Have you ever had the brilliant idea of giving someone a gift basket, only to find that this is a VERY expensive endeavor? Or maybe you’ve voluteered to create one for a silent auction that your favorite charity is having, and ouch! Enter the consignment shop. Gift basket items are plentiful at thrift and consignment shops, so just consider…
#1 Gift Basket Item at Thrift and Consignment Shops: Candles, Candles and More Candles
Whether you’re making a spa basket, a host/hostess gift basket or a seasonal basket, candles are a great get at thrift and consignment shops. Jar candles are sooo expensive. One Yankee jar can set you back $35! Consignment and thriift stores usually sell these brand new and for a lot less. Add them to a basket with a loofah and some bubble bath. Or include them with some cocktail napkins and a set of chesses knives. At the holidays, create a basket with a candle, a homemade bread and perhaps some festive dessert plates. Everything, except that bread, can be found at thrift and consignment shops along with the candles.
See my previous blog: Consignment Shop Best Buys: The Rest for additional reading on that.
Puzzles and Games, New In The Box Are Readily Available
A lady at my church asked me to do a “Family Game Night” basket for the annual bazar raffle last year. I found two brand new puzzles at my own store and two new games at another local thrift spot. I added a deck of Uno Cards and a chess set from Amazon and I was done. You can often find new toys and games, for gift baskets at thrift and consignment stores. And you’ll discover things for kids of all ages.
Bar Paraphernalia Makes Great Gift Basket Items at Thrift and Consignment Shops
The wine gift basket is usually one of the most popular items at a silent auction, unless of course there’s a booze basket. LOL While you won’t be able to buy the iquor at thrift or consignment shops, you surely can score the rest. Wine glasses, bottle openers, coasters, cocktail shakers, shot glasses, you name it, they have it. It will definitely even out the cost of the alcohol.
Fill A Cook’s Basket At Thrift and Consignment
Maybe it’s a basket for a baker friend? Then you can buy rolling pins, cookie cutters and cake pans. If you’re pulling together a basket for a chef, then maybe you find a gently used enamel or cast iron pan and fill it with ingredients? King of the grill? Get some outdoor oven mits, a new-in-the-package meat thermometer and a great spatula. It’s easy to fill a cook’s basket with items from thrift and consignment.
Tea or Coffee Basket? Great Items At Thrift and Consignment
Bone china cupas and saucers. Mugs that are brand-spanking new. French presses. Tea bag holders. Espresso cups. These are all available at thrift and consignment and are a wonderful, inexpensive way to fill those gift baskets! It’s starting to seem like not such a bad idea after all. Right?
Insider Tip: The baskets for gift baskets are plentiful at thrift and consignments stores, like Consignments Ltd., as are cute linen napkins, tableclothes and placemats to use as decorative liners.
Have a lovely Sunday, my friends. Marianne
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