About Us
I'm Patrice DeHaven, an award winning designer and the creative juices behind Carried Away Gifts. It's OUR job to make YOU look good. Getting carried away in the details and giving presence to your presents. We specialize in corporate gifts and can create a gift whatever the reason, whatever the season. We love being creative with our containers, remember everything doesn't have to come in a basket! We look forward to solving your 'present' dilemma. Nationwide shipping
How We Got Started
I started my business in southern California after attending a seminar on How To Start Your Own Business. I heard the words 'gift baskets' and Carried Away was born from there. My business travels down a few avenues specializing in the corporate sector from gifting programs, closing gifts for realtors, working with event planners and the hospitality industry shipping nationwide. From baby to bereavement and everything in between.
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (93)
"Patrice is awesome at what she does, her gifts show the love and effort put into them. Little..."
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"Patrice is awesome at what she does, her gifts show the love and effort put into them. Little gifts for ALL occasions, she is amazing!"
"Patrice creates the most thoughtful unique gifts. Northern Virginia’s loss is definitely..."
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"Patrice creates the most thoughtful unique gifts. Northern Virginia’s loss is definitely Florida’s. gain!!"
Products & Services
Our Gift of the Month Program is designed for the time of year or holiday that month, complete with a clever tagline & your business card attached ...
'You're The Key To Our Success' ~ These keys are actually bottle openers. They fit perfectly on a key chain. Comes in handy and that little remind...
Start your shopping experience with us online!
CARRIED AWAY Gifts offers online ordering on our website 24/7. We can ship and arrange pickup for ...
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Recommendations Given (77)
"The Brownwood Hotel & Spa is a lovely venue. The attention to detail is exceptional from their..."
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"The Brownwood Hotel & Spa is a lovely venue. The attention to detail is exceptional from their decor to their snack store, they even offer treats and toys for your pets AND have a food truck (M-F) and a spa! Katie, the sales manager will take wonderful care of you and pays attention to that same level of detail for your event or stay. I highly recommend them."
"Lee is such a caring person which in turn reflects in her compassion for her company and clients. "
Recent Activity
A few of my vendors have lowered their minimums and that has been helpful.
My insurance co gave us a 20% refund.
We signed up for the Spring Cleaning & Mulching service to be done in May, and they throw in a FREE Property Maintenance Refresh visit approximately one month after the Spring...
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A few of my vendors have lowered their minimums and that has been helpful.
My insurance co gave us a 20% refund.
We signed up for the Spring Cleaning & Mulching service to be done in May, and they throw in a FREE Property Maintenance Refresh visit approximately one month after the Spring service to extend the life of the service AND a FREE flower pot and flowers to bring some color to your front porch and help welcome back the spring!
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I am using Venmo quite a bit. Quick, easy and no processing fees!
I use Square if I'm doing transactions at shows thru my phone. If you don't have the actual credit card and type in transaction, it charges more so be careful not to do that.
I use Stripe for my website transactions. The fees...
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I am using Venmo quite a bit. Quick, easy and no processing fees!
I use Square if I'm doing transactions at shows thru my phone. If you don't have the actual credit card and type in transaction, it charges more so be careful not to do that.
I use Stripe for my website transactions. The fees are much better then banks and the more you process the cheaper the fees. This is my payment choice over all.
Occasionally I'll accept a PayPal payment if the client requests that and don't happen to have their card or cash with them.
Word of mouth has worked best for me. I specialize in custom giifts both corporate and personal. So creating a 'gifting experience' both from the giver and receiver end keeps them talking and me top of mind. It's always a pleasure to solve a 'present' dilemma and love the creative license I am...
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Word of mouth has worked best for me. I specialize in custom giifts both corporate and personal. So creating a 'gifting experience' both from the giver and receiver end keeps them talking and me top of mind. It's always a pleasure to solve a 'present' dilemma and love the creative license I am given.
I do a little of all the marketing, email newsletters the social media channels, and networking. Networking and word of mouth works best for me.
My business is very visual. I also use many vendors. When posting I tag and follow my vendors. They follow me back and have used my pics in some of their posts. The use of proper & targeted hash tags # is also important.
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My business is very visual. I also use many vendors. When posting I tag and follow my vendors. They follow me back and have used my pics in some of their posts. The use of proper & targeted hash tags # is also important.
Since you're in the printing business, everywhere you go show your newest WOW. Get them excited and saying can you do this for me? Offer specials, encourage people to shop local. Being in printing it's hard to compete with VistaPrint. Our local printer offers free personal delivery and they...
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Since you're in the printing business, everywhere you go show your newest WOW. Get them excited and saying can you do this for me? Offer specials, encourage people to shop local. Being in printing it's hard to compete with VistaPrint. Our local printer offers free personal delivery and they are 1/2 hr away. If you pick up they have a box of chocolates for you with labeling that they created. I really encourage networking, I get ideas from being around other people and feeding off their positive energy. If I get stuck, I go shopping, surf the next, see what others are doing. My business is very creative and I need to always ahead of the curve. My industry has a yearly convention...does yours? Do you attend? My industry has a private FB page...does yours? I get & give tons of ideas & support. The wonderful feedback I get from my clients continues to motivate me.
I rarely recommend promotional products. BUT if you're want to use them, pick something that is the latest & greatest and that people will really use. They cost a lot of money and have minimums. I do not recommend water bottles or mugs, anything of that sort. People are mugged to death, no pun...
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I rarely recommend promotional products. BUT if you're want to use them, pick something that is the latest & greatest and that people will really use. They cost a lot of money and have minimums. I do not recommend water bottles or mugs, anything of that sort. People are mugged to death, no pun intended. Have you looked in 2nd hand stores, what do you see...promo items and a lot of mugs. Myself, I like to use food with clever tag lines, people respond well to food, individually wrapped ~ specialty teas...you're tea-riffic ~ brownies...you earn brownie pts with your referrals ~ lottery tickets...thanks a million etc. I send a little thank you for everything, your time, your kind words...not just for business or referrals.
Hello I'm Patrice and the owner/designer of CARRIED AWAY Gifts in Sterling. We travel down a few avenues with an emphasis in the corporate arena. We do gifts from baby to bereavement and everything in between, shipping nationwide. Custom gifts is our favorite things to do. Our gifting programs...
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Hello I'm Patrice and the owner/designer of CARRIED AWAY Gifts in Sterling. We travel down a few avenues with an emphasis in the corporate arena. We do gifts from baby to bereavement and everything in between, shipping nationwide. Custom gifts is our favorite things to do. Our gifting programs are Gift of the Month, Birthdays, College Care, Thank You, and Real Estate just to mention a few.
Admin Day & Mother's Day is just around the corner!
It is our pleasure to solve your 'present' dilemma.
I love my job, therefore it's not really a job ♥ I love that I'm my own boss ♥ I love that I get to use my creativity everyday with the gifts I design ♥ I love that my clients give me the creative licence to express their feelings through gifts ♥ I love that I can make my own hours ♥ I love...
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I love my job, therefore it's not really a job ♥ I love that I'm my own boss ♥ I love that I get to use my creativity everyday with the gifts I design ♥ I love that my clients give me the creative licence to express their feelings through gifts ♥ I love that I can make my own hours ♥ I love getting 'carried away' in the details making them look good ♥
I love becoming an extension of my clients marketing ♥ I love receiving the wonderful feedback when they receive their gifts ♥ I love considering myself a relationship marketer ♥ I love thinking outside the box (basket) ♥ I love solving peoples 'present' dilemma ♥ Did I mention, I love my job ♥
Of course receiving a referral from a client is the best form for me. I own a gifting company so when recipients of my gifts turn into clients, that a really big WOW! It reassures me that I must be doing something right. Then the next step takes charge...keeping that client. It's a lot easier...
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Of course receiving a referral from a client is the best form for me. I own a gifting company so when recipients of my gifts turn into clients, that a really big WOW! It reassures me that I must be doing something right. Then the next step takes charge...keeping that client. It's a lot easier and less expensive to keep your current clients then always go looking for new ones.
