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Article: Washington, D.C., gift basket designer brings personal touch to holiday orders.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 26, 2004
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Byline: Marguerite Higgins
Nov. 26--Gloria Coronado knows how to take a few food items, tissue paper, some small gifts and a wicker basket and transform them into a premium gift basket.
Mrs. Coronado, 40, is the gift basket designer at Elite Occasions, a specialty gift-basket shop in Georgetown.
She spends her days assembling each requested basket usually within 15 to 30 minutes, completing 35 to 45 each day.
Mrs. Coronado, who speaks little English, starts her morning earlier this week preparing her work table for an influx of regular and seasonal orders.
She lives in the District on a permanent residency visa. The ...