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NEW 5 Tips to Shape Up the Shipped Baskets
NEW FREE VIDEO DOWNLOAD! (Thanks for the Helping Hand) Sometimes you’ve just got to turn things upside down – literally – to make the most of what you have on hand. In this fun holiday how-to, enjoy a charming gift wrap-up idea that uses an upside-down oven mitt to create a colorful presentation. Plus, see how this idea can help you use all kinds of odds and ends – and personalize the gift with an assortment of add-ons. Perfect for volunteer thank you gift, teacher appreciation, Secret Santa, and as an impulse retail gift and/or catalog item.
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! As a top-of-the-list best seller at Christmas, ornaments can be used as a main ingredient in gift basket themes. See how to make this easy gift, plus get tips on how to use yesteryear’s leftover display merchandise to fill in and cushion the ornaments. Recycling at its best! - Budget closeouts - $6 – including the wrap and ribbon - Requests for non-food baskets - Using open-wire containers
Fine wines deserve lavish wrap-ups. Here’s one with a twist – literally! Learn how to pleat-wrap a bottle of wine, and how to combine different textures of material to create impressive, rich layers of color tones and patterns. Plus, get a pro’s secret for preventing the wrapped bottle of wine from tipping over. - Cello’sandwiching’ - Sell your skills and services – you’re more than product - Enhancements make the presentation
Here’s a video lesson that’s chock full of tips for better presentation, money-stretching techniques, color advice, gift basket mechanics/construction, cello wrapping and more. Get a full measure of professional secrets in this information-packed design demo. - Brighten up a dark basket - Use labor-light techniques - Shredless method - Saving money on enhancements – making your own picks - Using a back support - How to wrap a cup-and-handle basket - Product selection
Think mug gifts are blah-zay-faire? Not this one! Enjoy an updated version of a Thanks a Million mug that will have special appeal to corporate execs. As a bonus to the idea, see how to pack and stack a mug gift for improved presentation. - Base requirements (box of candy or other wide, flat base) - Notice the variety of textures - Certificate presentation - Money-saving enhancement - Non-food gift
Christmas is more than “the holidays” to millions of Americans who want to see the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ put back at the rightful center. Not only does this video give an illustration of how to softly blend a Christian message with gourmet goodies and gifts, the lesson also demonstrates how to support tall products in a low-sided sleigh container, how to enhance the design, and how to wrap it up for delivery in snow-soft white tulle. - Using cardboard back support - Tall tube for wrap point - Tulle gift basket wrap - Pulling color through a design - Brightening a dark container
One good seasonal floral pick can pick up the pace of packing. In fact, it can streamline a three-foot tall stack into a Seven-Minute-Marvel. You’ll love the labor-saving ideas in this stack-it-up gift, and you’ll be amazed at what a little bit of merchandise is takes to fill up a two-stack gift box presentation. This is one of the best examples of how to achieve maximized perceived value – and do it in a third of the time it takes to make a traditional two-stack gift box presentation. - Using a backboard - Boxes for filler - Expensive floral picks can more than pay for themselves - Maximizing perceived value - Texture, texture, texture New Video Download! Café’ Christmas 
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 display. This video lesson focuses on the practical use of upgraded enhancements – how to use them sparingly but effectively. Also, see how to wrap a tall stack in cello, achieving clarity, crispness, and an impressive professional finish. - Crossover seasonal colors - Choosing products that blend - Topping box stacks with another gift - Moving merchandise with “no-worry” strategy - Texture from top to bottom - Three-color bows (ribbon and floral) New Video Download! Santa Stack’n Sack 
Stacks are a great way to combine a variety of products without regard to packaging, theme perimeters, or any of the traditional gift basket “menu” rules. But a stack of boxes can be . . . well . . . boring. Unless, of course, the stack is tip-top enhanced with memorable ribbons, florals, gifts, plush, and other textural eye pleasers. Get great ideas on how to market stacks, make them, wrap them – and best of all – make them memorable! - Opening the top for visual interest - Stuffing the top with entertaining gifts - Wrapping plush in a stack - Marketing strategies for stacks - The value of texture - Stacks in the budget – and then some New Video Download! Home for the Holidays Cozy Kitchen Gift Baskets 
Christmas is about building memories. Keepsake gifts play into that tradition, getting pulled out of storage year-after-year, dusted with the memories of the person who gave the gift so-many seasons ago. Gift baskets can become keepsakes with just a bit of wiring and a permanent floral spray. In this lesson, you’ll see how to turn a plain basket into a high-ticket keepsake – and how to do in a scant minute or two. But there’s more . . . much more in the creative, practical demonstration. Learn how to stabilize a no-handle basket; how to turn soft fabric gifts (oven mitts and kitchen towels) into sturdy components that fill large spaces in the baskets, adding texture and interest as well. In addition, you’ll get instructions on how to balance height, define the shape of a basket through product placement, and get a bonus tip on how to camouflage common supermarket items. This is a lesson that should be sold by itself as a $39 DVD!
There are gift box stacks and then there are WOW! Stacks – like this 3-D presentation that combines rectangles, squares, and circular boxes. The different planes – depth and dimension – created by using different shapes is inventive and refreshing. It provides another way to move this-and-that merchandise, with just a scant few gifts creating strong visual theme. See how to build this combination of boxes, and build your skill in developing a sense of balance, perspective, and style. - Overhanging boxes - Supporting boxes - Creating interest with rounds and squares - Visual balance – large items Video Download!
Break up the pre-packed value gift sets, using the components to stretch your inventory. You’ll be amazed to see how two gift sets can be stretched to make three or four gift baskets, just by mixing in a few odds and ends of your own inventory -- and enjoy a higher profit margin as a huge plus! See how closeout gift sets can be transformed into your own personal gift style, and how, by blending new and old, you can enjoy a three or four-time markup. Enjoy the bath and spa designs in this free overview of the following designs (how-to videos available on the members-only site): - Comforting Spa Gift Tray Topped with a frothy layer of net tulle and organza ribbon, the shallow wicker basket (tray), originally pre-packed with a value set of spa items, becomes a strong theme basket with the addition of an inspirational book, bath caviar, and votive candles. Half of the original components are removed from the wicker basket to be used in two other gift baskets. Design Tips: - How to use slanted, elevated cardboard to display flat spa slippers - How to design with uncommon visual lines pulling the eye to a central focal point - Daisy Fresh Spa Gift Basket Feel refreshed with the crisp, clean visuals of daisies mixed among the spa gift components. See how easy it is to make a gift basket using a blend of components from two different pre-packed gift sets. Design Tips: - Double the perceived size of a basket with strategic placement of gift components. - Joy Spa Gift Basket There are several professional trade secrets used to create this beautiful, well-shaped and balanced gift basket. See how to: line the interior of an open wire basket with cellophane; pleat a back scrubber to create striking design lines
Need quick and easy to make gifts to welcome faculty and staff back to school? Here are a few that can be made on a budget even the school board would approve. - Teacher Desk Set This teacher-themed tissue box cover is practical for teachers, faculty and staff to place anywhere in the school, keeping tissues convenient. Inside, or underneath the box, gifts or snacks can be quickly packed for an extra treat. It can be made for less than $5, and packed and wrapped in less than 5 minutes. Just the kind of gift that gives everyone a treat -- including you! -Teacher Tea Stack Stack a gift on top to add more value to the inexpensive gift. It’s easy to add a teapot or other themed gift -- and every easy to make. - Teacher Survival What an impressive gift -- yet very simple to make. Even better, the costs can be contained to $15 or less, depending on the gifts you choose. What makes this gift so impressive is the height. Learning to build height will help you add more perceived value to your gifts. Video demonstrations for all the teacher gifts shown here are free to members on the site, or available for a small download fee to non-members. - Teacher Deskset and Teacher’s Tea When you want to pack a gift fast, choose a container that’s actually a cover-up! Odds and ends, mismatched items -- anything at all can be packed underneath or inside a great container. Learn the simple trade secrets for fast and fabulous -- but very inexpensive gift sets.
- Best Friends Forever ‘Tween Basket Using Wallpaper to Enhance and Theme a Gift Basket Gift basket ideas for ‘tweens are few and far between. Yet, this segment of the population spurs more spending in gifts than you can imagine -- unless, of course, you’re the parent of a ‘tween. Here is a gift that can be used in quite a few ways: - as a gift a mother gives to a daughter for a first sleepover in a newly decorated room - as a gift between ‘tween friends - as a gift from a professional decorator to the customer In this video, learn how to use scraps of wallpaper from the girl’s room to make a powerful gift statement in a keepsake box a ‘tween can enjoy for years.. It’s a piece of friendship that can be exchanged between girls that share sleepovers, secrets and giggles. -Let’s BEE Friends ‘Tween Basket Make a ‘Grow-A-Friend’ Kit It’s not easy starting a new school, but you can help new friendships blossom with this unique and creative grow-a-friend kit. Learn how to make adorable friendship candy flowers that can be shared with friends at school. Plus, see how to put the candy flowers together in a well-shaped bouquet.! - Fashion-Plus Friends and Fun Balancing Front-Heavy Gifts - Using Gift Sets to Stretch Inventory Here’s a video you’ll enjoy, not just for the gift idea, but for the professional problem-solving tips. In this video you’ll see how to pack a jewelry box using components from a bath gift set. Plus, you’ll see how to keep a front-heavy gift balanced.
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 devasting 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.
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