Finished baskets!!

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

lol Its strange how you can picture people you have never met just by reading their posts

Can't really do beads cause my smallest is only 13 months and she is a terror for puttin everything in her mouth!!! Thankyou though!

Go grab them lady

I still have that problem at home, my youngest is 18 months and everything goes in his mouth, or tries to shove things in someone else's! I go the beads for a girl who will be 5 and her sister is nearly 3 so hopefully they will be fine

lilian1977

Just bought a hanging basket in the pound shop to make my friend's garden hamper with - will post pictures when I've finished it

DdraigGoch

I've decided to do the Coffee and Biscuits basket [again], 'cos I can't think of anything else I can afford! I'll put some ideas together for visits and dining out in a "voucher" book so that he can take the children out without having to organise anything himself, and maybe I'll ask the children what they'd like to do when they're there and put that in too!

DG

DdraigGoch

Having sat and thought about the principle of baskets - seems I'm now doing them for everyone! Thanks for this and I shall be nipping back in here over the year to keep tabs on what's going on.

DG

Siren137

I've ordered my avon bits for my brother's girlfriend's basket. It has mango bubble bath, mango and passion fruit shower gel and mango and passion fruit body jelly.
I'm going to add a flannel cupcake to this but could do with some more ideas. Also anyone know where I could pick up some cheap baskets?

rainmac

Siren137 wrote: »

I've ordered my avon bits for my brother's girlfriend's basket. It has mango bubble bath, mango and passion fruit shower gel and mango and passion fruit body jelly.
I'm going to add a flannel cupcake to this but could do with some more ideas. Also anyone know where I could pick up some cheap baskets?

Could try charity shops for baskets or pound shops, Wilkos, Matalan, Home Bargains...

What about a bath scrunchie, single sachet face mask, few chocs, nail varnish...:D

Siren137

ooooooooooh rainmac didn't think of a face mask that a good idea! I'm trying to spend as little as pos as we are saving for the house move at the moment. Was thinking of nipping into the body shop and seeing if they have a bath bomb or something.

Melon78

Just seen this for anyone doing a hot chocolate hamper

http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=112

HTH someone

Siren137

Those spoons look yummy, although knowing my lot they would bite into it and get a mouthful of plastic!! :rotfl:

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

Rainmac I never thought of using a rubber band ... I generally hold the cellophane with my teeth whilst fighting with the sides and sellotape ... Have thanked you!

Pink basket looks stunning ... I have started picking up small bits for my kiddies for christmas, have loads of supercook bits which were 13p & 14p from tescos long dates on them so just need a plastic bowl and a wooden spoon then thats my sons cookery/fun hamper for christmas ... not sure what to do my daughter yet, however making up boxes for them both for christmas with some age appropriate crafty things, and also general odds and sods picked up 2 colouring books yesterday for 69p from home bargains ... need to find some boxes I like now which the kids could use again.

Thanks so much for the Supercook tip off Rusty :T . Got to Tesco today and bought loads of Supercook bits for just over £2, must have 6 tubs sprinkle/sparkly things to put on top of cakes, cake cases and 2 large tubes ready made icing with different nozzles. Going to copy you and get a bowl and spoon and give whole lot as a pressie, wrapped in cello of course!