Finished baskets!!

Kandipandi

Emily_Hall08 wrote: »

Hi, what's the 'perfect man' thing you're on about? Thanks.

Its basically a gingerbread man in a cello bag with a ribbon tied aroud the top with this poem attached:

THE PERFECT MAN
They say good men are hard to find
I know this to be true
But I hunted far and wide
And found one just for you!

He is no good at DIY
He cannot fix the car
But his socks are never smelly
And he doesn't stray too far

He always listens patiently
And won't pester you in bed
If you get fed up with him
You just bite of his head!

I bought a pack of 12 gingerbread men yesterday from Wilkos for £1 and have wrapped them all up seperate for all my female friends and relatives for xmas = 8p each :T

I got this from someone on MSE but I cant remember who posted it (sorry whoever it was). x

poppyolivia

Kandipandi wrote: »

I bought a pack of 12 gingerbread men yesterday from Wilkos for £1 and have wrapped them all up seperate for all my female friends and relatives for xmas = 8p each :T

Sorry for being igorant but will they stay fresh, now that they have been opened and resealed????

Kandipandi

I hope so, maybe I should have waited, the best before date was april 09 and they are now airtight, I'll have to test one or two nearer the time If they go off i'll buy some more the it will be 16p each!

poppyolivia

Kandipandi wrote: »

I hope so, maybe I should have waited, the best before date was april 09 and they are now airtight, I'll have to test one or two nearer the time If they go off i'll buy some more the it will be 16p each!

Was thinking about it and I suppose there is no difference from taking biscuits out of the wrapper and putting in the biscuit tin so to speak of??? As long as its airtight it must be ok! xxx

But hey if you need to try one so be it, thats the best part!!:D

savingholmes

Emily_Hall08 wrote: »

yours do sound nice with the linings etc, though if I make a hamper this year I hope to add my own lining in some way.
They were in the 99p store!

The thing about making a hamper is that I don't want the person I make one for to be left with a useless basket afterwards that they haven't got room for/don't need.

I see the basket or box as part of the present and try to pick a colour, shape, lining etc to suit each individual person... I tend to make sure that I would be happy to have it back too ( you never know )

A lot of the cheaper baskets that I've looked at tend to be quite weak around the handle area which puts me off... I've not seen any baskets for 99p around me tho...

98jdougl

yeah, the baskets are looking to be the hardest part of the hampers

snoony2

[It's a local one in Southampton called Scratch. Not sure where you are but might be worth googling to see if there is anything similar in your area. Scratch give gift to underprivileged kids in the area from birth-16 years old. I've got some toys and am also making up a few male and female teen toiletries/ cosmetics type gifts.]

got-it-spend-it- thanks for that - I'll have a look and see what I can find

knithappens

bravobeastie wrote: »

lilmrsmullen could i ask what is in the mugs? They look fabulous :T

santa lollies ( 99p for 8 from B&M, but you can pick them up from any £1 store)
Candy canes ( again £1 for 10)
Mini marchmellows,
individual sachet of horlics hot chocolate 15p each from Home bargains
Chocolate xmas puddings, 29p for a net of i think 5 or 6 from home bargains
then we just popped them inthe seewtie bags and tied with ribbon, going to print out a label for them today

oh and if you dont have a home bargains near you , quality save stock virtually the same stuff, wondering if they are the same company

RustyFlange

Wow super hampers/cups etc everyone! 2 pages extra since I came on yesterday! you have been busy!!

I went to boots yesterday our local one is tiny and they had no soap and glory miniatures and no offers on apparently its only the bigger stores ... damn shame that I now have to venture out to a retail park with lots of fabulous shops on it

Angie100

RustyFlange wrote: »

Wow super hampers/cups etc everyone! 2 pages extra since I came on yesterday! you have been busy!!

I went to boots yesterday our local one is tiny and they had no soap and glory miniatures and no offers on apparently its only the bigger stores ... damn shame that I now have to venture out to a retail park with lots of fabulous shops on it

Rusty - I too went to my local Boots yesterday and it's quite a large one and they'd had the offer on but had run out of the gift packs. I was quite annoyed that they hadn't properly thought about how many packs they would need as it would definately be a popular offer. The woman there blamed it on people buying in bulk but that wouldn't make a difference if they had ordered the right amount in!!! Might be best to phone the Boots store before making a special journey as they told me yesterday that many Boots have sold out. Offer on until Tuesday.