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Made With Love, In Action

Tawana’s own photographs of baskets being put together — on the floor, mid-build, exactly as they actually happen.

Start to finish

A basket, from a pile on the floor to somebody’s hands

Scroll through in order and you can watch one come together: everything out of the bags, sorted, packed, wrapped, tied, and carried off.

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.
Every photograph

All of it, larger

Taken by Tawana on her phone while she works. The lighting is what it is — these are not staged product shots, and that is rather the point.

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.
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