I went to a shower a few weeks ago and saw what I considered to be the greatest shower gift ever: a baking gift basket! I was so inspired by it that I decided to try to build my own for my friend’s bridal shower. I found this fantastic site that gives suggestions for building your own gift baskets: KitchenKrafts.com. Each suggestion was so simple, and you could customize it based on the recipient to match her interests. Another great site I found is called The Custom Basket, which has numerous suggestions for themes you could use to build your basket, i.e., a movie, golf, barbeque, etc.
Based on the registry, I chose items that the bride needs and added a couple personal touches to the basket. Here are the things I chose:
Le Creuset Batter Bowl - Williams Sonoma
The Le Creuset Batter Bowl – is a wonderful mixing bowl that everyone could use, and makes a great bowl to put the rest of the goodies in.
To go inside the bowl I chose the following:
Rubber Spatulas - Target
Rubber spatulas
A whisk
Good Grips Whisk - Bed Bath and Beyond
Measuring Cups
Good Grips Measuring Cups - Bed Bath and Beyond
To add a little something unexpected I found the cutest apron from Anthropologie and a cookbook. If your friend is not the apron-wearing type then the cookbook and some cookie/cake mix would also look great.
This YouTube video will help show you how to wrap your basket and make it look perfect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFUlzb-vWGA
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