This new Michigan gift basket was inspired by the wooden crates that orchards have used over the years. We even imprinted the ends with “Michigan Cherries” and the silhouette of Michigan’s beautiful peninsulas.

The tasty Michigan cherry products in this gift basket –

• 21 oz. bottle of Cherry Barbeque Sauce
• 1/2 lb. delicious dried cherries
• Chocolate Covered Cherry Dip mix – great on just about anything!
• 12 oz. jar of Michigan Cherry Preserves
• 13 oz. package of Germack’s Cherry Berry Nut Mix
• 5oz. bag of White Chocolate Cherry Caramel Corn – hands down my favorite popcorn!

Order one today!

I’m taking a quick break from handling orders, phone calls, and shipping out a plethora (I just love that word) of gift baskets to make a quick announcement. A lot of folks worry about their orders being delivered in time for Christmas (I don’t blame them not wanting their gifts to be late) so I wanted to make it super simple for our awesome customers.

If you order your (in stock) gift basket or gift box by December 16th – I guarantee we will ship it in time for a Christmas delivery.

Many of you are taking advantage of our option during the online checkout process to have us hold your order for shipment on December 17th so it will arrive a bit closer to Christmas. This is a great option to choose because nearly every year I have an unfortunate customer wait to place their order closer to Christmas so it won’t be delivered too soon only to find that the gift basket they had wanted to purchase was no longer in stock. Don’t let that happen to you – order today and choose the option for us to hold it for shipment on December 17th.

I’m super excited to announce that we have paired up Lake Is Good® long sleeved t-shirts with unique Michigan Mittens that feature an outline of the Upper Peninsula on one hand and the Lower Peninsula on the other hand. The slogan for Michigan Mittens is “always have a map on hand”.

I’ve tried these mittens on and they are easily the softest and warmest mitten I have ever had. They will make a warm and unique gift for anyone on your Christmas list.

Lake Is Good® donates a percentage of their profits to FreshwaterFuture.org in order to help people protect the Great Lakes. These long sleeved shirts are high quality and look great. I practically had to pry one of the pink shirts out of my wife’s hands – she loves these!

Mittens and Shirt Gift Box – Men

The men’s t-shirts come in

Mittens and Shirt Gift Box – Women

The women’s shirts come in

It’s hard to believe that eight years ago today we sold our first of many Tastes of Michigan gift baskets. As a thank you to our customers we are offering $5 shipping (shipping is usually $8.95 to $14.94) for this weekend – 10/8/10 – 10/10/10. Simply enter OCT2010 in the Coupon Code section of the checkout process.

Expect more changes as the month of October rolls along. There is sure to be another special or two celebrating our eight years of business.

Have a Great Weekend!

The Detroit Gift Box is a nice little showcase of some of the more well-known (and tasty) products to come out of Detroit. It’s something I have wanted to do for a while to show some solidarity with the much maligned city.

Here is what you get:

• 2 snack bags of Detroit’s famous Better Made Potato Chips
• One bottle of Vernors
• 10 oz. jar of Sanders delicious milk chocolate hot fudge topping
• One pound of Germack Pistachios
• 6 oz. bag of Caramel Popcorn from the Detroit Popcorn Company
• One ‘Made in Detroit’ sticker to show your Detroit pride

Buy the Detroit Gift Box for only $28.79

We thought we would get in on the act for Cyber Monday and offer a great deal on shipping. $5 shipping on any of our gift baskets for Today (November 30, 2009) Only when you enter the coupon code ‘luvmich’ in the online shopping cart. This applies to online orders only. Feel free to spread the word about this great shipping deal!

Get started shopping for great Michigan gift baskets

Just wanted to let everyone know that you can purchase your Christmas presents now and select “Ship December 18th” in the checkout process so your gift basket(s) will arrive just in time for Christmas. A lot of folks take advantage of this each year to make sure not only that their gifts arrive on time, but that we don’t run out of their favorite basket.

More information and to see our 2009 Christmas shipping calendar

Our fan page is up and running on Facebook. You can find us at www.facebook.com/gift.baskets.from.michigan. We’ll be using this as another way of interacting with our great customers and offering special deals and promotions.

I look forward to having you as a fan!

Andrew Norton, Owner

Just a quick programming note – we’re taking our first summer vacation in a few years the week of June 14-21, 2009. Any orders placed during that week will not ship until June 22nd. I think it has been four years since we shut down for a week in the summer to get away and we are looking forward to traveling in our beautiful state for a week.

I’ll be taking tons of photos and doing some investigating (okay, sampling and snacking) for new products to fill our Michigan gift baskets. Good thing we plan on lots of hiking or I might come back ten pounds heavier due to all of my sampling “work.” I should have some great Michigan travel ideas and lesser known destinations upon our return.

Thank you for your business & have a Great Day!

Andrew Norton, Owner

I’m looking to launch a new basket this summer filled with items that are from the U.P. of Michigan. I can’t do a Yooper gift basket without having a pasty or two included. I’m just not sure which flavor(s) to have on hand. So I ask you, What is the best pasty flavor?