- Keep the back as neat as the front. Add in tissue paper, napkins and flowers to hide mechanics or just to enhance the basket.
- Keep your design looking neat by trimming excess shredded paper hanging over the sides.
- When placing products in your design, make sure all labels are facing forward, and right side up.
- Start your design by placing your larger products in the back of your container first (to build height), and then your smaller items in front sloping downward.
- To build extra height in your design secure one or two pieces of floral foam [oasis] in your base. Cover the foam with shredded paper.
- To keep products in place use glue dots, tape (3m scotch tape, or double sided tape) or glue guns.
- Use a cool melt glue gun to avoid serious burns to yourself and/or damage to your products.
- When using tape or glue make sure not to cover any vital information such as the ingredients list and the nutritional analysis.
- When using a glue gun make sure to remove the 'spider webs' to keep the design neat.
- To stabilize products that droop or fall over, attach a piece of cardboard to the back of the product
- Placing a mug on top of the box it was packaged in will give your design height, and a higher perceived value. Secure the mug base with tape or cool melt glue. Neither the tape nor the cool melt glue damages the mug.
- Scared of placing wine glasses in your design? Don't be! Criss cross the stems of the wine glasses. Use a piece of curling ribbon to secure the stems with a knot. Bring the ribbon around the stems, criss cross the ribbon, bring to the back, tie another knot. The glasses are ready to tie to the neck of the bottle.
Enhancements
- To enhance wine glasses fill the glasses with sparking shred. If you are displaying the glasses upside down, the shred is held in by using one strip of clear tape across the opening of the glass. When filling the glasses with truffles, use two pieces of tape in an 'x' pattern.
- Mix in a small amount of gossamer grass with your regular shred to add sparkle and shine.
- To add a richness to your shred top it with strands of mylar shred.
- Enhance hotel amenity baskets with brochures on surrounding attractions. These are available free from your local tourism or chamber office.
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