How were your handmade presents received??

sarahpowell

Midnightraven

Your gifts look amazing. Well done you.

I have been searching and searching for those baskets but I am not having any luck, can you point me in the right direction please

Sarah

elsien

Just for info, "the works" today had sweet jars with soft toy type santas and snowmen on the lids in the sale for 99p. They're only plastic, but look quite good so I've bought a load with the idea of doing some homemade sweets next year.

midnightraven3

been and had a look sarah
i cant find him either:(

but i know he had listings in the last couple of weeks
maybe he has had a wee holiday over christmas
he ALWAYS has them listed since i bought them
i look regularly as i am always on the lookout for baskets

i shall keep an eye out
and if i dont report back
give me a prod:rotfl:

Spendless

I am not the slightest bit arty or crafty so I gave nothing home-made. However I received some blackberry and elderberry jam. Not yet tried and some sloe gin which I have tried and :drool:. Itried sloe gin for the first time last month with some I bought but the home brewed is loads better.


ETA- Well this tempted me to go and get my jam and try it just now and I have and it is lovely. More of a jelly than a jam, which MIL did tell em cos she's not keen on the seeds. However the pretty xmas top she'd put on fell off and the jar reads pickled mussels. I won't tell her, but I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction of pretty jars and I'll buy MIL some as a thank you.

callas

After seeing everyones fantastic homemade ideas last year and this year. I decided to make hampers for everyone. The best bit was that all the hard work was done in September leaving me to put it all together at the end of November. I really enjoyed doing them and so thank you to everyone who posted up pictures - it really inspired me to have a go.

Here's one of mine.

susiecm3

ooh i am definitely doing hampers next year, will kepp checking to see if your guy puts any more baskets up, i do like the lidded type too, I am loving this, i have even started a blog :-)

It is lovely to see what others have made ;-)

happycrafter_2

Home made gifts went down a storm, both sisters, nephew and parents loved the things we made. My mum even told my dad that the chocolate truffles were poison and to keep his hands off them.

lizalloareds

Spendless wrote: »

I am not the slightest bit arty or crafty so I gave nothing home-made. However I received some blackberry and elderberry jam. Not yet tried and some sloe gin which I have tried and :drool:. Itried sloe gin for the first time last month with some I bought but the home brewed is loads better.


ETA- Well this tempted me to go and get my jam and try it just now and I have and it is lovely. More of a jelly than a jam, which MIL did tell em cos she's not keen on the seeds. However the pretty xmas top she'd put on fell off and the jar reads pickled mussels. I won't tell her, but I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction of pretty jars and I'll buy MIL some as a thank you.

i have never made jam but you might get jars from Lakeland

midnightraven3

the jamjarshop is much cheaper than lakeland
and they have lush pretty lids
red with white polka dots

i buy all my glass wear from there

callas

I used some jars I bought from Ascot, but this year I bought 18p jars of beetroot from Morrisons - the jars were perfect and I saved on postage!