Easter baskets aren’t just for kids, you know. Grownups can enjoy a visit from old Peter Cottontail as well. “What!?” you say. “The last thing I need to do is sabotage my good eating habits and weight loss goals by munching down on marshmallow chicks and chocolate bunnies.” “Rest easy,” we reply. “This Easter basket is Pick Up Sticks Jewelry style.”
Easter Baskets for Grownups!
Easter Baskets for Grownups are a growing trend and a fun DIY gift for a friend, mom, sis, a grownup daughter…anyone who has said goodbye to jellybeans and trips to the local mall to sit on Peter Rabbit’s giant furry lap.
Ideas in Bloom
When creating an Easter basket for a grownup, first pick a theme, next personalize the basket with useful relevant items, and finally match your theme to Pick Up Sticks Jewelry charms! For our example, we will explore creating an Easter basket for an avid gardener, or anyone in your life who has a green thumb, and then we’ll follow up with a few additional theme ideas with matching jewelry charms.
Easter Basket for a Gardener: Step-by-Step
The image in Step 1 describes how to get things rolling. You’ll need an “anchor piece” that matches your theme and will determine your color scheme.
This vase was a lucky find at Goodwill and sets the color scheme of blue, white, gold, and just a touch of green. Keep your eyes open when looking for an anchor, as you never know where one might turn up!
Gather Items for the Basket
Next, gather items to support your theme, as seen in Step 2. Since most gardeners prefer plants over cut flowers, the anchor vase has been filled with pretty plants that match our color scheme (Jasmine and African Violet). We’ve added gardening gloves and useful tools to the mix, since these items wear quickly and are deeply appreciated when gardening. Encourage leisure time by adding a book and favorite a beverage.
The basket is topped off with a lovely candle featuring pressed flowers, and Pick Up Sticks Jewelry charms are nestled within the goodies. Featured here is our “Garden Girl” charm along with other Spring and nature-themed jewelry charms.
Putting It All Together
Step 3 shows the finished product. Where baskets for kids might use Easter grass as padding to lift items higher in the basket, opt for useful fillers instead. In this basket we used Spring-themed kitchen towels to lift the elements and to create some color and interest over the edge of the basket.
The result? A surprise gift sure to be cherished and remembered. And, yes, we did slip a few chocolate eggs in among the goodies. It is a holiday, after all, and we wouldn’t want to offend our cotton-tailed friend. 🙂
As Promised, Other Theme Ideas
Zen Basket
Is there someone in your life who could use some extra TLC, or who’s stressed and needs a break from the rat race? Then your basket could feature self-care and relaxation items. Gather an aromatherapy candle, scented soaps or bubble bath, a book of meditations or poems, and an assortment of herbal tea. Arrange the items around a lovely and tranquil orchid plant. Include Pick Up Sticks jewelry charms that feature a calming message, for instance “Let It Go,” “Namaste,” or “Breathe.”
Basket for Your Bestie
Looking to bring a smile to the face of your BFF (best friend forever) or BSF (best sis forever)? A great anchor item would be a framed photo of the two of you, hopefully a shot that brings laughter and great memories (you know you have plenty). Add beauty products like fruity face masks and lotions, Spring-colored nail polish, and a bottle of wine to share while you primp and dish. Pick Up Sticks charms “Girly Girls,” “Flaunt It,” “Fabulous,” and “Queen Sister” or “Best Friend Queen” are a perfect addition to this fun basket.
A Surprise Basket for Mom!
Time to thank mom for the many years she made Easter baskets for you! Select Pick Up Sticks charms that say how you feel and how much she means to you: “You and Me, Mom” “Mother Daughter,” and “Mother Friend” are a few great examples. Next, build her basket with items that speak to her interests. Maybe she is an awesome cook. So, an unusual or celebrity cookbook could be included along with colorful cooking utensils, a pretty flowered dish towel or oven mitts, and potted herbs. Perhaps she loves to knit. If so, you could include yarn in pastel colors, knitting needles, a magazine or two showing inventive patterns and trends, and a bright pot of tulips.
Or…Just K-I-S-S (Keep It Simple, Sista)
Don’t have the time or the inclination to build a basket? Go the simple route and leave it to us. A single “Honey Bunny,” “Songbird,” or any of our Spring charms gift-wrapped in our fancy organza pouch and embellished pillow box makes a super gift. Tell us what you want to say, and we’ll enclose a custom notecard and ship it right to your lucky recipient’s door.* Even the Easter Bunny can’t top that!
* Just choose the Gift Wrap option, specify your note, and your friend’s shipping address at checkout, and we’ll do the rest.
