I'm still plugging along with my baskets. I broke even with the two craft shows I debuted with but better than that I gained some new business contacts and lots of positive feedback. I've temporarily lost my shopping cart since Google switched there shopping cart options. Because of that, I'm back to about square one trying to find a shopping cart function that'll best work for my baskets. Talk about frustrating but I'm still learning and still in business.
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Wahoo! I just combined over 40 baskets for this Saturday's Craft Fair I've entered. And I'm running out of baskets & work space to do anymore for now. Next step, price them and take pictures and then the final assembly with wrap.
This is the video that was played at the end of this encampment that my husband & 14 year old son attended.
Item # D109: Flowery Hot Pink Basket * Metal mirror flower * Pink flower candle holder w/candle * Pink purse w/flowers & butterflies picture frame * Pink flower mirror (The frame has scratches on it.) This basket has a DISCOUNTED price because of the minor flaw(s) as mentioned and shown. I forgot to take an out of basket photo to show the smudges/scratches on the pink flower mirror. The picture below is enlarged and through the wrap you can slightly see the white spot (This smudge represents and is typical of the other slight scratches on this frame.) Click to Enlarge Photo
Item #D107: Chickens Basket * Wooden wall hanging rooster (At the edges of its beak & feet the paint is chipped off. This chipping gives it a rustic look.) * Rustic red metal picture frame * Chicken mailbox figurine (The green vine going up the mailbox is missing in two spots) * Chickens and a barrel figurine This basket has a DISCOUNTED price because of the minor flaw(s) as mentioned and shown. Click to Enlarge Photo
Item #D105: Rocking Chair Bear Basket * Momma bear & baby bear sitting on a rocking chair music box figurine which plays rock-a bye baby * White porcelain picture frame with blue trim & flowers (The frame has small chip on the top left edge.) This basket has a DISCOUNTED price because of the minor flaw(s) as mentioned and shown. Click to Enlarge Photo
This wall decal from The Art Deli reveals one of life's insights of happiness. When we give our best everyone around us benefits including ourselves.
Help. I have started my very own online gift shop business at www.pleasingiftbaskets.com and I need to get the word out. I need more "friends," "likes," "sharing," plus tips to get on top of my advertising learning curve. In a few weeks I'll have my official logo completed and can seek out other advertising forms, but for now I still need help. I have supplies to
create several more assorted gift baskets and want to develop other types of baskets that I can duplicate and even ship but I am running out of room to store my assembled baskets. Will you help me via Facebook and word of mouth share or refer people you know who might like my gift baskets or even buy them for someone who'd like them? I have never met or heard of a person who doesn't like gifts. Gifts help inspire happiness. We can find and give gifts everyday. One just needs to look around and then with some thought one can discover all of the abundant gifts available for the giving and taking. Without counting ... Life is one of our greatest daily gifts that we can have.
Good Grief ...... but HOORAY. I fixed my email and "contact us" page so I can now find, receive and read emails sent to me via my "contact us" section of my website. I never thought that setting up my business website would take soooooo long to get going.
I fixed the problems that I was having awhile back. After having done that I found and solved many other issues within my shopping cart set-up. For awhile whenever someone would click on the "add to chart" tab nothing would happen and no one could buy anything....AARGH. But now everything looks good from what I can see and is working. My excitement from earlier when I started setting this website up and thinking it was ready to work has worn out. It took some time to research some of these issues and fix them. But with all that said, today I felt warm inside and so happy that my eyes became teary because after all of my work and effort I accomplished what I set out to do. Now several hours later after my ah-ha moment I am just ready to be done for the night and hope I don't forget everything I've done and what to do next.
Okay, so I have now come across my first public hiccup. I was able to fix some behind the scene problems between last night and now but have discovered that I still have some other problems. My order/checkout tab and my Google merchants/checkout isn't working. I'm hoping to have this resolved sometime tomorrow. I never thought this website stuff would be easy or confessed any real skill with creating or running websites. This is suppose to be first and foremost a fun hobby of mine. With that said, I really do hope to get this technical stuff under my belt so I can focus on the part I like best.
Item #101: Rustic Blue Recipes for Happiness Basket *small rocking chair framed picture w/stand *framed "House Rules" *framed " Children Learn What They Live" *wooden hanging hearts *wooden heart w/flowers Click to Enlarge Photo "House Rules"
If you sleep on it---make it up. If you wear it---hang it up. If you drop it---pick it up. If you eat out of it---wash it. If you open it---close it. If you turn it on---turn it off. If you empty it---fill it up. If it rings---answer it. If it howls---feed it. If it cries---Love it! Children Learn What They Live If a child lives with criticism...he learns to condemn. If a child lives with shame...he learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with ridicule...he learns to be shy. If a child lives with tolerance...he learns to be patient. If a child lives with encouragement...he learns confidence. If a child lives with approval...he learns to like himself. If a child lives with acceptance and love he learns to find happiness! Okay...so I've purchased, assembled, wrapped, taken pictures, and uploaded pictures. I'm as ready as I'm going to be to publish my site. I'm not done adding all my baskets to my product page but want to see how this is going to work. I can't tell how the google cart is going to work since I haven't been able to submit my quantity yet. Remember I only have one of everything now.
I am totally excited!!! I completed two baskets and they look great. I even impressed my family with them; I don't think they really knew how professional they'd look. The shrink wrap and heat gun I used are wonderful and really give the baskets a good final touch. After my dinner break I'll finish the final assembly and wrapping of three more. Unfortunately, I've been on stand by to do any more because my daughter who happens to have the nicer camera has been busy and the family (no one knows for certain who) has lost our other digital camera so I can't assemble any more tonight. As soon as I can get a hold of a camera, I'm going to take the remaining pictures of my first group of baskets and then I can make the final touches to them. I sure hope to be able to get this batch of baskets done so I can upload the photos and info to start selling them. I don't have any more room to make any more until I start selling a few. It's hard to say which I like best, shrinking the wrap and seeing the final product or finding the items and creating a new basket. It doesn't really matter because doing all of this is just fun and I'm glad that I finally came up with the idea to do something that I like as a business.
Ready, Set, Go! I'm feeling old and hesitant right now since I've been so slow getting on this blogging band wagon. I'm still not sure what is what yet but want to share some of my thoughts and stuff I do. My most recent thing I've been doing is making gift baskets to sell.
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Janet Burrup SpencerHere's a brief glimpse into who I am: I'm actively a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I like to organize, decorate, and create things. I grew up in Maryland and moved to Idaho to attend Ricks College, met my husband, and am happily a wife and mother of six children and 4 grandchildren living in Rexburg, Idaho Categories
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