HANDMADE HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA #44 // For The Absolute Worst Days, Bummer Baskets to the Rescue

One of Bummer Baskets' dutifully bummed-out gifts.

We're making our lists, and Siri's checking them twice--because the 5th annual 3rd Ward Handmade Holiday Craft Fair is happening on December 10. In anticipation of this awesome event, we're giving you a sneak preview of who will be selling what.

The folks at Bummer Baskets know that what you really want on a bad day (a lost-your-job-and-got-dumped kind of day, or just a cowlick-and-shouty-boss day) is not a Hallmark card. You want a stiff drink, something sugary and a few tokens of the laughter and comfort of days gone by, before everything went to hell. That's why they've brilliantly put together care packages with things like "Here's to Happy Endings" wine glasses, fresh-baked brownies, temporary tattoos, and flower-planting kits.

Better still, the kindly basketmakers source their products as locally as possible. "Final selections for baskets are based on team input as well as asking friends and loved ones what they would want to receive in a bummer situation," cofounder Kerry Kirk says. "We are tirelessly baking new things in pursuit of the perfect recipes for bummer times-which is really at the core of our baskets."

While we certainly don't wish you or your loved ones to have bummer holidays, it may be helpful to have one of these adorable kits on hand--if only for yourself in case your drunk uncle decides to talk bad politics, and your grandmother starts hounding you about wanting to live to meet her great-grandchildren.

--Layla Schlack