|
||
|
I love giving gifts. Whether it is a beautiful crystal vase filled with flowers from my garden or a basket filled with home-baked goodies, it's a labor of love when I think about the recipient and how I'd like to show him or her my appreciation and affection. I began giving gift baskets to my friends and family when my children were young and I didn't have a lot of disposable income. The children are grown now, but the idea of giving a basket filled with things that I think my friends will enjoy is still a part of my life.
In 1994, when the gift basket industry was just beginning. It was a book that gave readers inspiration and ideas for creating their own gift baskets filled with homemade treats or purchased items built around a theme. Today gift baskets are a $2.8 billion industry—a pretty staggering figure if you know how much each item in a basket is typically worth. But this is not a book about how to start your own gift basket business—there are lots of sources for learning about that. This website was written to inspire you to make your own baskets for family and friends. Putting together themed baskets to give to loved ones as a personal expression of your affection and gratitude will give you a feeling of joy and satisfaction that handing them a gift card from the local department could never replicate. What's different about this book is the range of choices I give for putting together a basket. Whether you want to give something as simple as a mug filled with a homemade coffee or chocolate drink or an over the top basket with mugs, an espresso machine, assorted coffees, chocolate spoons, and flavored syrups, you'll be able to use each basket idea to create an inexpensive or a splurge gift, or anything in between, by adding or subtracting a few items. Containers for your gift baskets don't have to be limited to the usual wicker baskets; rather, they can be any number of items that will fit your theme.
|
|
|
