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The best gifts for women will enrich their lives by pampering them, making them feel sexy or assisting them in their daily lives. The list of the top 10 gifts for women fulfills one of those needs. 1) Spa Gift Certificate Women love to be pampered and the Los Angeles area has a bounty of day spas that offer everything from massages on the rooftop of a famous Beverly Hills Hotel to a natural outdoor hot springs and mud bath. Gift certificates can be used for everything from aromatic sea mineral body scrub to refreshing facials. Check out the top 10 day spas in the greater Los Angeles area. 2) Tennis Bracelet Tennis bracelets are a classic that enhance the wearer's beauty. They always make an excellent gift. Select from 8 different designs from $18 to $200. 3) Daytimer Organizer The Daytimer Organizer comes in many sizes and designs and buyers can custom create their own planner. Besides the basic calendar pages there are many add-on features such as a clear vinyl zip pouch, vinyl business card holder, hole-punched calculator/ruler, handy single-sheet paper punch and colorful blank-tabbed dividers for creating your own organizer sections. 4) Wine of the Month Club For the lover of great wine, select a 3, 6, 9 or 12-month membership. Each month a new bottle of wine will arrive in a luxurious gold presentation box. The recipient will explore the globe from France to Italy, Australia to California and the Pacific Northwest, the wine club features an exceptional mix of red, white, and sparkling wines from around the world. 5) PDA PDA's are a pocket essential to track your to do list, address book, important dates and handle lots of tasks such as calculator, calendar, e-mail, integrated MP3 player, phone book, presentations, spreadsheet and word processor. 20 selections are under $100. A hot model is the PalmOne Zire 21 which synchronizes with Outlook so you can use the stored tasks you already have. Play games and read an eBook with included software. Add-on software such an exercise log or shopping list manager. 6) MP3 Players Creative Labs has several MP3 players under $200 with internal hard drives that can store thousands of songs and several under $100 with flash memory that are great for taking along on workouts. The best bargain is the popular top rated $210 Creative Zen Touch 20GB MP3 Player with the "Touch Pad" control that navigates quickly and easily to specific artists, tracks, or playlists. It has many features including USB 2.0 connectivity for music transfer from a PC as quickly as a song per second. 7) Digital Camera There are many good digital camera models for under $100 this year. Unless you are a professional photographer you can produce great pictures from a camera that costs less than $100. To start narrowing your decision, compare megapixels and memory to see which camera meets your requirements. The higher the megapixels the better better the possible output. The higher the memory the larger the number of pictures that can be stored. 8) Personalized Necklace Fine Jewelry is always an excellent gift selection. Select from many choices from 10k gold to sterling silver necklaces personalized with name or initials. 9) Pedometer A Pedometer is a hot gift item since walking is the most popular exercise. Choose from many models that will count and track your steps walking, jogging or aerobic workouts. Find out your distance and calories burned. Some work while in a pocket and others need to be clipped onto waistband. 10) Flowers Gift Basket Flowers are a grand gift any time of year. Flowers brighten the face of the receiver and fill a room with color and fragrance. 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Share your own customer images Look inside this book How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business, 2nd (Paperback) by Shirley George Frazier (35 customer reviews) Availability: Available from these sellers . 7 used & new available from $7.95 Customers who bought this book also bought Start Your Own Gift Basket Service by Entrepreneur Press Start and Run a Gift Basket Business (Start & Run a) by Mardi Foster-Walker The Business of Gift Baskets : A Guide for Survival by Cynthia McKay Gift Baskets for All Seasons: 75 Fun and Easy Craft Projects by Elizabeth Jane Lloyd Marketing Your Gift Basket Business by Lonna Weidemann Gift Baskets: Making It Personal by Susan Larberg Explore Similar Items : in Books , in Magazine Subscriptions Editorial Reviews Book Description Shirley George Frazier, a successful home-based gift basket entrepreneur, shows readers how to cultivate their creativity and employ savvy marketing techniques to run a thriving gift basket business. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. From the Author Greetings, aspiring gift basket entrepreneurs! If you plan to build a successful business, this book provides you with the tools to start your enterprise on a firm foundation. You'll learn what it's like to be a designer, how to choose and store products, where to find customers, who's your competition, how to market for more sales, and learn the best shipping and delivery options for your baskets. Review the numerous charts and forms, read the profile of a successful designer, and look at gift basket design pictures. The appendix includes resources that would have taken you months to find, but it's all here. If you're ready to start, this book is your mentor. Best wishes to you! See all Editorial Reviews Product Details Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Globe Pequot; 2.00 edition (October 1, 2000) Language: English ISBN: 076270764X Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds. Average Customer Review: based on 35 reviews. ( Write a review. ) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #77,009 in Books (Publishers and authors: improve your sales ) Look Inside This Book Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover Citations ( learn more ) 5 books that cite this book: 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd Edition : Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started on the Road to Success (For Fun & Profit) by Priscilla Huffon page 80 Testing the Waters: A Teen's Guide to Career Exploration by Alice N. Culbreathon page 61 Careers for Nonconformists: A Practical Guide to Finding and Developing a Career Outside the Mainstream by Sandra Gurvison page 81 I'd Rather Be Working by Gayle Backstromin Back Matter The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money from Home, Revised 2nd Edition : Choosing the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have (Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide) by Liz Folgerin Back Matter Customers who viewed this book also viewed The Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions by Shirley George Frazier Gift Baskets: How to Build Baskets Filled with Fun (The Country Friends Collection) (Country Friends Collection) Gift Basket Review Explore Similar Items : in Books , in Magazine Subscriptions Customer Reviews Average Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: Best "How to" book for starting a gift-basket business , July 1, 2004 Reviewer: Roxanne Ocampo (Tracy, California) - See all my reviews I purchased the third edition of this book and it is everything it promised to be! I purchased several other "how to" start a gift-basket business books and this is by far the most comprehensive instruction book. Frazier assumes her readership base is educated and has considered all of the common sense factors regarding the start-up phase of a gift basket business. The appendix lists several valuable sources such as trade shows, magazines, and wholesale product suppliers. I also read Prentice Hall's "Start Your Own Gift Basket Business" . . . this was a complete waste of money. Best bet is Frazier's book along with her "Gift Basket Design Book". -Roxanne Ocampo Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: Good Business Information , April 8, 2004 Reviewer: "private_storm" (Aldie, VA USA) - See all my reviews Anyone will tell you that starting a business is a lot of preparation before getting into the acutal running of the company. This book focuses on that important fact. Any business that deals with a product to a customer should have insurance. Some people may choose this business because they think that it is inexpensive and easy to sell your product, and yes it can be that if you work hard at it but the business information presented in this book is what will help save you from yourself and lack of knowledge about running a business. While it may seem improbable that someone could sue you for food poisoning because a product you sold them made them sick, it becomes very real when you are about to lose your house and all your possessions because you were not insured. Small business insurance is probably the most important thing that someone should have if they are a sole propiertorship. This may not be good news to someone who is looking to start a business on a limited budget but it a necessity. I was impressed with all the business information that was included in this book because a lot of home based business books skip over that section and instead focus on the product. If you have the idea than you already have the product, the rest is implementation. Get this book if you have ideas but not aware of how to run a business. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Awesome Book , March 11, 2004 Reviewer: A reader This book is really great! It is such an easy read and it really takes you step by step on how to start in this business. I began reading it not to long ago, and I can't wait to start my business. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Absolutely Fabulous - a MUST HAVE! , February 12, 2004 Reviewer: Sara Wilson (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews This book is by far the best handbook written about running a gift basket business. I've owned a gift basket business for one year and was looking for new marketing ideas, so I purchased several gift basket business books from Amazon. This book stood out from the rest because it includes TONS of marketing ideas and tells you who to contact at various types of businesses/potential markets. I am really impressed! The ideas in this book really work and have encouraged me to get even more organized and focused in my marketing. If you are interested in learning more about my gift basket company, go to www.BasketAct.com. I strongly suggest this book for any and all gift basket makers, whether they've been in the business for years or are just starting out. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Great for beginners in starting a Gift Basket BUSINESS , January 23, 2004 Reviewer: "rockstars_girlfriend" (OZ) - See all my reviews For people looking to set up a gift basket business structure and solid business foundation, then this is the book for you. The book gives you ideas and a methodology to follow to start and set up your own gift basket business. This book is great because it details things to check out to protect yourself legally such as health food regulations and permits that you may require. I would have never thought of these things myself since all i focus on is creating my gift baskets Many people are very passionate about the creative side of gift baskets, however it is the business side that gets your great gift baskets to the customers hands and this book tells you how to do it. It does go through the basics of putting together a gift basket with black and white hand drawn pictures. It may be disappointing to people looking how to create unusual gift baskets or ideas for new gift baskets - but as it states on the title "gift basket BUSINESS". Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: I was dissapointed... , January 5, 2004 Reviewer: A reader I was really excited to get this book; but I found that it was really not for beginners. She talks about getting attorneys accountants employees, etc, etc, while skipping the part of how you actually get up to the point where you can actually afford to do that. I found the information very generalized, and somewhat ellusive. I got this book, because I wanted to know how to start a gift-basket business. Yet the information seemed to skirt around the topic rather than addressing it head on. This book seems best suited to someone who has ran a business before, has a degree in business, or has abundant financial resources to tap in on. I was not impressed with it. 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Buying Birthday Presents ABC Home Radio Television News …More Subjects Email this page Print-friendly This week's Treasure Past Treasures About Treasure Hunt Buying Birthday Presents Some thoughts onBUYING BIRTHDAY PRESENTS Gidday! You know theres a funny thing about the Carter Clanmost of us have birthdays around the same time. While thats great cause it means we get to do a lot of celebrating it can also be a bit hard on the old hip pocket nerve when it comes to buying all those presents! So, in an attempt to economise this year, I set myself a challenge: to buy five gifts for five members of my family for fifty dollars each or lesssomething for my grandson, my wife, my daughter, my mother and my father. Fortunately, our whole family is mad keen on anything to do with antiques so that solved the problem of where to find all of this gearit was just a quick trip up the road to our local Antiques Centre. Now fifty dollars is not a lot of dough but youd be surprised at what you can do with it if you look hard and you think a little bit sideways When I go shopping at big antique centres the first thing I do is walk every isle looking for likely suspectsthen I do it all again to see if theres anything Ive missed and there always is. Next, I pick out the stuff I want, examine it carefully and then think about it some more before making a final decision. Well, the day I went present shopping was a little bit different because it didnt take me long before I found something really excitinga nice piece of Latticino Glass. It could have been the perfect present for my wife, June, because its just the kind of thing she collects. After carefully examining the piece I found it was in great condition with the only real blemish being a barely noticeable flaw on the surface. If money were no object I would have bought it there and then. But, at $280.00 it was well over my budget! The next thing I found or to be more truthful it found mewhen I fell over itwas this good little retro set. Anodised aluminium cup sets from the 1950s are becoming really popular with collectors these days. At $20.00 this set was a real bargain and would have looked good in my daughter Christines kitchen. I say would have looked good cause Christines the odd one out in our familyher birthday doesnt happen for another six months so shell have to wait. Life can be cruel sometimes! The day was moving on and I still hadnt found something suitable for my wife June that would be within budget. Well, after a bit of snooping around some dusty old shelves I finally found something really interesting tucked away in a dark corner. It was a nice piece of Murano Glass. Fortunately June collects this stuff as well. Im not surprised really as its a style of glass fast becoming popular as a collectible. Entry-level pieces can cost you as little as $20.00 to $25.00 though pieces from the 1930s can command higher prices due to their rarity. The piece I found was circa 1950 and the asking price was $55.00. Now that was about the right market price but, after a little bit of negotiating with the dealer, I was able to buy it for $50.00right on budget. Now if you fossick around a bit in antique centres youre liable to find some very odd things. When I was rummaging through a box of second-hand books and magazines, I came across an illustrated childrens storybook from the 1930s. The thing that caught my attention was that it was full of stories about dogs, so I said to myself that this would be a great present for my grandson. Now that might seem a strange gift to buy for a little boy but what you dont know is our family is awash with dogs, weve got loads of em, so I reckon hell eat that book upthat is when granddads finished with it! There are things you can stumble across in antiques centres that youre never going to find in your average department store. While I was pulling stuff out of a box of odds and sods looking for that elusive bit of treasure I came across a set of novelty coffee mugs, each filled with what appears to be a naked lady! Wouldnt get much coffee in them thoughbut then who would care! Absolute kitsch, but at $19.00 for the three they were almost worth buying just for the fun of it. Now, when I go off to buy presents for my daughter Julie I sometimes like to play a little joke on herI buy the worst thing I can possibly find knowing that shell hate it, but that she wont be able to do anything about it because its a present from her Dad, so shell have to keep it forever. Now Julies mad keen on collecting anything to do with shellsher house is crammed full of em. So, I thought Id find her something that would compliment her collectionand I found it. Its a paperweight cum desk/kitchen ornament, probably made around the late 1940s or early 50s. I think itll look great in her dining room next to her giant clamshell! Now my Mum is an interesting ladyshes in her mid eighties, got white hair, looks like butter wouldnt melt in her mouth, smiles all the time, everybodys favourite grandmother type, but she does have a little vice: she loves a drop of the hard stuff! Now last year I bought her a very nice whisky tumbler. This year I wanted to buy her something that would compliment it. After scouting around a couple of the glassware cabinets, I found just the thing, a nice cut glass water jug. Made in England around 1890, its good quality gear with a deep cut pattern and, surprisingly, in very good condition for its age. It came in at $48.00 so was well within budget. Strangely enough, my Dad turned out to be the most difficult person of all to buy something for, and thats because hes got everything he could possibly want or need, so I made the decision to buy him something I think he might just enjoy. During the Second World War he was in the Royal Engineers and hes collects military badges and medals from that period. Fortunately our local antiques centre has a comprehensive collection of militaria so I certainly wasnt lost for choice. In fact the selection of gear on offer was enormous ranging from World War One Trench Art to modern day memorabilia. After a bit of fossicking I finally settled on a Royal Engineers badge from the First World War. It will fit perfectly with the rest of dads collection and at $28.00, a real bargain. Dad also loves military music so, as well as the badge, I decided to buy him an LP of military music. Now this was just on $4 so the total expenditure on Dad only came to $32.00, and Mum reckons, thats just how it should be! So there you have it, with a little bit of patience and a keen eye, I was able to get all five of them sorted out, no bother at all. The best part about it was the bill only came to $215 .00 which was well under the $250.00 Id originally planned on spending. So, if youre on a budget or in a hurry, large antique centres are a godsend. I reckon any body should be able to find something if they look hard enough. And speaking of looking hard enoughyou know, with that $35 left over I might just go back and buy those naughty mugs! Its a funny old world Bye for now, Alan. © 2005 ABC | Privacy Policy There is a thriving market for vintage Hornby and Hornby-Dublo model trains throughout the world. In Australia, a useful starting point is the Hornby Railway Collectors Association, which caters for collectos of both Hornby 0 gauge and Hornby Dublo trains. 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