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Handmade gift baskets & custom pillows

You pick what goes in.
Tawana makes it beautiful.

TAJ is Tawana and her two daughters — Ashunti and Joi' — the three letters on every basket she makes. Gift baskets for weddings, birthdays and every holiday there is, put together by hand, one at a time.

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  • No two baskets are the same — yours is built around the person
  • Handmade pillows, on their own or as the centre of a basket
  • No price list: tell her what you want and she quotes it on the call
A finished gift basket with a candle, a book and a ribbon
Quoted, not priced Every basket is different, so Tawana prices each one herself. One call and you will know.
Made by Tawana Named for Ashunti and Joi'
Every occasion Weddings, birthdays, every holiday
Pillows too Handmade, on their own or in a basket
(423) 394-8569 Call or text — she quotes it herself
How it works

Three steps, and one of them is a phone call

There is no checkout on this site and no card to enter. You build a list, she builds the basket, and the two of you sort out the rest on the phone.

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Pick your occasion

Browse the baskets and add the ones you like to your list. Nothing is ordered and nothing is charged — the list just remembers what caught your eye.

Hands wrapping gifts in brown paper and ribbon 2

Say what goes inside

Names, ages, colours, the character they will not stop talking about. The more you tell her, the less the basket looks like it came off a shelf.

A ribbon being tied onto a card 3

Call and she will quote it

Tawana prices each basket herself once she knows what is in it. Ring (423) 394-8569 and you will have a number in a couple of minutes.

Start somewhere

Baskets for the occasions she gets asked for most

These are starting points, not a menu. Almost every order ends up somewhere of its own by the time she has finished asking questions.

The Birthday Basket — birthdays gift basket Birthdays

The Birthday Basket

Built around the person, not the age. Tell her the favourite colour and the thing they will not stop talking about, and she works outward from there.

  • Any age
  • Themed
  • Balloons on request
Quoted by Tawana — no set price
The Little One's Basket — for kids gift basket For kids

The Little One's Basket

The one she makes most. Characters, colours and a pile of small things to open — the sort of basket a child carries around the house all day.

  • Character themed
  • Toys & treats
  • Sized to suit
Quoted by Tawana — no set price
The Wedding Basket — weddings gift basket Weddings

The Wedding Basket

For the couple, the bridal party or the guest table. Made to your colours so it sits properly with everything else you have planned.

  • Matched to colours
  • Bridal party
  • Bulk welcome
Quoted by Tawana — no set price
Baby on the Way — baby showers gift basket Baby showers

Baby on the Way

Soft things, practical things and a few for the parents too. A handmade pillow can go in the middle of it if you want something that lasts.

  • Soft goods
  • New parents
  • Pillow option
Quoted by Tawana — no set price
The Halloween Basket — halloween gift basket Halloween

The Halloween Basket

New this year, and made because somebody asked. Treats, costume bits and a little bit of spooky — for a raffle, a class party or a porch handout.

  • New for 2026
  • Raffle friendly
  • Treats & costume
Quoted by Tawana — no set price
The Holiday Basket — holidays gift basket Holidays

The Holiday Basket

Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentine's, Mother's Day — every holiday she has been asked for, she has made. Order early for December.

  • Any holiday
  • Order early
  • Family sized
Quoted by Tawana — no set price
The Pamper Basket — self care gift basket Self care

The Pamper Basket

Bath things, soft things, quiet things. The basket people buy when they cannot think what else would actually get used.

  • Bath & body
  • Unscented option
  • Grown-ups
Quoted by Tawana — no set price
Thinking of You — sympathy gift basket Sympathy

Thinking of You

For a hard week, a hospital stay or a house that has gone quiet. Kept gentle on purpose, and she will write the card if you tell her what to say.

  • Get well
  • Sympathy
  • Card written
Quoted by Tawana — no set price

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A custom body pillow with a name stitched across the front
The other half of the business

Pillows with their name on them

Not cushions — full-length body pillows, in a fabric picked for the person, with their name stitched across the front in letters she cuts out one at a time. She can set a printed panel into it as well, so your own photographs end up on the pillow.

  • Their name, in letters sized to the pillow
  • Fabric chosen round the person — their team, their film, their school
  • Photo panels printed and sewn into the front
  • Wrapped like a gift, or set into a basket as the centrepiece
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Her own photographs

Every one of these went out to somebody

Ten pillows she has made and sent. The name changes, the fabric changes, and the amount of cutting out stays exactly the same.

Their name, front and centre
Their name, front and centreLetters cut and stitched on one at a time, right across the front.
Built around a team
Built around a teamTeam colours end to end, with the name sitting over the top of them.
A printed panel, set in
A printed panel, set inPanels get printed and sewn into the front — artwork, a film, or your own photographs.
Letters that still read
Letters that still readWhite on a busy print, placed so the name does not disappear into the fabric.
Or no name at all
Or no name at allPlenty go out as just the fabric, if that is what suits the person.
Made as a pair
Made as a pairTwo at once, in the same fabric, wrapped together.
Pillow first, basket around it
Pillow first, basket around itThis is how the two halves of the business meet: the pillow goes in as the centrepiece.
Wrapped like a gift
Wrapped like a giftCellophane over the top and gathered at both ends, same as the baskets.
Tied off and finished
Tied off and finishedReady to hand over without anything else being done to it.
Long enough to lean on
Long enough to lean onThese are body pillows, not cushions — they stand up on their own.

How the pillows are made

Her own photographs

See a basket come together

These are Tawana’s own pictures, taken on her floor while she works. Not styled, not staged — just what “made with love” actually looks like at eleven at night.

It starts on the floor
It starts on the floorEverything comes out of the bags first so she can see what she is working with.
Sorted before anything goes in
Sorted before anything goes inColours together, sizes together. The basket gets packed once, properly.
Picking what goes together
Picking what goes togetherSlippers, a plush and the small things that match them.
The basket starts to fill
The basket starts to fillBig pieces to the back, small ones to the front where they can be seen.
Something soft at the back
Something soft at the backA blanket folded in behind gives the whole basket its height.
A pillow she made herself
A pillow she made herselfThe handmade pillows are their own product — and they set the theme.
Pillow first, then the rest
Pillow first, then the restOnce the pillow is in, everything else is chosen to match it.
Pillows go out on their own too
Pillows go out on their own tooPlenty of orders are just the pillow, with no basket around it.
Wrapped and tied
Wrapped and tiedCellophane over the top, gathered, and tied off at the handle.
Everything faces front
Everything faces frontSo the basket reads from the outside without anybody unwrapping it.
Not everything is for children
Not everything is for childrenKitchen things, towels and a blanket — a housewarming basket coming together.
The same care, grown-up version
The same care, grown-up versionWrapped the same way, whoever it is going to.
A tower, before it is wrapped
A tower, before it is wrappedNot every basket is a basket. This one is built in tiers from the bottom up.
The same tower, finished
The same tower, finishedCellophane gathered to the top, and a bow tied over the join.
Finished, and on its way
Finished, and on its wayThe last step, and the only one that matters to the person receiving it.
The TAJ Baskets Made With Love business card
Where the name comes from

T, A and J

Tawana. Ashunti, her oldest. And Joi’, her youngest — the apostrophe matters, and she will tell you so.

The baskets are made at home, most of them with the girls somewhere in the middle of it. That is the whole business: three names, a lot of cellophane, and a phone that gets answered.

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Before you call

The questions she gets asked most

How much does a basket cost?
There is no price list, and that is deliberate. Every basket is different, so Tawana quotes each one herself once she knows what is going in it and how big you want it. Call (423) 394-8569 and you will have a number in a couple of minutes.
How far ahead do I need to order?
The more notice the better, because everything is made by hand and the pieces have to be bought first. A week is comfortable for most baskets. Holidays and weddings fill up early — December in particular is worth asking about in November.
Can you match a theme, a character or a colour?
Yes, and it is the part she enjoys most. Characters, school colours, wedding colours, a nursery scheme — tell her what you are matching and she will work to it.
Do you make the pillows yourself?
Tawana makes every pillow by hand. They are sold on their own, or built into a basket as the centrepiece. If you want the pillow to match the basket, say so when you call.

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Ready when you are

Tell her who it is for.

That is genuinely all she needs to start. Call or text and she will take it from there.

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