Please post all Christmas freebies here

artydoll

jennalicious wrote:

A thought came to me at about 1am (yeah I know it's sad;) ) for the girly baskets. Make little drawer fresheners. Use an old net curtain, sew it into little pouches, fill with pot pourri and tie with a ribbon. I'm off to have a nap now, I was up late lol.:rotfl:

How about filling them with dried lavender from your garden,it should be ready to dry now.Just pick it and put in a vase in a cool place for a few days.P S Dont add any water to the vase

summersnearlyhere

Hi Princessa - I bought a set of two boxes for less than £2.0 (sorry can't remember exactly how much) at Homebargains. They had different colours and I got blue as I'm doing a male hamper for my nephew who complains about never having any mens shampoo etc. It's called a storage box and it's flat pack. They are very sturdy and I've already half filled it just from one trip at Homebargains and I've only spent £9 on him so far. I'll just wrap the whole box up as one present when I've filled it.

jennalicious

sara1980 wrote:

liquorice is good for this too, though takes ages to disolve. sadly doesn't work with malteasers.
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lmao at the thought of you trying this with maltesers! What flavour were you drinking when you tried that one:rotfl:

But seriously, ty for these ideas! :T :beer:

Degeneratemoo

Anyone know any good sites to buy wrapping paper? I've started buying pressies but want to get them wrapped so the family won't know what they are if they are found!

jennalicious

Degeneratemoo wrote:

Anyone know any good sites to buy wrapping paper? I've started buying pressies but want to get them wrapped so the family won't know what they are if they are found!

Try http://www.24studio.co.uk/ss/index.jsp

I got wrapping paper for 50p a roll from woolies the other day too but that was instore, not online.

Degeneratemoo

Apparently that site has a fixed delivery rate of £4.75 per order.

sara1980

well, i'm glad I made u laff jennalicious

But it wasn't actually me who tried it, it was the op that i copied it from, I would give them credit but i can't remember where I read it !! It was on this forum I know this much.


But on a more serious note there are some really good ideas on this thread...I am gonna sit down later & write down a list of who I need to buy & what to buy for them.
I am gonna get all my crafting stuff back out & start making cards.

I mite even start writing down a food shopping list coz I always go for big xmas shop the day b4 xmas eve but I end up spending over £100 & we're not even at home xmas day or boxing day !! So think I need to take it easy & not buy as much this year

Plus buying all that chocolate doesn't do my diet any good :rolleyes:

Sallys_Savings

I have brought christmas baubles in the woolworths sale (16 for 50p) to use as gift labels on my baskets.

Just sit the basket on cellphene, gather up and tie with curling ribbon with the bauble looped through. Write on the bauble like a gift label.

It gives a really professional finish

sara1980

havn't been the local shopping centre for a couple of weeks...mite take a trip up there later & see wots on offer

Princessa_2

thanks guys, will have a look out for baskets. Thanks to smilersmurf for the vodka recipies too, now need to find some minature bottles to put them in as gifts. Anyone know where I can buy these? Without buying them with drink in already... lol