About Us

Santa Barbara Gift Baskets has been creating beautiful baskets for all occasions since 1986. We have earned a reputation for our artistic presentation and unique items. Santa Barbara produces some of the finest gourmet foods, wines and gifts and we are proud to support our local businesses by carrying and using their superior products in our baskets. We also select other fine gourmet foods, candles, spa products, baby products, stationary and gift items from around the world for their quality and uniqueness to be sold in our retail store.

We receive great joy from our lives in Santa Barbara and appreciate the support the community has given us over the years. In return, Santa Barbara Gift Baskets selects a local non –profit organization every month to receive a donation. It is our way of showing how grateful we are to be able to live and work amongst the wonderful people and beautiful scenery of Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Gift Baskets is owned and operated by four partners. Sam and Cari Thomas and Justin and Rachael Sparks. Rachael and Cari met in high school, attended Westmont College in Santa Barbara where they met their future husbands, Justin and Sam and have been the closest of friends for over fifteen years. Between them they have three children under two (Caitlin, Madeira and Gavin) who bring them unmeasurable amounts of joy and who are already in basket design training. . .