OS Christmas Support thread & timetable

Blairweech

This thread is reminding me of Merry Xmas Mr Bean

nicki_2

Roz_V wrote:

Thanks moggins - and then how do I wrap them neatly?? My baskets are round so not as easy to do neatly as square ones I shouldn't think :rolleyes:

When doing this sort of baskets for fairs my mum (and me when I was older) just used Cling film wrapped around a couple of times to get the thickness. A pretty bow or something makes it look a bit better and then you can add a "Hand made by me!" tag

Chipps

Roz_V wrote:

Thanks moggins - and then how do I wrap them neatly?? My baskets are round so not as easy to do neatly as square ones I shouldn't think :rolleyes:

I stand the basket in the centre of a square of cellophane, gather up the 4 corners, tuck the middles of the sides in, fasten with a rubber band then finish off with a ribbon. Do some tidying up & arrange the bit above the ribbon as neatly as you can. It looks very effective!

Sallys_Savings

I always do as chipps....but I always tie with raffia or rustic garden twine. I also tie a cinnamon stick and a brown parcel tag to the raffia/twine to finish it off.

peanutpie05

Ditto re:the cellophane. This year I have made salt dough 'tags' in the shape of xmas trees, bells, stars (sprayed silver/gold) which I will be attaching with either ribbon or raffia (bought from florist for 30p a bundle).

Sallys_Savings wrote:

I always do as chipps....but I always tie with raffia or rustic garden twine. I also tie a cinnamon stick and a brown parcel tag to the raffia/twine to finish it off.

Downsizing__for_sanity

To make them look tidier, wrap a layer of decent quality clingfilm over (not too tight or it will rip) and then use a hairdryer on a medium setting to gently shrink it to fit the basket. (It's what the Bodyshop used to do with their gift baskets anyway...)

DFS

Roz_V

Just thought I'd rescue this thread from page 4 :eek: That is disgraceful so to near Xmas!!! :rotfl:

Just to let you know, Boots online are offering 10% off any order until 18th September, with 300 extra AC points when you spend over £15 on exclusive brands, eg the Sanctury range which is currently 50% off on selected items!

Possibly a good source for Pamper Hamper goodies?

I just bought 7 "hamper" items, RRP over £29, I paid £18.05 including delivery and got 361 AC points, which effectively takes it down to £14.44 :j

Luna69

Can anyone help with cheapest place to get supplies to make christmas crackers?
I've seen kits but they're often quite pricey and then buying bits to put in them, unless I can use some of my freebies, but I haven't got that many yet.

made little gift bags one year instead of crackers, but would like to give crackers a go.

Yvonne

mrs-moneypenny

how about buying a box of cheap crackers and changing the contents? if you carefully open one end you can put better stuff in and redo them back up

Luna69

mrs-moneypenny wrote:

how about buying a box of cheap crackers and changing the contents? if you carefully open one end you can put better stuff in and redo them back up

Not a bad idea, never thought of that. I've seen some rather nice ones which look like mulberry paper over the foil, so could still possibly do that, if I have any mulberry paper lying around, may not have enough. Could still tart them up somehow though, make them look more expensive.

Thanks

Yvonne