Tip! For creating a custom gift basket, you will not have to purchase an ordinary basket. You can for example use an old picnic basket, a large bowl, a plastic or metal bucket or a cardboard box with decorative wrap applied to it! Buy a container that is sufficiently sized to hold all of the contents you plan to put in the basket.

If you’re like most people, there’s at least one person on your gift giving list this year who just seems to have everything. And these people are really difficult to buy new gifts for… or even come up with unique gift ideas that would make them happy.

One almost guaranteed gift giving standby is a gift basket. And not just any basket either… I suggest you try making a custom gift basket personalized specifically for the person you love.

Here are some unique gift basket ideas you might consider…

Tip! Use your creativity to make a custom gift basket. Take up the basket and consider how you would like to decorate it.

1. If your gift recipient loves gardening, try creating a garden themed gift basket for them. Buy a really nice flower planter or pot, and use that for the “basket”. Then fill it with seed packets, little starter flowers and plants, gardening books, small garden tools such as a hand trowel, and weed control or fertilizer packets.

2. Maybe your gift recipient loves a certain kind of craft. Sewing, knitting or crochet for example. Let’s use sewing for our example here. Pick a unique container to use as the basket. This could be a nice woven wicker basket big enough to hold a lot of fabric or ribbons, or it could be a decorative tin can such as those you buy with popcorn or candy in them. Add different types of fabric to the basket - these should be a variety of things. Try multiple colors, textures and patterns too. Then add several packages of buttons, ribbons and threads too. Maybe even throw in some needles and sewing patterns while you’re at it.

3. What if your gift recipient is a tech gadget lover instead? Well it’s easy to come up with custom gift basket ideas for them too, and these go over really well with corporate executives, college graduates, and gadget loving guys too.

How about a PDA basket for instance? The PDA itself will be the main gift, and you can include a variety of accessories such as extra batteries, power cord and charger, screen protectors, a stylus/pen combination, and a PDA case. Put these all into some sort of container that will be useful to the gift recipient when empty - A nice looking office trash can for example - then wrap it all up with ribbons and bows.

Tip! For making a gift basket for your special someone you can collect things such as cosmetic creams, lotions, relaxation CD’s and any other thing you know she will cherish to have. If it is someone male, you can gather some sports items to create a golf gift basket or you can also use dark chocolates, popcorn’s, tasty wheat wafers and snacks that he would love to have.

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