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A NEW TYPE OF GIFT BASKET GUARANTEED TO BRING IMPRESSIVE PROFITS!
The gift basket industry has exploded over the past few years and
continues to be a consistent money maker for those involved in it. In many
ways, it's the ideal business. You can run it from the home. It's an
extremely inexpensive business to start (you only need supplies and a
marketing budget). The product is in demand (who doesn't like getting
an artistic basket with fresh fruit, candies, or cheeses?). Competition
isn't much of a problem (you can easily set yourself off from the rest by
producing specialized types of baskets). It's a dynamic business that is
changing and developing with the times.
One of the newest developments is the CANDY FLOWER BASKET. This is
a new type of gift basket that will definitely set you apart from your
competition. It's very artistic and creative, and pretty, too! The Candy
Flower Basket is easy to make, and will turn heads wherever it is given.
Here's what you need for a Candy Flower Basket: You'll need a
basket, of course, preferably around the size of a medium to large flower
pot (remember, we'll have "flowers" here). Next, a large piece of flower
arranging or art styrofoam, large enough to fit in the bottom of the basket,
filling it well and reaching up to around 3 inches below the lip of the
basket. Also, plenty of stiff, green wire used in flower arranging; green
flower tape; 2 1/2" green wood sticks, pointed on one end, blunt on the
other; thin wire; a good supply of different wrapped hard candies,
preferably with colorful wrappers (yellow, orange, red, pink, and other
"flower" colors are best); and, finally, a LOT of bright, colorful
cellophane sheets (green and red, especially). Many of these supplies
can be found at craft stores or flower arranging supply stores.
First, we'll make our candy flowers. Cut the stiff green wire into
1 foot lengths. Make around 15 for a decent size basket. Now, sort your
candies by wrapper color. You'll need 5 or 6 candies per wire. Take one
of the candies and hold one twisted end of the wrapper against the end of
the wire. Now, wrap the green floral tape tightly around the wrapper and
wire a few times. Don't tear the tape; once the candy is firmly attached
to the wire, continue the tape down the wire and wrap another candy around
1 to 1 1/2 inches below the first, depending on how many candies you'll put
on the wire. Continue this down the wire. When you've wrapped 5 or 6 of
the same candies on the top half of the wire, trail your tape off another
inch or two on the wire. You've just made your first candy flower! Set that
one aside and start on the next one. Try to have at least 4 different types
of candies, so all the flowers won't be the same color.
Next, wrap the styrofoam in green cellophane and put it into the
bottom of the basket. Take your colored cellophane sheets and cut around
fifty 6" x 10" rectangles. Don't worry about making them perfectly sized.
Take one of the rectangles and loosely fold it in half the short way (to
make a 6" x 5" rectangle) and then in half the long way (to make a 3" x 5"
rectangle). Don't crease the folds, and again, don't worry about being
perfect _ it'll look better if it's not. Insert this rectangle into one
of the open spaces closed point down (the point that would be the center
of the rectangle,
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