Gift Basket giving with a personal touch, “yours”!

Baskets by Bandman is located in the Chain O' Lakes region of Illinois. Baskets by Bandman is family owned and operated by Sandy Bandman who has resided in the area nearly 20 years. Working in the Arts and Crafts field for over 20 years, Sandy turned her passion for arts and crafts into opening a gift basket business in 2002.

Our woodcrafter Jack Vance, formerly of Vance Woodcrafts, has been in the wood crafting business for over 30 years. Jack closed the doors to his business when he retired back in the 1990's – He is now wood crafting again on a part time basis.Welcome back Jack!

We welcome you to our website - A unique online store where creating your own gift basket is fun and easy. You choose your designer gift basket box set then fill your gift basket with scrumptious gourmet foods and beverages. From the gift basket design to the items that fill your gift basket, your choices, your way. You create it - we make it!

Our unique gifts include highly scented candles and handmade woodcrafted items. You can view them all while browsing our site. Whether it is custom gift baskets or personal gifts for a friend or loved one - we hope you find what your looking for here.

As you browse through our product categories we hope you enjoy our selection of products. We add new items frequently, so please continue to check back with us.

We take pride in our business and we are committed to providing our customers with top quality gift baskets and gifts.

Thank you for shopping with us,
Sandy and Jack