farewell gifts for departing employees

Employee Farewell Gift Ideas

Goodbyes are never easy, especially when it comes to saying farewell to valued members of your team. Whether they’re leaving to pursue new opportunities, retiring, or relocating, it’s important to show departing employees that they will be missed and that their contributions to the company will be remembered. One way to do this is by …

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I love you

22 Ways to Say “I Love You” Without Words

Boredom can destroy any relationship.  Even the daily repetition of the words “I Love You” can just become words if not accompanied by actions. You’ve heard the phrase “Actions speak louder than words”.  That is particularly true in a relationship. It’s the simple little things that shout “I Love You” louder than words. Ron and …

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Today is a New Beginning for the Rest of Your Life

Today is the Beginning of the Rest of Your Life

January 1, 2023 Today is the beginning of the rest of your life— both personal and in business. This reminds me of another day almost 62 years ago — March 3, 1961.  I walked out of the National US Census Office for the last time.  As I looked around me at the snow on the …

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Quick Meals for the Busy Entrepreneur

Quick Meals for the Busy Entrepreneur

The holiday season is the most profitable time of the year but, alas, it is also the most tiring.  Families still expect to eat and we need nourishment as well after spending hours creating, delivering and shipping our designs. So what is one to do when the clock is nearing the mealtime hour, our family …

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how to shrinkwrap a gift basket

How to Shrinkwrap a Gift Basket

There are several different ways to finish off a gift basket.  You can wrap it in cello.  You can wrap it in tulle.  You can even leave it unwrapped.  Or you can wrap it in shrink wrap. It’s not difficult to shrink wrap a basket but there are techniques and tips that will make this …

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Creating the Magic

Creating the Magic

The fourth quarter, with all its many holidays, seems to arrive earlier each year. Almost before the “back to school” products are off the shelves, the Christmas products begin to appear.  The trick-or-treaters are still picking out their costumes to come knocking on my door while the leaves begin to fall when my local newspaper starts carrying a huge ad with a countdown to the …

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Celebrating 81 Years of Learning and Growing 42

Celebrating 81 Years of Learning and Growing

For those who only know me as “Creative Gifts” or “Gift Basket Network,”  my name is Joyce Reid and I live in Flagstaff, Arizona (not the desert part of the state but in the mountains at 7000 feet with pine trees and winter snow.)   Eighty one years ago today, my mother gave birth to me …

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