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Contest Revival!

July 5, 2011
Stonewall Kitchen® Breakfast Gift Basket

Quick update, 1800Basket Readers!

I’ll keep this short, but I have exciting news! We have selected a NEW winner for our give-away from the “Baskets With Basia” posting a couple of weeks ago. Our randomly selected winner from that contest respectfully let us know that they were an employee and as such, we needed to find a new gourmet gift basket winner. We always want our contests to be fair and keep our credibility with our readers.

Stonewall Kitchen® Breakfast Gift Basket

Stonewall Kitchen® Breakfast Gift Basket

So…Drum roll please!

Congratulations to our new random winner, Lori (posted June 23, 2011 at 3:47 pm)! (I hope you don’t work for us). As a reminder, you can select any gift basket from this selection and then send over your gift basket choice, full name, and address to amariscal@1800flowers.com where we can help you claim your prize right away!

Thank you to everyone for reading and participating; don’t forget to check in Thursday for another new blog posting.

Gift Baskets, Holiday Gift Baskets, Party!, Summer Time Gift, Uncategorized

Be the “Hostess with the Mostest” at your own Fourth of July celebration!

June 30, 2011
Summer Shrimp Salad Recipe

Hello readers!

Thank you to everyone who participated in last week’s contest, we always love bringing you the best information and hearing what you have to say. As far as this last contest goes, there can only be one winner. Congratulations to our random winner, Bob (posted June 23, 2011 at 4:25 pm)! Please send your full name, address and gift basket selection (from the “gift baskets” gift type page) to amariscal@1800flowers.com and we can help you claim your prize. To our other readers, stick around at the end for another contest!

My grandma

my grandma

The excitement is far from over though, so don’t navigate away from me! (See? I can do internet humor). Are you all still with me? (Phew). This week we’ll be changing things up and featuring some hot summer food trends and ways to solidify your reign as “hostess with the mostest” (Martha won’t even know what’s coming). Fourth of July and summer in general, usually mean a lot of outdoor parties, grilling, and trying to come up with foods that won’t melt or make you melt in the sun. Usually I like to gather with friends or stop by my grandparents for a family party especially for my grandma’s Spanish rice and steak (we got half the holiday right). My grandma (pictured) is the one who typically does all the cooking, even the grilling (if she delivered, I would be set). At one particularly infamous family BBQs she was making her usual home-made salsa and chips and additional sauces for the meat, in which she cooks and adds a hot pepper or two, some cilantro, and usually chills the salsa (it normally helps cool you off). I guess she had too many dishes going at one time and didn’t realize how many peppers she added because what was normally a tasty and refreshing meal had nearly everyone red and drowning in their own sweat (even with the air conditioning). Eventually it became a challenge to see who would “sweat” it out the longest to please her. Needless to say, there is more taste testing during the cooking process now.

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Baskets with Basia and a Gourmet Give-Away

June 23, 2011

Welcome back 1800Baskets.com readers,

The one day you have to let your dads have their way (and sadly the remote and choice of music selection) is finally over! (Well, officially that is). I hope you all had a great holiday though, and are ready to get back into the swing of things with our task at hand. This week we are jumping head first into learning all about gift baskets! (If you have any noise makers or those confetti poppers, now would be the appropriate time to use those).We’re going to delve into a behind-the-scenes look in an interview with our very own in-house designer, Basia. (Pronounced: Bah-see-ah). Don’t forget to stick around at the end for a gourmet gift basket give-away!

Taste of Tradition Gift Basket

Taste of Tradition Gift Basket

If you’re anything like me, you’re probably thinking, “don’t you just put some food in a basket and slap a bow on it?” Well dear readers, we would all be extremely wrong about that (and a little hasty I might add) also, that is mostly just describing an unnecessarily decorated picnic. Gift baskets are definitely more complicated than that. There is a distinct art and procedure to them that I never even knew existed. Go ahead and try to make your own gourmet gift basket, I’ll wait…Done yet? Probably having troubles with a floppy bow, I bet. It’s always the bow. Well, you made a good effort at least. (Please, come back!)

There really is so much more to our gift baskets than you would expect. Every little detail has an entire team dedicated to making it perfect for our customers, from the kind of basket or container we use, choosing which products go best together, right down to that pesky bow. And we have the perfect person at the head of our team, who is always one step ahead of the crowd. Sitting with Basia is a treat, especially when you see how every part of her exudes style. With thick, trendy hair and a quick smile, Basia is truly one of a kind when it comes to design. A former architect in Poland, she came to us here at 1800Baskets.com about 10 years ago to put her talent to much-appreciated use. Her architectural training is evident in her masterfully crafted gift baskets that are both visually and structurally balanced, as well as beautiful. After sitting with Basia for a good, long talk about just how our creative designers work, I’m happy to share with all of you this crash course in Gourmet Gift Basket Designing 101!

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Caramel Apple Bites Blog Party! :)

September 14, 2010
Caramel Apple Bites

Caramel Apple Bites

We throwing a Blog party for one of our newest products. Which one? Caramel Apple Bites. Why? Taste them and you’ll know why. Don’t believe us? We’ll prove it to you. We’re giving away  5 delicious boxes.

Write about a paragraph or so describing what occasion or recipient you feel the Caramel Apple Bites is best suited for. Also tell us how you feel this new product fits in with how you feel about 1800Baskets.com as a company.

By the way, we print out EACH AND EVERY COMMENT and discuss them in groups within our Design Room.

We’ll pick 5 random posters and send them a box of the Caramel Apple Bites!

Current Party Status:

Winner #1) Stephanie Mckay
Winner #2) Lisa Grassetti
Winner #3) Alyssa Shumate
Winner #4) Milcah
Winner #5) Mary C.

What’s the Prize: Caramel Apple Bites

If anybody’s searching, here’s an active coupon code: BSKTS15FB (15% off your entire order).

Feedback, Party!, Product Designers, Uncategorized

1800Baskets.com Gift Baskets Party!

July 24, 2010
Bountiful Sweets Gift Basket

Bountiful Sweets Gift Basket

Hi All! So what we wanted to do during this 1800Baskets.com party was to discuss gift baskets in general.

In about a paragraph or so, please tell us what you feel is important to you in a gift basket. Our Gift Basket Designers inside our Melrose Park, IL Design Room have creativity flowing through them and the skill and passion to make their visions a reality. From a myriad of artistic and creative backgrounds, our Gift Basket Design Room Team view Gift Basket design as a holistic creative endeavor. However, we feel strongly that this cannot be done in isolation. The emotion and sentiment our gift baskets invoke in our customers must not only be appropriate to the occasions but also be of the right intensity. Meaning we want the gift basket to not only convey exactly what you feel but how strongly you feel. That is our passion, that is our goal. And that is why we ask you for your thoughts. 🙂

Please write about a paragraph or so and we’ll randomly pick 1 person and send the Bountiful Sweets Gift Basket! (pictured above)
1800Baskets.com Bountiful Sweets Gift Basket

Current Party Status:
1) The Surprise 1st Post Winner was “Shannon Schulte”
2) The 2nd and Final Winner was “Lisa Pergande”!
3) What’s the Prize: 1 Bountiful Sweets Gift Basket

If anybody’s searching, here’s an active coupon code: BSKTS15FB (15% off entire order)

Feedback, Party!, Product Designers

Spa Gift Basket + Mint Meltaways Party!

July 20, 2010
Apres Rain Spa Gift Basket

Apres Rain Spa Gift Basket

The Source Vérité Aprés Rain Spa Basket Gift experience completely revitalizes both body and mind with the exuberance of a cleansing rain. Fresh and energetic, charismatic green top notes are blended with delicate, spicy-sweet bergamot. A dewy breeze hints of white lilac and rose, while intoxicating exotic jasmine with earthy moss notes refines the scent. This lovely premium spa collection includes body mist, body butter, sand scrub and much more. They’ll love it. Our lotions and gels are made exclusively in the U.S.A.

Let us know what you think about this gift basket that our talented Product Designers created inside our Melrose Park, IL Design Room! We’ll randomly pick 1 person who posts a comment below and send this new creation to them along with Fannie May® Mint Meltaways! Yeah we know, a spa basket and delicious Mint Meltaways..good combination. 🙂
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Current Party Status:
1) The “Suprise Gift” was awarded to “Jay” for being the first poster.
2) The 2nd prize has been awarded to “Monica Carbajosa”!
3) The 3rd and final prize has been awarded to “John Darrow”!
4) What’s the Prize: 1 Apres Rain Spa Gift Basket & 1 Milt Meltaways

If anybody’s searching, here’s an active coupon code: BSKTS15FB (15% off entire order)

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"Margarita Time Deluxe Party Bucket" Party!

July 10, 2010
Margarita Time Deluxe Party Bucket

Margarita Time Deluxe Party Bucket

Mix 1 part deluxe Margarita party snack bucket with tempting Margaritaville® Margarita Mix and you have the perfect recipe for a fun and flavorful fiesta. Invite your favorite friends for this savory celebration of snack favorites including Chef Rick Bayless’ gourmet Mexican habanero salsa, and thick and crunchy tortilla chips from the acclaimed Frontera® restaurant, citrus chili twists, Cobblestone Kitchens® Margarita Rim Trim Salt, honey mustard onion pretzels and much, much more. Salud!

This great Summer Time Gift Basket includes Frontera® Habanero Salsa
Frontera® Thick & Crunchy Tortilla Chips, Honey mustard onion pretzels, Margaritaville® Margarita Mix, Cobblestone Kitchens® Margarita Rim Trim Salt, Honey wheat pretzel braids, Veggie medley chips, Chili citrus twists, and a napkin liner to the bucket and use to serve tortilla chips. 🙂

Let us know what you think about this gift basket that our talented Product Designers created inside our Melrose Park, IL Design Room! We’ll randomly pick 1 person who posts a comment below and send this new creation to them!
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Get Well Party! Have a Friend on the Mend? Try our newly designed "Friend on the Mend Doctor's House Call Kit"

July 5, 2010
Friend on the Mend Doctor's House Call Kit

Friend on the Mend Doctor's House Call Kit

Doctors don’t make housecalls anymore, but we do! Send a friend who’s on the mend this adorable doctor’s bag full of tasteful remedies for whatever ails them. They’ll love the selection of get well fast gifts like a cute nurse cookie and a frosted bandage cookie, tried and true Campbell’s® Chicken Noodle Soup, delicious Cheryl&Co.® chocolate chip cookies, Twinings® Herbal Tea, a sweet honey straw, a word seek activity book and much more!

Let us know what you think about this new gift basket that our talented Product Designers created inside our Melrose Park, IL Design Room! We’ll randomly pick 1 person who posts a comment below and send this new creation to them or directly to their friend who’s on the mend! 1800Baskets.com

Party!, Summer Time Gift

OMG Sweet Bing Cherry Party!

June 21, 2010
Sweet Bing Cherry, Pistachio & Mixed Nut Gift Box

Sweet Bing Cherry, Pistachio & Mixed Nut Gift Box

Capture the flavor and taste of a sunny farmer’s market in this sweet Bing cherries and nuts gift box. From bright red to deep maroon, these Bing cherries are exceptionally sweet and are a tasteful complement to the fresh pistachios and shelled mixed nuts. This big boxful of natural snack bliss is certain to be a hit with sweet fans and health nuts, alike.

In about a paragraph (or more if you have time), let us know what you think about this Summer Time inspired gift that we created inside our Melrose Park, IL Design Room. We welcome positive or negative comments. We’ll randomly pick 1 person who posts feedback regarding this latest summer time gift creation and we’ll send them their very own Sweet Bing Cherry, Pistachio & Mixed Nut Gift Box!

Father's Day, Party!

Golf Bag Cooler with Snacks Gift Basket Party!

June 14, 2010
Cool Golf Bag Cooler with Snacks Gift Basket

Cool Golf Bag Cooler with Snacks Gift Basket

Help Dad get his golf game on and sink a sudden snack attack with this cool golf bag cooler full of sweet and savory snacks. He’ll love The Popcorn Factory® Caramel Popcorn, crunchy pub snack mix, rich peanut butter bar, pecan shortbread cookies and much more. Plus, Dad gets a sleeve of 3 golf balls, a set of 15 golf tees and a cool, reusable mini cooler.

In about a paragraph (or more if you have time), let us know what you think about this Father’s Day Gift Basket that we created inside our Melrose Park, IL Design Room. We welcome positive or negative comments. We’ll randomly pick 1 person who posts feedback regarding this latest gift basket creation and send a gift basket to them!

You can click below to view more information on this latest gift basket creation of ours.
Golf Bag Cooler with Snacks Gift Basket