Think: Dog Gift Baskets

We know you’re short on time, and running out to the mall, selecting the right gift, going home, wrapping it, and writing a card out doesn’t exactly fit into your schedule well. That’s why we’re here – we were one of the first companies to create and offer Dog Gift Baskets, and we’ve only enhanced our Baxter-approved gift baskets since then. It’s a cute way to show the dog’s owner that you appreciate them – and are listening to them, too!

Think: Dog Photo Frame

Visit your local gift store and pick up a dog-themed photo frame. If you can find a photo of the dog owner with their dog, perhaps on Facebook, print it out, place it in the frame, and wrap the frame in tissue paper. No need to fret if you don’t have a photo – the dog-themed photo frame is certainly thoughtful too, and they’ll appreciate that you have paid attention to their interests!

Think: Dog and Owner Spa Day

Are you able to splurge a bit more? Think of this gift as a “two-parter” – a spa gift certificate for the dog owner, and a gift certificate for Baxter to a local dog grooming spa. It’s a cute way to help both dog owner and dog relax and enjoy some pampering!

One of the keys to successful gifting is choosing a gift that really means something to the recipient – a gift that embraces their interests or reflects their personality. If they’re over the moon about their pooch, a Dog Gift Basket is a great way to show them you’re paying attention and care about what they care about, too!

Step 1: Make/Bring Her Breakfast. We know you’re both heading to work and are short on time, but wake up a half hour earlier than usual and either make breakfast for her (pancakes are easy and a-okay!), or bring breakfast to her, along with a delicious latte.

Step 2: Surprise Her With A Valentine’s Day Gift Basket or Flowers. We don’t always want to admit it to ourselves, but isn’t being surprised with flowers or a romantic gift basket in the office or on our doorstep such a great feeling? Make her the envy of the office (or the block!) by having our Valentine’s Love Forever Flowers or our Valentine Reeses Gift Basket delivered to her, with a sweet note on the included hand written gift message.

Step 3: Keep Her On The Edge Of Her Seat. She’s likely going to wonder if you made dinner plans anywhere. Call her in the afternoon to let her know the Valentine’s Day celebrations will be continuing. It’s a great way to “tease” the night ahead, and you can even give her three clues on where the night will be taking the two of you.

Step 4: Dinner and a Movie, Your Way. Restaurants are often rushed on Valentine’s Day, so if you prefer not to go out for dinner, use your culinary expertise to whip up a delicious dish, or order takeout from one of your favorite restaurants. Throw a nice tablecloth on the dinner table at home, break out the nice silverware and wine glasses, and have a fantastic night in. Afterwards, rent a movie and enjoy one of our Wine Gift Baskets, toasting to an absolutely perfect Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day might not be your favorite day of the year, but that will all change this year! We’re here to help take the pressure out of Valentine’s Day and make it a love-filled day for the both of you. After all, real men wear pink on their sleeves!

Tip #1: Exercise. New Year’s resolutions come and go, but exercise for your happiness. Data does show that exercise has the ability to improve your mood and simply help you feel great, so get some warm clothes on and head outside for a walk, run, snowshoeing, skiing, etc. Or, head to the gym a few nights each week.

Tip #2: Good nutrition. You really are what you eat, and if you’re eating junk food all day long, you’re going to feel like junk. Improve your mood by eating healthier items – simply search for “quick healthy recipes” in Google, and you’ll have an arsenal of healthy recipes at your fingertips!

Tip #3: Good lighting. Doctors often prescribe ultraviolet lighting for Seasonal Affective Disorder sufferers, but whether you have a bona-fide condition or need a pick-me-up, surrounding yourself in warm lighting can also promote feelings of happiness. Just be careful about that electric bill!

Tip #4: Valentine’s Day. You don’t have to be in a relationship to love Valentine’s Day. We can bet you have family, friends, and pets in your life that you absolutely adore. Focus your Valentine’s Day energy in showing these people (and pets) how much you appreciate them. Sending surprise Valentine’s Day Gift Baskets is a great way to send a smile, and in turn, you’ll likely feel happier too!

Tip #5: Start Planning. Doesn’t the world seem a little rosier when you have something to look forward to? Start planning your Spring or Summer vacation – the research itself will boost you out of those doldrums! Can’t do a vacation? Set your sights on a Spring project, like growing a garden, or cleaning out all that clutter in your home.

We’re excited for what 2012 will bring us here at Bisket Baskets, and we hope we’ve helped you boost your mood a bit and get out of those winter doldrums! Let’s all look forward to a love-filled Valentine’s Day, as warmth and affection for the people around us is a sure-fire way to put a smile on our face.

You can shop our Christmas Gift Baskets On Sale by checking out any gifts with the “Sale Today Only!” banner on them. We’re gifting you with prices reduced by even $50, in some of our gift baskets – and as always, your gift will be beautifully designed and filled with all the gourmet goodies we list in the product description. Here’s some highlights – and remember, 2 Day Air is your friend as Christmas nears!

The Ritz At Christmas Gift Basket: Originally listed at $174.99, this robust gift basket is on sale today for only $159.99! It features glittering gold décor, mixed with goodies like caviar, smoked salmon, toffee pretzels, chocolate pastry, Ghirardelli chocolates, and much more.

Home For The Holidays: Frosty the Snowman might be feeling a little chilly, but this snowman-themed Christmas gift basket sends so much warmth! Originally at $94.99 and on sale for $89.99, this is a wonderful gift for your in-laws, a family member’s significant other, or a next-door neighbor.

Grand Christmas Gourmet Gift Basket: This is another of our most-loved Christmas gift baskets, filled with gourmet cookies and cream chocolate bark, seasonal drink selections, butter toffee pretzels, smoked salmon, and more deliciousness! It’s perfect for gifting to an entire family. It’s on sale for $119.99!

We have 14 Christmas Gift Baskets On Sale, all filled with festive goodies that are wonderful for gifting to friends and family, and very economical for gifting to an entire family. We also have three Pet Christmas Gift Baskets on sale too, so cute for all those pet lovers in your life!

Sure, 2 Day Air costs a bit more, but with our Christmas gift baskets on sale, you’ll be able to balance out the cost of shipping it quickly. After all, you want the holidays to be perfect, and we’re here to take the stress away and make them as perfect as possible for you! Happy Holidays!

Hurrying to find the right gift baskets free shipping choice for your gift list? Take a few breaths, and check out some of our Christmas gift basket customer favorites:

• Let It Snow Gift Basket – This free shipping gift basket is decorated with tons of frosty snowmen, and filled with goodies like shortbread cookies, honey roasted snack mix, snowflake cookie, seasonal drink selection, and more!

• Christmas Morning Tea – Our Christmas morning tea free shipping gift basket is so soothing for any morning during the year! It’s filled with Biscotti, chocolate cookies, gourmet caramel popcorn, and of course, Bigelow tea!

• Holiday Drum Gift Basket – This free shipping gift basket not only comes in a pretty holiday container, but is filled with scrumptious goodies – chocolate peppermint cookies, raspberry cookies, chocolate raspberry bark, holiday pasta with roasted garlic cream sauce, and so much more.

Who needs shipping costs this holiday season?! Simply shop our Gift Baskets Free Shipping collection to get those last minute holiday gifts covered – it’s only a handful of days till Christmas, so these gifts are so perfect for all those people you’ll be gifting after Christmas Day, too!

Frozen Peanut Butter Yogurt Treats, from BullWrinkle.com

• 1 large thirty-two ounce container of plain vanilla yogurt
• 1 cup of peanut butter
• Cupcake cups and cupcake papers

Place the peanut butter in a microwave-safe bowl, and microwave it until it is melted. Add the yogurt to the peanut butter, and mix. Pour the combined mixture into the cupcake papers, and freeze until solid. Gift to Fido, and enjoy!

Canine Cookies, from Starisles Bearded Collies

Blend the following, in a bowl:

• 1 cup of hot water or hot broth
• 1 envelope of dry milk
• 2 teaspoons of bouillon

Then add ¾ cup oil, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and 5 cups of whole wheat flour to the bouillon mixture. Stir it all to form a very tough dough blend. Roll the dough out, and use holiday-themed cookie cutters to cut the dough into shapes. Cover a cookie sheet with foil, and place the holiday-themed cookie shapes onto it. Bake at 300 degrees F for 40 minutes. Turn the cookies over after 20 minutes. Place the cookies in a cute gift bag for Baxter, and help him open it on Christmas morning!

Our Holiday Dog Gift Baskets, like our Holiday Pizza Pals Dog and Owner Gift, include scrumptious morsels for the dogs in our lives, and the people, too! We’ve heard from our loyal customers how unique they are for gifting to families with dogs – the Christmas gift basket is large enough to gift to the entire family, and there’s healthy treats in there for their dog, too. It’s thoughtfulness, in the form of a gift basket

Wine and Milk Chocolate Pairings

It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t love the smooth taste of milk chocolate – it just seems to conjure up happiness! Choose a few of your favorite milk chocolate candy bars, and stick with wines like a Pinot Noir, a Reisling, dessert wines, or even a sparkling wine. These are all lighter wines that will accent, but not overpower, the chocolate.

Wine and Dark Chocolate Pairings

We’ve been hearing so much about the health benefits of dark chocolate, and when you pair them with the reported benefits of red wine, well, we’ve got a wine coupling that’s good for us, too (in moderation, of course)! Dark chocolate has a very strong flavor, so you need a full-bodied wine to go with it. Go for a Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, or a Pinot Noir.

Wine and White Chocolate Pairings

Take a bite into a white chocolate bar…mmm. Doesn’t it just seem to have a buttery flavor? Think “fun” when you’re choosing a wine to pair it with – namely, a sweet or dessert wine. A Sherry or a Moscato wine is fabulous for it. Want to walk on the wild side? Pair it with its alter ego – a Zinfandel. The coupling of these two tend to balance each other’s “rough edges” out.

Move over wine and cheese – wine and chocolate pairings are a fun, gourmet alternative to traditional wine couplings. Many of our Wine Gift Baskets feature gourmet chocolates, so the gift recipient will be all ready to enjoy wine and chocolate pairings – courtesy of your thoughtfulness!

We taste test all of the tasty treats inside our gift baskets (and oh yes, we love our jobs!), and we were licking our lips over the delicious appetizers, dinners, and desserts in our meal gift baskets. Let’s take a gander at some of our most popular meal gift baskets so far – but be sure to check back soon, as we’re always adding more!

Grandma’s Pantry Meal Gift Basket – Grandma always seems to have a little of everything in her pantry, doesn’t she? This is a robust gift basket that’s perfect for a big family, or a hungry one! It starts out with mozzarella cheese bars and baked potato soup, and transcends into an evening of angel hair pasta and gourmet sauce, a make your own pizza kit for eight slices, lemon bars, blueberry muffin mix, hand decorated cookies, and Irish crème coffee! We think that’s enough food for dinner for even two nights!

Gourmet Pizza Making Kit – A love for pizza tends to be that common dominator connecting most of us. Our make your own pizza kit features a mozzarella cheese bar, pizza kit for eight slices, sliced pepperoni, pizza stone set, an oven mitt, and an oven hot pad. It’s so much fun to make pizza at home and create your own topping varieties, and we think it’s just the thing for couples and families to bond over!

Hearty Chili Fixins Dinner Gift Basket – Enjoying a bowl of chili on a frosty winter day is so welcome! This meal gift basket includes two biscotti, corn bread, chili fixins, Wisconsin cheddar cheese triangles, gourmet crackers, amaretto cheesecake cheeseball dessert mix, hand decorated cookies, and vanilla crème coffee. Now simply enjoy watching the snow gently fall outside your home’s windows as you relax with a great meal and your loved ones!

Soup Bones Meal Gift Basket – Meal gift baskets are such a practical holiday gift idea, and if your gift recipient has a dog, include Fido in the gift, too! This soup-themed holiday gift basket includes roasted corn chowder soup, Wisconsin cheddar cheese triangles, wheat wafers, and a seasonal drink mix for the owner, and fresh, hand iced gourmet dog biscuits for Fido. Now the pooch in the family can have a treat to snack on while the rest of the family is enjoying soul-warming soups!

Meal Gift Baskets are going to be a popular holiday gift this year, as the gift of dinner is always a wonderful gift to give and receive. Our lives are so busy these days, so receiving a basket full of all the fixings for a hearty night in is the start of one fantastic evening. Happy holiday shopping from all of us at BisketBaskets.com!

Gourmet Pizza Making Kit – The way to a man’s heart? Through his stomach, of course – with our gourmet pizza making kit! This robust kit is filled with a pizza kit to make eight servings of pizza, a mozzarella cheese bar, sliced pepperoni, oven mitts, and a pizza stone. He’ll just have to have you over for dinner!

Blue Ribbon BBQ Gift Basket – We know plenty of ladies who enjoy barbecuing, but we also know that guys tend to love being masters of the grill. Give him a gift basket worthy of a grade A steak, filled with various types of bbq sauce, rib rubs, seasoning, almonds, cookies, sausage, and more.

Time For Him Gift Basket – We lead busy lives these days, and we bet he could use a little time for himself. This gift basket comes filled with caramel popcorn, Wisconsin cheddar cheese, wheat wafers, walnut fudge, and a seasonal drink. Add in a gift certificate to the local movie rental store, and he’ll be set for a relaxing night in!

Gentleman’s Gourmet Gift Basket – When we designed this gift basket, we took into consideration all the gift basket goodies guys like – barbecue sauce, smoked salmon, gourmet mustard, summer sausage, pretzels, Irish crème coffee, and more. We packaged it in a more masculine basket that he can use for everything from his magazines to his fishing supplies – and topped it with a neutral bow.

Our Gift Baskets For Men have been crafted after much research and feedback from our loyal customers, but it’s always nice to add a custom touch to your gift for him. Pair his gift basket for men with one of these affordable gift add-ons that you can pick up during the holiday season:

• Local movie rental gift certificate
• T-shirt from his favorite watering hole or business – it shows you pay attention to what he likes!
• Quirky apron that he can use when grilling
• A “guy-friendly” cookbook, by chefs like Bobby Flay or Guy Fieri
• A pound of his favorite coffee blend
• Gift certificate for a round of golf

Make this your favorite year of holiday gifting by taking some time to browse through our gift baskets for men collection and select just the perfect one for him. Pair it with a “just for him” add-on, and he’ll love the thought you put into a gift that he can actually use and love!

Our holiday wine gift baskets come equipped with all the scrumptious gourmet goodies that pair well with wine – cheeses, meats, chocolates, and more. Simply pick up your favorite bottle of wine, and a great touch is to pair it with the main dish or appetizers your host or hostess is serving. Here are some wine and food pairing ideas to make wine shopping a walk in the park vineyard:

Salads, Vegetables, and Fish

You’ll want to pair the light (but so delicious!) flavors inside salads, veggies, and fish – particularly if they’re done with a lemon-based sauce, with a more delicate wine. Go for a Reisling or a Sauvignon Blanc – these white wines expertly pair with seafood dishes.

Poultry, Bird, Veal, Pork

These are hearty meats, and you want a wine that can rise to the occasion. These are dishes typically prepared with butter and cream sauces, and earthy wines like a Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, or Sangiovese couple well with them. The Sangiovese tends to really hit it out of the park if tomatoes are also featured in the dish.

Beef

The taste of a tender grilled cut of beef just seems to deliciously fulfill the cravings of every one of your taste buds, doesn’t it? You need a full-bodied wine to match this taste, and a Zinfandel or Syrah (Shiraz) fits the bill. Try to save some room for dessert!

Dessert

We can go the whole summer and Fall without craving dessert, but when the temperatures get frosty and the holiday magic is upon us, dessert switches from being an option to a must-have. Desserts are fun and sweet, so look for a wine with these qualities – fruity wines, chocolate wine, and sherry. Look for a wine that’s one level sweeter than the dessert being served.

Make your holiday get-togethers nothing but fun this year – holiday wine gift baskets make for a beautiful host or hostess gift, and allow you to pick out your favorite bottle of wine to accompany the wine gift basket. Your host will love how thoughtful you were in pairing the vino with the dishes being served!