What a great way to start slumbering in the evening. View a pillowcase that has a beautiful picture of a place you would much rather be at the time, then rest your head on your pillow after looking at it with the dream vacation set in your mind, as you close your eyes. Chances are you will start dreaming about the very place you last thought of before closing your eyes.

Pillowcases are typically pretty boring, why not make them fun? Print beautiful pictures on them that are appealing to the eye, imagination, and mind. Create pillowcases that have scenic pictures of different dream vacation areas. Because pillows are usually rectangular, this should be an easy thing to accomplish. This makes them quite easy to make also, especially if you have computer and sewing skills. You can use your computer to print pictures on pre-made pillowcases or rectangular pieces of fabric. Most computer printers can print fabric transfers, which you then press with an ordinary hot iron onto the fabric or pillowcase of your choice. The quality of the picture is quite amazing.

If you choose this fun business idea, but don't want to be involved in the creating of each pillowcase, you can use a company like Cafepress, or a local printer to accomplish this for you.

You will need to either buy photo's, hire a photographer, borrow photos from good friends with their permission, or take the photo's yourself. If your business takes off and does well, you will be able to take these dream trips yourself (for real) and take the pictures yourself, that you in turn can print on more pillowcases. The great thing about that is that you can write your whole trip off, as a business expense, if it is for the sole purpose of taking the needed pictures for your business.

You could charge at least $10 per pillowcase for basic pillowcases. You could also charge more for better quality pillowcases with high quality thread counts, for those that like to sleep on very soft pillowcases with beautiful vacation pictures on them. The price could also depend on the size of the pillowcase, starting with a typical standard size all the way up to the King size pillowcase.

This would be a great home business idea to start. You can choose how you want to market your dream vacation pillowcases. You have many options; you could offer to sell them to your local gift shops, make them available on your own website, or encourage your friends to host 'pillowcase parties' in their homes.

If you are starting this business idea' on a shoestring, offer a few of your pillowcases on an auction site, this is a great way to start advertising your business and products. Give them as gifts to your friends and family; ask them to show the pillowcases to their other friends and family. Your friends will probably be your first customers, ordering additional pillowcases of their choice, even giving them as unique gifts.

If you own a website store, you can also offer to print your customer's favorite vacation photos on pillowcases. Just make sure that it is easy for them to download their pictures on your site. Make sure that you have good quality pictures of your pillowcases and an easy order form to use. This will assure you of happy customers that will frequently return.

Resources:

http://www.cafepress.com/

http://www.digitsmith.com/f6.html

http://www.screenprintsource.com/

http://www.equip-used.com/equipment/equipmentlist.aspx?id=8