Category: gift baskets

The Perfect Gift; The Art of Giving With a Gift Basket

Finding the perfect gift for someone can be a painstaking task. You search high and low for just the right thing to give but you keep coming up empty handed. Then it hits you, a gift basket!

The practice of giving gifts in a basket has been around for centuries. Kings use to send a gift basket full of fruit to their guests quarters as a way of welcoming them into their home. Some famous people have said great things about the gift basket:

“Those who can make you believe that giving anything but a gift basket is acceptable, can make you commit other social atrocities.” Voltaire, Writer and Philosopher

“It is far better to give a gift basket than receive one”. Benjamin Franklin

“I have a terrible need of — dare I say the word? — Religion. Then I go out at night to paint the stars, and send everyone I know a gift basket.” Vincent van Gogh
So as you can see, the gift basket has been a tried and true form of saying thank you or I love you for quite some time. The gift basket comes in various shapes, sizes, and contains a variety of things. You have a wine gift basket, a fruit gift basket, a chocolate gift basket and even gift basket that contains meat products. The best thing is that your budget doesnt have to go bankrupt to give a gift basket. Baskets range from as little as $5 and can go as high as a couple of thousand dollars. So you are bound to find a gift basket that will fit within your budget. Baskets can range from those made from wicker or bamboo to those made of wood and even paper mache. Gift baskets will remain a popular item for quite sometime. When you have no idea what to buy someone, a gift basket is always a popular item. Just focus on what the recipient likes. There are gift baskets for sports fans, movie lovers, readers, and even writers. The assortment is endless. You can also make your own gift basket to give it a more personal touch. Your recipient will be pleased to receive whatever gift basket you send them. It is so exciting to open the door and see a delivery for you or to come into your office and see a gift basket sitting on your desk. No matter what, your gift is a thought from your heart.

Depending on what you intend to give as a Christmas holiday gift basket, the size of the basket must correspond to the items to be put in. The smaller baskets are good for food items such as chocolates which are individually wrapped or bars which are wrapped individually. Bigger baskets are great as a Christmas holiday gift basket for items such as fruit cakes, coffee beans etc.

Bows And Ribbons

Decorating a Christmas holiday gift basket with bows and ribbons is a standard thing to do. Most people who professionally decorate gift baskets will have the expertise to know that color coordination is handy to have for decorating Christmas holiday gift baskets. The more common colors that are used during the holidays are red, green and gold but other colors have been surfacing as long as they are depicted in the holiday motif. Silver is also one of the more commonly used colors during the holiday season. It adds sparkle to the season altogether as well as to the gift basket.

There are many different ways to tie bows and ribbons and you can experiment which ways look better with what kind of Christmas holiday gift basket. One can also have a combination of the more common Christmas colors as a bow depicting red, green and gold. One can also use glitter ribbons, satin finish ribbons and other cloth ribbons instead of the usual plastic ones in a store bought Christmas holiday gift basket.

Ornaments And Other Christmas Decorations

Ornaments found in Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations are handy to have in decorating a Christmas holiday gift basket. These add a touch of whimsy and a touch of the holiday season for many. Pine cones are just some of the more popular signs of the season as well as bells and stars. One can stick the ornaments on the bow’s base to make it seem like it is the one holding the bow together. One can also look for dried flowers colored in the seasonal colors as well as plastic red berries and holly leaves for the Christmas holiday gift basket.

Tinsels is something that one can add to the Christmas holiday gift basket to make it look more Christmassy. Tissue in the traditional Christmas colors and maybe a napkin (to cover the basket bottom when you are sending muffins or cakes) can add to the feel of the holiday season.