A Great Home Based Business Hobby
Making gift baskets is a great home business that can be quite profitable. Making these baskets is very easy. They are lovely gifts. You can choose the items to go in the basket, making it a very personal gift.
A co-worker brought in a basket you ordered online for her sister. She had to select the items she wanted the basket to include. It was very expensive in the end. To make it worse, she wasn’t very about the quality of the items. She stated she should learn to make gift baskets and start her own business offering better quality. I told her it really isn’t that hard to make such gift baskets.
Start with a sturdy, pretty basket that the receiver can use for something else after they have removed the gift items. Fill the basket will things you know the receiver will enjoy. This gives you a way to track the price of the basket as well. My co-worker wanted lotions and bath items for her sister as well as some candy. She got them, but they were very cheap quality items.
A few weeks later, I decided to try my hand at making a gift basket. My sister was going to have surgery so I thought that would be the perfect opportunity. I asked my co-worker if she was interested in watching the process. We picked up a great basket at a discount store on sale. I had a budget of $20 to spend on the contents. I purchased note cards, candy, shower gel, lotion, a great book, and a puzzle book. I also bought cello wrap and tissue paper. I was able to stay under the $20 budget. We anticipated a gift basket with the same items from a retailer would be about $60.