Finished baskets!!

lush1001

passion8 wrote: »

I find hair scrunchies are good lush1001, but they can't be left on As shazspice said, an elastic band is good as you can leave them on

For bows I use flowerhour on ebay - but maybe a local florist might sell you some? hth

thanks :-)

im dead pleased my cellophane from ebay arrived today and looks good- cant wait to fill my hampers now :T

Ruth_honey

mary43 wrote: »

rainmac - I'm no good at doing links but I asked the same thing last week and printed it out (otherwise I'd have forgotten again ........lol)
It's on Finished Baskets thread, page 203.........think it was Rusty........not sure.

I'm collecting together some stuff for baby grandson (well 18months old) so adapting it to suit him:

Special bath stuff (I'll get what he normally has and stick a santa piccy on it
Christmas toy for the bath (if I can find one.........??)
Bath mit and little towel - I'll see if I can find a santa patch to sew on
Paper christmas plate with mince pie & hot choc.mix for santa and porridge oats with a bit of glitter to put out for rudolph
Some christmas pj's
Door hanger saying 'santa please stop here' on it (copying yours.......lol)

I'm going to put it all in a shoe box and call it 'santa's box' so it can be re-filled every year.

That's my version anyway:j

Hawkins Bazaar had some xmas bath stuff
http://www.hawkin.com/find/keyword-is-christmas+duck/product-is-10019?SearchIsReferrer=true
And this website has a xmas bath duck
http://www.kitsch.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Angels___Devil_Duckies_28.html
(quite like the bride & groom ducks too!)

Ruth_honey

moneysavingyvonne wrote: »

Rainmac

Do you have a home bargins near you.

They had christmas books in mine, the hard one, with thick pages for young chidlren ranging from 15p - 29p - i've got one for my neice as an advent present.

They also had books with CD's or tapes (Christmas one i.e. jingle bells) ranging from 99p - £1.99 i think

Hope this helps.

Also, if you were looking for an xmas book, and not bothered aboout the price, my personal fave is The Jolly Christmas Postman - lovely book with lots of envelopes to open with lovely surprises in

Here is a link so you know what i am on about

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Postman-Viking-Kestrel-picture/dp/0670886270/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222353955&sr=8-1

Might not be what you had in mind, but I bought this brilliant book in America called Cats letters to Santa. It's VERY funny!
http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Letters-Santa-Bill-Adler/dp/157866005X

lush1001

Has anyone ever found that when you tell people about your hamper ideas for christmas that sometimes people can be dead negative??? when i was talking excitedly about it at work this week i found some people were a bit mean..... :-(

its not put me off though! just think i will be selective about who gets presents this year if they wont be appreciated..... 1-0 to me heehee :-)

rainmac

lush1001 wrote: »

Has anyone ever found that when you tell people about your hamper ideas for christmas that sometimes people can be dead negative??? when i was talking excitedly about it at work this week i found some people were a bit mean..... :-(

its not put me off though! just think i will be selective about who gets presents this year if they wont be appreciated..... 1-0 to me heehee :-)

You go ahead and ignore them! I do

rainmac

nicola00 wrote: »

how do you upload photos ??

Would like to add some of my baskets but not sure how , Posting rules at botom of my screen says,
you may post new threads,replies,edit
you may not post attachements

Help somebody

Have a look on page 33 of the 'does anyone know how to make this' thread on the Special Occasions board. Post is by rosekitten and her instructions on how to post pics on here are fab :T

lush1001

rainmac wrote: »

You go ahead and ignore them! I do

i did- some people just dont appreciate the creative and personal touch i guess, if someone made me a hamper for christmas id be over the moon no matter how good it was :beer:

kle87

Hi Rainmac,

Just thinking about your Christmas Eve Box. When I was little my mum made me a personalised paper plate to leave out for Santa. It was just an ordinary red plate but she wrote on it with gold pen. It said something along the likes of:
'Dear Santa, I hope you like the biscuits that we specially made for you. The carrots are for Rudolph and your other reindeers too. Lots of love, P.S weve been very good'

It was more poetic than that lol but my memory fails me!

soblivion

lush1001 wrote: »

Has anyone ever found that when you tell people about your hamper ideas for christmas that sometimes people can be dead negative??? when i was talking excitedly about it at work this week i found some people were a bit mean..... :-(

its not put me off though! just think i will be selective about who gets presents this year if they wont be appreciated..... 1-0 to me heehee :-)

Honey, there's 3 different types of people when it comes to homemade.

1. People who believe your a cheapskate - if the gift hasn't come from an expensive shop and has the tag on it to prove it then anything no matter what it is isn't worth having. These types of people are not worth putting love and thought into gifts for, just buy them a voucher for their so called upmarket shop or tell them you'll not be buying gifts this year - you'll never convert them so what's the use trying.

2. People who are not crafty at all and so can't see the possibility that things can be made just as nicely by hand rather than shop bought. These people you can convert.

3. People who are crafty, love handmade items because of the love and care and effort it took to make and that you made something especially for them. These people need no converting and all us like minded folk you'll find in here.

It takes all sorts to make a world, I remember one lady on here saying her MIL hates homemade so I think if your armed with that knowledge save yourself the disappointment and just buy a voucher for what the hamper was going to cost. You could always make a nice gift envelope to present it so it still makes you feels as if you were a bit crafting.

Juliepink26

Hi all just been reading about all your wonderfull hampers and thought i would pop in a pic of mine, Last christmas My mum and mother in law got one and were really pleased with them.
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