News, tea room happenings, and behind-the-scenes moments from Basketique and Over the Second Cup Tea Room.
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New Mom Gift Basket: Standout Picks And Easy Wins
A new mom gift basket should focus on her, not just the baby. Basketique shares standout comfort picks, the best timing to send one, and assumptions to avoid.
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Food Gift Baskets People Actually Love
Food gift baskets people actually love pair real ingredients thoughtfully. Basketique covers dietary considerations, themes, and fresh vs shelf-stable picks.
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Luxury Gift Baskets: A Shopper’s Guide
Luxury gift baskets should earn the label through real quality, not just price. Basketique’s shopper’s guide covers red flags and where to find real value.
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Baby Gift Baskets Worth Trying This Year
Baby gift baskets worth trying this year focus on safe, practical items like blankets, clothing, and books. Basketique shares themes, pricing, and timing tips.
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Gift Guide: How To Pick The Perfect One
How to pick the perfect gift basket: match the occasion and person, set a realistic budget, then vet the retailer. Basketique shares the full framework here.
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The Best Gift Ideas For Women You Can Send Today
The best gift ideas for women go beyond generic spa and beauty defaults. Basketique shares gift basket themes matched to her real interests and lifestyle, too.
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Get Well Tea Gift Baskets: A Complete Buying Guide
Basketique’s complete buying guide to get well tea gift baskets covers what to include, what to avoid, ideal timing, and gentle words for a get well card today.
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Gourmet Tea Gift Baskets: Our Top Picks
Basketique rounds up our top picks for gourmet tea gift baskets, covering what makes one truly gourmet, price ranges by style, and how to personalize yours.
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Sympathy Tea Gift Baskets For Every Tea Lover
A sympathy tea gift basket offers quiet comfort during grief. Basketique shares what to include, when to send it, and gentle words to write on the card today.
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Luxury Tea Gift Baskets: How To Choose The Right One
Choosing a luxury tea gift basket means checking what’s really inside. Basketique breaks down what luxury means, red flags to watch, and where to find value.
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Tea Gift Baskets Worth Sipping On
Tea gift baskets worth sipping on pair real tea with thoughtful extras. Basketique breaks down what to look for, price ranges, and best occasions to send one.
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Our Babies Make the Best “Mud Pies”
Mud Pie, which is a classic brand at Basketique, has adorable children’s clothes. They are perfect for the newborn and go through size 2T-3T. “Get set for spring with all the trimmings: girly girl ruffles & frills, outfits for little men that are all boy, spunky accessories & gifts for all!” (Mud Pie Catalog 2012).…
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A Gathering of Friends
It’s always special when time permits and friends can reconnect. More often than not, the busyness of today’s world makes that difficult. The tea room at “Over the Second Cup” lends an inviting venue for friendship. It’s twofold, as the offering of great food and English tea contribute to socializing and endearment. Most of the…
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The Color Purple
Glynda Rich, a southern lady of the finest kind, graces us at the shoppe with her presence from time to time. Glynda loves our lavender Crabtree & Evelyn products and has come dressed appropriately in her lavish, lovely, lavender sweater! She definitely notices “the color purple”. It has been said of the movie of the…
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Be My Valentine
Roses are RedViolets are BlueForget the Flowersand Buy Something New…For Your Valentine Sweetheart! Give your Valentine the skincare benefits of our Crabtree and Evelyn products. There are many wonderful scents in this luxurious line of botanical body care to indulge your sweetheart! Of course, you can never go wrong with chocolate either. Lindor truffles, dark…
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To Market, To Market!
Pat with new treasures from the Dallas Mart To Market, to Market to buy something bigHome again, home again jiggedy jig! The Dallas Market was incredibly busy with buyers intent on discovering the great find. Pat was no less motivated as she tackled the masses (almost literally!) to find her prize. She succeeded in obtaining…