Blessings to all this day of thanks for this day helps me remember how I got were I am and to take from something my daughter said, if is wasn't for the bad times how would you know what the good times look like!
God is great and he has made sure I know the good from the bad. 

Hanukkah is here and Christmas is close by just 26 days left!!!!
This is the time I get into Christmas the day of or after Thaksgiving. I'll start decorating and baking ( as soon as I get into my new place). My grandkids Isabelle and Killian are even more important now I want them to enjoy the season with the knowledge that this is a birthday celebration for Christ, not just a day to receive but a day for blessing others with giving.
We have fun and enjoy the kids wide eyed wounder! 
I enjoy my new business and have given a few gifts already with rave reviews from the receiver!!
Would you like to join in the feeling of giving something special to someone and getting a great big thank you for a gift that is unique and different?
Well you can by going to my La Bella Baskets site at: www.mimis.labellabaskets.com and get amazing and unique gifts to you and  yours. 
Pictured below are just a few of the  gifts you could be bestowing on your friends and co-workers!!
Click on the picture and it will take you to my store!

All photos will take you to my store if you click on them.
This is just a seek peek of what I have to offer, over 500 items, for any occasion and holiday. Special gifts for the office party and for the new home owner too!!!
Hope to see you visit my store and find something different to give this year!!
Love, Merry Christmas
Always Martha
www.mimis.labellabaskets.com

Well good morning all! I am now in Myrtle Beach, looking for a job to hold me over until I can provide for my family with my La Bella Baskets business. Yes I will be able to do that in a year or so!!! For now bills need to get paid and finding a place to live in the short term is the next hurtle. Then I can get into a routine and really get going, can't wait!!
 I might have told you about my business, but here I go again. I own a La Bella Baskets Business, this is a great investment in my future. I sell all my products on line and get to meet people off line (in person) too. I help anyone find just the right gift  for their loved ones, friends and colleagues too. There is over 500 gifts to choose from: hundreds of gift baskets, fresh flowers, scented Lid Lite soy candles, and yummy cookie bouquets!! All made here in the USA!! Some of my favorite are the wine baskets and the college care packages for our hard working college students.
We have memberships too: you can join as a consultant and start your own business for just $24.95 a month. Now know what you are thinking, why should I have to pay in every month? If you started your own business in your town you would have overhead cost, right? Well this is the same thing, except you know up front what the coast is. No buildings to rent no products to buy. And you know how that can change?  
I do most of my advertising on line for free and for right now my coast is just that $24.95 each month. This monthly fee is for our I T people to keep up our web sited and training sites. Yes we offer a lot of training, at your own pace. Once you become a consultant you get access to your training and you can learn at your own pace.
We also get 20% off of our own purchases!

The other memberships are the candle of the month club, just $24.95 a month and you receive a candle that will fit that month. Then there is the LBB (La Bella Baskets) savers club, that is a cost of $9.95 for the year and you get 20% off anything in the store for a whole year!!! I personally love this for my customers, and they love it too!

You can click on any one of these photos and it will take you to an appropriate place on my store to see more.

Here are just a few of the unique and beautiful and amazing items I ahave to offer!!!
Any occasion for any reason I can help you with ALL your gifting need from what I have to offer on the web store!!!

We have a Company Call every Tuesday night at 9PM EST. This call is hosted by Mia one of our founders. She will give you some more information on the company. This is also how we get some of our training and inspiration!! Please feel free to join any Tuesday night!

We offer a give away too!!
once a month a free basket is given out to someone from our raffle. All you need to do is go to the top of this page and click on "more" there is a drop down that tells about the giveaway.

Weather you are interested in owning your own business so you can be around for the kids or family more. Or just need a great and unique gift for the holidays or special occasion. Come visit my store and see what I can do for you!!
Always Martha (Mimi)
www.mimis.labellabaskets.com

So many things going through my head right now. Too many to mention, but the most important one it I am moving back to my home in Myrtle Beach. TOMORROW!!!!
Yes you heard right. That means please forgive me for not updating my blog for the next week. 
I will have more opportunities to explore with my La Bella Baskets business down there and will be able to catch up with all my friends I have missed so much in the past 4 years. 
Now don't get me wrong, taking care of my grandchildren was the most important and special thing ever! My heart already breaks for them and for me missing their smiles and there "Mimi, Mimi look look" in the morning and "sing me a nite nite song Mimi".  So much emotion going on in this house. 
With all that is going on  I do not want you to think for a minute I would forget to add some business into this blog! LOL

ll three pictures have a link attached to get you right to my store.
E-Cards are a great way to get a co-worker or someone a gift but not quite sure what to get. They can spend it at my store anyway they want.

Christmas gifts, well there is a lot of them this year in the store. Come check them all out! Amazing and unique ways to give a special gift and bring in the brightest smile ever!!

Hanukkah, well we have three out of those seven night of gifing.  Ideas for the hard to please and not so hard to please all will love these great ideas. Please check out all the other gifts and amazing scented holiday candles as well. The holidays this year for sure will be warm and merry and bright for all!!!

Until I get back to a computer, this is me saying have a safe and great Halloween tonight, and may your season of gifting always be bright!!!
Martha
www.mimis.labellbaskets.com

So many people around this time of year start saying happy holidays. Well for this time of year through Thanksgiving that is great for me to say, because I am encompassing all holidays for now through New Years!
I am a Christian and very proud to be apart of the family of Christ, Jesus in my lord and savior! 
So for Christmas I will always say Merry Christmas, no happy holidays for this gal. This country was founded on Christian believes and I for one are very proud to be an American too!!!

Now enough political talk. I have a dilemma, I want you to enjoy all my store has to offer for the holidays and there is a lot to see for sure. Yet I am not sure I like seeing Christmas stuff in the stores before Thanksgiving. Shouldn't all the holidays have there own time to be in the spot light?

I understand that getting ideas and planning for what you might want to get that special someone, or the best friend is important too. 
My plan is for the next few weeks I will be posting for all the holidays more so for the Fall season. As Thanksgiving aproaches I will start post mostly on Christmas. This way you will get to see what I am offering, and go to my store: www.mimis.labellabaskets.com and see all. 

So here is sneak preview for Christmas gifting!

More on my fall baskets!

Happy Halloween to all and may the rest of this holiday season be blessed for you and your's!
Always Smiling Martha



Survey question
How many of you say?


Merry Christmas 
or
Happy Holidays

Well here we are almost midway through October. So much going on like, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Of which I am donating 5% back to research. Sweetest day, bosses day, Halloween, oh and I can't forget Clergy Appreciation Moth too! 
I have so many great gift ideas in my store for all these worthy holidays, small or large. To someone they are important. 

Remembering we have over 500 + gifts now, from candles, cookie bouquets, amazing gift baskets and fresh cut flowers. For every occasion, event, and holiday!!

Thank You!
 To our pastor who works so hard every day, and see open for all to see. Nothing goes by most people when it comes to their pastor. So he or she really does need a month for his parishioner to honor him. Let them know who much you need them, how loved he or she is, their families need that too they can also sacrifice a lot.

Send a smile and encouragement!
How many of us know of someone battling cancer, I wouldn't hesitate to guess most of us! All cancer is horrific, breast cancer just as much so. Women all over need to know we care and support them. We also support those who have lost loved ones to this disease.
Here are our THINK PINK products, yet any of our gifts would bring a smile to someone hurting or sick. Wouldn't that be nice to do for someone you love?

Bosses Day October 16th.
Most of us have a boss, or had a boss one down the line some were that we really liked. Let them know they are appreciated too. 
How many people (bosses) you know who doesn't like chocolate!!! Great baskets of chocolate! They are now back in the store. Why did they leave you say? Well in the hotter months they then to melt in shipping, so we only sell them in the cooler months.

Sweetest Day October 19th.
How about that sweet heart you have, hope you do something nice for them too!!
Anytime is good to show your significant other how you feel, and Sweetest Day is one of those days!
Besides flowers, and candy, how about a great SPA basket? Nice way to say relax a little and I'll cook dinner tonight!!! What do you think?

Oh a wine basket wouldn't hurt either!!!!

May all your Autumn holidays be colorful and tasty, and may you have the best the season can bring!
ALways Martha (Mimi) 

I attended a beautiful Divinity Graduation just a few short years ago and it was so inspiring! This is a photo of the Chapel the graduation took place. Duke University Chapel in Durham. NC.

Clergy Appreciation Month is a special time that congregations set aside each year to honor their pastors and pastoral families for the hard work, sacrificial dedication and multiple blessings provided by these special people. It is typically scheduled in October, but can be held at any time that is convenient for the church and the community. It is also important to remember that appreciation, affirmation and prayer support of our spiritual leaders is appropriate throughout the entire year.
There is an appreciation day, that day is this coming Sunday the 13th of October.
While some of us are tiring to come up with some unique gift ideas, I have some that just might work. You can get something from just you or you can get the whole congregation to pitch in and get one great big basket and split the price. 
Here area a few of the Thank You Baskets we offer that would be unique and very special. We all know how a different and unexpected gift brings the biggest smiles!

Each gift has a link to my site to purchase it.

I believe that the concept of clergy appreciation started with the Apostle Paul as he was establishing the first Christian churches. In 1 Timothy

“The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching”  (1 Timothy 5:17).

Focus on the Family named and began emphasizing Clergy Appreciation Month in 1994, reminding congregations that it was biblical and proper to honor their pastoral staffs and pastoral families.
This goal is that every pastor (including staff ministers) and his or her family would feel appreciated by those they serve!

Clergy to me means; anyone ordained who leads us in our religious believes.
 Well that includes a lot of different religions. So here is a basket that can be used for almost any religion, it is one of our Kosher baskets, amazing items and so beautifully designed too.
 
Please share a little about you most influential pastor in your life. I would love to hear these stories!!! Leave your stories in the comments, I will be sure to read each one!!!

Last but not least one of my favorites for a great person, job well done , or thank you is the "You're a Shinning Start Basket" just  $44.99 

Have a blessed day and month and may all your clergy have a great month too. Praying for all our clergy in our great nation this month, please join me!!
Always Martha
www.mimis.labellabaskets.com

***Pink Breast Cancer Ribbon" by scottchan


National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

More than 25 years ago NBCAM started promoting awareness and education on breast cancer treatment, prevention and detection. They remain dedicated to educating and empowering women to take charge of their own breast health.

Think Pink, Pinktober, save the ta-tas, just three of the many slogans you see throughout October to raises awareness.

Of course, you see a lot of support for this mighty cause, pink shoes on most of the NFL teams during this month, NASCAR,  American Cancer Society,  people selling everything pink, even La Bella Baskets, this is just a minute list of all the organizations that promote and educate in October fo NBCAM.

Here are the gifts we have to promote and support breast cancer awareness, and if you buy any one of these items from me this month in honor of a loved one who has fought  this horrid disease and won or even if they have been lost. I will donate 5% of that gift back to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Please help us fight this awful disease!!!

Always Martha

Hope for the Cure Tower   $42.99

It s a tower of pink boxes representing an awareness around breast cancer. Our pink boxes are filled with our freshly baked cookie assortment. _

A Gift of Hope  $49.99

This Pink Ribbon Beanie Baby is surrounded with ten freshly baked chocolate chip cookies in a white vase. _

This poem is attached to this spa basket, just beautiful!

Beautiful woman,
that is who you are.
The sparkle in your eyes,
the natural swing in your walk,
you radiate excitement and enthusiasm.

You need no latest fashion,
No expensive hair cuts,
No blinding big accessories.

You glow in your passions,
passionate in your pursuits,
you know what you are made of.

You are not easily bothered,
by the mindless opinions of others,
you know very well where you want to go.

You are a joy to watch,
an inspiration to others,
your pure soul an endless marvel.

Beautiful woman,
let your brilliance shine through,
and your inner strength guide
you every single day!

_Beautiful Woman Spa Gift   $44.99

Beautiful Woman Spa Gift Basket will bring smiles to every woman. This basket is filled with pampering products.

Includes: Candle, Body Lotion, Body Wash, Body Spray, Potpourri, Potpourri Sachet Envelope Holder, Body loofah ball along with a beautiful handle wicker basket and special poem.

Please pray; Dear Lord may this disease be prevented and cured in our life time. May you comfort us and keep us as the doctors work so hard to do this feat and help us heal, Amen 

Good day to all. My grandson and I were talking (he is 3). I was explaining my gift basket business to him, not sure how it was perceived, but he was enjoying all the goodies in the baskets!

We had a lengthy discussion on why the baskets came all wrapped up. I told him it was to keep all the snacks, candy, meat and cheese and fruit clean and healthy to eat, haha he replies "why don't we put in our mouths and eat it?" "Yes" I replied, then after a few seconds of thought he looked at me and said Mimi, our mouths are dirty! So why do we need to eat clean stuff? Out of the mouths of babes.
We took a look at birthday baskets and he picked out this one for belle, (his cousin will be 4 in two days). 

Happy Birthday Surprise   $47.99

Surprise them with this birthday gift they can use and will not forget! The wicker basket is hand packed with 30 Happy Birthday Balloons (assorted colors), 4 goody bags, 4 birthday blowers, 4 paper party hats and a 35mm disposable camera (27 exposure). Also included is chocolate mints, Palace Gourmet salted pistachios and white yogurt dipped pretzels. A matching bow completes this festive Happy Birthday Surprise party favor gift. Gift Size 8x8x12

Then he looked at another one for mommy, her b-day is in November.

A Special Birthday   $42.95

To top it all off, for their birthday, give them a generous assortment of savory crackers, almonds, cheese straws, as well as sweet treats like rich Ghirardelli cocoa and Beth's chocolate chip cookies. This gift is sure to deliver the message of Happy Birthday.

Includes: 

Napa Valley Mustard
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Roasted Almonds with Sea Salt
Cashew Roca
Sonoma Cheese Straws
Cheese Knife
Brie Cheese Spread
2 Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares
Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa Mix
Three Pepper Crackers


My grandson wants to be a bat or Spiderman for Halloween and he picked out a basket he wants to carry with him trick or treating. He told me he will keep all the stuff inside the basket for himself and take it all out before he goes out. Sounds like he is planning on getting lots of treats!!!

Monster Mash    $45.99

It's a Monster Mash gift basket! This ghoulish plastic jack o' lantern is filled with full size candies and goodies that will sweeten the scariest monster on Halloween night! Be prepared with plenty of Monster Mash gift baskets to ward off the goblins!

Includes: 
Plastic Jack o Lantern
Skittles
2 Butter Microwave Popcorn
Nerds Candies
Plain M and M's
Peanut M and M's
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Kit Kat Bar (single serve bar)
Starburst
6 Hershey Asst Miniatures
2 Twix Candy Bars (single serve bar)
Payday Candy Bar
Reese's Pieces
Spider Web Cotton Candy
Twizzlers Licorice Whips
Tootsie Rolls Miniatures
Hershey's Special Dark Candy Bar
Reese's Pumpkin
Goldfish 1 oz. Bag 


We then turned our discussion on Thanksgiving, but he didn't want to talk about that, he wanted to talk about what he wanted for Christmas. That is another blog maybe in November.

From birthdays to baby showers and all occasions and holidays you can most certainly find a unique gift to give to that special person.

Always Martha
www.mimis.labellabaskets.com

Good morning to all on this crisp and cool morning. Well a few things, first I have not been blogging for a few days do to being hacked last Friday. All fixed now as you can see,. So many great Holidays in the Fall, like Halloween and Wife Appreciation Day (third Saturday in Sept). Then Native American Day September 27th this year! Yes I have native american in me from both sides of the family. Of course we have Thanksgiving, biggest holiday of Fall and the day we eat way more than we should!

But this whole month is;
 Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Over 12,000 children under the age of 15 this year will be diagnosed with some form of cancer. 
Prayers go out to anyone battling this horrid disease.

Flowers area great way to bring life and light and smiles into a room. Always a nice way to say I care. We have a great selection of very brilliant colored flowers to cheer up any room. 
Click on the first photo and it will take you to my store.

Thank you baskets, can be a great way to say thank you to all the doctors and nurses working daily to help these kids get back to a normal life cancer free!

Thanks A Million Gift Chest  $49.99
The Thanks a Million gift chest is the perfect way to show your gratitude. Make them feel like a million bucks when you say thank you with the Thanks a Million gift chest!

Thanks a Million Assorted Buttery Shortbread Cookies
Nunes Farm Sliced Ranch Almonds
Creamy Spinach Dip
3 oz. Beef Salami
Assorted Creamy Double Chocolate Truffles
Thanks a Million Gourmet Coffee
Tomato Basil Pretzels 3 oz.
Dark Stain Gift Hamper with Leather Handle and clasp


World of Thanks - LG   $48.99
The World of Thanks gift basket delivers not only your sincerest gratitude but also snacks and treats and goodies and sweets loved the world over! There will be no doubt that you appreciate their thoughtfulness when this World of Thanks gift basket, available in two sizes, arrives at their door.

5 oz Tomato Basil Pretzels
1.5 oz White Cheddar Popcorn
Honey Dijon Mustard 1.4 oz
Gourmet Treats Caramels (9 Pc)
World Of Thanks Theme Bag w/ Peanut Butter Filled Pretzel Nuggets
1/2 oz Stone Wheat Crackers
3oz. Sausage
Mocha Chocolate Truffles 2 oz (4 pcs)
Creamy Camembert Cheese Dip
4 oz Deluxe Mixed Nuts
Buckley's English Almond Toffee

 Wife Appreciation Day

Thank you wife for all she does in your life to make it easier. Spa Basket is the way to go. give her a day to enjoy and relax awhile. Make her dinner do the dishes and pamper her.

Orange and Grapefruit   $85.95

Send springtime wishes for ultimate relaxation. This colorful gift will transport you to a spring orchard full of citrus delights. This natural faux-wood basket overflows with fresh navel oranges. Immerse yourself in a citrus spa with Grapefruit and orange fragranced soap, all over body moisturizer and bath and shower gel that will refresh body and soul. Sip a glass of mixed citrus tea and finish off the experience with shortbread cookies with just a hint of sweet orange. It’s the perfect springtime gift. 

Essence of Lavender    $72.99

Send her an indulgent spa experience right at home with this exquisite spa gift basket Featuring all Lavender products. Lavender offers a calming and soothing spa experience she is sure to appreciate. 

Includes: 
Lavender lotion, 
Lavender body scrub, 
Lavender moisturizing body wash gel,
Lavender soothing bath salts, 
Lavender body mist, 
Lavender body butter, 
Lavender body soap,
Lavender room spray, 
Lavender room diffuser, 
bath loofah, 
body massager, 
foot roller massager,
Lavender rose petal fizzies, 
bath pillow, 
2 pillar candles,
body massager and washer, 
pedicure paddle with brush in a stained willow tray and topped with a lavender hand made bow. 

Harvest Blessings Gourmet Fall Gift Basket   $62.99

We're all Thankful for our blessings! Show them how much you care with our exclusive Harvest Blessings Gourmet Fall Gift Basket. The unique "Thankful" fall candy corn mix says it all with it's festive little pilgrims and decorative "Thankful" message. Encompassed in a Fall market basket, the delicious fall treats will delight and please all whom receive it. 

Includes: 
Café latte Mocha Mix
Dolcetto Vanilla Cream Pirrouline cookies
Creamy Garden Herb and Vegetable dip
Smoked Almonds
2 oz Crunchy Caramel corn
Stone Wheat Crackers 2 oz
Monbana French Chocolates
"Thankful" Pilgrims Harvest corn and Pumpkin Candy Corn Mix
Harvest Market basket
Harvest decorative Plant Pick 

Bootastic Gifts for Halloween, visit my store at: www.mimis.labellabaskets.com  Holidays & Occasions tab at the top left and see all the great new Fall line up!!

So many to choose from and too many to introduce them all in one blog. 
You can have yummyness coming out your ears and filling your tummies all season long!!!
Always Martha

La Bella Baskets prides itself on creating products hand-made to perfection right here in the United States. All of our candles are made with an environmentally friendly soy-blend wax and use lead-free wicks. We use high quality fragrances that deliver fantastic aromas throughout the life of the candle.  These candles are made in Missouri and poured the day you order it so it is the freshest it can be, not sitting on a shelf for ??? time.
38 different scents (pictured are fall scents)

Here are all 38 scents:
Almond Souffle, Apple Gingerbread, Berries & Cream, Caramel Pecan, Chamomile Rain
Christmas Cinnamon, Cinnamon Danish, Citrus Garden, Comforts of Home, Cranberry Compote
Cucumber Water, Fluffy Blanket, Fresh Apples, Fresh Linen, Hawaiian Wedding Flower,
Hazelnut Cappuccino, Holiday Cheer, Indonesian Pomegranate, Japanese Cherry Blossom,
Lavender Vanilla, Lemon Bar, Lucy's Garden, Mineral Spa, Night Blooming Jasmine,
Orange Spice, Orange Vanilla, Peppermint Bark, Pineapple Upside Down Cake,
Pink Cupcake, Planet Earth, Pumpkin Pie, Santorini Breeze, Spiced Berry Spruce,
Sugar Cookie, Tropical & Orange Vanilla Cream, Violet Blossom and Warm Apple Streudel

Our signature La Bella Baskets Lid Lites jar candles feature a second candle in the lid! Special ingredients to help prevent your rich candle color from fading. They are highly fragranced from top to bottom so that the last burn is as fragrant as the first. Also made with lead free wicks and eco safe dyes.

    Burn time is,180-210 hours. With the lid lite you can enjoy the scent you chose in two different rooms at the same time.

Candle of the Month Club!

For just $24.95 a month you can get a new candle every month of the year. The scents that you receive will be appropriate for the seasons.

If you need to cancel your membership for any reason just simply call 1-800-584-5539 or email:  [email protected]

Use this button to go directly to my store for the candles.