How to Make a Gift Basket Like a Pro!
Gift Baskets make great gifts for every occasion; they are fun to give and fun to receive! Have you ever wondered how to make a beautiful, professional looking Gift Basket? Well, you are about to learn how!Since you have probably already decided who you are giving the gift basket to, and for what occasion, then the first step is to write down a list of your recipient's interests. By making a list like this, you can decide what kind of theme your gift basket will have, and what kind of gift items you will include. Does your recipient like cooking, gardening, reading, golfing, fishing? Is the gift basket intended for a specific occasion such as the birth of a new baby, or a particular holiday? The answer to these questions is where you will begin to make your own gift basket.Pick a container. You can use a traditional basket as your container, or you may want to use something entirely different. If you are making a gardening gift basket, why not choose a clay pot, or if you are making a fishing gift basket, you could use a tackle box as the container.
You could use a colander for a cooking "gift basket", or an Italian theme basket. You could use a child's small wagon, or a large toy truck as a container for a child's gift basket. The possibilities are endless! Just let your imagination run wild.Now, refer back to the list of themed gift items you made earlier. You will use these items to build your basket. Adding pre-packaged food items into your basket is always a good idea! People love treats! You can also use, wine, champagne, nuts, non-perishable cheese spreads, crackers, popcorn, candy, or whatever special items your recipient likes to snack on.
If you are making a basket for a new baby, you could use baby powder, baby shampoo, baby bath wash, hooded towels, bottles, rattles, receiving blankets and the like. Pre-packaged food mixes, such as pancake mixes, brownie mixes, cookie mixes and so forth make great items for housewarming baskets. Maybe you could use a skillet as your container, and add some wooden spoons, potholders etc. Let your creativity flow! Now it is time to begin to assemble your gift basket. Here is a list of items you will need, they are all available at your local craft store:1.
A Container (basket or something else)2. Foam blocks, newspaper, bamboo skewers, clear tape, scissors, wire cutters, GlueDots (optional)3. Your gift items4. Silk flowers, eucalyptus stems, or other items to "enhance" the basket.5. Cellophane wrap, wired ribbon (for the bow), and shred or curling ribbon to match the general color scheme of your gift.You need a base in the container to stabilize and place your items.
You can use floral foam blocks (available at any craft store), or you can use craft paper, or newspaper. If you are using foam blocks, cut the block to fit inside your container, you might have to cut the blocks in several pieces and them connect them together with bamboo skewers. Be sure to leave a little space between the interior edges of the basket, and the foam. Place some wadded up newspaper in the bottom of your container to set the foam blocks on top of. You might want to wrap the foam in tissue paper first, although this is not necessary, but it will keep the green foam off of the gift items.
Now use the bamboo skewers and the tape to place "stakes" on the back of each gift item. Make sure to leave about 1-1 ?" of the stake hanging over the edge of each item. This is how you will stake the item into the foam so that it won't move around. Place taller gift items in the back of the basket, and smaller items toward the front. Before you "stake" the gift items, set them up in the basket to see which items will fit best where.
Design with an eye for an overall pleasing shape to your basket, distributing the weight of gift items evenly. Tip: Layering items at different heights in the container makes the overall design more pleasing. To do this, simply leave more of the bamboo skewer hanging over the edge of particular items, so that they appear taller when you stake them into the foam.As an alternative to using bamboo skewer "stakes" to place your items, you can put pieces of wadded up newspaper in the container, and then use your hands to smash down "pockets" in the newspaper (or craft paper) where your items can be placed. You can then use GlueDots to hold the items in place. You would put one or two GlueDots on each item, and then secure it to the item next to or to the container itself.
Tip: make sure that you don't put too many heavy items all in the back of the container, as it will make the basket tip over.After all of your items are secured in the container, fill in the empty spaces with shred (available at craft stores) or curling ribbon. Now you can really get creative! Use the silk flowers, eucalyptus stems, or other items you bought as enhancement, and place them into the foam around the sides, and along the back edge of the basket. This is the finishing touch for your beautiful gift!Now it's time to wrap the basket in cellophane. Spread the cellophane out on a flat surface, placing the basket in the center. To cut to the desired length, hold up one end of the cellophane, and the other end that is still attached to the roll, and bring them together above the basket, making sure to leave at least 5-6" extra cellophane above the top of the basket.
After you have cut the cellophane from the roll, bring both ends together above the basket, then pull up the other sides of the cellophane so that all of it meets in the middle above the basket. Take a piece of curling ribbon, and tie the gathered cellophane together with this. Now gather the excess cellophane above the curling ribbon into a bunch. Cut the bunch straight across leaving 4-5" of cellophane above the curling ribbon. Now you can fluff out the remaining cellophane above the curling ribbon.
Finish the basket with a beautiful hand-tied bow using the wired ribbon!Congratulations! You did it, and I bet it looks great!.
Gift Baskets ? A Gift For the Person Who Has Everything !
Ever wondered what to give the "Person Who Has Everything"? A Gift Basket could be just the thing. Have you been from shop to shop and thought "Yes This is It" and then discounted the gift because it wasn't really what you wanted.My best friend has everything and when I say everything, "I Mean Everything". She has either been given or purchased every conceivable gadget available in the last 5 years. She loves to shop. One of her motto's is "Shop Til you Drop, Spend Til the End".
And she lives by that rule!When it comes to gifts for my friend ? she is "The Hardest Person to Buy For". Oh did I tell you, she even has a kitchen sink on her car key tag !It was while looking for a present for my friend that I thought "What About A Gift Basket". I was in a specialized shop and the sign said "For the Person Who Has Everything" and the light turned on.I'm not sure if you are aware but these days gift baskets have changed. No longer are they the old style cane baskets (although there are...
Gift Baskets ? A Gift For the Person Who Has Everything !
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Sussex-Based, Charity Gift Vouchers Ltd has Raised Over ?30,000 for Charity as They Pass the ?1 Million Sales of Gift Vouchers
Hailsham, Sussex UK (ContentDesk) January 13, 2006 -- Sussex based, Charity Gift Vouchers Ltd has raised over ?30,000 for charity as they pass the ?1 million sales of Gift Vouchers.Charity Gift Voucher Marketing Ltd (CGVM) provides products and services, for both individuals and companies, in aid of Charity. Their main activity is the sale of retailer and leisure gift vouchers such as Tesco, John Lewis / Waitrose, their own Charity Gift Vouchers and Leisure Vouchers, to both individuals and companies.They have now sold over ?1,000,000 worth of retailer and leisure gift vouchers generating over ?30,000 in donations to a range of nominated charities. Every time a gift voucher is sold, CGVM makes a donation to charity. They are unique in that the gift voucher purchaser can nominate any registered UK charity to receive the donation. Gift Aid Registered Charities can also clam Gift Aid on any of these donations, increasing the worth of the total donations to over ?38,000.Vouchers are sold...
Sussex-Based, Charity Gift Vouchers Ltd has Raised Over ?30,000 for Charity as They Pass the ?1 Million Sales of Gift Vouchers
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A Baby Gift Basket Can be a Perfect Present
When a close friend or relative is having a baby, there are always presents and baby shower gifts to think about getting. The new mother is going to have an intense period of adjustment before she gets settled into the routine of having another human being to look after, so she will need all the help possible from family and friends to make that transition as easy and memorable as possible. This should be a celebratory time for the new family, not a time of worry or stress, and a gift basket to commemorate the new addition can be just the thing to brighten their spirits even more, and maybe even supply them with some things that will end up coming in handy.
A baby gift basket can be one of the easiest way for you as the gift giver to be creative, and show the person your giving it to just how much you care about them. Instead of one big gift, you get to give...
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How To Choose The Best Holiday Gift Basket -- Insider Shopping Tips
(ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) November 29, 2005 -- If you're like most people, there's a gift basket or some corporate gift baskets on your shopping list this holiday season.
After carefully researching the gift basket industry, and talking to a number of suppliers within it, here are some insider tips we've discovered to help you choose a gift basket the recipient will appreciate and remember for years to come:1. Choose a gift basket that's uniqueMost people are no longer impressed with the traditional cellophane-wrapped, gaudy, cheap gift baskets and tins of popcorn...
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Gift of the month clubs: The lazy man's guide to gift giving
If you are like me and are a very lousy shopper and always end up getting everyone the wrong gift at Christmas time, think about a Gift-of-the-Month Club. G.O.M Clubs have all the things the lazy gift giver requires: Ease of purchase, no shopping at the dreaded mall and an almost guaranteed positive response accompanied by a monthly "At-A-Boy" from the recipient. And there are plenty of clubs to choose from for everyone on your gift-giving list. First, you have to know your giftee. For instance, my dad is an avid coffee drinker.
For him a coffee of the month club would be perfect?and there are plenty of choices. At www.coffeecoffee.com there are 12 different coffee clubs. You can choose anything from flavored coffees to dark roasts to a monthly sampler. Prices range from $60 to $100. However, coffee clubs aren't the only types of gift of the month clubs.
You can get Fruit-of-the-Month clubs for the vegetarian in your life. Flower-of-the-Month clubs are popular with husbands...
Gift of the month clubs: The lazy man's guide to gift giving
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Ideas for Making Gift Baskets
Do you want to give gifts to your friends or family for birthdays, Christmas or some other holiday, but you just don't know what to get them?Just take a decorative basket and you can create a gift basket filled with great items that either your friends or family will love.The items basically you will need to create a gift basket will include:**A decorative basket;**Shrink wrap;**Any color tissue paper;**Different assortment of shredded paper. You can use your shredded paper if you have a paper shredder;**An assortment of items to fill those gift basketsAll the above is all you need to make the basket and can be purchased at your local arts store or Wal-Mart. There are dozens of designs created for all of those popular holidays and birthdays.It's a good idea to keep a supply of them on hand so when you want to create a gift, it's right in front of you. You can purchase an assortment of baskets in different sizes, shapes and colors. You can stock up on gift items to fill the basket.Some...
Ideas for Making Gift Baskets
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Gift Basket Industry Publication Honors Canadian Gift Basket Company
"It is an honor to be chosen for publication in this National Magazine. With thousands of gift basket designers throughout Canada & the USA, a special knack is required to stay one step ahead with new products and one-of-a-kind designs.
To be featured in the Canadian design category with one of our featured gift baskets was very flattering," says Owner, Krysta Chapman.Occasionally Gifted specializes in gift baskets and gift services for both personal and corporate needs. In business since 2000, Occasionally Gifted provides gift and gift basket delivery across Canada.
They also have provisions for gift delivery throughout the United States and Europe, making international gift delivery available 24/7 on the Internet.
Their online design catalogue at www.occasionallygifted.com features gifts filled with delicious gourmet treats and unique gift items for new babies, spa indulgence and any...
Gift Basket Industry Publication Honors Canadian Gift Basket Company
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TheGiftBasketStop.com Unveils Unique Gift Basket Designs for the Holidays
Galt, CA (ContentDesk) November 30, 2005 -- New Gift Baskets from the Gift Basket Stop include snowman confection baskets, a selection of custom holiday baskets featuring gourmet gift baskets chocolates, coffee and tea baskets, cheeses and meats, and nutcracker themed baskets, allowing visitors access to a scrumptious array of holiday gifts in every...
TheGiftBasketStop.com Unveils Unique Gift Basket Designs for the Holidays
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