Shopping at Shinoda Design Center

When making a gift basket or centerpiece for any holiday, theme, or special occasion, decorative enhancements play an important roll in pulling the look together and giving it that extra touch of sparkle, elegance and festivity.

Shinoda Design Center is one of my favorite places to shop in San Diego. It is only for wholesale accounts like gift basket companies, florists, centerpiece designers, etc. The displays at the end of each isle, that go from floor to ceiling, are each different themes and color schemes, and each is a masterpiece and absolutely breathtaking! I feel like I could spend days inside and not see everything.

Pine cones, pine sprigs, elegant gold reindeer, nutcracker soldiers and jewel toned ornaments are just a few things that can be used for Holiday & Christmas gift baskets. Beautiful red, burgundy, gold and hunter green ribbons ribbons with holiday designs are my favorites, along with less traditional color combinations like red and lime green. I like mixing different textures and styles of ribbon, like printed ribbon, solid color ribbon, gold ribbon and mesh ribbon to get that knock-your-socks-off bow!

Sometimes a gift looks better with a non-bow enhancement. That could be a beautiful floral or fruit pick, a reindeer coming up out of the top, or a jewel toned mask with feathers for a Mardi Gras theme.

Well, these are just a few tips on decorative enhancements. Hope you find them helpful.  Have a sparkly and spectacular holiday season!

I also love the Holiday decorations, music and wonderful aromas. All the little details that make the season special. Are you hosting a Thanksgiving dinner or helping someone who is? When you purchase Holiday decorations and designer candles to decorate your home, it can be expensive. There are creative ways to add flare, fragrance and Holiday atmosphere very inexpensively.

Take some wine goblets (different sizes and heights add to the charm) and turn them upside down on the table. Put mini pumpkins (found in most grocery stores), or pine cones underneath the glass. Put  cinnamon, apple gingerbread or pumkin scented candles on the top (underside of the glass).  You can also add a little twist of pine or lightly glue a few fall leaves to the stem if you like.

For cinnamon candles you can purchase cinnamon sticks and glue them around votive candles and then tie a little ribbon around the middle and tie a little bow. A pumkin that is hollowed out from the top makes a creative flower vase.   Colorful ears of corn, gourds, and squash can be placed around a medium sized pumpkin for a festive Thanksgiving centerpiece.

If you are going to someone’s home for dinner or a Holiday party, don’t forget to bring a little host or hostess gift with you. If you have been invited to a party and can not attend, it is a nice gesture, especially if it is a person who is a good friend or client,  to send a little gift saying you wish you could have been there.

We are here to help you with all of your Holiday gift needs. No request is too big or too small. You can visit us at www.thebesttoyou.com or feel free to call us at 858-578-2740.