Christmas Gift Season is Upon Us

I know it’s only August, but the Christmas gift season is well and truly upon us basket packers.  We’re busy tweaking our last minute ideas for our range of christmas gift basket ideas just for you.  After 8 years we’d like to think we’ve got it down to a fine art!

One word of advice for our corporates looking around for ideas for your bulk corporate gift hampers, get in quick to secure your choice and your ideal delivery date.  Our production fills up quickly, especially for deliveries first week of December.  We’re organised and ready for your enquiries, so if you have the task of collating a large gift basket order, talk to us now.

Have a look through our christmas gift guide online for some inspiration.  It’s a great place to start for your ideas and then you can talk to us with your specific request.  https://www.basketvilleaustralia.com.au/store/christmas

Local business – new idea

Our local lunch shop has been struggling for some time. Recently they pulled out the old chip fryers and invested in a set of wok plates & cooking system. They’ve turned part of the shop into a noodle bar and now make fresh noodles in front of their customers. They’ve only been doing it for about a month now and the word is out and the place now seems to be booming. One simple change and it looks like they will have a much better financial year this year. As they say down under ‘Good on Ya’.

Now all we need to do is find our new idea for 2009’s wonder product!

Bring on the new year

Well another financial year is under our belt and all the numbers are done, stock is counted and all the loose ends have been tied.  Now we’re ready for another fresh year, so bring it on.

We’ve already started working on some new products we are launching in the next few weeks and our Christmas range is well under way for 2009.

For the corporates looking for corporate christmas baskets, we are ready for you and would love to talk to you about your requirements for 2009.  Bulk orders require early organisation, so don’t leave it too late!

https://www.basketvilleaustralia.com.au/store/christmas

Valentine’s Day on a Budget

We’ve all heard about the global credit crisis.  Whether you’ve been directly affected by it or think you should cut back just in case, here are some ideas to help you celebrate this year on a budget, or no budget at all.

• Picnic in your lounge room.  Lay a picnic blanket on the floor, dim the lights, light some candles.  Lay out lots of pillows.  Enjoy a meal together.  Make sure it’s picnic food and feed each other some grapes or choc dipped strawberries for dessert.
• Buy a bouquet of seasonal flowers – they are much cheaper than red roses.
• Make your partners favourite dinner to celebrate and make sure you cook all their favourite sides.
• Write a letter or a poem.  Tell your partner that this year you don’t want any gifts and that you should exchange letters instead.
• Have an Italian night at home.  Light some candles, cook an easy pizza/pasta dinner together (making pizza dough from scratch is fun).  Put on some Italian music and enjoy a glass of Vino.
• Meet your partner for a picnic at their work at lunchtime.
• Place a flower on your partner’s pillow.
• OR if you really have no idea – get yourself a case of Amnesia and claim you forgot all about it!!!

For those that still want to send a gift, we have put together a range of budget gifts this year . . .  because it’s the thought that counts and not how much you spend.

We encourage you to place your ideas in our comments so we can post your ideas on our blog.  Enjoy your day.

https://www.basketvilleaustralia.com.au/store/valentines_day_gift_ideas

Valentine Messages

• You remain my world, happiness and joy. Always be my valentine.
• Thanks for your patience, your loving words, your kindness, your friendship. Love you loads and will always do. Be my valentine.
• You have always been the pillar of my life. Love you.
• You are the only one person I want to be with for the rest of my life and grow old with. I love you.
• Even though we are not together this Valentines Day but I’ll be with you wherever you go. Love you always.
• You are the love of my life and I’ll be yours forever.
• If I were to buy you a bunch of roses, I would place a plastic one in the middle, then say “My love will be the last one to die”.

Basketville Australia has a range of gifts you can send your Valentine. https://www.basketvilleaustralia.com.au/store/valentines_day_gift_ideas  Visit us for your Valentine’s gift ideas.