Smelly Candle Hamper?

kisto

As an addition to the candles, I made up a hamper for my ex MIL and I managed to find a gorgeous glass candle tray. It is about the size of a ' drinks coaster' and it has a metallic purple finish on the bottom. Very pretty. Quite a few shops sell similar things. You can also find them in charity shops.

jkb

Definately Yankee Candles!!!! They are fab and the scent lasts well. You can get a burner and then some tarts (wick free that melt in the top of the burner) you place a non scented tea light in the bottom part and off you go!!

They also do lovely scented tea lights and samplers. Also jars in varying sizes. One tip if you find them and want to find out what they smell like is to smell the inside of the lid as this is closest to the smell of the burning candle and not as pungent as the actual candle IYKWIM.

Garden centres are a good place to look for them if you have any near you.

http://www.yankeecandleshop.co.uk/en/

reehsetin

the yankee candles look gorgous! dont really want to order online if i can help it so ill try and check a garden centre or two!
im off to tkmaxx on thursday so ill check their gift sets, not sure about decorating them myself just because she doesnt really go for 'prettiness' so though she'd appreciate the thought she just wouldnt appreciate it that much!
and ill try and check asda for their breast cancer range just not one near me grr!

reehsetin

ohh just found http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yankee-Candle-Samplers-12-Pack/dp/B000MGRJFQ, does that look a good price? just so i can get a rough idea, or thewickedcandleshop has them for £1.60 each with a load of different smells
doh just realised i can get everything sent to my bf's house so i can shop online! genius!

jkb

reehsetin wrote: »

ohh just found http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yankee-Candle-Samplers-12-Pack/dp/B000MGRJFQ, does that look a good price? just so i can get a rough idea, or thewickedcandleshop has them for £1.60 each with a load of different smells
doh just realised i can get everything sent to my bf's house so i can shop online! genius!

Thats not a bad price from Amazon but you obviously don't get to choose colours and smells.

The Wicked Candle Shop ones seem reasonable although I have seen the small jars cheaper but only about £1. The Samplers/Votives seem OK price wise though.

Good luck they really are the best candle about!! :j IMHO

reehsetin

went with the wicked candle shop in the end amazon had £4 postage so didnt make it much cheaper per candle, i got to pick the smells and got free postage (yikes £30 on candles)

now just have to find a nice basket and stuff to bumph it up with!
will still check the rest of the suggestions have a bit of variety

jimsmum

seen some scented candles in peacocks today quite reasonably priced and smelt delicious priced from £2. thought of this thread when i saw them
hth

C_J

You could add a couple of glass tealight holders to the hamper - I've seen some cheap ones in Asda recently - or maybe a small bag of those coloured glass nuggets to put in the bottom of a candle bowl.

You could also include a fragranced oil burner and some oils - or one of those ceramic light bulb rings?

hemc

ikea have lovley tea light holders

Newgirl_2

If she is a connoiseur, she will love Yankee Candles. Does she like them because of fragrance or light? Reason I ask is that the Yankee tarts are a great way to get fragrance but you can't see the flame. A good mixed gift would be tart burner and some different tarts, perhaps some tealights, and a bigger jar or whatever.

If you don't like Yankee ones, beware of cheaper candles.
1. they are often only fragrances on the outside, so you get smell for about 5 minutes then it's gone.
2. cheaper candles 'tunnel' so you don't get as long a burning time. Yankee seem more expensive but they are worth every penny.

If you want to get a scented pillar candle from somewhere, you can either pack it with a decorated or mirrored plate, or make a hurricane lantern - I got a cheap vase from Ikea, pebbles or decorative gravel/sand in the bottom and pillar candle in. voila - great as a centrepiece for the table, or can even be used outside in summer for BBQs etc as won't blow out.
If you can't picture what I mean, PM me and I'll try to send a photo.

Newgirl