The Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions [Paperback]

Shirley George Frazier (Author)

Book Description

Series: Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create | Publication Date: June 1, 2004

A successful gift basket professional reveals her tricks of the trade in this bible of the business.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Gift baskets are an ideal small-scale business – but not all gift baskets are created equal. The Gift Basket Design Book shows you how to transform your creative ideas into polished professional-looking baskets to give as gifts or use in your own business.
Shirley George Frazier, a successful gift basket entrepreneur, reveals basket-building and design techniques that yield expert results. Her easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and photos show you exactly how to craft delightful gift baskets for all occasions, from holidays to life's milestones to those everyday pick-me-ups.
Inside you'll find:
Guidance on selecting supplies, gifts, and foodstuff
The best techniques for placing and anchoring contents
The most effective ways to wrap your baskets
Special design touches to complete your look
Ideas for using unique containers, such as boxes, bags, teacups and more
Color photos of more than thirty completed baskets
Hundreds of detailed step-by-step photos that illustrate basket-building techniques
A special chapter showcasing four professional gift basket designers and their most successful creations

Create beautiful gift baskets for:
Birthdays
Thank-you
Get well
Good luck
Congratulations
New baby
Spa treatment
Housewarming
Bereavement
Wedding
and much more

About the Author

Shirley George Frazier, a gift and gourmet consultant, writes for trade publications, conducts workshops, and speaks at trade shows and conferences throughout the country. She lives in Paterson, New Jersey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 1st edition (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762727950
• ISBN-13: 978-0762727957
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,046,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

You and I have a lot in common. We're creative, persistent in achieving what we want, and determined to succeed because it's part of the grand plan for living a great life.

These are reasons why I share success tips and ideas with you in my books, at seminars, and when I speak with you at events where we talk face to face.

I'm glad you're here and look forward to exploring many opportunities for achieving the best in your personal and business life.

Connect with me through:
www.Twitter.com/ShirleyFrazier
www.Facebook.com/ShirleyGeorgeFrazier
www.LinkedIn.com/in/ShirleyGeorgeFrazier

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, June 8, 2004

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LaTunya Sifford (Aberdeen, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions (Paperback)

This book has become my bible of designing. I am a home business gift basket owner , and thanks to this book I can now design beautiful designs.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference and Gift basket know how!, January 10, 2005

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Brandee J. Beavers "Brandee at Olive Creek" (Clay Center, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions (Paperback)

I have read this book inside and out at least twice. Shirley Frazier shows you what you need and how to get started selling gift baskets. As a matter of fact the techniques shown in this book provides guidelines in making a professional looking gift basket. I have found that I can make a better gift basket than what you sometimes find at other specialty stores. In October of 2004, I started implementing the techniques she teaches and frankly have received successful results (meaning sales!) I have received orders online and from family and friends. This is a great book well worth the price. A must buy!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Basic, August 17, 2005

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G. Johnson "nailproqueen" (Ashland, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions (Paperback)

This book contains good info, but only on a VERY BASIC level. It's almost too basic. Not much new or innovative. If you've never made a basket or wrapped a package, then this is your book.