Any Basket Mavens?

abasket
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:33:21 +0000

I have a large sunporch that has a ledge/shelf that runs across 3 of the walls (at the top). I keep many of my baskets up there that don’t have a specific purpose, but when I need a basket I draw from this collection to find the basket that fits the need - whether it’s filling it with Halloween candy to pass out, placing muffins in it to take to someone, whatever.

One of my favorite basket ideas ever was the “homework basket” when my kids were younger. It was a basket with a handle that held all the different things they might need when doing homework: index cards, pencils, pens, pink pet erasers, scissors a small box of crayons, ruler, etc. When they sat down to do homework, they grabbed the “homework basket” and usually had all they needed in there so they didn’t have to keep getting up, get distracted or constantly ask me to “find a ruler” or whatever.

My kids also always loved my baskets at Easter time. Still, every year, the night before Easter they go around the house and choose a basket to be theirs. Sometimes it’s a huge one, sometimes a flat square one, sometimes a white one, sometimes one that is lined. Even though they are 11, 16 and almost 20 those baskets get hid every year and they know they’ve found theirs when they find their chosen basket that year!

I love baskets!