Meet The Maker

A cream-colored gift box wrapped with a wide dark brown grosgrain ribbon and bow, styled on a stone surface with draped linen, scissors, and a tape dispenser in warm natural light.

Great gifts begin with great people

Behind every product is a person with a story. At Biggest Little Baskets, some of our favorite discoveries come from small businesses whose owners care deeply about what they create. We love sharing those discoveries with you, and Meet the Maker gives us a chance to introduce you to the people behind them.

Each quarter, we’ll feature a different small business owner in the United States and curate a gift box around one of their products. We choose products we love and pair them with other thoughtful finds to create a gift that’s a pleasure to give and receive.

As small business owners ourselves, we know how much it means when someone discovers your work, shares it with a friend or chooses to support what you do. This is one way we can introduce you to makers we’re proud to work with and help their stories reach more people.

A little more to discover

Inside each Meet the Maker gift box, you’ll find a card introducing the featured maker and sharing a little of their story. Scan the QR code to visit their website and explore more of what they create. You’ll also be able to find their featured items on our website, making it easy to shop with us or discover more directly from the maker.

We look forward to introducing you to someone new each quarter and sharing the products that brought us together.

Meet The Maker

Aline

The Date Spot

Meet Aline Mnayan, founder of The Date Spot, who never intended to turn her favorite snack into a business. After years of navigating her own gut health challenges, the healthcare consultant and self-described foodie began experimenting with dates, looking for ways to make nourishing food a pleasure to eat. When she brought a box of her creations to a women’s gathering, a friend announced that guests could place orders—news to Aline. Twenty orders arrived the next day, and The Date Spot was born. Today, her handcrafted, chocolate-covered Medjool dates draw on her family’s culinary traditions and thoughtfully sourced ingredients. We’re pleased to introduce Aline as Biggest Little Baskets’ first featured maker, with a story worth knowing and something delicious to share.

Holiday Hostess Gift Box open with a Date Spot carton and white nutcracker-print and taupe woven tea towels.

First Date

First Date box invites you to indulge in six exquisitely crafted vegan and gluten-free gourmet chocolate covered dates made with organic California dates, each one a taste of what we offer. It’s a first encounter that will leave you longing for a "Second Date."

Holiday Hostess Gift Box

The Holiday Hostess Gift Box pairs The Date Spot’s six-piece gourmet date collection with two coordinating tea towels—one with a soft neutral nutcracker motif and one in textured taupe—presented in a linen gift box with cream ribbon and a bronze botanical seal.

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