Creating Baskets & Paper Tags

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Hi everyone, I'm coming over here because I've decided that I will be converting one of my bedrooms into a full blown craft room in the new year. I have always loved paper craft type of stuff that I did by hand with cardstock and an X-acto knife back when I had free time. I am intrigued by all the new technology out there but haven't had time to learn it so I've refrained from buying anything though I am always so tempted! However, for many years now I have been frustrated that there isn't anything out there locally to create baskets and gifts with items I select. Other colleagues in my industry always say "just have one of your staff members do it." I have never had a staff member craftily inclined to get this done. So I'm going to do it myself. I constantly gift food items to my referring offices and my employees and I've always wanted to present them with a branded, sharp look. There are also tons of opportunities to donate baskets in my community while promoting our office. Yesterday I gave my staff 4 fun holiday food items I found at Trader Joes but I just put them in the brown holiday grocery bags also from Trader Joes. They still loved the food and the bags, but I want to step that up!

I would love any advice or inspiration you have for creating cute paper tags (Cricut? something else?) and basket materials.

I do have a paid Canva account, if that helps with designing anything but it's not very intuitive so I'm struggling with it (I watch YouTube videos when I have time). One colleague told me she put all her logo and colors into Canva, I should try to start with that. 

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I’ve been enjoying my Silhouette! I think that will do what you need.

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I ordered the Cricut Maker 3. I read all the reviews and everything for various machines, but figured I'd start with this to learn the techniques given how popular this brand is and can move to another brand later. It's also the fastest of the Cricut line and if $100 can save me time on creating the product, I'm on it.

I bought some paper cartons at Walmart today to experiment with how to fill the basket. There is a tricky tray coming up at the end of January and I have a loose goal to design, assemble and donate a few baskets to them.

If I have any success with this, I will post what I made!