Longaberger Christmas Collection Basket List

 Longaberger's Christmas Collection included many of the company's most popular baskets, beginning with the 1981 Christmas Candle Basket. Fabric liners and plastic protectors were added in 1990, with wooden lids available beginning with the 1994 Jingle Bell Basket.

1981    Candle        2000 sold

1982    Grandad's Sleigh        3200 sold

1983    Bell        3700 sold

1984    Holly        over 16,000 sold!

1985    Cookie (liner available)

1986    Candy Cane

1987    Mistletoe

1988    Poinsettia

1989    Memory

1990    Gingerbread (plaid liner, protector available)

1991    Yuletide Traditions

1992    Season's Greetings

1993    Bayberry

1994    Jingle Bell    

1995    Cranberry

1996    Holiday Cheer

1997    Snowflake

1998    Glad Tidings

1999    Popcorn

2000    Deck the Halls

2001    Shining Star

2002    Traditions

2003    Caroling

2004    Get Together

2005    Silver Bells

2006    Nature's Garland

2007    Sweets & Treats

2008    Wrap It Up

2009    Snowflake Cookie

2010    Falling Snow

2011    Holly Berry

2012    Drum

2013    Plaid Tidings

2014    Stocking

2015    Yuletide Greetings

2016    8" Generations

2017    Snow Swirl 

Christmas Collection Baskets usually had red or green accent splints, and the stains used were much darker and more colorful in the 1990s and beyond. There were also years with baskets with no red or green accents, both red and green accents, and other stains such as whitewashed. Christmas Baskets always had an engraved gold tag on the top band with the basket's name and year.

Are you interested in the oldies? Grandad's Sleigh is available in my eBay store Treasured Basket Traders, as well as many other Christmas Collection Basket Sets. They are fun to fill with little items particular to the recipient and give for a lasting gift. 

Longaberger offered their first Holiday Hostess Basket in 1987, and in later years these were a larger version of the Christmas Basket. The Tree Trimming Collection was introduced in 1999, with small baskets intended to fit on a Christmas tree. Often these were smaller versions of the Christmas Basket for that year.

As a Longaberger Consultant, I had many customers who faithfully purchased the Christmas Collection Basket each year. There are many Christmas Baskets out there! These are great baskets to use throughout the year--you don't need to put them away with your Christmas decorations. You might remove that holly fabric liner, but the baskets are great for many holidays.

Historical information about Longaberger products, as well as values, can be found in The Bentley Guide for Longaberger. It was once a printed, spiral-bound guide but in 2009 became available only online with a subscription. The older paper guides can sometimes be found on the secondary market and include photos of the different collections on the divider pages. The Guide is fun just to browse through. The staff at Collectibles Database seem to still adjust the values of items, or at least they have since values peaked years ago.

A True Christmas Stocking Basket

The shapely 2021 Stocking Basket is a true work of art and representation of a stocking, difficult to create with maple wood splints. Everyone who has seen my Stocking Basket has been amazed with its craftsmanship, and you will be too. Woven by Dresden & Company in Dresden, Ohio, you can see the craft in process right here. Do you need one Stocking Basket or an entire row of them hanging on your mantle? Think ahead to future family members too! Don't wait too long--these won't be available forever.

Dresden & Company jumped into action when The Longaberger Company closed and declared bankruptcy in 2018, allowing talented Ohio weavers to keep working and creating beautiful formed baskets. While they cannot use the original Longaberger basket forms and names, D & Co has been creative in basket design and other purchases to complement them. The Out & About Basket is a favorite of mine, and it's available in Buffalo Check right now!

Longaberger's 2014 Christmas Stocking Basket had a base shaped like a stocking, with straight sides coming up from it. It was introduced at the 2014 Longaberger Bee (company convention) with a heart-tugging story about Dave Longaberger sending/bringing home a sweet little stocking to his baby daughter, Tami, possibly while he was serving in the military. Unlike that flat stocking, the Dresden & Company Stocking Basket is 3-dimensional, open all the way to the toe unless you use the plastic protector. It truly hangs with a leather loop hanger and will look great hanging all sorts of places.

When you contact a D & Co "Proprietor", you will receive interesting information and help with your orders as well as a discount on your purchase. That will help with your stocking purchase! Visit the website of my helpful friend Linda Sargent to see lots of fun new products and maybe even find a new career for the new year. She has an informative newsletter with great recipes too!   The Stocking Basket comes in a nice mailing box with a color label that shows what is inside. It is a perfect size for storage and a nice addition to the basket.

Longaberger Travel 5: Go Big with Laundry Baskets

Nothing beats the access of a Small Laundry Basket, perfect for some types of travel. Not something you would carry through an airport, Longaberger's Laundry Baskets are built to carry heavy loads and do it beautifully. With their wide-open tops, carefully-packed items are easily located, removed, and replaced, perfect for vehicle-to-hotel or camper travel.

Our family used to take our bass boat over and stay at Lilley's Landing in Branson, Missouri, about an hour from our home. Located on Lake Taneycomo, near Table Rock Lake, Lilley's offered small cabins that were close to all the fun and excitement of Branson but were still secluded. In the morning, my son and I would go have breakfast and shop while my husband and his friend fished for lake trout on Taneycomo. We would meet for a tasty lunch, and then my son and husband would go fishing on Table Rock while I shopped at more outlet malls. A wonderful dinner topped off the day. We had the perfect routine, and Laundry Baskets were very useable in the cabin. They also corral all of your Branson purchases well in your SUV.

One afternoon we headed to Branson without a reservation at Lilley's, having always had success getting a cabin. Surprise! Lilley's had no vacancy. We ended up staying at Chateau on the Lake. What a gorgeous place, right on Table Rock! Not somewhere you want to pass through the grand lobby carrying Longaberger Laundry Baskets, contents open to the world (and we didn't, having found elevators close to a side door). 

Three of my favorite Longaberger Laundry Basket styles, shown to the left and from the left, are the Small Laundry, the Lattice Laundry, and a Blanket Basket. 

The sturdy Small Laundry Basket (left) was available for many years (off and on from 1979 through at least 2017) and is loved by many. With handles cut under the heavy top band, the Small Laundry Basket carries a load. I had spaces built for two to slide out like drawers in my laundry room cabinets, and I have Classic stained Small Laundry Baskets there. A family cat obediently had and raised her kittens on folded towels in one, years ago. This Signature Weave Small Laundry was available for a short time in 2010-2011. My other favorite Small Laundry Baskets are a Bold Red stain and a Santa Belly Small Laundry.

The hostess-only Lattice Weave Laundry Basket (center) was available in 2006-2007 as Longaberger tried some diagonal weaves for something different. It has pretty, braided leather loop ears on each end and an inverted openweave bottom. There was a booking basket miniature of this basket at the time that is very cute.

The Blanket Basket (right) was introduced in 2007. It has a "cat's head" bottom, with pointy corners and a slightly inverted open-weave middle, as well as leather loop ears. This design was supposed to save the basket from daily wear and tear and add strength and airflow. This special American Craft Traditions weave combined olive, merlot, rich brown, and deep brown stain colors, reminiscent of the Maine landscape. Blanket Baskets have leather loop ears on each end.

We use Small Laundry Baskets to carry items out to the camper from the kitchen, leave them at home, and take them back out when we get home to carry laundry, food, and anything else. They also create good traditions, A favorite photo has my son and his little cousin, both toddlers, sitting together in a Small Laundry in their little first Halloween costumes one year. Some of my favorite Laundry Basket memories are carrying food and wrapped gifts to family Christmas gatherings and bringing home leftovers and gifts.

Always Very Proudly American!

It's time to get ready for a patriotic Fourth of July--it will be here before we know it.  America is going through much turmoil in 2020, but we need to remember that we have this in common: all are loyal to and proud of our amazing country.  We can work together to make it even better.

As an American success story for so long, Longaberger created many different patriotic baskets through the years.  The All-American series led to the Proudly American Collection introduced in 2003.  Things were going great for Longaberger in 2003--all the numbers were increasing, Longaberger Homestead had been open for a few years, and there was endless enthusiasm.  

Proudly American Baskets featured a new plaid weave design with blue upsplints and red shoestring weaving.  Star-shaped tack covers added another special touch, and the fabric liners and other accessories were equally beautiful and well-designed.  Leather loop "ears" were upgraded with stitching on the sides.  Everything showed the quality that collectors had come to expect.

The 2003 Spring-Summer WishList introduced the new collection with a beautiful cover and a big photo spread inside.  As always, many serving and use ideas were pictured in this perfect basket grouping for any patriotic event.  


You'll enjoy Proudly American baskets all year 'round, as you can see in the top photo from my office.  They are perfect for serving as well as many other uses.   The two Collectors Club 9" Proudly American Bowls stacked in the office photo are a great size to grab to serve two kinds of chips.  They have the hard plastic lids and heavier plastic protectors, so they also stack well when not in use. 

Freedom * Spirit * America * Dream * Home *  Don't you love those words?  The Proudly American wallpaper border shown in the top photo is the last wallpaper remaining in my home, but I just can't let it go.  I'm sure it was purchased at Longaberger Homestead, and it pictures some of my favorite Proudly American Baskets:  the Small Wash Day holding patriotic quilts, the Darning, the Spring, and my personal-favorite Medium Gathering.  

The 2003 Bee Basket next to the two Bowls in my office cleverly flipped the Proudly American features with blue shoestring weave and red upsplints.  The Bee theme of "Love it. Live it. Share it" on the attached tag was typically-thoughtful Longaberger.  This basket has the same pretty fabric liner used in the collection, with special grosgrain ribbon trim.  

You can celebrate in style with Longaberger products for years to come.  They just don't wear out.  Fortunately, there are many patriotic Longaberger products available on the secondary market, including in my ebay store Treasured Basket Traders in the "Patriotic All-American" department.  I also have several past patriotic posts you can find on my blog by clicking "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page or clicking on one of the labels, such as Collections or Holidays.

Any time you want to see photos more closely, you can click on one and it will bring up all photos in that post.  Your computer or tablet should allow you zoom in even more closely.

Organize with a Longaberger Sewing Basket

Another good thing:  a Longaberger sewing basket

As you're organizing, you might come across handy items that could be combined in a Longaberger basket for sewing.  Whether you're reattaching a button or helping your child with a simple craft project, there are times you need some good scissors, pins, needles, and thread together.  

Longaberger's baskets named for sewing tended to be round and larger than I like.  Of course, any basket can become a sewing basket, depending on your needs.  Mine is the red 1992 Christmas Collections Season's Greetings Basket, a rectangular basket probably intended to gather Christmas cards.  At 9 1/2" l by 6" w by 6" h, it is a great size and shape to gather the supplies I like to use without being too big or bulky.

Longaberger's longtime favorite Spring Basket would make a handy sewing basket.  It's a little wider than the one I use with a stationary handle that's easy to grab (11" l by 8" w by 5 1/2" h).  My basket holds the things I use most.  One is a little box of straight pins that is rubber-banded shut.  I don't like using pincushions.  I also have different sizes and types of scissors, a seam gauge and measuring tape, different thread colors and bobbins with thread on them, a big wide see-thru ruler, and more.  

Do you like to sew?  I enjoy it, but I don't have a good reason to do it any more.  I learned to sew in 4-H and by trying to do everything my three older sisters did as I grew up.  I worked at two different fabric stores when I was in high school and college and also created sample garments for them.  I combined parts of different patterns to make my best friend's ideal wedding dress.  I am able to sew; I just don't have anything I want to sew. 

I did make a few fun masks during the first weeks of the pandemic, but there are many available now that are better-made than mine.  Until I get inspired again, my sewing basket will sit on a shelf in the closet, handy to grab and go.

The 1992 Season's Greetings Basket was made on the same form as the Small Purse and Mother's Day Purse Baskets, in case you'd like a lid on your sewing basket.  The same form was used for consultant award baskets through the years as well, such as the '99 Branch Excellence Basket.

Snowy Longaberger to Warm Your Heart

Baby, it's cold outside. While staying in to avoid the cold, it's nice to enjoy some warmer snowflakes of the Longaberger sort. Don't you love this Bold Red stain, which shows off the flakes as it takes us on to Valentine's Day?

Another exclusive Collector's Club offering, the Snow Diamond Basket to the right is a beauty.  The Large and Small Snowflake Treasure Baskets above had shaped red leather lids.  Longaberger's designers offered so many special details over the years!

Improving on the Ol' Snow Blanket

Long white fake fur!  I haven't appreciated it this much since I gave up on making stuffed animals.  You may have figured this out long ago, but I've just found that white fake fur is a better alternative to the fluffy white "snow" (quilt batting) blanket in winter displays and under trees.  

I am tempted to enjoy these white flocked trees with white owls until Easter, but they probably won't be up much longer.  I loved using the white fur under the trees instead of the snow blanket.  Fur tree skirts were sold out at the site where I found them online, so I went to a fabric store and bought two yards of white fur.  I cut it in two pieces (for two skirts) and rounded off the corners but didn't make it a circular shape.  I didn't want to lose that much fur, and you can always fold under what you don't need.  I made a cut to the middle in each skirt and cut out a small circle to go around the tree trunk.  For trees with removable flat bases, you could also just cut a small center hole for the spike in the stand and not have to make other cuts.

At this rate, this may be the most snow we see around here all winter!  No one will complain about that but me, though.

Longaberger Days of Christmas: Santa Belly Everywhere

I love my Santa Belly Baskets, but I'm afraid I didn't put them to good use this year, especially the big ones.  I used a few to carry food and gifts, but many just sat and were enjoyed. 

I combined my Santa Belly Baskets with some Midwest Heartland Santas on the right, with my Santa puzzle on top.  Past years' Santa Belly uses can be found in "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page.  You can also click on a label below a post.

Pictured to the right, at the bottom, is one of the Boyd's Bears ornaments made in partnership with Longaberger.  I'm glad Longaberger had such fun merchandising partners!

Longaberger Days of Christmas: Fastest Turtles Around

 "I don't have time to make something homemade!"  If your Christmas party plans include taking treats, and you're busy as can be, these faux turtles will be a great addition to the dessert table.  Our local grocery store handily had these three "ingredients" displayed together, making it even easier.

Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and fill it with as many pretzels as you wish.  I also make smaller personal batches on a Longaberger plate in the microwave. :}

Place one Rolo on top of each pretzel.  I hope you were able to find a bag of unwrapped Rolos!  Otherwise, you'll need to unwrap a bowlful of Rolos before starting.  


Making these when you're heating up your oven to prepare another dish is a good plan.  They just need a few moments of heat so the Rolos are soft on top but not melting through the pretzel holes.  If your oven is set at 350 degrees, you can probably pull them out when the oven beeps that it's preheated.  

Grab your sheet out of the oven and immediately push a pecan half on top of each Rolo.  Cool them so that the chocolate firms up (or just enjoy them with messy fingers, if you can't wait!). 

These will make great comfort food all winter and beyond. You can grab the ingredients and make them wherever you go, as long as you have an oven or microwave.  Enjoy!!

Longaberger Days of Christmas: Ring in the Season!

Have you enjoyed decorating with Longaberger's beautiful Christmas Baskets or Pottery?  As I prepared for my annual Open House last weekend, my garland with Noel Bell Baskets was one of my first and favorite things to go up.   

 The 2000 Noel Bell Basket is not the valuable '83 one, but is special because of its size, colors, and the "2000 Century Celebration" woodburn found on all baskets created in 2000.  It came with a wrought iron hanger, but you can free your Bell from it. 

Although we have no 2018 Longaberger Christmas Baskets, thankfully consultants and customers alike have many beautiful past seasonal products that will last forever.  

Longaberger Halloween Fun

Remember these funny metal Longaberger Happy Halloween Lanterns from 2004?  I've never found the right, easy-to-use candles for them until this year.  I went to the local discount store and bought two battery-operated candles, and was happily surprised with their timer feature that turns them on automatically every afternoon from 5 until about 10.  How easy is that?  

       

Any group of Halloween treasures around our house is sure to have some Longaberger woven into it. 

Longaberger's Halloween and fall baskets always had fun themes and are reminders of happier times.  Lots of my favorites come together . . . candy corn, Peanuts (on the Yahtzee game), Boyd's, happy Jack O'Lanterns, and of course those special baskets and miniature baskets.

Longaberger Truly IS All-American

It's always fun to play with your Longaberger products, and I had fun sorting out my piles of past patriotic baskets into groups I can enjoy for the next few months.  The All-American Basket series is one of my favorites, but neither of these more-recent groups above my kitchen cabinets are the original All-Americans.  Those usually weren't big baskets, and these used above the cabinets need to include some large ones.  

The flag baskets in the top photo were the most recent flag group Longaberger made, spanning several years, and include sizes from a Large Picnic to a Tea Basket size.  A flat Woven Flag panel is in back.  Can you find the Firecracker Basket?

The banner weave baskets in the bottom photo are fun.  One is a prototype that was never made available, and another was given for bringing a large tour to Longaberger Homestead.  
Have a wonderful Fourth of July!

Longaberger's Patriotic American Baskets

What a pile of beautiful, American-made Longaberger Baskets!  Decorating for any holiday might begin with "Hmmmmmm. Which baskets should I use?" for a Longaberger collector.  Of course, many collectors keep this group out all year, but I have so many others I also want to enjoy.

Yes, this is a confusing jumble of baskets representing at least 20 years of All-American and other monthly feature baskets, but that's a good problem to have.  Even the big, patriotic Wash Day and Block Party Baskets are enlisted to help carry Uncle Sams and other patriotic decor.

Longaberger's All-American Pie

Don't you love this fun, patriotic look?  It's quick and easy to complete, and your friends and family will enjoy it this summer.  I wish the picture better showed my patriotic Longaberger Grandma Bonnie's Pie Plate (you can barely see the tops of some of the navy stars inside the rim), but any Longaberger Pie Plate will work perfectly.  

This All-American Pie was featured in Longaberger's Collector's Club Connection (May 2016), and as the writer says, "It allows you to express your patriotism in a fun and tasty way."  Kids and grandkids might enjoy helping put this pie together for a family celebration.  As you'll see, I used the easy version of everything, and it turned out fine with no stress. 

Line a pie plate with your favorite crust--I used Pillsbury refrigerated crusts.  Fill with two cans of cherry pie filling (I used Lucky Leaf Premium Filling in 21-ounce cans and got many compliments), trying to keep it away from the top left one-fourth as much as possible. Add blueberry pie filling (more Lucky Leaf, for me) to fill in the blue field in the top left corner.  You won't use the entire can.  The original instructions said to spread the cherry filling evenly everywhere and then cover with a thin layer of blueberry on the upper left, but I didn't do that.  As thick as this pie filling is, I was able to add the two fillings in their own places and smooth it together easily. 

Cut another crust into stars and stripes.  I have a Pampered Chef "Creative Cutters Set" that has 8 small, very-useful shapes, and I used the especially-handy star shape here. I used a pizza cutter to cut the stripes and then assembled them on the pie to look like Old Glory.  I baked the pie for 45-50 minutes at 350 degrees and had to broil it for a brief moment at the end (watch it closely!) to lightly brown my stars and stripes.

Especially delicious served warm with vanilla ice cream, this is a great pie!  I'm sure it's good cold, too, if there is any left by then.

Longaberger's Collector's Club has long featured special products, mostly baskets, that were unique examples of American craft. For an annual membership fee, members had the opportunity to purchase those products and received a special publication too. The Collector's Club Connection was a magazine for Club members that in recent years had become an online magazine.  This was especially fun because the stories could be very timely.  The photography and ideas were always fun and fresh.  Michael Kennedy has been a wonderful and very creative director of Longaberger's Collectors Club, known more recently as The Club.

If you are interested in other recipes created in Longaberger Woven Traditions Pottery, click on the "Recipes" label below this post.  All recipes I have posted about in the past will come up.  You can also click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page and keep clicking back through many pages of posts.

A Christmas Tree Tribute to Longaberger Weavers

My office Christmas tree this year pays tribute to Longaberger's weavers, past and present.  Weaver tags that come with Longaberger Baskets have been placed on the branches (no time to add ribbon hangers yet!), and they make me smile every time I see them. The ornaments on the tree are retired Longaberger pewter ornaments that commemorate past Christmas Collection Baskets, snowflakes, and the Santa, Snowman, and Angel cookie mold series.  

Longaberger's basket weavers are a special group of artists.  They still initial and date the baskets when finished, just as they traditionally have, but now the baskets also come to you with a weaver tag with a photo of the weaver and a comment from her or him.  On back, there is a code you can scan with your phone to watch a short video about the weaving process.  Many weavers don't enjoy the limelight and add those cards reluctantly, not realizing how much we like to put a face with those initials.

Merry Christmas, Longaberger weavers.  We appreciate you!

Transport Your Holiday Dish in a Longaberger Basket

When traveling with food to a family event, it's nice to know your dishes are secure and not have to worry about them spilling.  

When I took a Crock Pot of cream-style corn to our last 2016 Thanksgiving gathering today, I decided to try carrying it in my Bold Red Social Gathering Basket and found that basket holds the Crock Pot perfectly. 
Longaberger has made the Social Gathering in many different beautiful weaves (from 2011 to 2014) because it's so handy to hold all sorts of dishes and many other things.   Isn't it great with my oval red Crock Pot?  Festive!  

And the corn's not bad either.  :)

Fall Decorating with Longaberger Takes Away Stress

If you haven't already added some Thanksgiving or fall decor to your home, it's a nice distraction from Tuesday's election.  Keep yourself busy adding some more fall touches to your home . . . or raking leaves . . . or taking in summer flowerpots . . . or whatever else needs doing for fall!  
As I was decorating today, I was reminded that one of Longaberger's prettiest fall baskets is the 2015 Collectors Club Maple Leaf Basket Set.  The 2015 WoodCrafts Leaves complement it well, and the lid has a stack of three maple leaf shapes.

My Thanksgiving decorations also involve many Pilgrim couples, but Longaberger hasn't created one of those yet.  Maybe some year that will happen.

Election Relief: Plan for Thanksgiving with Longaberger

More election relief:  turn to something completely positive.  Thanksgiving, a uniquely American holiday, focuses us on our many blessings, which we sometimes overlook in busy or stressful times.  I enjoy that there are no gifts or hustle-and-bustle involved with this holiday other than food preparation and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, usually while working in the kitchen.

Add Longaberger into the Thanksgiving equation and you have beautiful heavy Woven Traditions Pottery for baking and dining and baskets for serving.  One fun pre-election distraction might be deciding which foods you will serve to match your Longaberger Baskets of choice.  Of course, you should choose the serving pieces based on the menu, but instead Longaberger Basket fans often serve whatever fits the baskets they have in mind.

Longaberger offered the Autumn Reflections Baskets above in 2001-2002, and they are clearly wonderful for serving bread and all sorts of snacks and desserts.  The Large Harvest Blessing Basket, back right, has a handy divided plastic protector so you can serve different items separately.  The Daily Blessing Basket, back left, has a protector with top and bottom layers, so you can put ice in the bottom and snacks to keep cool in the top protector.  I wonder if I'll use these baskets this year?  I have a few other possibilities.

Longaberger has offered many beautiful fall-hued baskets, beginning with the Shades of Autumn collection, and the regular-stained ones are always handy too.  Distract yourself today by starting to plan how you'll spoil your family and friends at Thanksgiving with time together and tasty food. Longaberger is always on my "thankful for" list. 

A Halloween Use for Your Longaberger Umbrella Basket

Longaberger's retired Umbrella Basket is a unique shape with uses far beyond holding umbrellas.  Striking holding any tall thin item, I've enjoyed my Umbrella Basket holding a tree at Christmas, and now here it is for Halloween!

Many of my favorite Halloween decorations came from Dresden, Ohio shops or Longaberger Homestead. When Longaberger Consultants attend the Bee in Dresden in late July, those fun shops always have tempting fall and Halloween decor that we just can't resist.  It's fun to remember those trips as I put out my decorations.

This black tree and wooden ornaments came from The Basket Shoppe, where we always seem to leave any money we have left after Longaberger Homestead shopping.  

Besides holding traditional long umbrellas and unique canes, what do you use your Longaberger Umbrella Basket for?  It's very helpful at Christmas (and year 'round) holding rolls of gift wrap, and if you weight the bottom and pack it with newspaper or some other fill up to about 8" below the top, it can hold a big fern in its pot.  I've also seen the Umbrella used as a side table, with a purchased round glass table top added.  

One year I painted a large tree branch white and put it in the Umbrella Basket (with lots of weight added for stability), then hung the Horizon of Hope Baskets on it and tied on all sorts of pink ribbons.  You could also make some sort of fall tree, and at your Thanksgivign gathering, add leaves that family members have written on.  

Celebrate America with Longaberger!

If you own Longaberger All-American or other patriotic baskets, I hope you're ready to use them this weekend for the Fourth of July!  Since this basket group is up over my kitchen cabinets, I probably won't be pulling them down to use, but I enjoy seeing them displayed through the summer. 

These American Celebration Baskets from 2007 and 2008 are a unique group, with Rose and Denim Banner Weave.  The Large Boardwalk Basket on the left was a prototype created but never produced.  The American Celebrations Medium Boardwalk Basket made the cut and was sold in April 2007.   The little Tidbit Basket (atop the Premium Crackers tin) was also available in 2007.  The 2008 American Celebrations Oval Market Basket is perched atop the big Tour with Me American Celebrations Picnic Basket, which is a monster with a split lid with leather hinges.  Like the Large Boardwalk, the Picnic is a relatively rare basket, since a Longaberger Consultant had to register and take a group of 15 or more guests to Longaberger Homestead in the summer of 2008.  

You can find a special American Spirit Basket on my Longaberger website currently and find many past patriotic Longaberger Baskets you'll enjoy in my eBay store.  Every Longaberger Basket is a patriotic one, since they are created by American craftsmen!