Do you like making gift baskets for your friends and family? They aren’t difficult to put together and you can actually turn this hobby into a great business. Gift baskets are a popular gift item, so you shouldn’t have any troubles selling them.

To get started, you need a few ideas. You could start with the most popular special occasions, like Christmas, birthdays, new baby, get well, etc. Sit down and write out a list of ideas and then write a list of gift items for each of these. For example, you might want to develop a new baby basket, so you would write down all the gifts that could possibly be included.

These would include bottles, diapers, soothers, gripe water, baby paracetamol, a flannel blanket, a hat or complete layette, a stuffed animal, etc. This will give you an idea of the cost of your gift basket.

You could also develop two or three separate gift baskets in each category. A Basic New Baby basket would include just five or six items, while a Super New Baby basket might be stuffed with up to a dozen gifts. You can charge more for the upgraded versions.

Another good idea is to offer custom baskets. This is a lot of fun. Someone could call you with an order for a Computer Lover’s basket and you get to put together something completely new and unique! Custom baskets can be a good way to earn, too, since you can charge more.

When offering gift baskets for sale, remember that imagination counts. You could invent a new sort of gift basket. Think of all the times you might want to give a gift to someone and create a set of gifts for it. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

- Pregnancy Basket: Tums for heartburn, anti-nausea suckers, massage lotion, etc.

- Car Lover’s Basket: bottle of ArmorAll, cleaning cloths, wax, car calendar, etc.

- Coffee Lover’s Basket: mug, sample packs of coffee, creamers, mini bottles of flavoring.

- Shutterbug Basket: disposable camera, photo album, stickers, fancy scissors, etc.

Selling your baskets shouldn’t be too difficult. You could offer them online on Ebay or in your own webstore. Craft fairs are another good place to sell them, as well as consignment shops.

If you are interested in more information on the gift basket business, you can check out the Rockhill Cottage website where you will find plenty of information to get you started. http://www.rockhillcottage.com/page/page/2931181.htm

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