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Step 1
Include favorite photos of you and the recipient in your Valentine's Day gift baskets. Use a photo-safe pen to jot notes on the back to remind her of humorous quotes, anecdotes or mishaps that took place during the photographed events.
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Step 2
Add treats to the Valentine's Day gift baskets, but stay away from expensive chocolates or coffee assortments. Bake a batch of cookies that you can split among the gift baskets or whip up a batch of hot chocolate mix that you can include with an inexpensive mug or in a cute tin.
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Step 3
Create themed Valentine's Day gift baskets that don’t break your budget. If your sweetheart loves movies, for example, enclose a small gift card (enough to rent a favorite you can watch together), a bag of microwave popcorn, a box of inexpensive candy (like jelly beans or gummi bears) and two bottles of soda in the gift basket.
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Step 4
Use items to give the Valentine's Day gift baskets additional color and fragrance like packets of potpourri or scented candles. Stay budget-conscious and shop for the items at discount, dollar stores or flea markets instead of high-end boutiques.
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Step 5
Stick to your budget by buying the baskets at dollar stores or during holiday clearances at discount stores after Christmas or Easter, for example. Recycle bows and ribbon from birthday presents and the winter holidays to reuse atop the Valentine's Day gift baskets.
Comments
FrazzledNanny said
on 3/22/2009 Great tips. Thanks for the useful article. Gift baskets are always fun to give and receive. 5*
hoolihan0519 said
on 2/8/2009 Very good idea and can be very inexpensive. Thanks for sharing. RCR.
Lila30 said
on 2/6/2009 Thanks for the ideas!
amandaavey said
on 1/13/2009 this should be fairly easy and fun to make for my close friends
JesaLynn said
on 1/13/2009 Really great ideas, I've still got several red bows from my Christmas wrapping stuff that would be perfect for this. 5!