Finished baskets!!

Emily_Hall08

miss*whisper wrote: »

Thank you!

I'm now thinking of what to put in a hamper for my niece (8) but am having so many ideas that I can't decide!


Either : a cooking theme with a fairycake mix, a dvd/popcorn etc & snuggle fleece, a art/craft set etc, can't decide which way to go!

I like all these ideas.. maybe with the art and craft set you could include things to put together thankyou letters for all her christmas presents. It's a nice habit to get children into doing (if she doesn't already)

miss*whisper

Emily_Hall08 wrote: »

I like all these ideas.. maybe with the art and craft set you could include things to put together thankyou letters for all her christmas presents. It's a nice habit to get children into doing (if she doesn't already)

Thats a good idea, might go along with that one! Thanks!

Angie100

Hmmm I may pop along to Boots this afternoon and look at the soap and glory stuff - that gift set is great value. If I can make head or tail of the Boots thread I will see what else is a steal at Boots!!!!

soblivion

gorgeous hampers miss*whisper, they look so expensive and very classy too.:T

snoony2

- love the hampers too -they look fab!

Got-it-spend-it - you mentioned using your No 7 vouchers to get nail varnishes to use as teen gifts for a local charity - can I ask what charity you're thinking of?
I know this is all a little bit off thread but it's just that I've made up 22 shoe boxes for girls (mostly teenagers) for the shoebox appeal and I'd prefer not to send them all with samaritans purse - I'd love to be able to donate some within the UK but don't know where.

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

Thankyou for all of the help with the hamper Going to pop out tomorrow and see what I can find

Yes yes it is a lady Rainmac, someone who has helped me quite a bit over the last couple of months and isn't having the best of times herself.

The boots hamper is fantastic well done I have never managed to get to grips with the boots thread, however I think I should at least try!

Good luck finding your bits and bobs for your hamper.

I've never got the hang of the Boots thread either but wish I could as I love a bargain

poppyolivia

Sorry if mentioned but I was in tescos today and there was a whole host of baskets reduced..set of 2 honey coloured ones with cream lining £3.75, same but in a chocolate colour £3.75, waste paper bin dark basket £2, set of 3 with wooden handles (I think it was 3) £9, seagrass individual ones from £3 for a decent size.

I was also in au naturale for the first time in ages and they had loads reduced, mugs from 20p, pens sets from 20p, fuzzy felt 75p, plates £1, crystal type stone thingys 50p, BIG canvases for £5, that fairy princess canopy things for over the bed £3, vases from £1, they also had boxes (not reduced) from £3 for the 'decent' sizes.

rufusdog52

Hi everyone
Had a christmas catalogue through the door today for Fashion World and it had a couple of ideas in it someone might like -- first was a Boxing day Turkey revival kit which was £15 and had some mayonaisse, korma paste, strawberry jam, and mango and ginger chutney, shouldnt be too hard to replica and wont cost anything near £15

Other thing was a fabric wall haning for kids which was a star chart and the stars attached with velcro (I think from see ing the picture). Not sure what the material would have to be for the chart as it would have to be something the velcro would stick to may be like those sticky dartboards you can get. It had little pockets at the bottom to keep the stars in and antoher one which had numbers in and you could keep a tally of how many stars you have. I wouldnt mind doing this for my grandchildren as they can be terrors when they want to and I think they would like a star chart that isnt just a scrap of paper pinned on the wall.

rainmac

Miss Whisper, love your baskets, they look very expensive :T

knithappens

in home bargains this morning, and they had lots of supercook stuff at a reduced price, 500g bag mini marshmellows, 49p , white choc block 49p and continental chocolate blocks 49p, plus christams sprinkles 99p i think, handmade christmas daecorations cant remember price, i think 69p, and also coloured ready to rollicing 1.29, i bought some for my hampers , snowman soup and for my baking gifts too ( sorry if you have already read this in the home bargins thread, but thoguht i woudl post here as some people dont check that out.

they also had these hot water bottles, plus 2 other designs,one knitted white, with a light pink design, and other a fluffy deep pink cover

and these wooden boxes which woudldmake really great hamper baskets, at 1.99 each they look so expensive.

They come boxed, sorry threw the boxes away.