soap and paper

we've been making tons of soap lately for christmas gifts, the melt and pour variety. rodney is just learning how and is very posessive of his soapmaking time. today he made some with peppermint leaves and essential oil added, poured over small bits of lavender smelling soap from a previous batch that was dyed blue. i'm planning a lemon-lime kind with stripes. it's fun to make and the cleanup is easy, plus if the baby goes ballistic (which rarely happens, but is always possible nonetheless) i can just stop and get back to it later. earlier this year i contemplated going into the soap business and trying to market to retail stores, but it was too daunting a task, what with all the federal guidelines to follow. i am the dream small business kid. it is my goal to figure out some kind of business i can do myself from home. i never want to go back to work, it sucks so much compared to being with the kids all day.
my latest fantasy business is designing notecards. i love all things made of paper and i love art. i have no idea how to go about starting a business, but i'll figure it out. in the meantime i need some funds, so am busy plotting ways to raise those. when i lay in bed at night, notecards dance across my eyelids and graphic designs sing to me. rodney doesn't know this yet, but i'm planning on using some tax return funds to buy some design software. i'm drooling just thinking about it.