Posts by Mary Beth Foust

Velencia Haizlip, owner of Sew-U-Nique For Velencia Haizlip, her job is more than just making clothes. She is a magician using a sewing machine instead of a wand to create her own kind of magic. Velencia employees a bit of a different “sleight of hand,” as she starts with one stitch to recreate masterpieces for…

Shauna Greene, owner of Anointed Cutz Barber Shop. For over ten years, she worked in call centers interacting with strangers all over the country. But after deciding she needed a change in life, Shauna Greene found her eyes drawn to a new line: the hair line that is.  “I used to walk around and I…