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Business of Baskets offers a wide variety of fun and unique Easter Baskets and Gifts!

Chick Power Tower!!

Teas for the Heart!

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Business of Baskets offers great convention gift ideas that will “WOW” your guests. We can customize a gift basket or gift to any budget and theme. If you are looking for a gorgeous gift basket, small gift bag of treats, or logo gifts, we can help you!

If you have a Southwest theme, Casino theme, golf theme, holiday theme, or any other creative theme event, Business of Baskets can custom design gifts for you. We can help you with one gifts or thousands and we ship nationwide. Please feel free to call us at 480-766-1350 or visit our website for ideas at www.businessofbaskets.com

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Any Budget. As Low as $10 each

Nationwide shipping

We include your promotional items in the gifts (card, brochures, pens, etc.)

Any theme

Great Service and Amazing Products

Family owned and operated

Gift baskets are a terrific way to cement client relationships

and to help gain and retain your clients.

• gift baskets

• logo gifts

• convention gifts

• hotel gifts

• any budget

• any theme

• holiday gifts

• NEVER pre-made

Business of Baskets ships nationwide and delivers locally. We can even deliver the same day!

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This lover’s holiday actually originated in 3^rd century Rome where legend has it that the Emperor Claudius II ruled that single men made better soldiers than those with wives or families and thus banned marriage for young men. Valentine, a priest, opposed the decree and secretly wed young couples in love. When Valentine’s actions became known, he was ordered to death. Another story holds that Valentine, while imprisoned, fell in love with the jailor’s daughter. Before his death, he allegedly wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine.” This expression lives on today on the one billion gift cards and Valentine cards sent each year.

Another legend is that the Christian church may have started the celebration of Valentine’s Day in mid February to abolish the Roman’s pagan Lupercalia festival. This festival included a ceremony where all of the teenage girls would place their names in a lottery and the bachelors would draw names and choose his sexual companion for the remaining year as a right of passage. The church banned the lottery for women and instead, the names of saints were placed in the lottery and the young men were to emulate the virtues of the saint they chose. While the lottery lost appeal, Romans continued to celebrate St. Valentine in their desire for a woman’s affection. The first known valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in theTowerofLondon.

In Great   Britainin the 17^th century, Valentine’s Day became a popular holiday. The tradition began for lovers and friends to exchange tokens of affection or notes as Valentines gifts. With technology and cheaper postage rates, sending Valentines Day greetings became a way for people to express love in an era when expressing one’s feelings was discouraged. Hand-made valentines first surfaced inAmerica in the early 1700’s. Esther Howland is known as the Mother of the Valentine since she created the first mass-produced Valentines Day greeting cards in the 1840’s that had real lace, ribbons, and colorful pictures.

Whether the above stories reflect truth or legend is not as important as the fact that St. Valentine remains one of the most romantic saints today. Valentine’s Day holds the chance for so many people to start new relationships, express love and gratitude, and be romantic and sensual.

While greeting cards paved the way to express love on Valentine’s Day, chocolate has been the gift of choice for centuries. The Aztecs associated chocolate with passion, romance, and love and was a special gift in those times. Back then, they consumed cocoa as a drink and it was reportedly used as a source of spiritual wisdom, energy, sexual power, and vitality by the Emperor Montezuma before entertaining his harem. The scientific name for the tree from which chocolate is derived,  Theobroma cacao, translated from Greek, means “food of the Gods.” Chocolate has a long history of evoking pleasure, love, fantasy, and seduction.

Scientifically, there is reason for the “Love of Chocolate!”  Chocolate contains organic substances called alkaloids such as theobromine, a stimulant to the kidneys and central nervous system, similar to caffeine. Another alkaloid, phenylethlamine, are endorphins when released into the blood stream,  that lift mood and feelings of positive energy. Seratonin is also present that has a calming effect. These chemicals are also present in the brain in the “falling in love” phase. It is no wonder chocolate can evoke so many euphoric feelings.

In a survey conducted by Debra Waterhouse, in her book Why Women Need Chocolate, she found 97% of women reported cravings of which 68% were for chocolate, 50% would choose chocolate over sex, and 22% were more likely than men to choose chocolate as a mood elevator. So, choosing chocolates when you need a Valentine Gift for Her or a Valentine Gift for Him is an obvious choice.

When someone receives a gorgeous Valentine heart box of beautiful chocolates, all kinds of positive feelings arise. Just the luscious smell, the beauty of gourmet chocolates, the presentation of chocolates in a heart shaped box, how they melt in your mouth, and the savoring of each bite all create an experience to be enjoyed. With so much enjoyment in every piece of heavenly chocolate, why would anyone opt to gift a Valentine card when a chocolate lover is waiting!

Extremely aware of the seductiveness, romance, and power of chocolate, Business of Baskets has taste tested a multitude of gourmet chocolates so they can assure recipients truly elegant, heavenly chocolate truffles in a gorgeous Valentine heart candy box. If you are looking for a divinely beautiful Valentine box of candy with amazingly sumptuous gourmet chocolate truffles, they can help you with your Valentine’s Day orders. Remember, Valentine’s Day is not just for lovers. When gourmet chocolates make us feel special and elevate our feelings, this is the perfect Valentine’s gift for wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, children, sisters and brothers, and best friends. If you prefer a Valentine Teddy Bear with chocolate truffles, Business of Baskets at  www.businessofbaskets.com  offers an adorable teddy bear holding chocolate truffles in a valentine kiss box. If you want to say, “Happy Valentines Day” with a custom Valentine gift basket that includes chocolate truffles, Business of Baskets is happy to help you.

Deb Jones and Heidi Wyant, owners of Business of Baskets, an established, stylish gift basket company in Scottsdale, will show you how to make gorgeous holiday gift baskets for Thanksgiving time and Christmas or Hanukkah!

 Classes will be held at The Dragonfly Restaurant, 10135 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale, AZ on:

 Tues. Nov. 1     9:00-10:30 a.m. (Thanksgiving theme baskets)  $36

Tues. Nov. 29   9:00-10:30 a.m. (Christmas and Hanukkah theme baskets) $36

Includes all supplies, instructions, and your take home gift basket

 After class at 11:00 a.m., stay and have lunch with Deb and Heidi and have the opportunity to ask more questions! The Dragonfly Restaurant provides drinks during class and one free (non-alcohol) drink for attendees who stay for lunch.

 Learn techniques to enhance containers, make classy bows, and use gourmet food items to transform your baskets, vases, cornucopias and more into beautiful gifts for the upcoming holidays. Everyone will build an impressive gift to take home!

 The first class on Nov. 1 will cover beautiful Thanksgiving baskets you can use for welcome gifts for your holiday visitors. Also, perfect to ship to family and friends out of state, saying “We appreciate and miss you over  Thanksgiving.”

 The second class on Nov. 29^th will show you how to design festive Christmas and Hanukkah gift baskets!

These classes will be lots of fun and you will get individual attention as you make your gifts.

Class size limited to 20.  Early sign up required to reserve your space.

Call Deb or Heidi at Business of Baskets at 480-766-1350 to reserve your space.

Need to send a gift to someone in Arizona?

Business of Baskets offers same day delivery in many areas of Arizona and nationwide shipping. Business of Baskets has southwest gift baskets, spa baskets, Christmas baskets, logo gifts, thank you and congratulations baskets, baby and wedding, and more!

Call 480-766-1350 today and Business of Baskets will customize a gift to your budget and theme desired.

Welcome to Arizona Gift Basket

Deb Jones and Heidi Jones, the mother-daughter team, create gorgeous gift baskets made-to-order and truly take pride in their work. We look forward to helping you with your personal and business  gifting needs.

Visit our website to view all of our impressive gift ideas! www.businessofbaskets.com

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Business of Baskets has amazing wedding gift ideas and we completely customize based on the wedding theme and your budget. We ship nationwide. Call today 480-766-1350 or visit our website @ www.businessofbaskets.com

Wedding Time Capsule! Only $27

Bride and Groom Chocolate Covered Oreos

We also offer amazing “welcome” gift baskets for the bridal party and parents at the hotel!

Call us today for impressive wedding gifts!

These Saguaro cactus shaped gummy candies are fun and yummy! These novelty candies have a delicious, slightly tart and sweet flavor. 2 saguaro candies per bag. Perfect for a onvention in Arizona or Southwest theme event!

The 1lb box of delicious Arizona Prickly Pear fruit candy is perfect for conventions, thank you gifts, holiday gifts, or for any occasion! Please call 480-766-1350 for special orders. Discount pricing available for orders of 12 boxes.

Lollipops that come in assorted flavors and colors. Each lollipop comes with one hat in either
red, black, or brown. Perfect for a convention in Arizona or Southwest theme event!

Call Business of Baskets today to order or view our entire website for more candy and gift ideas!

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Visit the Business of Basket website to view all of the Gift Basket Kits!

There are many websites out there that tell you to buy their DVDs, that they are experts in the field, and they can guarantee you success. Well if you want one-on-one training on the real day-to-day life of owning a gift basket company and the work it takes to make it profitable, please contact us and we are more than happy to help. Deb Jones and I have owned Business of Baskets since 2006. We started the company from the ground up and every year our numbers grow. Owning a  gift basket company is a lot of work, it’s fun, and a creative outlet. We can help you with the following things:

How and where to network?

What to offer?

How to price the gifts?

Website information

Accounting information

assembly instructions for gift baskets

How to make your own bows

How to ship the gifts

How to stay in touch with clients?

What works and what doesn’t

How to survive in tough markets

and so much more…..

Deb Jones and Heidi Jones (Mother-Daughter Team)

We look forward to helping you today! Call 480-766-1350 for more information.