A tisket, a tasket, good things come in baskets, including... We & The Bean prints! My newest wholesale partnership is with Shannon Krecic, the brilliant mind behind The Gifted Basket (www.thegiftedbasketcleveland.com). She designs these incredible gift baskets, each filled with custom-selected items, artfully hand-wrapped, and personally delivered (limited areas) or shipped to the lucky recipient.

These baskets are perfect for so many occasions:

Thank a client for their business, congratulate a coworker on their promotion or retirement, or give a special welcome to that new employee.

Send a unique arrangement for a wedding, anniversary, or shower, welcome someone new to the neighborhood, wish someone a happy birthday or get well soon, celebrate the birth of a new baby, or give someone a really special Easter, Mother's Day or Father's day surprise.

Here's the warm and fuzzy part of this kind of local business support. Each time someone orders one of Shannon's baskets, her family benefits (she's a stay-at-home mom too!), as does my family, as do a number of other local, small business owners around the Cleveland area. In addition, her arrangements are far from generic, consist of most if not all reusable materials, and really send a genuine message of care, gratitude, welcoming or celebration. Can you say that about those other cookie-cutter gift basket companies? No sir.

Check out her website and facebook page (www.facebook.com/thegiftedbasket) for more information.

Hooray for small business! Hooray for handmade!