Finished baskets!!

VLT

For anyone else who's struggling I found if you didn't have a spare pair of hands to help an elastic bobble does the trick. Bunch up one side at a time and secure with a bobble so that your hands are free to tie with ribbon, then remove the bobble. Bring both sides together and tie with a bobble then secure with your ribbon again and remove the bobble. Hopefully you will have a lovely tied hamper!
Hope this makes sense.

*niptuckfan*

First time posting pic hope it works - secret santa mug

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff232/niptuckfan/xmas%20hampers/29112007115.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff232/niptuckfan/xmas%20hampers/29112007118.jpg

New mug 45p charity shop, dow egberts switch 15p, ripple 45p, hot choc £1.29, whisk 25p plus cello and bow

*niptuckfan*

Sisters hamper - make up bag full of make up and toliteries, jammies, cotton bag, hat, couple bottles breezer, couple bottles bubble bath book on being a single girl -

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff232/niptuckfan/xmas%20hampers/24112007112.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff232/niptuckfan/xmas%20hampers/24112007113.jpg

*niptuckfan*

aunty hamper

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff232/niptuckfan/xmas%20hampers/24112007109.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff232/niptuckfan/xmas%20hampers/24112007107.jpg

sophiesmum_2

Just wanted to say that everyone's hampers are really great, thanks for posting pics they are an inspiration. I have finished my hampers for this xmas but have enjoyed making them so much that everyone will be getting one next year. My ideas list is growing daily:D thanks to this thread.
I have just spent the morning inspiring a friend of mine with these ideas too and now she has run off shopping to buy bits and bobs for her first attempts.I have directed her to this site for help:D .
So if you are reading this :santa2: :xmassign: :xmastree: :wave: :wave: :wave: Hi sheila..... you will soon be as addicted as the rest of us:rotfl: :rotfl: .
And I expect pictures:D .

Good luck with the hampers everyone

Kay_North

Hi everyone

I just wanted to post and say a huge thank you. I've been reading over this board for about a year now and in the past few weeks have followed this thread closely. I decided to create a basket for my MIL and FIL collectively and ended up making FOUR more..one for my Mum, Sister, Brother AND Stepdad!! They all look fantastic..I will post pictures when I have time, but thank you for such unique ideas. I'm fed up of giving the same presents every year..they are going to love them!

Roz_V

Two more hampers done - I'm not going to wrap them until I've got everything for everybody (still got about 3 things to buy) and then I'll have a mammoth wrapping session whilst watching Elf and Scrooged

Mum:

• Soap - [strike]£5.00[/strike] £1.50 Boots
• Scented Candle £2.00 Au Naturale
• Chocolate Box - [strike]£5.00[/strike] Free (Used AC Points) Boots
• Bar of Fairtrade Choc - [strike]£1.50[/strike] £1.19 Morrisons
• Mini Bottle Red Wine £1.25 Morrisons
• Kilner Jar filled with Cotton Balls - Free (Had jar & Cotton Balls in House already)
• Green & Blacks Hot Chocolate [strike]£2.50[/strike] £1.45 Morrisons
• Photo Frame (will pop in one of my Graduation pics before I wrap but they've not arrived yet!!) [strike]£3.00[/strike] £1.49 Morrisons
• Towel - £7.00 Primark
• Basket - Had in House
• TOTAL COST £20.88

ExMIL

• Champneys Gift Set (Slippers, 2 x Foot Sachets and 2 x Foot Lotions) [strike]£15.00[/strike] £6.12 Ebay
• Soap [strike]£5.00[/strike] £1.50 Boots
• Baileys [strike]£9.00[/strike] FREE (used Clubcard Points) Tesco
• Chocolate Box [strike]£5.00[/strike] FREE (used AC Points) Boots
• Basket £5.00 [strike]£2.50[/strike] (BOGOF) Argos
• TOTAL COST £10.12

kisto

Roz_V wrote: »

Two more hampers done - I'm not going to wrap them until I've got everything for everybody (still got about 3 things to buy) and then I'll have a mammoth wrapping session whilst watching Elf and Scrooged

They look really luxurious. I like the way you've 'placed' positioned the towel in the hamper for your mum - it sets it off nicely.

crispeater

they look great!

do you need my address to send me one too lol

Kay_North

These are 2 of my wrapped ones. For these 2 I bought 2 flower patterned storage boxes from Au Natrel for £3 each and lined them with white tissue and then sprinkled in some "fake snow" to make them look more christmassy before putting the items inside. They sat on my floor unwrapped for a few days and I began to worry about members of my family seeing what was in them (these are the type of boxes with lids, I stood the lids up at the back as I thought they looked better presented this way) so I wrapped them in some white tissue paper which has gold gift boxes on it (65p for 3 sheets in a gift shop nearby) then added my cellophane and bows.



They are both pretty much a mixed bag. The one for my mum contains dove products, body shop stuff, hot chocolate, air freshener for her car, impulse body sprays etc. My sister is 15 so I went into H&M and bought £10 worth of Hello Kitty products. They have a lot of Hello Kitty Bodycare stuff in there so I picked up a lot of that which I know she'll love (tissues, lip glosses, body lotion). Also some miniture impulse body sprays, some sweets, little tidbits teenage girls love!