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

lizalloareds

Fab presents, lots of great ideas

crazy_girl

nutty babae, i love it, it does look really expensive

nuttybabe

thanks crazy girl. everyone is getting hampers this year!!! :P half way through a pamper hamper for my other sil!

crazy_girl

you'll get a rep for it now, half my family dont bother buying any smellies hardly coz my xmas hampers are renowned for setting you up for the year!

crazy_girl

MOTHER'S DAY:



Grandmas:

M&S Wine Tasting Gift Set £1.77
2m Curling ribbon 2p

TOTAL = £1.79

Mum 1:

M&S box chocolates 49p
2 bottles of wine FREE
2 wine boxes £1.99
Jewellery Box £1.99
2m curling ribbon 2p
1m cellophane 35p

TOTAL = £4.84

Mum 2:

John Lewis money box £2
3 x Jelly Bean Factory tubes £1
Avon recordable talking frame £4
Avon jewellery box £2
Batteries (for the frame) 72p
2m curling ribbon 2p
1m cellophane 35p

TOTAL = £10.09

nuttybabe

the look really good crazygirl.

lizalloareds

stunning i have made my mum and mil pamper cakes for mothers day will post a piccy on the hamper thread

crazy_girl

thanks liz, i will have a wee look, im very intrigued as to what one of them is!

crazy_girl

i cant find the thread, you couldnt give me a link could you or post your pic here? ta verymuch

mary-op

I'm doing a 'pamper tub' for one of my friends.

Empty whisky tube (OH drank the contents!)
Covered it with red paper (bought roll cheap from charity shop)
Filling it with all the freebie samples I've sent for of anti-wrinkle stuff, moisturiser etc. and popping in a bit of cheapo bubble bath in a nice shaped bottle I'd had some bath stuff in
Total cost - well, not a lot ! Had to buy the wallpaper and glue & ribbon to tie round it but its a really cheap pressie.......:j

Also done some button necklaces.............one way of using up my mums jar of buttons that cost me nothing......forget what I paid for the thread but it was pennies rather than pounds. :j
Working on button bracelets now but not having much luck so far........:( But I'll not be beat.
Aiming for a really cheap year for christmas and birthdays............needs must as OH not able to work so following this thread with interest.
Keep the ideas coming:j