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Victoria Baumann says she never thought she’d start a #business . She began her career as a preschool teacher working with 2- to 5-year-olds and taught between 2015 and 2019. Baumann says the pay was low, and she often worked odd jobs on nights and weekends. Baumann, 32, started Victoria Essie Studio in 2018 to sell her art and jewelry as a side business while working as a full-time teacher. Her father, Charlie Moreton, 51, is a 3D printing hobbyist who joined the company in 2025 after he came across a design for a cake-shaped fidget clicker that fit his daughter’s artistic style: cute, colorful, and influenced by Y2K nostalgia. Together, they tapped into the market of #fidget clickers, or small devices designed to keep a user’s hands busy when they’re inclined to fidget. Victoria Essie Studio generated $428,000 in revenue in 2025, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. See how they built their business into what it is today at the link in bio.