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addition to the fee you charge for doing the class or party, you'd also make money by selling the supplies people need for their crafts.

For The Artsy Mom:

If you are good at design and layout, there is a ton of work from home opportunities available. Two areas in particular seem to do well for home-based moms. Doing graphic design for things like brochures and newsletters, and website design for other small businesses.

Taking your existing art skills and learning one of these niches, is as easy as enrolling in your local junior college. There you'll find cheap, low-pressure classes that will train you on the leading software. Once you've mastered these programs (and bought them with your student discount), you're ready to hang out a shingle.

If you are interested in website design, you should consider learning Macromedia's suite of programs that include Dreamweaver and Flash. If you are interested in graphic design, you should master Quark Express.


For The Culinary Mom:

If cooking is your joy in life, there are a lot of opportunities for supplemental income. I've seen successful businesses that range from preparing a month's worth of nutritional meals for athletes, to preparing desserts for office Christmas parties.

The key to this home business it to decide what you enjoy cooking or baking the most, and then finding a need. The essential question is, "Who's life would be easier if they could pay me to create these culinary delights?"

When you figure out who could benefit from your services, then you start dropping off samples with your business card and price list. Scrumptious free samples, if you can get them in a decision-maker's hands, are a slam-dunk!

For The Techie Mom:

If you're the one who your family looks to whenever the computer gets a virus, or when there's new software to load, you may have a great business on your hands. There are plenty of moms (and dads) out there who are less than tech-savvy, and need a lot of help.

For $20 per hour, you can be the person in your community who helps people solve their computer woes. You can even accompany first-time computer buyers to the local store to help them figure out what is best for them.

For The Business-Oriented Mom:

Thanks to a program called QuickBooks, running the accounting for a small business has become infinitely easier than twenty years ago. But, it's still a fairly complex and powerful program that many business owners don't have time to learn.

There are plenty of moms, who have built a great side

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