Wow! Beautiful job! I had a gift shop up until 7 years ago, but I made diapers wreathes and cakes beside gift baskets. I never used that style bag.. I’ll have to try it! I’m now working out of my home. Thank you for sharing!

@lifeasiknowit89

9 ай бұрын

That's awesome. We have yet to expand to making cakes or wreaths but there is definitely a market for it!

I'm so greatful to you for making this very on point video❤ I hope both of you will gain more and more success in whatever you do in life

@lifeasiknowit89

8 ай бұрын

Really appreciate this comment today 😁

This was very helpful. I'm just getting started with my basket business and I really really I had a solid place to sell them rather than do the street thing. But I know I have to start somewhere. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliments. Yes you have to start somewhere and honestly sometimes starting small is more beneficial as you can decide how many baskets you want to take on.

Good for you. Keep up the good work!!

@lifeasiknowit89

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching !

Loving this channel. I’m also a basket maker. Business is good but can be better I’m not consistent. Ty so much for sharing

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

That is the main hurdle with being self employed you have to cultivate discipline to get things done.

Thank you for your help!

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

Not a problem and many more to come 😁

Love your channel

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

Thanks boss.

You both are very cute together. I just started my basket business but it's stressing me out to come up with different creative baskets. I think you doing 2 kinds of baskets may make more sense. Independent grocery store sounds like a great thing also.

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you. We do need to tailor our baskets to specific needs sometimes but we generally stick to common themes and styles. It's very trendy right now to create charcuterie style baskets.

Great job!

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

😊 thank you for all the wonderful information! Very cute couple too!❤

@lifeasiknowit89

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for viewing... and the compliment!

Thinking about getting started doing this with local products. Great tips on building and where to market. Thanks

@lifeasiknowit89

25 күн бұрын

Thanks we really appreciate it!

I always find it that Christmas is really bad dor us we do HORRIBLE on this day. So i spent $2100 in product and only made $1400 back😢 and fathers day the same. We do our best on Valentine's and mother's day.

@lifeasiknowit89

5 ай бұрын

interesting... I haven't heard of this experience yet as usually people really have an amazing December. Perhaps the competition is really fierce in your area where it makes hard to sell baskets at a good rate? Fathers day is definitely not the best month but it should not be a loss. Well you know more about your business than I do, so maybe avoid those holidays. Either way I wish you the best of luck.

Great video. Your beautifulness exudes both inside and out. I make and give gift baskets as Thank you presents and give friends and family for special occasions. They are always a hit. 💝🌸🎁

@lifeasiknowit89

4 ай бұрын

I think baskets are a great gift for anyone. It is a gift that people can use and share with guests at their house or simply use for themselves.... many options haha.

Thank you for sharing you r nformation

@lifeasiknowit89

10 ай бұрын

No problem thank you for watching !

I would make gift baskets for people to give as gifts but I never thought about selling. When you make the baskets do clients tell you what items they want in a basket and you just buy the items? Thank you for sharing!

@lifeasiknowit89

7 ай бұрын

I recommend selling them since you already know the craft. Clients will give a general idea on what they are looking for and then we will tailor it to that theme. Of course some people are very specific as well and you will have to decide how lenient and open you will be to catering to that. Oftentimes people will just give their price range and we will do the popular charcuterie theme.

@NottyGurlStyle

7 ай бұрын

@@lifeasiknowit89 Thank you!

You both are so adorable. Thanks for sharing. Do you use only products from your store? Or do you have wholesalers you order from for large orders?

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! We basically have everything we need for our baskets at our store. The only thing people will add is their own bottle of wine which usually they provide as we can't sell alcohol here in Ontario.

@velvetpetalsvp

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeasiknowit89 thanks for your response 🙏🏽

So other than the bow, you don’t add lovely filler and things to make the basket attractive. Would’ve looked so much more festive with beautiful gold or tan beige grass tucked on the sides.

@lifeasiknowit89

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! We do usually use fillers depending on what season it is. We use the colourful grass for Easter. For Christmas we usually put in small foiled covered chocolates, and even an ornament with the bow to dress it up for Christmas, as well as tinsel. These baskets were used as examples and were not dressed up to the full extent for Christmas as I tried to make them universal since I sell baskets prior to Christmas. We have done very well with our baskets over the years and continue to grow our orders and sales each and every year.

Looks very neatly packaged, i am just wondering if the heat of airdryer melts the chocolate items? and heat mixed with plastic releases toxins into food products, is there a different way to get the plastic that neat without blowing heat onto plastic and food?

@lifeasiknowit89

9 ай бұрын

You bring up a good point. We use a very low heat to shrink the bags. Which barely would reach the prepackaged products. Many products in our baskets are jarred or in cardboard. I also believe they are food safe and FDA approved. I see where you are coming from and there may be other ways to obtain this look without heat but I have yet to research that.

$50k over 2.5 years? Does that include costs, or is that profit?

@lifeasiknowit89

5 ай бұрын

Hey this was $50,000 in sales over the last 2.5 years.... so that is not pure profit. It is a small portion of our current business that has been growing over the years.

I have a grocery store too and am looking to start making baskets. What wholesale company do you recommend?

@lifeasiknowit89

10 ай бұрын

Yes baskets are the perfect addition to your store! Well wholesale companies will vary from country to country and state to state and i'm not sure if you are just looking for the basket bottoms or the products to put in the basket. If it is just the basket material(bows, bottoms, cellophane) and you are just starting I would suggest just buying a few from your local dollar stores and seeing if there is a market for baskets at your store. After that look into wholesalers and maybe you can get some volume discounts!

Where do you get your shrink bags

@lifeasiknowit89

Ай бұрын

Uline.ca If you are just starting it out and don't want many at once. They can sometimes be found at Dollartree or local party stores.

Felicia does one need a special license to resell the items we put in our baskets legally? I dont want to upset the actual companies that create the items. How do we get around this?

@lifeasiknowit89

10 ай бұрын

No special license required. In my province as long as you have a business license and proper food handling license you do not require any special license. The companies i'm sure are more than happy to be selling their products in your baskets.

I have the products just trying to find where to purshase my baskets, bags and bows

@lifeasiknowit89

9 ай бұрын

Hmmm I don't know where you are located but I'm sure you could find them at many thrift stores and dollar stores.

What size bag is that? Where do you source them? I do diaper cakes

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

The majority of the bags we use are 28inch by 34inch. We source them from a company called ULINE.

@got2surf90

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeasiknowit89 got on the Uline website but don’t see bags like that. Only rolls

@oneeyedpapi8058

11 ай бұрын

@@got2surf90Amazon is good too

where do you get your baskets from?

@lifeasiknowit89

9 ай бұрын

When we first started we would use the dollar store boards/charger plates. Now we have a wholesaler who ships to us, I believe it's called Flanagan.

@cardenfoy

9 ай бұрын

cool thank you@@lifeasiknowit89

Did you include the cost of the basket, bow, and bag into that $30 cost?

@lifeasiknowit89

11 ай бұрын

I don't believe we mentioned a $30 basket... Perhaps it was a 30 dollar profit on the basket ? We start all of our baskets at $50. But to answer the question yes every item must be accounted for.

How do you make that bow?

@lifeasiknowit89

10 ай бұрын

I guess we will have to make a tutorial on that... perhaps a short will do the trick!

For free to your clients

@lifeasiknowit89

8 ай бұрын

Exactly. For real estate if Felicia has a client who bought a house with her we send them a basket.

Where are you from.

@lifeasiknowit89

9 ай бұрын

Hey there, we are from Ontario Canada!

Hello Julio Valdez Brownsville Texas Can you help me with 62000 baskets for Super bowl fans? Dollar Tree store baskets in Brownsville Texas $40 worth for only 20 dollars call before 9 am, thank you for helping me. Can I win money? Julio V

@lifeasiknowit89

3 ай бұрын

Hmmm, what exactly are you looking for? Email us at rayandfel@gmail.com

Great job!

@lifeasiknowit89

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sharon!