"There has to be a way for me to do this stressfree easy and fun"

It seems like you're finding out that running a business is hard work! :) It's not stressfree. You just have to learn to manage your stress. If you think you can't handle it, then you should get out now before you spend more money. Also, as they say, it takes money to make money. You'll have to find the extra money to buy the stuff you need.

But, given that you're asking questions, it doesn't look like you're ready to throw in the towel just yet :)

As a business owner, you know that you must invest in inventory. If you do what you're suggesting, you'll get an order, and optimistically, you'll place the order for the supplies that same day. Well, you don't have money to pay for overnight delivery, so you'll get traditionally 7-10 First Class mail. That's a possible 10 business days that your customer will be waiting to get their shipment not counting their own shipping time.

Your customers are NOT going to want to wait for a three week turnaround on their basket. You need to have stuff that you're selling in stock because otherwise, they'll just go somewhere else.

Okay, so you can't find the baskets you've been using - why not find other baskets? Have you, for example, gone to the dollar store? They have buckets available that you can buy. Can't those work? Maybe they're a little ugly - so spend some time and draw (or spray paint) some flowers onto them. There are many things you can do without spending too much money.

There's probably a way for you to use this to your advantage. Why not market personal customization? Get a stencil set and you can spray paint messages on the packaging? Time consuming - yes, but certainly pretty cheap.

You may want to visit this forum - http://www.giftbasketmessageboard.com - it's no longer active but there are a lot of topics with people asking questions just like yours. They list suppliers so you can find other places to buy what you need.

Best of luck! :)
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