Finished baskets!!

pobby_2

:j :j :j I spent AGES last night making hampers!! :j :j :j

Had a fab time and am quite pleased with them even if I say so myself. I've discovered I'm crap at budgeting though as tried to have a £10 budget (excluding wrapping and baskets)

Here goes......

1. FIL Runners hamper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088930842/in/photostream/
Beanie hat and gloves to keep warm in winter (sports soccer £1.99 each)
Skipping rope for warming up (£1 pound shop)
Arm band holder for MP3 player (£2.46 tesco .... bargain!)
2 Lynx shower gel (think they were £1.49 bogof in Boots)
Some hot choc sachets, marshmallows and 2 bars of dairy milk as a special treat ) (£1)
Total £10.00

2. Brother Liverpool fan hamper:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088930850/in/photostream/
Liverpool pint glass, beer cloth and coasters (£6.49 sports soccer)
Football boot money box (£1 shop)
Red cushion (Ikea £2.49)
Doritos and Sensations (Asda think they were £1 BOGOF)
I have since added a couple of Carlsberg (worked out at about £1.20 out of multipack)
Total = £12.20 (bit over my £10 budget whoops)

3. Sister girly movie night hamper:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088930858/in/photostream/
Music and Lyrics DVD (£5 play.com)
Fleecy throw (Ikea £2.49 lovely and cuddly real bargain)
Ballet style slippers (£1.49 in local bargain store)
Popcorn (£1.29 cadbury outlet store)
Hot chocolate sachets, choccy bars and marshmallows (£1.00)
£11.30 total (again blew budget but only slightly)

4. BIL wine lovers hamper:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088930860/in/photostream/
Wine rack (free from freecycle)
6 mini bottles of wine (Asda 4 for £5 and £1.49 each for other 2)
Wine glass (used one of my own as I have hundreds it is like new)
Chocolate coins (50p)
Wine stoppers (2 at £1 each - Asda)
Total: £10.50 (ooh nearly made the budget!)

5. Mum Pedicure hamper:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088930868/in/photostream/
Boots pedicure kit (think it was £5.99)
Various pink nailcare items (£1 pound shop)
Pedicure creams x3 (Boots can't remember how much but used Adv points)
2 x No 7 nail varnishes (Boots - think they were about £6 each but used a £5 voucher so .... £7)
Total £14 ...totall blew budget on this one!

6. MIL English hamper (she is French and very foody)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088391861/in/photostream/?rotated=1&cb=1196866322331
Cow print apron (Matalan £2)
Cow oven glove (Woolworths £1.49)
After eights (was about £1.29 asda or tesco)
Lea and Perrins (??)
HP Sauce (??)
Twinings teas x2 (was about £1.49 BOGOF in tesco)
Hot choccy sachets (£1.50 ... she loves them and can't find in france)
Terry's chocolate orange (£1 was 3 for £3 think in morrisons)
Mint sauce (about £1.29 tesco)
Notebook with handwritten British recipes (£1.99 stationery box)
Total = about £14 (see the £10 theme was totally out of the window by now!)

7. Mum's partner Beer Lover's hamper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088391859/
6 bottles of beer (Asda £8 they were 3 for £4)
Spicy chilli crisps (Asda 99p)
Spicy nuts x2 (99p BOGOF Asda)
Total £10 (YAY!!! I made a budget!!!)

I am addicted to hampers :T God knows what I'll do after christms :rotfl: Still have a vodka one to do for BIL and also some home made ones but am waiting on a delivery of glass bottles so cannot do them yet!

I'm not sure who will get the most enjoyment out of these. Me making them or them receiving them

pobby_2

ooh also forgot to add a pic of one wrapped:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088930848/

Have been toying with the idea of lining cellophane with tissue but when my cellophane order arrived this one was actually opaque so perfect as I don't want folk to see what they've got before the big day and some are being delivered to family who live away beforehand.

Sugarcubed

They are fab!!

mumoftwo

Your hampers are great pobby!!!!!
I am like you, I love doing them. At the moment I am working on 2 High School Musical hampers for my two daughters. I have bought HSM storage boxes from "the Works" (had to go to 3 stores to get them) and have bought:HSM calendars and HSM stickers (£3 and £1) and will put smellies in and sweets (not HSM) HSM socks etc.

I just want to say that I love looking at all your hampers, such a creative bunch we all are and proud of it...

kisto

mumoftwo wrote: »

Your hampers are great pobby!!!!!
I am like you, I love doing them. At the moment I am working on 2 High School Musical hampers for my two daughters. I have bought HSM storage boxes from "the Works" (had to go to 3 stores to get them) and have bought:HSM calendars and HSM stickers (£3 and £1) and will put smellies in and sweets (not HSM) HSM socks etc.

I just want to say that I love looking at all your hampers, such a creative bunch we all are and proud of it...

SNAP!
I'm doing a High School Musical hamper for my daughter. Shame I don't have 'The Works' near me because those boxes sound perfect. I have Banana bookshop which is similar so will try there.

QS have High School Musical clothes. I think t-shirts are £5 and long sleeve tops £6 and a real bargain as it's buy 2 get 2 free at the moment.

shimmigirl

excellent hampers pobby - love them wrapped too.
Also the prices are excellent for the finishes you have got.

tigtag02

unixgirluk wrote: »

The mugs are lovely where did you get them?

Poundstretcher - £2 each

chuchies..x

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Hi there Rosekitten

I would be going for a bold colour...dark green, red or probably gold as gold and cream always looks lovely and expensive... its a lovely hamper by the way...

I know you might think im a bit wacky but how about using chocolate brown tissue paper in the bottom to line the cellophane and then a choc brown bow...would look gorgeous....its fab already though...x:rotfl:

Sugarhunny1

pobby wrote: »

ooh also forgot to add a pic of one wrapped:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21124147@N05/2088930848/

Have been toying with the idea of lining cellophane with tissue but when my cellophane order arrived this one was actually opaque so perfect as I don't want folk to see what they've got before the big day and some are being delivered to family who live away beforehand.

Oh My, all those are fabulous! Absolutely stunning!!! What is it wrapped with? They are great and i bet they are lovingly received! Very lucky family!

Sugar xxx

pobby_2

Sugarhunny1 wrote: »

Oh My, all those are fabulous! Absolutely stunning!!! What is it wrapped with? They are great and i bet they are lovingly received! Very lucky family!

Sugar xxx

Thanks Sugar I'm glad you like them. It's wrapped with some opaque cellophane I got from https://www.flowerhour.co.uk. Like a shimmery colour somewhere between gold and silver (really hard to explain) with a little 'seasons greetings' motif on it. Just tried to find it on their website but they don't seem to have it any more! They do have loads and loads of other gorgeous designs though and not too expensive at all. They were cheaper than my local florist metre for metre, even including delivery and the quality is lovely.