A pile of fabric peppers the paint splattered card table as Gracie Abrams fills the silence with melodic and rich notes. While fervently stitching her seventh pouch, Victoria Huseman nods her head to the music. This familiar atmosphere fuels Huseman in her talent of crafting products, a talent that allows her to open her own business later coined as “Victoria’s Varieties.”
Victoria’s Varieties, run by 16-year-old Huseman. heads towards its fourth year of business.
“The best part about it is that I get to be my own boss,” Huseman said. “I get to sell whatever I want to, and it makes me happy.”
Having a business in high school translates into her future, as she attends business classes at AmTech. She enjoys specific classes that relate to her current work such as her advertising class, which covers how to grab people’s attention by a singular post.
“I think having my own business could be my ultimate career path, but there’s also other opportunities that I would like to figure out,” Huseman said.
As for life in the next few years, Huseman plans to continue her business until college. She plans to continue with selling permanent jewelry and bulk orders because college life will occupy much of her free time.
“I work between three and eight hours every week just depending on if I have pop ups or an appointment that week,” Huseman said.
Huseman first had the idea to start her own business after receiving a Silhouette Studio for Christmas to make stickers, and her mom suggested that she sell them. Since then, she has come up with new things to sell to keep the creativity alive.
“I want to get a portable photo booth to start bringing to events so that people can pay per photo,” Huseman said. “When you take the picture it prints kind of like a photobooth that you would find in a mall, except I can move it around.”
Some of these ideas turn out to cost much more than Huseman wants to pay for, and she has to adapt to different courses of action. Tough calls such as these prepare her for the future business world.
“A tough call I made before was that I bought a laser machine to engrave things, and it turned out to be a lot more hassle and money than I had thought,” Huseman said. “I ended up having to pivot and return it.”
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