Personalized Gift Baskets

Easter Gift Baskets

Easter gift baskets are always welcome gifts, and can be a great way to showcase your creativity. There are dozens of options besides the standard basket with plastic grass and a chocolate bunny; use the ideas presented here to take off on your own. You will need a container, the gift items, and something to pad and fill the gift basket. Coordinating these around a color, style, or theme produces striking and memorable baskets, and can guide your choices.

You might want a traditional woven wicker basket, but there are other options. An Easter bonnet or sports helmet, a colorful serving bowl, even a catcher’s mitt can hold gifts – and may be more welcome and useful to the person receiving your gift. Create a handle or carrying cradle to round out the basket metaphor for whichever container you use.

The standard plastic grass is always available. You can find paper confetti and grass that are more elegant at many craft stores, or create your own with a paper shredder. A soft Spanish moss is quite elegant; colored sand may be a fun touch in sports-themed baskets. Fluffy bath scrubbies, a nest of colorful tissue paper, or colored potpourri provide other options for holding your gifts. The basket grass should coordinate with the container and the theme, and may actually be part of the gift itself.

An Easter gift basket would not seem right without chocolate, jelly beans, and an Easter egg. Even here, you can be creative. Jelly beans come in a variety of styles and flavors. Chocolatiers sell high-quality chocolate molded into flowers, cars, sports figures, dogs or cats, and more: why settle for the commonplace bunny? In addition to dyed or chocolate Easter eggs, consider soaps and bath products or beautifully smooth stone paperweights in the shape of an egg, or painted Russian eggs.

Golf aficionados will be surprised – and pleased – with golf-ball “eggs” in their basket. Complement these basic components according to your selected theme. Add colorful golf tees to complement the round white eggs, bath salts with soaps, kitchen accessories, and other colorful elements. Add seasonal fruit if the recipient is health-conscious, or consider other items that would be especially meaningful to that person.

If your Easter gift basket is designed to promote a business or service, make sure that it is included in the theme – but don’t overpower the beauty of the basket with the message. Use a variety of locally-produced items when sending an Easter basket as a care package to someone far away.

Regardless of your previous experience, a visit to the craft department is sure to give you dozens of ideas for moving beyond the basic Easter basket. You will have a world of fun creating unique and interesting gifts which are sure to please those who receive them.

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Baby Shower Gift Baskets

Finding the perfect gift for a baby shower is never easy. You want to do something that is special for the mother-to-be and you also need to think about practical things that she would need. A great idea for a shower is a gift basket. There are so many pre-made baby shower gift baskets, but to really personalize it, consider creating your own.

It can be done affordably, it will look nice and it can contain both necessities and cute toys for the baby. When first thinking about putting together a baby shower gift basket, you need to think about what to make the basket out of. One idea is to make it out of a large basket with a cloth lining, something that the mother can later use to store clothing, toys or bathroom supplies. If the mother knows the sex of the baby, finding a basket with a pink or blue lining is a nice touch.

Another idea is to make the base of the basket a bathtub. Many mothers register for small bathtubs to bathe their babies in and this is a creative, different idea for the base of the basket. Once you have chosen the base for your basket, you need to decide what to fill it with. It’s always good to include both things the mother has registered for as well as some creative gifts that you have come up with on your own. For example, a new mother can never have too many diapers or wipes. Line the inside of the basket with these things first.

If you are crafty and have the time and resources to knit a blanket, that is another good thing to line the basket with. Sprinkle in some teething toys, lotions and powders, onesies, books, learning toys and bottles. It’s important to arrange them in layers so the mother can find surprises as she digs deeper into the basket. If you want to wrap a few of the items, that adds a decorative flare to the basket.

Once you have figured out what to put into the basket, you should figure out how you want to wrap it. You can buy cellophane pretty cheaply at the store and wrapping the entire basket in cellophane and tying it with a bow is always good. You could also try wrapping paper if you don’t want the mother to see what’s inside the basket. The goal here is to make is look nice and to make it easy to transport. You don’t want gifts falling out of the basket as you present it to the mother.

In conclusion, a gift basket is a great idea for a mother-to-be. It shows that you understand the things she needs and also that you were creative enough to come up with some ideas on your own. Gift baskets always make a room look nicer and it is fun to be able to reuse the basket that the gifts came in.

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Spa Gift Baskets

Spa gift baskets can be easily created for your best friend, coworker or any one on your gift list. Some of these baskets are feminine, some masculine, others are suitable for both male and female. You can make your baskets more personal by including something only they would be interested in. Maybe a friend or relative loves a certain products, bath oil for example. Consider buying two or three bottles and arranging them in a basket with some silk flowers for decoration.

Violets or Lavender Gift Basket
Violets and lavender are an exquisite delicate fragrance that will be enjoyed by all ages. Include to some of the following violets or lavender scented items to your basket.

Soap
Perfume
Lavender water
Body lotion
Bath salts
Bath crystal’s
Bath oil
Sachets
Bath cubes
Bath talcum powder
Cologne

Manicure Gift Basket
This is a great gift for anyone who doesn’t have their own manicure kit. Items you might include are

Emery board
Nail scissors
Cuticle cream
Orange wood sticks
Cuticle remover
Cotton’s squares
Nail buffer
Nail lotion
Nail brush
Nail polish
Cotton gloves
Nail clippers
Nail polish remover

Woman’s Bath Gift Basket
It is easy to put together a luxury gift basket that any woman would love to receive. If you know her favorite scents, use that to guide you with the items listed here.

Bath soap
Natural sponge
Bath brush
Body lotion
Shower cap
Bath salts
Bath mitt
Loofah
Bath Oil
Pumice stone
Bath pillow
Bath mats

Men’s Bath Gift Basket
If you know his favorite cents then purchase of those items to include in your gift basket. You can add a little humor to the gift by tucking in a small bath toy such as a boat or rubber ducky.

Bath soap
Soap on a rope
Body lotion
Pumice stone
Bath mats
Bath pillow
Colorful washcloths
Nail clipper

Men’s Grooming Gift Basket

If he doesn’t have a favorite scents you can choose from ones that are earthy spicy, citrus and modern blends. You can purchase everything from shampoo to body lotion, all in the same scent. Choose from the following items:

Shampoo
Shaving cream
Aftershave lotion
Body lotion
Soap
Deodorants
Hair conditioner
Cologne
Soap on a rope
Hair brush

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