Hello there!  I am joining 10 sweet friends on Instagram today sharing a Gift Basket Inspirational Loop.  If you want to view all of our basket ideas just go to my BIO on Instagram and click on my basket post, we all have a person you can click on to bring you to the next basket idea.  If you have an Instagram account click on Decorate and More with Tip BIO  it will take you to my feed.  I will post their basket inspiration below at the end of my post for my friends that don’t have an Instagram account.

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We all picked a theme to make a gift basket to share some Christmas gift ideas.

The first thing when creating a gift basket is chose a theme.  Choosing a theme is easier to buy your items for your basket.  I went with the theme “Everything but the kitchen sink”.  My inspiration was my handmade knitted dishcloths.  Once I picked out my theme I started making a list of things I would see around a kitchen sink.

Here are the items you would need to make the same basket as the one I am sharing with you.

• basket
• basket filler
• shrink wrap bag
• garland ties –
• tissue paper
• thin ribbon
• wired ribbon
• scissors
• hairdryer
• 2 knitted dishcloths –
• 2 dish towels –
• Hand soap
• Dawn dish soap
• Handle sponge
• regular sponge
• tin of candy – Always nice to have a little chocolate after washing up the dishes! 🙂

Most of the items I placed in the basket were purchased from TjMaxx and Dollar Tree.

I added a piece of red tissue paper to the basket and then filled the basket with the basket filler.

I started filling the basket with my items.  I rolled the dishcloths up and tied a red ribbon around both of them.

I like to add shrink wrap to the basket to keep everything tight in the basket.

1. I centered the basket in the bag
2. Tied a greenery strip around the opening to seal it closed
3. Cut the excess top of the bag off
4. Took the hairdryer to the bag to shrink the bag

I made a ribbon out of red wired ribbon.  If you need to see my bow tutorial you can go {HERE} to see how I make my bows.  I added the bow to the greenery tie.

Here is a couple looks of my finished gift basket along with everything I have inside the basket.  I will be making a couple more of the gift baskets for my friends.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope my basket inspired you.  I am sharing my Instagram friends photos here so you won’t miss all the inspiration! 🙂

Amy @smallfarmcharm – Christmastime Tea Basket

Lori @wvhollergal – A Little Me Time Basket

Alicia @house_to_our_home – Copper Mugs for a Moscow Mule

Missy @pondycreekplace – Snow Day Survival Kit Basket

Donna @brambleknollfarm – For Him Basket

Kelly @deerfieldfarmhouse – For First Time Home Basket

Jill @rebawood_drive – Puppy Love Basket

Christina – @touchesoftime_bydesign – Baby It’s Cold Outside

Celestina @celestinamariedesign – Holiday At Home Basket

Donna  @ourroseinthedesert – DisneyLand Basket

And Mine of course – Terrie @Decorateandmorewithtip – Everything But The Kitchen Sink

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