Shipped out the last few Heart Baskets today. Happy Valentines Day!!!! And I purchased these tiny hearts last year from a cute Etsy Shop. I am going to get some more for sure. ❤️❤️❤️
Heart Basket Love
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People are going berserk over my Target Dupe……..
I get weekly requests to make this basket.Unfortunately, it is made of material and uses framework that I just don’t have It is very popular with home decorators on Instagram, and has been discontinued by Target for a year or so. It is, however, still highly sought after in that world.
Below is my version and needless to say my customers are loving it. It’s definitely a different basket, but it is inspired by the shape and size of this famous basket. I don’t do the tapered look because, well actually it’s just not practical design wise. But they don’t mind.
It will be back up in my Etsy shop when I get the current orders I have caught up. Hope you are having a fabulous week!!!
New Design
This new design is proving to be quite popular The combination of the beautiful leather handle and the whitewash finish is a customer favorite. It’s the longest leather hanger I currently make measuring around 15”.
The leather is sourced from a local shoe company. Scraps that would likely end up in the landfill are used to make these and other basket designs. Colors include Brown, Black, as seen below, Burgundy and Olive.
Hope you have a great day!!!
Grateful for all the support
Thanks so much to all my customers who have been supporting my small business during these most difficult of times. The orders, the love on my Social Media Sites etc etc certainly make me a happy entrepreneur. Can’t wait to continue creating for you in 2021.
Same basket, different finishes, different looks. So many options when handcrafting a basket.
Plain and simple Fruit Basket. Used those apples today to make a pie. It was a productive morning.
Progress !!!!!!!
New baskets added to my website today. Getting used to this, not as scary as it was. Definitely needs some fine tuning but it is coming along just fine . I will upgrade at some point and add a cart and such. Right now it is at its most basic point to be able to purchase a basket from me.
I currently have an Etsy Site but hoping to get it all moved over to this “Real” Website Soon Hope you are all having a wonderful week.
Search for Bouquetofbaskets under shops on Etsy.com
Back on Track
My shop is back open. I took a few days to catch up on orders and try to get ahead of it.. I decided to leave items sold out and deactivate other baskets in my shop. This tactic was used instead of actually putting my shop on “vacation “. I’ve used the vacation mode in the past. It seemed to really hurt my store as far as new views and orders after I opened back up. Before I slowed my shop down, it was a week before I even started to weave an order. Now, I can weave orders within 1-2 days
My strategy started by finishing all of the remaining orders I had. It was very satisfying to weave that very last basket. For the last few months I’ve been receiving 50-60 orders per week. Each basket takes an average of over an hour to complete from start to finish. This pace, needless to say, is virtually impossible to keep up with.
My ultimate goal was to make new orders in a timely manner while also having baskets ready to ship. I ended up weaving 15 baskets that will be ready to stain and ship out. I will mix these stock baskets in with the orders I receive. This will alleviate the time pressures and delays I have been experiencing. This will also free up time to design new new ideas and experiment. believe this has to be part of any successful business.
After opening back up, this strategy seems to be working and will be sustainable. I received 10 orders the first day. I had 6 of them already woven therefore had to weave 4. The second day I received 5 orders and will only have to weave 3 of them. While making these orders I will continually make duplicates of the baskets that regularly sell and keep them in stock. This will be my new strategy moving forward. I am very excited and I’ll keep you posted.
Bouquet of Baskets 