Finished baskets!!

rainmac

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

finished my first ever basket last night a gardening one for my mum, husband always turns his nose up at things i make but he actually said it looked really good and that he liked it. also thought i would let you know that on
www.FreeNameAStar.com
you can name a star for free and dedicate it to someone
i did one for my mum as i have had a very hard year and she has been a star!!!!
well just thought you could put it in a basket maybe as you can print out a cetificate
xxxxx

Thanks so much for the free star link Maria, done them for my 2 boys and a friend for her birthday. Printed the certificates off and going to get them laminated. Brilliant for next to no cost

rainmac

bunbun2 wrote: »

hi msmoo

here is the list of sweets and the picture of the finished hamper:


Honeydukes is the sweet shop at Hogsmead (the magical village in Harry Potter). I have got a cardboard box that is stamped 'by owl post', and I have made some labels on the computer to re-label various different sweets as the sweets mentioned in the Harry Potter books (had to use some artistic license for some of them, lol).

So I have Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans (Jelly Belly Beans), Fizzing Whisbies (Flying Saucers), chocolate wizarding money - gold galleons, silver sickles, bronze knuts (chocolate coins), chocolate mice (couldn't get frogs), butterbeer (small bottle of pop), licorice wands, invisible mints (Fox's Glacier Mints), chocolate golden snitches (Ferrero Rochers with the little brown case and label carefully removed, just leaving the gold foil), stinging basilisks (super sour snakes) and magic dust (popping candy).

I've taken them out of the original packaging and made small packages of each (didn't want him to have TOO many sweets...lol), wrapped them in brown paper, and stuck the new labels on.

Hope he likes it!



The Honeydukes hamper (Ryan had unpacked it a bit before I got chance to photograph it!):

That is brilliant :T

bunbun2

rainmac wrote: »

That is brilliant :T

I hope my Harry Potter hamper will look as good:rotfl: need to start assembling it for next Tuesday:D

RustyFlange

Lovely baskets cookiedough!

Just to let you all know I have just been to my local morrisons (its a tiny one) but they have their baskets all reduced. Some are £12 for 4 but I saw a stunning set for £4.99 and there was 4 in there and fairly big ones aswell. It may be of use to someone.

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

Thanks so much for the free star link Maria, done them for my 2 boys and a friend for her birthday. Printed the certificates off and going to get them laminated. Brilliant for next to no cost

Snap! Just done one each for my two, and then made a third for their grandad as he loves things like that and laminated then wrapped up will make his day.

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

Snap! Just done one each for my two, and then made a third for their grandad as he loves things like that and laminated then wrapped up will make his day.

What can I say Rusty, great minds and all that...

crystalclear

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

finished my first ever basket last night a gardening one for my mum, husband always turns his nose up at things i make but he actually said it looked really good and that he liked it. also thought i would let you know that on
www.FreeNameAStar.com
you can name a star for free and dedicate it to someone
i did one for my mum as i have had a very hard year and she has been a star!!!!
well just thought you could put it in a basket maybe as you can print out a cetificate
xxxxx

Thanks for the link brill + free :j
Glad you've finished a basket - that's it now your hooked :beer:
Can you post a pic, we haven't had many garden ones recently?

maria_and_the_imps

crystalclear wrote: »

Thanks for the link brill + free :j
Glad you've finished a basket - that's it now your hooked :beer:
Can you post a pic, we haven't had many garden ones recently?

will do a pic now, did a star for my mum as she has supported me through so much in the last year she really has gone above and beyond, dso thougththis was a lovely (and free) way to say thanks and great to put in with her pressies
xxxxx

threelittlepigs

is this normal

everytime i go somewhere i look at things and think that will do for my hampers :rotfl:

SugarSpun

I just wanted to share an idea - I'm making my stressed OH a Mental Health box, and in it there are:

An eraser to make mistakes disappear
A packet of straws so he's never down to the last one
Marbles to replace the ones he's lost
A soldier to fight his battles
A mask for when he needs to be incognito
A plane for when incognito's not enough
String to keep it all together
Chocolate for when the worst has happened
Fortune cookies so he can see what's coming
A rain poncho for when the s**t starts flying
Glasses cleaning wipes for clarity
Glucose sweets to perk him up
Prunes to keep him going
A fan for moral support

€1-store-tacular!