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A personal twist on corporate gift baskets of chocolate, alcohol or body products that gives a false impression of personalization.

A rich chestnut brown basket is adorned with grapevines and daisies. The bottom is lined with green and pink tissue paper with hints of good and red as well as white paper filling to protect the items inside. A ceramic collection jar for shoe shopping filled with chocolate toonies is used as the centerpiece. Surrounding it are rubber balls of various sizes and forms including 6 hand-painted ones made from Styrofoam, and 1 flour-filled stress ball named after a friend. Towards the outer edge, a shoe-aholic card in a theme-fitting green envelope is accented by 2 Bathroom Readers, 1 Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, and 4 packs of Spongebob Squarepants kleenex. No basket is complete, however, without a box of Laura Second's fine assorted chocolates. Such a wild mix of items called for a storybook cataloging the gifts presented in a Nemo picture album. Finally, it is finished with a giant sunflower and a golden bow.