Finished baskets!!

savingholmes

Dunelm has offers on Christmas ribbon currently too. I just picked up 5m of red ribbon (for reindeers and cards) for 99p. It was by the till. I also got a couple more bamboo baskets for £1.99 each ideal for a small hamper (keep costs down) and looks posh! The same ones I used for my retro hampers altho these are slightly more oval rather than rectangle shape which I thought would be good for bottles. Cupcake makers - they are also selling some nice berries on a twig thing for about £1.29 which you could cut off and use on your cupcakes... they are back in stock....

Well done Sarahsmurf on the hamper:A

Rustyflange - glad you got sorted for today at least, hope things pick up for you soon.:hello:

ikkle87

morrisons have a newish range of products, all with comical names like like eye cream titled 'especially for the old bag' think i might get one for the ex smil lol

lush1001

Baybee1984 wrote: »

Can anyone point me in the direction of cheap baskets / cellophane / ribbon please? xx

Ebay is very good for cellophane and lots of people get their ribbon there too
HTH :beer:

Shelley3774

Its my Dad's birthday on Wednesday and i've made him a Pot of Gold - thanks to everyone for the inspiration. It includes a brown bowl ( which he can use as a pasta dish) gold chocolate coins, 2 lottery tickets one for Weds and one for Sat, 3 scratch cards and £20. He is a bit skint at the moment so I think he will appreciate it.:D


I pinched the poem and adapted it x

lush1001

Shelly- thats fantastic!! another idea i might need to pinch lol :-)

katie_daley

hi just started the basket/hamper idea, gonna sell some at our local craft fair in nov to see how they go, any ideas for biscuits with the tea/coffee lovers one im doing, ta

Angie100

Shelley - that looks great. I love the gold coins, where did you get them, looks like real 2p's!!!!

Shelley3774

Angie100 wrote: »

Shelley - that looks great. I love the gold coins, where did you get them, looks like real 2p's!!!!

Thanks Angie I bought them in Asda and they are exactly like the real thing. I had to buy 2 bags to fill the bowl though because its quite big.:D:D

savingholmes

katie_daley wrote: »

hi just started the basket/hamper idea, gonna sell some at our local craft fair in nov to see how they go, any ideas for biscuits with the tea/coffee lovers one im doing, ta

You could look at the lotus biscuits about 70p in supermarkets - the sort they often give you with coffee, or shortbread, or the chocolate covered shortbread. Be wary of baking your own as your stall could be shut down by environmental health unless you have a good hygiene certificate etc!

Good luck

Natbag

sarah_smurf wrote: »

Hi threelittlepigs

The box is the bottom half of a Beautilicious Candy Apple Detox Box I got as an xmas prezzie last year & 'think' the person got it from either Home Bargains or off the market stalls?

I've had these and bought them from Wilkinsons. They are lovely boxes. Hope that helps somone.
I've just found this thread and will be spending ages trawling through for ideas for my own Christmas hampers, although I really need to have them done before my baby is due in 4 weeks! :eek: