My husband says I have a knack for making gift baskets for people.
I’d like to think I do. Every since I was a child I always loved gathering
things and making baskets for my aunts and uncles at Christmas time. I recall
one time making a Martini basket for my uncle that was such a hit!
We went to a benefit for my little cousin Mason last week.
Initially I was planning to bring one of my pieces of furniture but after
talking to the amazing hostess who arranged the benefit she said alcohol is always
the biggest seller. Therefore I made a sangria basket. What’s better this time
of year then some sparkling wine with fruit in it? Tom and I love to travel to
Montauk. Something we hadn’t done in a few years but just because we can’t go
to our favorite winery out there doesn’t mean that I don’t have them send me
our favorite wines throughout the year. Since Mason is very special to me I wanted
someone who was there to support him and his family to enjoy the wines that Tom
& I love and made a basket with some crackers and a cheese spreader and the
wines.
Another basket I recently made is for my sister-in-law Veronica
and her husband Scott. They started moving into their new house this weekend. I
wanted to get them something that they both could enjoy. Scott is not a big
drinker…unlike V who loves wine as much as I do. But recently we turned Scott
onto Angry Orchard’s hard cider. So I incorporated that with a bottle of wine
into their basket. Added some pastas and some sauces and a slate cheese board
with cheese knives with a cookbook. Just some items to use in their new home
while in their kitchen together.
When I buy special gifts or put together special gifts I always
have one rule I try to stick with. Something needs to be a keepsake. Something
that years from now someone will hold it and remember where it came from. The
cheese board might not make it years from now but I’m hoping the cookbook will
always stick around so I wrote in it. This way when they look back on this move
5, 10, 15, 20 years from now…they can remember themselves eating the pasta, drinking
the wine and relaxing in their new home.
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