Please post all Christmas freebies here

dlb

I have already started doing the freebies wicker baskets for xmas. Just got a beautiful basket with cast iron ivy leafs on it from ebay for 50p!!!!! This will be my best friends daughters basket that i will fill with loads of smellies i have recieved from the freebie boards and also got a grest set of dream books off ebay for her again 50p!! Bargin

boysmum3

I'm not the worlds most experienced seamstress but am going to have a go at making some shabby chic wallhangings as gifts - doing one for self as 'practice'!!
squares of cream curtain fabric about 6"x8" with a cut out of offcut fabric heart shape. (rifled through familys fabric stashes - old clothes/duvets etc) The heart fits in middle and i have over sewn edges with a basic straight stitch. Then sew 6/9 of these rectangles together - edge with another patterned fabric and back with cream curtaining and couple of 'tabs' so it can be hung from hooks or could put a pole in???
Not quite done yet but so far my idea is working ...and like i say if i can do it ...any one can!!! This kind of thing is really fashionable at mo so sure they will make great gift for sisters etc.
I suppose the more experienced sewer could put wadding between heart and fabric and sandwiched in middle but i think will look ok without!
Also i got a code from MSE discount/voucher forum and ordered 4 books at £1 each from The Book People and got free postage. Lovely childrens book with a Xmas theme (baby), star wars hardback with films photography (middle son!!), Ruby Wax autobiography (OH), and baby/pregnancy guide book (sis in law!!).
Not sure if im allowed to post code i found here...its on message board though!!

greenpixey

Knelley wrote:

I was in Woolies today and got 2 DVDs for gift baskets for £3 each and a cd of nursery rhymes for a £1 for my friends wee 2 year old:D

Thanks for the tip. I'm going in town tomorrow and will have a look in Woolworth. If I can find any nursery rhyme cd for that price I will be well chuffed. I got three toddlers to find christmas gifts for.

shaz4paul

I had a walk into town today (lancaster) to pay my bills!! Had a look round the cheap shops. I was in home bargains and found some lovely packages full of bath salts, and then a cute little wooden spoon for the salts and it was 49p!!!! and some bath fizzer/bombs for 29p. got a few of each, for the women in the family. would be great for people having to buys for the kiddies teachers! And they smell fantastic.. vanilla!

boysmum3

Knelley wrote:

I was in Woolies today and got 2 DVDs for gift baskets for £3 each and a cd of nursery rhymes for a £1 for my friends wee 2 year old:D

I picked up Back to the future (the first and quite frankly the best!) for £3 last week my 9 year old will love it...and i can't wait to see again!

Snow_Angel

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/catalog_10001_10001_100

They have an amazing sale on at the moment - books for £1, £2, £3...I got this for my niece for a pressie for Xmas - supposed to retail at £25 :

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productSearch_10001_10001_10119_100___10_SimpleSearch_2_1_2__basicSearch_

She will LOVE that! Dicounts and vouchers page usually has free P & P for this site. :j

*Smurfette*

Hi guys! This is my first post on MSE, so bear with me if i can't get a grip on the smilies. I've got to give a present in a couple of days and have given the Original Source Rose and Geranium Bubble Bath. I've got the same in lavendar and put them together. The good thing is is that they don't look like samples because they got barcodes on them. Also I think the Aussie sample has a barcode as well. Those will make good small presents for not-so-good-friends or an addition to a larger present...

nicki_2

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Need some ideas for male pressies mostly. I can't keep baking for them! :rolleyes:

helenhugs

fantastic. I'm watching this thread with interest. with 4 children things get expensive enough & thats before buying anyone else presents.
Look forward to hearing more ideas. Saved the fabric tree & stocking details & Hope to make them at some point.
hugs
Helen

siren13577

I went to liverpool city centre today and got some pressies from Boots, all the electrical stuff had mostly gone but I bought a black sliding photo frame which holds three photos,reduced from £10 to £2.50, a John Frieda radiant red hair care box with 4 tubes of anti fade shampoo, protective conditioner, colour preserver and super hold hair spray, reduced from £10 to £3.33 then to £2.50, :rotfl: Julian Macdonald floating flower candles reduced to £1.25 and a 'novelty' gift of Gola soap on a rope for the other half, reduced from £3.00 to 50p. Made up!!!
I also checked the product recalls on the website and realised I had a toy mobile phone for my son that they were recalling and took that back, even though had no receipt they put £5 credit on a gift card for me so here are the links for the product recalls:

http://www.boots.com/features/feature.jsp?articleId=1001977
http://www.boots.com/microsites/microsite_info_template.jsp?contentId=4160

Thats all for now but keep checking, even if you didn't buy it you'd get the credit, I took my son's phone to the baby section and she knew what it was straight away.

I then popped in to superdrug to get the 49p batteries mentioned on MSE but couldn't find them but did notice retro style scales for either £2.99 or £3.99, like this:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0152020/Trail/C%24cip%3D43106.Kitchen%2Band%2Blaundry%3EC%24cip%3D43137.Kitchenware%3EC%24cip%3D43141.Kitchen%2Bscales.htm

but in cream reduced from £12.99. I also got my uncle a rechargeable torch (he's fixated on torches????) with 1 million candle power down from £9.99 to £3.99 . Popped into my local Card Crazy and got four 6m rolls of christmas wrap for £1.00 and a cute teddy with Special Nannie (from Regency Fine Arts) for 49p, which will be a pressie from my little boy. They also had blue nose bears (I call them blue nose but they have another name) for £1-£1.49 which is a bargain, they had more stuff but can't remember all of it

In my poundstore I got Revlon Colourstay in Mimosa but they did have it in pinks and reds too, and Olay beauty fluid(classic, pink bottle) for me, as a treat!!! All a pound each, obviously . Also in my 99p store a Hulk Clock, a Marvel official product, 99p but they had girly versions too, I think it was powerpuff girls or something (not up on this because little fella's mad on spiderman etc)

Fancy being crafty and cheap, set of 6 cards with all the embellishments and tips to make your own cards, one lilac and pink, one blue and pink, and one cream and pink, this one with cute shells so a bargain there too. Also they have baking tins etc if you fancy baking for christmas. Also in this store if you bought Arrid aerosol deodorant you got a roll on free. Cars drinking cups here too, and TMNT bubble bath too, I could go on but my wrists are hurting, lol!!!

In my poundstore they had halloween and christmas stuff reduced to 50p. Also environmentally sound and economical too, rechargeable batteries for a £1.00, whch goes with my nice cheap recharger from Tesco (£3.00 with rechargeable batteries, all because it was out of it's box)

My Asda always has reduced goods, which may have had a packet split and had been taped up for cheap, I once got 24 Walkers for 85p and the other day I got Extra Special Buttery Fudge for 20p from £1.98 and not expired till nov 07. This section is at the back of my store so might be there in your. IFor all you compers trying to win a kitchen they had the cif promotional bottles in my 99p store.


Well happy hunting and I hope this helps,

siren :A