This morning the mister and I were discussing LadyLee’s post yesterday and both of them said something that stuck with me (totally different points).

I used to make gift baskets during the holidays.  That turned into selling gift baskets.  Then one day I stopped.  Here are some pictures.

I made this for my aunt on her birthday.  It’s a bathroom basket…rubber ducky, lemon scented bubble bath and lotion, and something else I don’t remember.  She still has it in her bathroom.  She put wash clothes behind the ducky to match her decor.

And as I’m trying to blog about baskets I realize that I don’t have any other pictures on this computer of other baskets.

Wait….here’s another one.  This was for my nieces to share one year.

The point is that (and if you could see the pictures you’d see why I say this) I don’t have the faith in myself to take what I know and make money selling these doggone baskets.  I don’t think my baskets are good enough to sell.

I looked up the word faith solely for the post and was interested in what I found.

(1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust

That stuck with me.  Faith in myself means complete trust and firm belief.  Well damn.  That sounds like something I should be able to easily achieve.  Let me tell you how my mind works though.  I did a little research and asked about 10 people what they would picture in a basket…..I mixed and matched some ideas and ran them across another 10 people.  Then I found what I thought were some pretty cute Valentine’s Day baskets.  I showed them to the mister last night and he actually flinched.  He thought they were horrible.  Well damn!  See……baskets not good enough.  Then I start throwing other doubts in there.  How to advertise?  How to deliver?  Where to assemble?  This happens a lot and usually I just give up on the idea altogether.  That’s the approval seeker in me.

complete trust…..

Is that realistic?