| Tired of trying to find just the right present for that oh | | | | Step by Step - Basket by Basket |
| so important person in your life. Or even those not so | | | | First of all, you'll need to pick out the basket or |
| important people in your life. Making and giving a | | | | container to hold the gifts in. It doesn't even have to be |
| holiday gift basket could be just the thing your looking | | | | a basket (they have been kind of done to death). It |
| for. So your not a real creative, crafty kind of person. It | | | | could be a decorative box, or if you use your |
| doesn't really matter. What matters, is that you know | | | | imagination a little, something related to the receiver of |
| the people your buying gifts for. At least I assume you | | | | the gift. For example, if your buying for that handyman |
| do. Why else would you be giving them gifts? Knowing | | | | in the family, then perhaps a simple tool box filled with |
| that person gives you an edge, that no retailer has. | | | | gifts will make their day. |
| You can put just the right collection of gifts together | | | | One way of doing a gift basket, is to buy one main gift |
| that will appeal to your gift receiver. | | | | for the basket. The "centerpiece" gift, which should be |
| Just A Little Planning | | | | placed in a prominent place in the basket. Plus a |
| If it truly is the thought that counts, then now is the time | | | | number of "dainties", or secondary gifts. Dainties would |
| to prove it. Spend some time thinking about what your | | | | be smaller, usually less expensive, but complimentary |
| intended recipient enjoys and wants. Think about how | | | | to the main gift, and something the gift recipient will |
| they spend their free time, what hobbies they have, | | | | enjoy. |
| what interests them, and maybe what is something | | | | Finally, decorate the gift in a manner appropriate for |
| that they would never buy for them self. These are all | | | | the gift basket and gift receiver. Imagination, creativity, |
| items that could go into their holiday gift basket. | | | | and a sense of humor all count here. Remember, to |
| Spending some time doing that now, is far better than | | | | think about the person receiving the gift, and what |
| traipsing around some cheesy commercial mall at the | | | | would strike their fancy. It is after all, the thought that |
| last second hoping some salesperson will know what it | | | | counts. |
| is your special someone would enjoy as a gift. | | | | |