crazy girl's pressie challenge: as nice, cheap, original & crafty as possible

crazy_girl

Father In Law’s Birthday (Xmas Eve)

Name beer glass 99p
Old Fart hankies 49p
Old Fart pen and keyring set 49p
Avon Jet Homme EDT £4.20
4 Pack Budweiser £2
1 meter cellophane 19p
1 sheet tissue paper 8p
4m curling ribbon 4p

TOTAL = £8.48

crazy_girl

SPOILT HUBBY!

Bullseye inflatable chair £1.99
2 Pack Transformers Robot Heroes £1.50
2 x F&F Superman undies £2.66
F&F Only Fools And Horses PJs £6.66
F&F Star Wars T-Shirt £5.99
F&F 5 Pack Subbuteo Socks £1.99
F&F Shirt And Tie Set £3.99
F&F twin pack skinny ties £2.66
Fingers on Buzzers DVD games 1st & 2nd edition £3.98
Disney Micro World Winnie The Pooh set £1.99
Mini penmanship book kit 50p
Mini poncho and storm survival book kit 50p
Mini emergency blanket and survival guide book kit 50p
Mini rat race book kit 50p
Bench watch £16.60
Bench bracelet £12.45
Mr Lazy slippers £9.95
Mechano excavator kit £1.75
Transformers mini jigsaw 25p
2 x WWE Wrestler figures £7.98
Rubik’s Cube stress toy £1.83
Magnetic sculpture £1.83
Bum and face soap £1.83
Four in a Row mug £1.83
Diva washing up brush £1.83
Lucky 8 Ball £1.83
Playmobil heavy duty crane £36
Swanpsterz Thunder Jam £3.20
(All of the following designed by me)
Cheeky Blip Blap Mug £9.82
Cheeky Blip Blap mouse mat £5.08
Cheeky Blip Blap keyring £4.08
‘Civil Engineers: Taking the credit for other people’s work since 1818’ pen £1.84
‘You can file that up your !!!!’ stamper £1.84

crazy_girl

..................and now the whole thing starts again!

mary-op

Brilliant stuff there :T
Must make real effort next year to do things incredibly cheap (free where possible!).
2 bags of buttons delivered this morning.........loads of them.............took me ages to sort out colours etc. and thats just one bag !!
Now need ideas on what to do with them apart from button necklaces, bookmarks, bracelets..........umm..........run out of ideas..........lol
The button necklaces I did last year went down so well think everyone might be getting another one next time...............lol:rotfl:

crazy_girl

maybe you could get some cheap plain coloured t-shirts from liek primark or something and use the buttons to make patterns or pictures? or berets covered in multicoloured buttons always look awesome, plain ones from primarni again!

thanks, took me ages and nigh on killed me getting all that done!

mary-op

You did well.:T
Like the sound of berets..........wonder if plain scarves decorated with buttons would look good to go with them ?
Our nearest primart is 20 miles away but the charity shop has 'new' ones in sometimes.........or might even find a hat and scarf I don't use anymore............even cheaper...............lol:rotfl:
The aim is to be as cheap as poss due to OH being off work so I'm being a bit penny pinching..........lol:rotfl:

butterflylady

Hi Crazy Girl,

I love your presents your really creative, I'm so jealous!!

Just a quick question, ( I hope u don't think I'm being rude) but where did you get the transformers from? My DS is just starting to love them but everywhere I look they are so expensive.

Thanks in advance

Butterfly

mum2one

You've got some brilliant bargains there, - bet everyone loved them xx

crazy_girl

thanks mum2one and butterfly lady

i got the transformers from john lewis

mum2one

mary-op wrote: »

You did well.:T
Like the sound of berets..........wonder if plain scarves decorated with buttons would look good to go with them ?
Our nearest primart is 20 miles away but the charity shop has 'new' ones in sometimes.........or might even find a hat and scarf I don't use anymore............even cheaper...............lol:rotfl:
The aim is to be as cheap as poss due to OH being off work so I'm being a bit penny pinching..........lol:rotfl:

Buttons would look gorgeous on a scarf, you could go for just the ends, and maybe do a 3 row zig zag pattern, or if you had a lot could do a chain up the middle of the scarf.

Its not penny pinching, its being very mse, and creative. xx