Gifts from the Kitchen, Wrap it up in a dish towel!

the Painted Apron

8 years ago

So many of my friends have March birthdays, I have been scrambling trying to come up with special gifts…

Besides Birthdays, do you need a gift for someone you don’t know, someone who has everything, someone who needs pampering or thanking?

My go to present is a personalized gift basket I put together myself, or food, homemade if possible

Sweet baked treats or something in a jar

Or things from the pantry

or something crazy and fun

In this case, I went to Trader Joe’s and picked out things that I knew my chocolate, coffee-loving friend would enjoy, along with a few surprises and some “just for funs”

You can anchor your gift with a theme, and a color scheme like this Halloween Treat Basket

Instead of a basket, I wrapped these goodies in two dish towels, and my colors were spring green and orange

A small blooming plant, cookie butter, fancy crackers, coffee cookies, Kind energy bars, green tea mints, an expresso dark chocolate baton, gourmet jelly beans and a chocolate babka “cake” for the birthday girl

First make a sturdy stack of the items

Then tape everything together in a solid mass with masking tape

Use scotch tape on the bottom of the smaller things to secure them on the top

Fold up the edges of the towels and secure tightly with twine. Yes, you need 10 hands to do this, so use more tape to keep things in place until the twine is tied