Gift baskets have been done to death, so I decided I would have to think outside of the box (or basket, in this case). After a while the answer came to me—use a glass jar instead of a basket!

Move over gift baskets, because there’s a new easy gift in town… the gift JAR! A few years ago I wrote a post about simple gifts that can be assembled and given in a glass jar that became ...

“Cookie jars are nostalgic,” said Dianna Roney, owner of Diamond Antiques and Gifts in Tarentum. “Cookie jars remind people of grandma’s house. And wanting grandma-like things is trending ...

The group has distributed about 600 jars at senior centers, Veterans Affairs and other social service agencies. The impact has been profound. “They are very excited to get a gift,” Smith said.