Baskets by Vivian provides quality products for all occasions, gifts ranging from birthdays, baby showers, weddings, to holiday baskets as well as well as a gift wrapping service. We have a variety of baskets to choose from. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can also customize your very own basket that fits within your budget.

At Baskets by Vivian, we focus on building attractive gift baskets using high quality ingredients. We don't fluff our baskets with "filler items". Choose from our selection of standard baskets for most occasions or we can provide personalized gift ideas for hard-to-buy-for individuals. Tell us what you want and we do all the work. It's a great way to make it look like you took hours finding the perfect gift!

Baskets By Vivian is located in Nashua, NH but can ship throughout the United States.

Great for Corporate Gifts
Call 603-557-4534 to order today

Gift Basket includes:
Toffee Masters hand-made toffee
Boston's Best Coffee
Boston Harbor Tea
Assorted wine flavor cheese
Dipping Pretzles
Stone Wheat crackers
Chocolates
Bella Biscotti's

Partner with local businesses :

Toffee Masters-Homemade toffee
toffeemasters.com

The Angus Butcher, Merrimack NH,
angusbutcher.com

FRONTPAGE >> BUSINESS
Basket artist By EILEEN KENNEDY, Telegraph Staff kennedye@telegraph-nh.com Published: Sunday, May. 2, 2004 Staff photo by Kevin Jacobus

Vivian Silva of Nashua displays some of the personalized gift baskets she creates for her business, Baskets by Vivian. Order this picture NASHUA -

Last August, Vivian Silva was laid off from her job as a buyer of materials at a high-tech company. The very next day she was busy registering her own company with the state. "It was one of those situations that shows everything happens for a reason," Silva said. And so, Baskets by Vivian was born. If there is something to celebrate - a wedding, a new baby, buying a new house or getting a first or new apartment - then Silva can make a basket to help mark the event. she began pulling baskets together for friends and family members about eight years ago and it morphed into a hobby over those years. "My sister would give me $40 or $50 and say she needed a baby basket for someone," Silva said. For years, she had been thinking about starting her own business, so by the time she got laid off, she knew what she wanted to do. She designed her own brochures, took the photos for them and designed her own Web site, although she hired someone to do the shopping cart portion of the site. Some of what she does includes finding out enough information about the person destined to get the basket so she can provide a personal touch with its contents. "I like to go that extra mile to make it special, make it personal," Silva said. Once, she prepared a basket for a real-estate agent who would give it to a customer buying a house. It was an older woman from Vietnam and her son and daughter-in-law, Silva said, so she got the customer's last name and started her research. She began researching Asian customs and food, and in the process, found a coffee brand with the same name as the woman's last name. Silva included a number of these items, along with the coffee, and the agent reported that the woman was very moved by the contents. "That's what I really like about what I do," Silva said about the reactions the recipients have upon seeing the customized baskets. She not only shops for the baskets and what goes in them, but makes the bows used for decoration and delivers them. It is a bit of a family affair, since she drafted her grandmother to crochet baby sweaters, booties, hats and afghans as well as twin, full, queen and king afghans. "I like providing people with the opportunity to own handmade items like this," Silva said during an interview as she showed off her grandmother's handiwork. Silva is also a personal shopper for those without the time to run out and get what they need. A woman in Florida recently hired her to go buy a present and deliver it to a baby shower being held in Nashua later this month. Being flexible, such as doing additional tasks for customers, is important, but Silva says forging relationships with other businesses is an important part of growing the business. "I work with the Angus Butcher - I use some of the rubs and marinades he has for my barbecue baskets," she said. Silva leaves her business brochures at the Merrimack butcher shop and puts out the fliers from the meat business when she is at local shows. Silva prepares for these shows in the home office of her Kessler Farm townhouse, where she also puts together the baskets. She keeps a small inventory of baskets, packaging and universal items on hand. "I can put a basket of any type together. I love the challenge of making each one personal," Silva said. On the Net www.basketsbyvivian.com