort of girl but she thought this sweetie bouquet was absolutely brilliant!!! She has taken a photo to show her mates. :beer: