Finished baskets!!

jane130

picked up some greta little bits at Tesco today , foot shapes foot files for 39p pretty nail files for 49p , a set of 4 nail polishes for 99p a little set of nal clippers etc 99p and a pretty bag to pop it all in for £1.48 - going to arrange it all ncely in the open bag wrap it in cellophane and hey presto a cheap gift .

savingholmes

Hi I'm really proud I've done my first journal in a jar - to see you will need to follow the link as I posted the details of how etc there.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=13969627#post13969627

But this is what the finished hamper looks like with the retro sweets included.



I know you will all want costings so:

White basket £1.50 (already had - from set of 3 from charity shop for £4 - originally instore £10)
Photo album £3.99 (already had - originally priced £4.99)
Yams Project Book from T £1.75 (original price £3.50)
Yams Pencil set 60p (original price £1)
Retro tin with sweets £6.54 as per above (value min £7.29)
Glass jar for journal £1 (Instore)
Wired ribbon and other ribbon I already had (probably home and bargain previous Christmases)
Gold paper for scrolls (freebie wallpaper sample:rotfl: )
Samples of Olay regenerist and Q10 (free)
Total cost: £14.39 (new spend £9.89) value approx £23
(excluding effort of journal jar contents - even that at 12 items took approx 3 hours! but likely to use same ideas again. I've realised a family member is 40 this year!;) and someone's 30th coming up, I'll just adapt a couple of the items)

mary43

savingholmes - think I just answered your post on Gifts in a Jar............Journal in a Jar is brilliant as is hamper............:j well done you and what a brilliant idea

savingholmes

mary43 wrote: »

savingholmes - think I just answered your post on Gifts in a Jar............Journal in a Jar is brilliant as is hamper............:j well done you and what a brilliant idea

Thanks - I saw. Was waiting for someone to come on line and notice lol:rotfl: Seriously just had tea waiting for a reply - using storecupboard for DD and big meal I made Thursday for the rest of us.:j Need to make cut backs just to pay for the finished basket bargains!:p

kbl

RustyFlange wrote: »

Thanks Rainmac. not bad for 20 mins work eh I think I would feel guilty charging anymore though. Will speak to OH see what he says. Maybe do a trial at a bit more expensive price. and see how it goes.

REALLY don't mean to cause any offense, but if you don't start charging a lot more for them you are mad!!!! I live in Ireland and have been to a local shop (40 miles away local) that sells basic nappy cakes that don't look half as good as yours and they charge €100 -€130 for them:eek: , and they fly out the door. You are seriously underestimating how cute they are and how appreciative your buyers and their recipients will be. And you should remember that there are a lot of people that don't have any value on a thing unless they have to pay a decent price for it, for example, my mum's dog had four gorgeous pups she wanted to give away free to good homes, advertised in two local papers and the local radio for weeks, no reply, a neighbour said he'd sort it out, advertised them for €30 each, they were gone in a week!!! Sorry if I'm rambling, but not everyone is money saving, and you may as well make a bit extra for all your work.

savingholmes

Hi - On a roll today. By the way if anyone can explain to me how I can get a bigger picture from photobucket without it becoming a link instead I would be grateful.

Finally finished my basket for 18mth-2year old toddler.



Contents
Basket approx 79p (Wilkos?) Had
Circus Jigsaw £1.29 Instore
Animal Lift the flap book £1.99 (RRP £4) Had
Pig's Tale £1 (T)
Scary Things book 99p (RRP £3 The Works) had
Woody Disney bubbles £1.29 (Asda RRP £1.79)

Cost £7.29 (new spend £3.58) - RRP value £11.79 min

I'm chuffed with that.... when I finally get around to buying cellophane I think it will really finish it off!:j

So 10 Christmas presents down, another 15 or so to go....:rotfl: Well it is September!!!:rolleyes:

RustyFlange

kbl wrote: »

REALLY don't mean to cause any offense, but if you don't start charging a lot more for them you are mad!!!! I live in Ireland and have been to a local shop (40 miles away local) that sells basic nappy cakes that don't look half as good as yours and they charge €100 -€130 for them:eek: , and they fly out the door. You are seriously underestimating how cute they are and how appreciative your buyers and their recipients will be. And you should remember that there are a lot of people that don't have any value on a thing unless they have to pay a decent price for it, for example, my mum's dog had four gorgeous pups she wanted to give away free to good homes, advertised in two local papers and the local radio for weeks, no reply, a neighbour said he'd sort it out, advertised them for €30 each, they were gone in a week!!! Sorry if I'm rambling, but not everyone is money saving, and you may as well make a bit extra for all your work.

Thankyou, and I am not offended in the slightest. Its nice to hear compliments about things to be honest OH has told me to put up the price a little bit. I have today found somewhere even cheaper for supplies and I know they are good quality as I have used them on both my children so will also be looking into that once I start to run low on stock.

Lovely hamper Savingholmes.

For anyone needing presents for young babies/toddlers instore at my local boots they had the baby einsteinsrange of books and there were loads reduced to £1 (most retail at £3.99) We also picked up a bigger 10 star book from the same range which retails at £6.99 and we only paid £2. Have put all 5 away for our daughter for christmas.

RustyFlange

I have spent ages looking for a proper ceramic mug for my son in the disney cars range but could only find one in the USA, however we nipped into disney store today and low and behold they had some in there! Its a new range which suits me just fine. Picked up a cars cup (£5) and then a aristocats one (plastic £3) for the kids for a hot chocky/ milkshake gift for in their stockings. However I planned to use the magic straws in them but the straws will be too long and also I don't think my baby girl will have learnt how to suck out of a straw by then (she can blow through one!) So I was wondering if anyone knows of anywhere where they sell milkshake in sachets?
Here are the cups for them to go in.

rainmac

cookiedough38 wrote: »

I have been up thinking hampers again! Its my dads birthday coming up and I have a tight budget of £10.

I have already bought him a book, for christmas he is getting a foody hamper to share with mum and a golf hamper.

He loves chocolate so I was thinking maybe green and blacks if budget will allow. I thought I could make him a triple layer individual cake too. Any ideas of anything barginous I could put in? He is into gadgets and works in an office.

I think someone said a few pages back that G&B chocolate was £1 a bar in Morrisons so you could get a few different bars, do up with a ribbon, add the book you've bought and hey presto a really nice pressie

rainmac

Love those mugs Rusty, I want nice mugs for my two to do snowman soup for their stockings. I haven't found anything nice yet and wouldn't have thought of The Disney Store so thanks for the tip