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You’ll be amazed how far $200 can go -- even buying gift basket components
Pinching pennies doesn’t always pay off – especially when carefully chosen ones can be just as affordable, AND turn an ordinary gift into a magnificent visual.
Windows 9.25MB
Windows 9.5MB
Champagne buckets and servers make beautiful gift basket containers, not just for beverage presentations, but for spa and bath gift baskets, as well.
Windows 49.0MB
Who doesn’t love chocolate – even more when the chocolate is presented as a chocolate rose bouquet. This is a versatile design that can be used for a variety of occasions – almost anytime of the year.
In this video, see how to:
- Arrange a bouquet of chocolate roses.
- Curl onion grass.
- Make layered, well-shaped tissue tufts.
Windows 26.0MB
Hand Tied BowsBeautiful hand tied bows add a distinctive custom touch to gift baskets and all wrapped gifts. Wrapped gifts and gift baskets are enhanced with the classy addition.
Windows 8.10MB
Here’s a video lesson that’s chock full of tips for better presentation.
Windows 24.4MB
Totes usually need some type of interior support to give them the stability to pack merchandise.
Gift wrap has come a long way from paper, tape and stick-on ribbons. Gift professionals are pushing the limit.
Windows 18.7MB
Windows 5.48MB
Sticking to a budget while making a large gift is not always an easy task. Often, the budget comes short of providing enough gifts to make the gift basket looked full and appealing. Learn to counter this problem.
Windows 9.46MB
They’re absolutely awe-inspiring. Fold-Back Gift basket plumes are intricately and beautifully shaped.
Windows 14.6MB
A gift basket can be created in virtually anything . . . even a gardening hose. This spring and summer gift basket favorite has been delighting homeowners, in particular, for many years. Practical, use-every-day gifts are packed in the coiled garden hose (with a flower planter inside). Flower seeds, a knee pad, a refreshing bottle of water, inspirational garden-themed gift book, plus more make this a gift to give and give again.
Windows 46.0MB
Few pennies-to-make accents can mount a more personal touch than a handmade ribbon rose added to wrapped products.
Windows 9.42MB
It isn’t easy to create gifts that help heal hurting hearts, but that’s what comfort gifts baskets can be designed to achieve -- when the gifts are lovingly and thoughtfully prepared. Selecting appropriate gifts can be the toughest part of the assignment, and that’s one of the tasks you’ll learn to do in these sensitive and creative gifts. Footprints Sympathy Basket
-Comfort for the Loss of a Child
Making a gift basket designed to comfort a parent who has lost a child seems like an impossible task. What can you possibly create that could be helpful in this devastating loss? While few things can comfort, the gifts in this gift basket are sensitive, caring, and, best of all, provide a way for friends and family to offer hope for future healing. Learn what kind of gifts are best to include in a sympathy basket, and how to bring them all together to create a comforting gift masterpiece.
Serenity Prayer Gift Basket
Using a Wreath to Anchor Components in a Gift Basket
Permanent floral wreaths are lovely gifts to include in a comfort/sympathy/bereavement gift basket. When the wreath is used as the main gift, and also as a way to stabilize all the gifts in the basket, the cost becomes more contained. See how it is done in this practical approach to gift arrangements.
- Streams in the Desert
Bereavement Basket for Men
What do you give a man who is experiencing the loss of a loved one? See what the experts advise, plus learn how to make the most of a book to absorb space in a gift basket.
- Rainbow Bridges
Bereavement/Comfort Basket on the Loss of a Pet
Pets are members of the family, too, and losing a beloved one can be the cause of deep sorrow. Get an inside view on what kinds of gifts can be appropriate to include in a gift basket designed to help heal the hurt. Plus, see how to take one gift (a book kit) and stretch it into a gift that has better perceived value.
Windows 39.3MB
Create a beautiful rose from a fancy hanky.
Windows 4.34MB
Heads will turn when you deliver this classy Hershey Bar Candy Cake, topped with Chocolate Truffle Kisses.
Windows 39.6MB
Ribbon Roses Add a Personal TouchFew pennies-to-make accents can mount a more personal touch than a handmade ribbon rose added to wrapped gifts, gift baskets, and inserted into candy arrays.
Windows 11.2MB
(Thanks for the Helping Hand)
Windows 11.1MB
When gourmet foods aren’t on the menu of a recipient, here’s a gift treat they can enjoy – a basket filled with ornaments and holiday decorations!
Windows 9.87MB
Christmas is about building memories. Keepsake gifts play into that tradition.
Windows 23.4MB
Could there ever be an easier bow to make than the fluffy, soft, eye-catching bows made with net tulle.
Windows 8.9MB
Using an Over-the-Top Shrink Wrap Bag
Windows 23.9MB
... with tape to Make a Custom-Fit for Any Size Gift Basket
Need to wrap a wheelbarrow, wicker chair, baby bassinet – or even a CAR – with shrink wrap? Maybe not. But you’re bound to have run into the problem of how to shrink wrap a gift basket that is just too large, or too odd-shaped for the shrink bags or shrink film you have on hand. There’s an easy way to make a custom shrink wrap bag large enough to fit virtually any item imaginable. And you don’t have to have an expensive sealer to make the custom bags.
Windows 2.56MB