Gifting your loved one something special made by you is the perfect
gift. They will appreciate personal, handmade gifts rather than
enormous expensive gifts. Always remember it is the personal touch that
makes the gift special and unique. A fruit basket is a perfect gift for
your near and dear ones. But most of us drop the idea, because we don’t
know where to start or how to make a fruit basket.
Making a fruit basket isn’t all the difficult as it may appear to be.
To begin with, you should select the perfect basket. There are many
different shapes, sizes and colours of baskets available in the market.
Always try to get a big, fancy colourful, basket, which will make the
gift look very stylish. The basket can be either made of cane, wood,
glass, ceramic glass, thick paper or straw. Make sure the basket is
sturdy enough to carry the weight of the fruits.
Once you have decided on the size, colour and shape of the basket, you
can buy different colours of cloth or fabric to decorate the basket.
You can either stitch it to the basket or stick the fabric with glue on
the basket. Using a good fabric can bring out the effect of the basket.
You also have the choice of sticking ribbons, streamers, bows, stars,
or flowers, on the basket, giving it a yet another personal touch. If
you like you can stick to a colour scheme. Colours like either red or
green can be used according to your choice. You can buy fruits
according to your colour scheme too. If you don’t want any colour
scheme you should always try to make the basket as bright and colourful
as possible.
Now that you have your ribbon, fabric or cloth, you can stitch or glue
it to the basket in whichever way you like. You can also decorate the
handle by stitching the fabric and ribbons on it. Sticking streamers
can make the basket look very bright and colourful. Once you have your
basket ready, you can arrange the fruits in any order you like. Either
one kind of fruit or an assortment of fruits can be used in the entire
basket. You can decorate the fruits making a design or a pattern. You
can put nuts or dry fruits if you like. A special gift or small notes
in between the fruits also adds an element of surprise to the receiver.
As a final touch you can cover the basket with either transparent,
cellophane, handmade paper. Using colourful paper can make the gift
look fantastic. You even have the choice of leaving your basket open.
You can tie a small bow, flower or star on the top of the gift. After
all making a fruit basket isn’t all the difficult.
About the Author:
Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as the custom giftbaskets at www.giftbasketsplusmore.com
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