From reselling to owning, the journey of owning an original business 

From revamping and reselling clothes and picture frames to now an online and potentially mobile store, Jessika Wilson started her own successful business, BeeOriginal, that reaches out to aid the small business community. Her front page on Instagram has grown over the last year, which has encouraged Wilson to move forward into creating a mobile store.

“I’ve been in the process of doing my mobile store,” Wilson said. “Nobody sees the vision like I do. So basically, I’m building it myself, but hopefully, you know, in the next month or so I should be done wrapping it up, and you guys will see me all around town.”

Wilson sees the opportunity of a mobile store as a way to create her own schedule. She plans on setting a monthly schedule where her audience will know where she is located on certain dates and times.

“That’s ultimately what I want is just that freedom to pick my schedule. And when I want to work, you know, it’s important to me for me to have that family work balance,” Wilson added.

Her business launched around COVID 2020, after she was forced to quit her job in order to care for her mother who developed a brain hemorrhage. Even under the bad circumstances, Wilson explains it as “fitting perfectly” as her 5-month-old kid also needed her around and it gave her the free time to go after something life changing.

Wilson’s artistic and fashion abilities came in handy in this business as she incorporated her art into clothes and artifacts to create the original content she desired to put out for others. She talks about her passion of turning old, bland and worn outworn-out objects into new and fresh ones like picture frames and clothes.

“I love going to garage sales. Getting old picture frames and remaking them. And I’ve always done artwork for my friends. So might as well try and sell it, you know. So that’s when I kind of began integrating my love of clothes and artwork,” Wilson said..

She explains that merging these two things she loves allowed everything to fit in together and gave her the originality she wanted and BeeOriginal came to be more authentic. This made her popular among the community, which granted her jobs around town to paint murals. 

Wilson’s goal for her store is not only to create a mobile boutique but also grant others the opportunity to advertise their small business the way she got opportunities when she needed them.

“I want to encourage one another a safe space for, you know, the message to be spread. So that’s my goal, ultimately, is to have workshops and also have a mobile boutique,” Wilson said.