Finished baskets!!

passion8

Those are lovely hampers earthmother, mary43, and nicki702 Looks, and sounds, like a real lot of thought has gone into them.

nikki702, (and anyone else lol), that swirly patterned cellophane's the same as the one i ordered in white, and the best I've used so far.

Hi shegrinch

mary43

Beautiful basket nikki - love the wrapping too..........almost a shame to undo it...............lol Your Mum will love it:T

passion8

mary43 wrote: »

Beautiful basket nikki - love the wrapping too..........almost a shame to undo it...............lol Your Mum will love it:T

Hiya mary43

If my dd made me anything as nice as that I'd be like a gynaecologist working my way in from underneath, without spoiling the overall effect :rotfl: iyswim lol

In fact, I'd work my way in from the bottom, select what I wanted, and seal it back up again - like a caesarean :rotfl:

She's away this week but has left me a parcel. I might put it in a basket and put cellophane and a bow on it before I open it

mary43

My two sons don't bother much with Mothers Day.......I always told them not to bother. They live so far away, flowers are always overpriced so I might get the odd card...............this morning jiffy bag arrived and I know what it will be...................next lot of photos on DVD of baby grandson..............lovely.

passion8

mary43 wrote: »

My two sons don't bother much with Mothers Day.......I always told them not to bother. They live so far away, flowers are always overpriced so I might get the odd card...............this morning jiffy bag arrived and I know what it will be...................next lot of photos on DVD of baby grandson..............lovely.

I know what you mean about flowers mary23, Mother's Day, our anniversary, and dd's birthday all fall within days of each other, and at times, the house looked like a florists lol, so I said 'enough'. I don't mind buying a reduced bunch in Tesco's but I'm a bit loathe to pay full price.

The dvd sounds like a good idea.

I keep meaning to treat myself to one of those digital frame things, but tbh, my side of the family's so small I'd get fed up of seeing them lol, but we do have some lovely countryside around us that I don't see enough of

Had something else to post (seeing as I'm way off topic lol, so I'll pop back

(Did take a photo of a finished basket btw, but when my oh put it on his pc and mailed it to me ....it nearly took up the memory on email lol). He's reduced it since, so I might put it on a site and see if it works on here )

mary43

Only problem with having a dvd of photos is I have to sit and print them out. I like to be able to look at them when I want to and show people............not so easy if I've got to switch computer on every time.
Still need to print off the last lot he sent me.................got photo album ready and waiting and then got sort of distracted. Maybe getting this one will boot me into actually doing it.

Have to plead ignorant and ask 'whats a digital frame ?

passion8

mary43 wrote: »

Only problem with having a dvd of photos is I have to sit and print them out. I like to be able to look at them when I want to and show people............not so easy if I've got to switch computer on every time.
Still need to print off the last lot he sent me.................got photo album ready and waiting and then got sort of distracted. Maybe getting this one will boot me into actually doing it.

Have to plead ignorant and ask 'whats a digital frame ?

They're like a picture frame, but you use it to put your photos on, and they rotate themselves (or something) ...display a photo every few seconds or however often you want them to) .... (technology's not my strong point Mary, but I'll find one on the Boots site lol). You'll have seen them all over the place, and on this site I'd imagine. And tbh mary, if I had to print photos out, I'd give up

(Just checked and Boots have just sold out of the Imagin 6.5" Digital Photo Frames and can't post the link up as it'll post up my shopping basket, and probably my name and address! but it's easy to find if you paste it into their search)

mary43

I'll have a look and see what I can find anyway. Might be an idea for son's birthday pressie this year.
I'll stick with the 'old fashioned way'' of printing them out for myself...........lol

passion8

mary43 wrote: »

I'll have a look and see what I can find anyway. Might be an idea for son's birthday pressie this year.
I'll stick with the 'old fashioned way'' of printing them out for myself...........lol

They'd make a lovely present for a special birthday imo I wanted to buy my bil one, but his daughter had already bought it. I'd shop around first though they're not that cheap, but I'm sure an MSE'er will find a good deal lol.

Right - back on topic

I'm not sure if you're near a Poundland, but I bought some of their shredded stuff. I wasn't sure what to call it, because it's more like astroturf than anything else - except it's a lot longer but still has a soft feel to it.

I don't mind shredding my own paper and whatnot, but thought I'd try that as I was in a hurry ...and it's great! Although it's only in a small bag, they pack a lot in. I bought the yellow, green, and pink and although it won't work in every hamper, it'll work (and did lol), in the shallower type baskets. I tried the yellow with some yellow and white items, and it looked really pretty, so I'm going to buy some more. Well worth a £1 and saves a heck of a lot of time.

hth someone

passion8

passion8 wrote: »

The white cellophane - hope this works!

(It worked but will post again x)