It's here—the height of gift basket season. Are you prepared? To create the best-looking gift baskets in town, you have to first select and stock packing materials that add to their visual appeal as well as serve a functional purpose. Consider thesefive steps to better gift baskets. Boxes, bags and hats can also make creative containers for gift "baskets." An ordinary cardboard box can be transformed by covering it with wrapping paper, suggests Joyce Mason-Monheim AIFD, PFCI, a Teleflora EducationSpecialist and a freelance designer based in Tucson, Ariz. Joni Compton, advertising coordinator for Nashville Wraps, LLC in Hendersonville, Tenn., suggests trying nested boxes, using a smaller one inside the larger box as part of the gift.
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