Gift in a Jar ideas

savvy

mary43 wrote: »

OH's been hoarding empty sandwich spread jars for a friend of ours who was going to make jam but she's got enough she reckons so I'm left with small paste spread jars

I've been collecting up all the dead flowers off plants in the garden and am going to make pot pourri - I put some in a little jar and it looks really cute, specially if someone hasn't got a lot of room. Add a nice topper to it, with perhaps a label saying it came from your garden, hope they enjoy it as much as you do

Chris25

savvy wrote: »

I've been collecting up all the dead flowers off plants in the garden and am going to make pot pourri - I put some in a little jar and it looks really cute, specially if someone hasn't got a lot of room. Add a nice topper to it, with perhaps a label saying it came from your garden, hope they enjoy it as much as you do

I'm sure they'll appreciate it Savvy, as it's home made

it would work well in those little organza bags that Rusty found too.

I learnt something interesting recently, re pot pourri - orris root, the substance that fixes the scent, is one of the ingredients of gin...........well, I thought it was interesting

furrypig

I had no idea this thread even existed! Which means more reading for me!! Think these miht be a good idea for the children and maybe hubby too! Must make a christmas to do list though I do have most of my Christmas presents (not doin too well for ideas for hubby tho!)

savingholmes

savvy wrote: »

I've been collecting up all the dead flowers off plants in the garden and am going to make pot pourri - I put some in a little jar and it looks really cute, specially if someone hasn't got a lot of room. Add a nice topper to it, with perhaps a label saying it came from your garden, hope they enjoy it as much as you do

If you don't find it smells enough - you could try and use refresher oil - I like to top up my lavender pot pourri that way. I get it from Asda - several bottles for £1.75

crystalclear

CandyB101 wrote: »

How nice would this be for a jar 'topper'.
http://www.aokcorral.com/how2dec.htm

These are so cute!

crystalclear

rainmac - your jar looks great :T

I promised myself I wasn't going to read anymore of this thread until after Xmas as I have enough to do but every now and then I just can't help myself, I have to have a little peek

BigMummaF

We had a gent's 50th at the weekend & didn't have a clue what to get, so did a twist on the Survival Kit

Saved a dozen lilac 'smarties' from MrT's own & put in a bag to symbolise "those" little blue pills to aid a man's desires & marked "Micoxafloppin.Take one a month; excess may cause disappointment"
Cocktail stick to take his pick:o
Marbles to top up the ones lost
The Last Straw etc etc etc
& found a snazzie toilet bag in Superdrug for 10p to put it all in:j

Must say that he seemed very pleased with something other than a book token:rotfl:

density

Hi, Can i publicly thank Rainmac for her expert help yesterday, she really helped me out. Thank you!!!

rainmac

density wrote: »

Hi, Can i publicly thank Rainmac for her expert help yesterday, she really helped me out. Thank you!!!

Stop it!

mary43

BMF - love the little blue pills idea......................:rotfl: wonder if my son would appreciate them ?................did you do the label yourself of find it on a website somewhere ?