Fruit gift baskets are cool
A beautiful way to express your appreciation or affection is a fruit gift basket. It’s a delightful way to bring excitement to any occasion. There are commercially prepared baskets for just about any occasion, which means there quite a few to choose from. You can make a warm, personal statement by creating your own. A third alternative is to buy a readymade fruit basket and personalize it in a way that shows you really care, by adding a few items of your own. It could be your famous carrot cake, a decoupage box your so good at, or some other item that says, “you are special.“ Whatever you come up with it’s sure to send an enjoyable message
A gift basket is a fun project with many possibilities. Choose your staples to match the mood of the basket giving situation. To get the ball rolling put on your thinking cap and try to imagine the excitement you can create by gathering together a few unusual gift items as well. A fruit basket, doesn’t just have to be all about island mangos an Fiji apples - although they are very nice. A set of han carved wooden spoons from a craft fair or a couple of fortune cookies - if you can replace the fortunes, even better. And of course there are treasures to be found at the neighborhood thrift store, and eBay
Commercially made gift baskets wirh a fruit theme are readly available . This is a good approach even if you are creating your own, but besides food there are many more possibilities. Knowing something about who you are giving it to is an opportunity to personalize. Hobbies and special interests can conjure up special ideas that can be expanded on. For instance a crafter might enjoy finding a special pair of scissors and a few other such items among the fruit and cookies. Going farther you could cut out a daisy chain of fruit to embellish the basket.
Once you’ve got all your bottles, boxes and oddities in hand it’s time to put it together Putting it all together - the presentation, is thing that creates the magic. It’s good to start with a bed of raffia or some similar material. Darker colors usually work best for this. To ensure success, put heavier items in the center, tall bottles like wine and olive oil reclining and lots of small things to fill in the spaces. If you would like to specially wrap a few items, feel free - it will add to the mystery and visual excitement. Use you’re your good judgment - the finished look should be bountiful but not cluttered.
The finishing touches will give your gift basket that professional touch. The tried and true method is to wrap gift baskets in in clear or tinted plastic. This doesn’t hide the effect you have worked hard to create and conforms well to irregular shapes. It also helps hold everything in place and preserve the freshness of fruit. For an added touch, at this final stage, you can try your hand at doing a double wrap of clear plastic and sprinkling confetti between the layers. And top it all off with a fancy bow.
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A website that lives up to its name: Ideas for gift wrapping. See for yourself how much fun you can have with your next gift wrapping project. Ideas that will have you wrapping like a pro: http://www.gift-wrapping-ideas.com
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