Finished baskets!!

RustyFlange

Chris25 wrote: »

Pound coins are gold(ish) coloured

I thought about putting £1 coins in instead of cash but we have chocky coins and ferrero rocher for the pots of gold ... hmmm decisions I think I will have to make up a mock run of one and swap and change bits see which I prefer.

RustyFlange

mary43 wrote: »

Emily - just in case you're still looking -link for stress survival kit - lots of variations on here
http://www.sawyers-specialties.com/survival-kits/.

My word you lot have done well with your hampers.

Well, I got another one done this morning.........phew !!
Eldest sons girlfriends having a basket - contents:

Mug with cuddly sheep in it (she has a thing about them)...............£1.00
Set of 3 chocolate candles -.....................................................£1.50
Brown soft fleecy gloves...............................................................50p
Bath scrunchie in cream................................................................50p
Coffee bean tree ornament........................................................£1.00
Notebook and pencils....................................................................50p
Set of bath stuff..........................................................................50p
Necklace.................................................................................£1.00
Flannel Yule Log........................................................................£1.00
Safe keeping jar...................................no cost as was old jar I had

Total........£7.50

All charity shop buys of unwanted pressies except yule log I made.
Sort of brown theme with gold bow and gift tag.
Sorry no piccys, use your imagination but have to say it does look nice............lol

Wow Mary sounds great and I can't believe you have all that for £7.50! Well done

Sian_the_Green

RustyFlange wrote: »

Wow that sounds fab ... can I be your friend please :T Can't wait to see a pic

Of course! You know I need to work out the photo thing, I have a camera, I have a computer, I can get pics from one to another but I don't have a site to upload to at the moment, I'm looking into it...
I have some lovely red and white gingham ribbon to tie around the white hamper and then the jar for the emergency kit is going to be in a Bonne Maman jar with a red and white lid

RustyFlange

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

Of course! You know I need to work out the photo thing, I have a camera, I have a computer, I can get pics from one to another but I don't have a site to upload to at the moment, I'm looking into it...
I have some lovely red and white gingham ribbon to tie around the white hamper and then the jar for the emergency kit is going to be in a Bonne Maman jar with a red and white lid

https://www.photobucket.com do free hosting just sign up for it if you need any help figuring out how to do it just ask sounds fab though!

Kandipandi

You lot have been busy again!!
I have heaps of stuff but not actually made anything up yet, I still need a few bits for almost each hamper but I have run out of money.
I checked my finances this morning and I have spent some of the shopping money on christmas pressies, hey ho!

Just remembered I have all the bits for my pots of gold - i might make them up tonight and I have all the bits for my MIL's doggy/cat hamper (actual bits for the dogs and cat as they always get left out).
Ohh now i'm excited again! If I manage my first attempt at cello ok i might post the pics, actually even if they are crap I will post, at least we will get a laugh

mary43

I'm putting some pound coins in with my pot of gold............its chocolate money and I thought they'd blend in ok and be a bit of surprise - long as n one tries to eat them.......................lol

spugzbunny

Well I made it into work today and it was worth it! I went to Boots to spend my £5 No. 7 voucher (free from my Mum as she wasn't spending it) and I got:

No7 Men's face Wash - RRP £6.50
No.7 Men's Face Scrub - RRP £6.50
No. 7 Men's Shaving balm - RRP £6.50
All on 3 for 2 then £5 off with the voucher
I spent - £8

Then... I received a new £5 No.7 Voucher with which I bought the No.7 Super Slim Cellulite Cream which is RRP £5 but free with the voucher!

That's a total RRP of £24.50 for the grand total of £8! All for my His and Hers pamper hamper for in-laws No.2. I usually spend around £30 on them so i hope to spend only £15 this year.

savingholmes

Hi Rusty Flange - the basket was from Tescos last year with about half the contents of my eventual hamper - I then added some other bits to it. Tescos have a similar deal this in the bigger stores - the basket is RRP £12 but a few weeks ago they had it on special offer for £6. This year it was not sea grass tho it was a yellower colour if that makes any sense and seemed a bit thinner. There is also lavendar pot pourri at the bottom...

Rusty - I would skip using £10 notes and just put 5 gold coins in instead buried among the choccies and if they are ungrateful - chances are they would be ungrateful at £10 as well so why bother with the extra £5! :rotfl:

Mary - your hamper sounds lovely as ever, and Sian hope you get some photos up soon as the contents sound lovely!

Chardonnay - I know what you mean about some people doing a lot of hampers - however some of us have a lot of people we traditionally buy for. With hampers we can get good deals on key items and still have the pleasure of giving although in my case for reduced cost. The pamper hamper I posted only cost me £2-3 of new money (post LBM) but is for someone that means a lot to me so I wanted to bless her with something that was really nice...

It's only the start of November, but I only have my mum's present left to sort out, part of OH's, some bits for my nephews and the odd CD for my son. Most of the money used I've earned / made available thro the £10 a day challenge on the DFW board....

HTH

rainmac

Wow, wow, wow, I've only not been on this thread for a day (or two) and it's grown massively!

Think all your hampers look fab :T :T :T :T :T :T

Chris25

RustyFlange wrote: »

Hi Sian, I thought about that, I have a budget of £15 for my sis and BIL and then OH's sisters and brother so I was doing them a sweet hamper and planned to put the £10 in there but also do them a pot of gold with just one scratch card and lottery ticket ... However I could substitute it for £5 but my sister would probably be ungrateful as always ... will speak to OH and see what he says. Last year all of his sisters and brother got money in a card but I wanted to do them something with a bit of excitement rather than money in a boring old card!

Rusty, just thought if you are buying Quality Street for your family, you could keep the tin but take out the gold wrapped toffees and give them to S