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Dream job: handcrafting herbal soaps.(Money)(Carol Crow)

Carol Crow WHERE SHE WORKS Wilmington, NC SALARY IN 2006 $43,200

Growing her idea Carol Crow, 41, a horticulturist and landscape designer, never set out to add "soap maker" to her resume. It happened unexpectedly when, in 1998, a few clients gave her thank-you gifts of homegrown herbs and Crow used them to try out a soap recipe that she'd seen online. Her batch yielded an astonishing 600 bars, which Crow gave to friends and family--and people started requesting more. "I even got a call from someone in Michigan who'd tried the soap at a friend's house when she was here in town," says Crow.

So Crow started selling soaps on the side. In 1999, with more orders than she ...

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