It seems that back in the 1990s, it was so much easier to discover new ways to design gift baskets.
This was due to three places that all of us could count on for help:
1. Trade shows that consistently offered gift basket seminars twice yearly (most of today’s shows no longer feature these seminars).
2. Trade magazines frequently featuring gift basket articles and photographs (today this information is rarely printed).
3. Gift baskets available at competitive retail shops (many of the stores no longer exist).
My private library contains gift basket magazines and articles that date back to 1990, starting with Gift Basket Review, Volume 1, No. 1.
I also own all of the By Design Magazine issues published throughout the late 1990s into the early 2000s, and several well-known trade magazines that featured design ideas and statistical information.
Looking through these magazines, I still see gift basket designs on the pages that put a smile on my face because the design techniques are still valid today.
If you don’t have back issues of the magazines I’ve mentioned or photographs taken at past gift basket trade shows, where’s the one place you can still count on to expand your design ideas?
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