Spicers Of Hythe Valentines Hamper

When it comes to gift giving, I think hampers are a fantastic and well received gift for anyone, whether it's your partner, friends or family - they are quick and easy gifts that look luxurious and that are delicious too, what more could you ask for!

The lovely people at Spicers of Hythe have kindly sent me one of their valentines day hampers (there are lots to choose from) and I love it! I have the *Sparkling Romance Hamper (£48.63 inc. vat and delivery) which is amazing! The hamper contains ten items from snacks and preserves to chocolate and prosecco so there is something for everyone. The hamper includes the following:

- Nua Prosecco (750ml)

- Original Cake Co Mini Cherry and Almond Cake 

- Cafe de Lucca Chocolate Wafers (200g)

- Buiteman Baked With Love Gouda & Chilli Cheese Biscuits (75g)

- Hamlet Belgian Chocolates (125g)

- Cocoabean Love Heart Plaque (40g)

- Taste Chocolate Dipped Shortbread (150g)

- Cocoabean Toffee Bon Bons (100g)

- Dormen Dry Roasted Peanuts (100g)

- Mrs Bridges Blackcurrant & Blueberry Preserve (113g)

As you can see, you get a lot in this hamper, it is definitely a large and substantial gift that I'm sure all foodies with love! Also you get the white wicker basket which is quite large and you could definitely re-use it for kitchen products, candle storage or you could even adapt it into a planter. I think the price is really reasonable considering not only the amount of products in the hamper but the products are all branded rather than mostly unbranded products in the hampers I've previously reviewed from other companies. 

We have been snacking on the products in this hamper since I received it, we couldn't help ourselves - everyone has loved the products in this hamper so that just shows how universally liked this selection/gift is. I personally LOVE the chocolate wafers which I have had before but a different variation - they are so yummy and so moreish, so long new year diet *waves*. I also think it would make a great gift for couples, for anniversaries or birthdays and obviously valentines day as a luxury foodie hamper that I'm sure any recipient will love. Overall rating: ★★★★★, 5/5! 

Spices of Hythe have so many hampers to choose from in their valentines day range and from the other ranges available. Here are my picks for valentines day and mothers day *it's also just around the corner*:

What do you think of the hamper I chose? What do you think of the Spicers of Hythe hampers?

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Halifax Giving Extra Campaign

I was contacted just before Christmas to see if I wanted to take part in an amazing campaign by Halifax, whereby I was kindly given a *£50 Amazon gift card and I had to buy presents for someone important in my life as a extra gift at Christmas. I think the campaign idea is very generous and I am grateful for being contacted. I picked my younger sister as the recipient of my extra gifts as she is living away at university and as I have just graduated I know how stressful it can be. 

Here are the gifts I picked as a giving extra hamper at Christmas. I made this small hamper up with items that I knew she would love and also that we could share together and she can take the items back to university with her too. My theme for the hamper is: movie/tv night in. Myself and my sister love movie nights with family and friends so I put together a selection of tv/film, food and home ware picks. 

The tv pick is Sherlock, we both love the BBC tv show Sherlock (so excited for season 3). For the film pick, I knew she wanted this film for a while so I chose The Impossible dvd. Both picks are not very christmasy I know! As for food I chose popcorn, well you can't have a movie/tv night in without popcorn. I also saw these cute popcorn boxes (eight in pack) on Amazon and I just thought they were so cute! I added a novelty mug to the hamper as  we both have a small large mug obsession and this one with the little pocket at the front for biscuits is adorable! Staying with the cute, food theme I added some Yankee Candle Christmas Cookie tea lights which smell amazing, Aimee loves anything that smells like cookies and baking (as do all of us I think!). Movie/TV nights in are all about cosiness, I added a couple of pairs of Sleeperzz soft bed socks which are incredibly soft! The last couple of items are more home ware, generic additions - the wicker basket that I used to store all of the goodies in is obviously really practical and also well made and cute. Finally, a patriotic cushion - Aimee loves my union flag cushion so I bought her a 'british & quite relaxed' cushion cover for her room at university. 

Here are the links to all of the items I bought from Amazon UK (the prices have changed since I bought these items, I have put the prices I paid): Sherlock seasons 1 and 2 (£9), The Impossible dvd (£5), Orville Redenbacher popcorn (£3.79), Popcorn boxes x8 (£3.50), Biscuit pocket mug (£5.59), Yankee Candle Christmas cookie tea lights (£6.05), Sleeperzz socks (£3.98 for both), Wicker basket small (£5.59) and the British cushion cover (£7.99). 

There is my cute (although not very festive) giving extra gift hamper - thanks so much to Halifax! Such a great campaign and my sister was over the moon with her extra gifts on Christmas day! x

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